| The Substance | Coralie Fargeat | France, United Kingdom, United States |
| The Hill of Wind | Park Suk-young | South Korea |
| A Matter of Faith | Rich Christiano | United States |
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar |
| Thou Wast Mild and Lovely | Josephine Decker | United States |
| Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark | Emile Edwin Smith | United States |
| Sharknado | Anthony C. Ferrante | United States |
| Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus | Christopher Ray | United States |
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | South Africa, United States, New Zealand |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States |
| Little Children | Todd Field | United States |
| Planet Terror | Robert Rodriguez | United States |
| Elephant | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Bully | Larry Clark | France, United States |
| Buffalo '66 | Vincent Gallo | Canada, United States |
| Seven | David Fincher | United States |
| Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| My Own Private Idaho | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Manhunter | — | United States |
| Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | Germany, United States |
| Blow Out | Brian De Palma | United States |
| Friday the 13th | Sean S. Cunningham | United States |
| Midnight Express | Alan Parker | United Kingdom, United States |
| Orca | Michael Anderson | Italy, Netherlands |
| The Drums of Tabu | Javier Setó | Spain, Italy |
| Adulthood | — | South Korea |
| 13/13/13 | James Cullen Bressack | United States |
| The Invisible Life | Vítor Gonçalves | United Kingdom, Portugal |
| King Kelly | Andrew Neel | United States |
| East End Forever | Carole Laganière | Canada |
| Rubber | Quentin Dupieux | France |
| Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus | Jack Perez | United States |
| The Scouting Book for Boys | Tom Harper | United Kingdom |
| Cass | Jon S. Baird | United Kingdom |
| Fireproof | Alex Kendrick | United States |
| Grindhouse | Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Edgar Wright | United States |
| Jam | Craig E. Serling | United States |
| H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds | David Michael Latt | Japan, United States |
| 4 Little Girls | Spike Lee | United States |
| Hunting | Frank Howson | Australia |
| Story of a Junkie | Lech Kowalski | United States |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Wes Craven | United States |
| Feelin' Up | David Secter | United States |
| Supercock | Gus Trikonis | United States |
| Brother, Cry for Me | William White | United States |
| The Butchers | Paulmichel Mielche | United States |
| The Little Shop of Horrors | Roger Corman | United States |