| Little Girl Blue | Anna Luif | Switzerland |
| Maria | Călin Peter Netzer | France, Germany, Romania |
| Ned Kelly | Gregor Jordan | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| PTU | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| Rosenstraße | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany, Netherlands |
| Sansa | Siegfried | France |
| Secret File | Paolo Benvenuti | Italy |
| Silmido | Kang Woo-suk | South Korea |
| The Company | Robert Altman | United States |
| The Foreigner | Michael Oblowitz | United States |
| The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai | Mitsuru Meike | Japan |
| The Lion in Winter | Andrei Konchalovsky | United States |
| The Mudge Boy | Michael Burke | United States |
| Auto Focus | Paul Schrader | United States |
| Burning in the Wind | Silvio Soldini | Italy, Switzerland |
| Bus Stop | Mi-yeon Lee | South Korea |
| Bác Cả người sung sướng... | Trần Lực, Trần Thị Bích Ngọc | Vietnam |
| Chi-hwa-seon | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| City of Ghosts | Matt Dillon | United States |
| Diary of a Kamikaze | Dmitry Meskhiev | Russia |
| El Alamein - The Line of Fire | Enzo Monteleone | Italy |
| Eldra | Tim Lyn | United Kingdom, Wales |
| Killing Me Softly | Chen Kaige | United Kingdom, United States |
| Madame Satã | Karim Aïnouz | France, Brazil |
| Max | Menno Meyjes | United Kingdom, Canada, Hungary |
| My Last Film | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Germany |
| On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Once Upon an Angel | Vincent Perez | France |
| Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | United States |
| Saathiya | Shaad Ali | India |
| The Embalmer | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| The Four Feathers | Shekhar Kapur | United Kingdom, United States |
| The River | Aleksei Balabanov | Russia |
| The Son | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | France, Belgium |
| Ticket to Jerusalem | Rashid Masharawi | France |
| Waking Up in Reno | Jordan Brady | United States |
| Crazy/Beautiful | John Stockwell | United States |
| Donnie Darko | Richard Kelly | United States |
| Dream of a Young Soldier | Zhou Youchao | People's Republic of China |
| Dust | Milcho Manchevski | United Kingdom, Germany, North Macedonia, Italy |
| Failan | Song Hae-seong | South Korea |
| Paarthale Paravasam | K. Balachander | India |
| Pauline and Paulette | Lieven Debrauwer | France, Belgium |
| Storytelling | Todd Solondz | United States |
| Taking Moses for a Ride | Kaija Juurikkala | Finland |
| The Affair of the Necklace | Charles Shyer | United States |
| The Center of the World | Wayne Wang | United States |
| The Grey Zone | Tim Blake Nelson | United States |