| Devotion | J. D. Dillard | United States |
| The Good Nurse | Tobias Lindholm | United States |
| The Survivor | Barry Levinson | United States |
| Kupała | Uladzimir Yankowski | Belarus |
| Walk Ride Rodeo | Conor Allyn | United States |
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Erik & Erika | Reinhold Bilgeri | Germany, Austria |
| Hotel Mumbai | Anthony Maras | United States, Australia, India |
| La Bolduc | François Bouvier | Canada |
| Manto | Nandita Das | India |
| Yuli | Icíar Bollaín | United Kingdom, Germany, Cuba, Spain |
| Promise at Dawn | Éric Barbier | France, Belgium |
| Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet | Lee Joon-ik | South Korea |
| Smoke & Mirrors | Alberto Rodríguez Librero | Spain |
| War Dogs | Todd Phillips | United States |
| Joy | David O. Russell | United States |
| Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck | Brett Morgen | United States |
| Straight Outta Compton | F. Gary Gray | United States |
| Electric Slide | Tristan Patterson | United States |
| The Golden Era | Ann Hui | People's Republic of China, Hong Kong |
| All Is by My Side | John Ridley | United Kingdom, United States |
| Sparkle | Salim Akil | United States |
| The Imposter | Bart Layton | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Sapphires | Wayne Blair | Australia |
| Journey to Portugal | Sérgio Tréfaut | Brazil, Portugal |
| The Intouchables | Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache | France |
| The Lady | Luc Besson | France, United Kingdom |
| The Sky of My Childhood | Rustem Abdrashev | Kazakhstan |
| Dersimiz: Atatürk | Hamdi Alkan | Turkey |
| Amelia | Mira Nair | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| Christmas Cottage | Michael Campus | United States |
| Khí phách anh hùng | Hồ Ngọc Xum | Vietnam |
| Maradona by Kusturica | Emir Kusturica | France, Spain |
| The Express | Gary Fleder | United States |
| The Longshots | Fred Durst | United States |
| Valkyrie | Bryan Singer | Germany, United States |
| 26 Years Diary | Junji Hanadō | Japan, South Korea |
| Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Italy |
| Eichmann | Robert Young | United Kingdom |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Julian Schnabel | France |
| Mrs Henderson Presents | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom |
| Against the Ropes | Charles S. Dutton | United States |
| Daniel – Der Zauberer | Ulli Lommel | Germany |
| Finding Neverland | Marc Forster | United Kingdom, United States |
| Kinsey | Bill Condon | Germany, United States |
| My Nikifor | Krzysztof Krauze | Poland |
| She Hate Me | Spike Lee | United States |
| Ned Kelly | Gregor Jordan | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |