| Ray Gunn | Brad Bird | United Kingdom, United States |
| Project Y | Lee Hwan | South Korea |
| Ballerina | Len Wiseman | United States |
| Kennedy | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| John Wick: Chapter 4 | Chad Stahelski | United States |
| Bad Times at the El Royale | Drew Goddard | United States |
| Hotel Artemis | Drew Pearce | United Kingdom, United States |
| Brawl in Cell Block 99 | Steven Craig Zahler | United States |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Chad Stahelski | United States |
| Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez | United States |
| Spring Breakers | Harmony Korine | United States |
| Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn | United States |
| Watchmen | Zack Snyder | United States |
| The Dark Knight | — | United Kingdom, United States |
| No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | United States |
| American Gangster | Ridley Scott | United States |
| Perfect Stranger | James Foley | United States |
| The Departed | Martin Scorsese | United States, Hong Kong |
| The Black Dahlia | Brian De Palma | France, Germany, United States |
| Running Scared | Wayne Kramer | Germany, United States |
| Blade: Trinity | David S. Goyer | United States |
| 36 Quai des Orfèvres | Olivier Marchal | France, Italy |
| I, Robot | Alex Proyas | United States |
| Low Life | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| Mystic River | Clint Eastwood | United States, Australia |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | Canada, Germany, United States |
| The Truth About Charlie | Jonathan Demme | France, United States |
| The Spanish Prisoner | David Mamet | United States |
| Wild Things | John McNaughton | United States |
| Kiss the Girls | Gary Fleder | United States |
| L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson | United States |
| The Game | David Fincher | United States |
| Ransom | Ron Howard | United States |
| Sleepers | Barry Levinson | United States |
| Diabolique | Jeremiah S. Chechik | United States |
| Seven | David Fincher | United States |
| Felidae | Michael Schaack | Germany, Denmark |
| Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm | United States |
| Malice | Harold Becker | United States |
| The Hot Spot | Dennis Hopper | United States |
| D.O.A. | Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel | United States |
| Best Seller | John Flynn | United States |
| Angel Heart | Alan Parker | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| Manhunter | — | United States |
| Still of the Night | Robert Benton | United States |
| Body Heat | Lawrence Kasdan | United States |
| Blow Out | Brian De Palma | United States |