| Thief | — | United States |
| Cruising | William Friedkin | Germany, United States, West Germany |
| Two-Minute Warning | Larry Peerce | United States |
| Night Moves | Arthur Penn | United States |
| The French Connection | William Friedkin | United States |
| Le Samouraï | Jean-Pierre Melville | France, Italy |
| The Moon-Spinners | James Neilson | United States |
| Roy | Vikramjit Singh | India |
| 1: Nenokkadine | Sukumar | India |
| Mozzarella Stories | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy |
| MR 73 | Olivier Marchal | France |
| The Square | Nash Edgerton | Australia |
| Gone Baby Gone | — | United States |
| Soo | Yoichi Sai | South Korea |
| Renaissance | Christian Volckman | France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg |
| In the Cut | Jane Campion | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| City of Ghosts | Matt Dillon | United States |
| The Embalmer | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Joel Coen | United States |
| Phoenix | Danny Cannon | United States |
| The Longest Nite | Patrick Yau, Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| Truth or Consequences, N.M. | Kiefer Sutherland | United States |
| 2 Days in the Valley | John Herzfeld | United States |
| Fear | James Foley | United States |
| Bad Company | Damian Harris | United States |
| In the Mouth of Madness | John Carpenter | United States |
| State of Grace | Phil Joanou | United States |
| The Two Jakes | Jack Nicholson | United States |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States |
| Hammett | Wim Wenders | United States |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Bob Rafelson | United States |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Yates | United States |
| Klute | Alan J. Pakula | United States |
| Marlowe | Paul Bogart | United States |
| High and Low | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |