| The Laramie Project | Moisés Kaufman | United States |
| Blow Dry | Paddy Breathnach | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Bully | Larry Clark | France, United States |
| Fassbinder's Women | Rosa von Praunheim | Germany |
| Wonder Boys | Curtis Hanson | United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, United States |
| Cecil B. Demented | John Waters | France, United States |
| Trick | Jim Fall | United States |
| But I'm a Cheerleader | Jamie Babbit | United States |
| Black and White | James Toback | United States |
| Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | John Maybury | France, United Kingdom |
| Wild Things | John McNaughton | United States |
| The Full Monty | Peter Cattaneo | United Kingdom, United States |
| Con Air | Simon West | United States |
| The Associate | Donald Petrie | United States |
| Crash | David Cronenberg | United Kingdom, Canada |
| The Birdcage | Mike Nichols | United States |
| Full Speed | Gaël Morel | France |
| Beautiful Thing | Hettie MacDonald | United Kingdom |
| Showgirls | Paul Verhoeven | France, United States |
| The Brady Bunch Movie | Betty Thomas | United States |
| Prêt-à-Porter | Robert Altman | France, United States |
| The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | Maria Maggenti | United States |
| Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson | Germany, New Zealand |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott | Australia |
| Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Tom Shadyac | United States |
| Six Degrees of Separation | Fred Schepisi | United States |
| Poetic Justice | John Singleton | United States |
| Edward II | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom |
| My Own Private Idaho | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Nightbreed | Clive Barker | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Giuliano Montaldo | France, Italy |
| The Berlin Affair | Liliana Cavani | Germany, Italy |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Austria |
| Yentl | Barbra Streisand | United States |
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Ōshima | United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand |
| The Hunger | Tony Scott | United Kingdom, United States |
| Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | United States |
| Fame | Alan Parker | United States |
| Cruising | William Friedkin | Germany, United States, West Germany |
| Deep Red | Dario Argento | Italy |
| Zee and Co. | Brian G. Hutton | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Suddenly, Last Summer | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | United States |
| Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | United States |
| Away | Gerard Oms | Spain, Netherlands |
| Someone Great | Jennifer Kaytin Robinson | United States |
| Papi Chulo | John Butler | Ireland, United States |
| My Days of Mercy | Tali Shalom Ezer | United Kingdom, United States |
| Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves | Mathieu Denis | Canada |