| 1987: When the Day Comes | Jang Joon-hwan | South Korea |
| Kavan | K. V. Anand | India |
| Boss | Baba Yadav | India |
| Body of Lies | Ridley Scott | United States |
| The Wave | Dennis Gansel | Germany |
| The Hunting Party | Richard Shepard | United States |
| Catch a Fire | Phillip Noyce | France, United Kingdom, South Africa, United States |
| The Lives of Others | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Germany |
| Syriana | Stephen Gaghan | United States |
| Munich | Steven Spielberg | France, Canada, United States |
| V for Vendetta | James McTeigue | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| The Manchurian Candidate | Jonathan Demme | United States |
| The Quiet American | Phillip Noyce | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Australia, Vietnam |
| Nick of Time | John Badham | United States |
| Clear and Present Danger | Phillip Noyce | United States |
| Rollover | Alan J. Pakula | United States |
| Marathon Man | John Schlesinger | United States |
| Blow Out | Brian De Palma | United States |
| Three Days of the Condor | Sydney Pollack | United States |
| MINSK | Boris Guts | Estonia |
| Satyagraha – Democracy Under Fire | Prakash Jha | India |
| El Presidente | Mark Meily | Philippines |
| Raajneeti | Prakash Jha | India |
| Nothing but the Truth | Rod Lurie | United States |
| Valkyrie | Bryan Singer | Germany, United States |
| Sivaji | S. Shankar | India |
| Death of a President | Gabriel Range | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Russia House | Fred Schepisi | United States |
| Blue City | Michelle Manning | United States |
| All the President's Men | Alan J. Pakula | United States |
| The Odessa File | Ronald Neame | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Confessions of a Police Captain | Damiano Damiani | Italy |
| Fail-Safe | Sidney Lumet | United States |