| I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | drama film | France, United Kingdom, Belgium |
| On My Way | Emmanuelle Bercot | drama film, comedy film, road movie | France |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | drama film, fantasy film, ghost film | France, Canada, Japan, Germany, United States, Italy |
| A Christmas Tale | Arnaud Desplechin | drama film, Christmas film, comedy drama | France |
| The Wrestler | Darren Aronofsky | drama film, sport film | France, United States |
| Martyrs | Pascal Laugier | drama film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, splatter film | France, Canada |
| The Orphanage | J. A. Bayona | drama film, horror film | Spain, Mexico |
| March of the Penguins | Luc Jacquet | nature documentary, documentary film | France |
| City of God | Kátia Lund, Fernando Meirelles | coming-of-age film, drama film, hood film, crime film | France, Brazil |
| Our Brothers | Rachid Bouchareb | historical drama | France |
| Racer and the Jailbird | Michaël R. Roskam | drama film, crime film | France, Belgium |
| 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Abel Ferrara | drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film | France, United States, Switzerland |
| Maradona by Kusturica | Emir Kusturica | association football film, biographical film, documentary film | France, Spain |
| Madame Satã | Karim Aïnouz | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, crime film | France, Brazil |