| Another Mother | Paula van der Oest | Netherlands |
| Bits and Pieces | Antonello Grimaldi | Italy |
| Bullet | Julien Temple | United States |
| Chain Reaction | Andrew Davis | United States |
| Fear | James Foley | United States |
| Felix | Božo Šprajc | Slovenia |
| Flynn | Frank Howson | United States, Australia |
| Gotti | Robert Harmon | Canada, United States |
| Ilona Arrives with the Rain | Sergio Cabrera | Italy, Colombia |
| Jude | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom |
| Kissed | Lynne Stopkewich | Canada |
| Meendum Savithri | Visu | India |
| Michael Collins | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Picnic | Shunji Iwai | Japan |
| Raja Hindustani | Dharmesh Darshan | India |
| Rapado | Martín Rejtman | Argentina, Netherlands |
| Sling Blade | Billy Bob Thornton | United States |
| Small Faces | Gillies MacKinnon | United Kingdom |
| Street Games | Krzysztof Krauze | Poland |
| Swingers | Doug Liman | United States |
| The Apartment | Gilles Mimouni | France, Spain, Italy |
| The Bandit | Yavuz Turgul | Turkey |
| The Quiet Room | Rolf de Heer | Italy, Australia |
| The Secret Agent | Christopher Hampton | United Kingdom |
| Vamsanikokkadu | — | India |
| White Squall | Ridley Scott | United Kingdom, United States |
| Blush | Li Shaohong | People's Republic of China |
| Bodily Harm | James Lemmo | United States |
| Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Dwight H. Little | United States |
| French Kiss | Lawrence Kasdan | United Kingdom, United States |
| Friday | F. Gary Gray | United States |
| La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado | Juan Miñón | Spain |
| Love Me, Love Me Not | Sylvie Groulx | Canada |
| Madame Butterfly | Frédéric Mitterrand | France, Germany |
| Magic in the Water | Rick Stevenson | United States |
| Naseem | Saeed Akhtar Mirza | India |
| Something to Talk About | Lasse Hallström | United States |
| The Bait | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| The Black Veil | Aleksandr Proshkin | Russia |
| The Brothers McMullen | Edward Burns | United States |
| The Second Time | Mimmo Calopresti | France, Italy |
| The Star Maker | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
| Auf Wiedersehen Amerika | Jan Schütte | Germany, Poland |
| Bobbili Simham | A. Kodandarami Reddy | India |
| Captives | Angela Pope | United Kingdom |
| Chili's Blues | Charles Binamé | Canada |
| Disclosure | Barry Levinson | United States |
| Dream Lover | Nicholas Kazan | United States |