| Nymphomaniac | Lars von Trier | France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Denmark |
| Insidious: Chapter 2 | James Wan | Canada, United States |
| Eastern Boys | Robin Campillo | France |
| The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Harald Zwart | Germany, United States |
| The Heat | Paul Feig | United States |
| Pitch Perfect | Jason Moore | United States |
| Cloud Atlas | Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, Germany, Spain, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky | United States |
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Lorene Scafaria | United States |
| The Paperboy | Lee Daniels | United States |
| Jack & Diane | Bradley Rust Gray | United States |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher | United States, Sweden |
| Snowtown | Justin Kurzel | Australia |
| Weekend | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom |
| Loose Cannons | Ferzan Özpetek | Italy |
| Pope Joan | Sönke Wortmann | United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy |
| Valentine's Day | Garry Marshall | United States |
| Mulan | Jingle Ma | People's Republic of China, United States |
| The Women | Diane English | United States |
| Little Ashes | Paul Morrison | United Kingdom, Spain |
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Peter Sollett | United States |
| Savage Grace | Tom Kalin | France, Spain, United States |
| Martyrs | Pascal Laugier | France, Canada |
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Hayden Schlossberg, Jon Hurwitz | United States |
| Quemar las Naves | Francisco Franco Alba | Mexico |
| The Sign of the City | Carlos Alberto Riccelli | Brazil |
| The Edge of Heaven | Fatih Akin | Germany, Italy, Turkey |
| Planet Terror | Robert Rodriguez | United States |
| Manual of Love 2 | Giovanni Veronesi | Italy |
| Notes on a Scandal | Richard Eyre | United Kingdom |
| The Black Dahlia | Brian De Palma | France, Germany, United States |
| Breakfast on Pluto | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Big Momma's House 2 | John Whitesell | United States |
| V for Vendetta | James McTeigue | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Cursed | Wes Craven | Germany, United States |
| Seed of Chucky | Don Mancini | United Kingdom, Romania, United States |
| Cold Showers | Antony Cordier | France |
| Where the Truth Lies | Atom Egoyan | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| Be Cool | F. Gary Gray | United States |
| A Dirty Shame | John Waters | United States |
| Elephant | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| The Girl Next Door | Luke Greenfield | United States |
| D.E.B.S. | Angela Robinson | United States |
| His Brother | Patrice Chéreau | France |
| The Hours | Stephen Daldry | United Kingdom, United States |
| Bend It Like Beckham | Gurinder Chadha | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Lucía, Lucía | Antonio Serrano | Spain, Mexico |
| Memento Mori | Kim Tae-yong, Min Kyu-dong | South Korea |