| Ask the Dust | Robert Towne | United States |
| The Weather Man | Gore Verbinski | United States |
| Syriana | Stephen Gaghan | United States |
| Uno | John Andreas Andersen, Aksel Hennie | Norway |
| White Palms | Szabolcs Hajdu | Hungary |
| Fearless | Ronny Yu | People's Republic of China, Hong Kong |
| Little Miss Sunshine | Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton | United States |
| Munich | Steven Spielberg | France, Canada, United States |
| Terkel in Trouble | Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen | Denmark |
| Angel-A | Luc Besson | France |
| Fluff and Fold | Brad Armstrong | United States |
| King Kong | Peter Jackson | United States, New Zealand |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Rob Marshall | United States |
| Serenity | Joss Whedon | United States |
| Love Talk | Lee Yun-ki | South Korea |
| Four Brothers | John Singleton | United States |
| Host & Guest | Shin Dong-il | South Korea |
| Valo | Kaija Juurikkala | Finland |
| Allegro | Christoffer Boe | Denmark |
| Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake | Martin Asphaug | Sweden |
| Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island | Alessandro Del Mar | Spain |
| Lord of War | Andrew Niccol | Germany, United States |
| Pusher II | Nicolas Winding Refn | Denmark |
| In Her Shoes | Curtis Hanson | United Kingdom, United States |
| Summer in Berlin | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
| Manslaughter | Per Fly | United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
| Millions | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom |
| Ice Princess | Tim Fywell | United States |
| Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | Kunihiko Yuyama | Japan |
| Dark Water | Walter Salles | United States |
| Dreaming of Space | Alexei Uchitel | Russia |
| Fatima, the Algerian Woman of Dakar | Med Hondo | Mauritania, Senegal, France, Tunisia |
| The Children of USSR | — | Israel |
| Garden State | Zach Braff | United States |
| Cold Showers | Antony Cordier | France |
| Habana Blues | Benito Zambrano | France, Cuba, Spain |
| Where the Truth Lies | Atom Egoyan | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Wanted! | Francis Meletzky | Germany |
| 9 | Shane Acker | United States |
| Dear Frankie | Shona Auerbach | United Kingdom |
| Hide and Seek | John Polson | United States |
| Brothers | Susanne Bier | United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
| Melinda and Melinda | Woody Allen | United States |
| Hostage | Florent-Emilio Siri | Germany, United States |
| Shadowboxing | Aleksey Sidorov | Russia |
| Angels in Fast Motion | Ole Christian Madsen | Denmark |
| Hostage | Konstantinos Giannaris | Greece, Turkey |