| Before It Ends | Anders Walter | Denmark |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States |
| American Gangster | Ridley Scott | United States |
| Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Italy, Netherlands |
| Beloved | Jonathan Demme | United States |
| The Robe | Henry Koster | United States |
| Moulin Rouge | John Huston | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Albert Lewin | United States |
| Frontier | Judith Colell | Spain, Belgium |
| Public Works | Joram Lürsen | Netherlands |
| Helen of Troy | John Kent Harrison | United States |
| Robin Hood - fourth arrow | Władysław Sikora | Poland |
| Companys, procés a Catalunya | Josep Maria Forn | Spain |
| Nesimi | Hasan Seyidbeyli | Soviet Union |
| Tom Jones | Tony Richardson | United Kingdom |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | James Whale | United States |