| Forgotten Island | Januel Mercado, Joel Crawford | Japan, United States |
| The Last Sunrise | Carlson Young | United States |
| Nobody Loves Kay | — | Indonesia |
| And Their Children After Them | Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma | France |
| Strange River | Jaume Claret Muxart | Germany, Spain |
| When This Summer is Over | Jang Byung-ki | South Korea |
| Goat Girl | Ana Asensio | Romania, Spain |
| Inside Out 2 | Kelsey Mann | United States |
| When the Light Breaks | Rúnar Rúnarsson | France, Iceland, Croatia, Netherlands |
| Girl Picture | Alli Haapasalo | Finland |
| The Tender Bar | George Clooney | United States |
| Indoo Ki Jawani | Abir Sengupta | India |
| Dil Bechara | Mukesh Chhabra | India |
| Seventeen | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | Spain |
| Beats | Chris Robinson | United States |
| Liz and the Blue Bird | Naoko Yamada | Japan |
| Blue My Mind | Lisa Brühlmann | Switzerland |
| It | Andy Muschietti | United States |
| Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Aditya Chopra | India |
| Indignation | James Schamus | United States |
| Kids in Love | Chris Foggin | United Kingdom |
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar |
| A Childhood | Philippe Claudel | France |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | United Kingdom |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky | United States |
| Liberal Arts | Josh Radnor | United States |
| Miss Farkku-Suomi | Matti Kinnunen | Finland |
| Chronicle | Josh Trank | United Kingdom, United States |
| Simon and the Oaks | Lisa Ohlin | Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands |
| Puss in Boots | Chris Miller | United States |
| Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | France, United Kingdom |
| Snowtown | Justin Kurzel | Australia |
| Tangled | Byron Howard, Nathan Greno | United States |
| Dear Prudence | Rebecca Zlotowski | France |
| Charlie St. Cloud | Burr Steers | United States |
| Udaan | Vikramaditya Motwane | India |
| The French Kissers | Riad Sattouf | France |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom |
| Gentlemen Broncos | Jared Hess | United States |
| Cosmonaut | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Italy |
| Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | United Kingdom |
| The Reader | Stephen Daldry | Germany, United States |
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Peter Sollett | United States |
| Never Back Down | Jeff Wadlow | United States |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Sanaa Hamri | United States |
| Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | France |
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito Montiel | United States |
| Breakfast on Pluto | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom, Ireland |