| Alpha | Albert Hughes | United States |
| Jan Palach | Robert Sedláček | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Messalina | Vittorio Cottafavi | Italy |
| Gundermann | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
| Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Stefano Sollima | United States, Italy, Mexico |
| Blindspotting | Carlos López Estrada | United States |
| Land of Happiness | — | South Korea |
| The Ballad of Narayama | Shohei Imamura | Japan |
| Kulari ke Pantai | Riri Riza | Indonesia |
| Boundaries | Shana Feste | Canada, United States |
| On Chesil Beach | Dominic Cooke | United Kingdom |
| Adrift | Baltasar Kormákur | United States |
| At War | Stéphane Brizé | France |
| Saraba Seishun, Saredo Seishun | Hiroshi Akabane | Japan |
| The Ghost and the Tout | Charles Uwagbai | Nigeria |
| Lean on Pete | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom |
| Aami Ashbo Phirey | Anjan Dutt | India |
| Dirty Computer | — | United States |
| Liz and the Blue Bird | Naoko Yamada | Japan |
| 3 Days in Quiberon | Emily Atef | France, Germany, Austria |
| The Perfect Husband | Rudi Aryanto | Indonesia |
| God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness | Michael Mason | United States |
| The Little Comrade | Moonika Siimets | Estonia |
| Breathing into Marble | Giedrė Beinoriūtė | Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania |
| Citizen Jake | Mike De Leon | Philippines |
| Takut Kawin | — | Indonesia |
| Ghostland | Pascal Laugier | France, Canada |
| To Live Here | Bernard Émond | Canada |
| Supa Modo | Likarion Wainaina | Kenya, Germany |
| Fifty Shades Freed | James Foley | United States |
| Maan Jao Naa | Aabis Raza | Pakistan |
| Summer of '84 | François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell | United States |
| Searching | Aneesh Chaganty | United States |
| Eighth Grade | Bo Burnham | United States |
| Flight 555 | Raymond Handaya | Indonesia |
| Private Life | Tamara Jenkins | United States |
| Mukkabaaz | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| Naked Normandy | Philippe Le Guay | France |
| Surat Cinta untuk Starla | — | Indonesia |
| 1987: When the Day Comes | Jang Joon-hwan | South Korea |
| A Ghost Story | David Lowery | United States |
| Tehran Taboo | Ali Soozandeh | Germany, Austria |
| Life and Nothing More | Antonio Méndez Esparza | Spain |
| Marita | Cristi Iftime | Romania |
| Wonderland | Inari Niemi | Finland |
| Green Cats | Andres Puustusmaa | Estonia |
| The Breadwinner | Nora Twomey | Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg |
| Drive | Tarun Mansukhani | India |