| Lost | Driss Roukhe | Morocco |
| The Lie | Veena Sud | Canada, United States |
| Searching | Aneesh Chaganty | United States |
| The Best Offer | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
| Rat King | Petri Kotwica | Estonia, Finland |
| Abandoned | Michael Feifer | United States |
| Chatroom | Hideo Nakata | United Kingdom |
| Funny Games U.S. | Michael Haneke | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Italy |
| Equilibrium | Kurt Wimmer | United States |
| Bless the Child | Chuck Russell | Germany, United States |
| The Crush | Alan Shapiro | United States |
| Candyman | Bernard Rose | United Kingdom, United States |
| Dwitiyo Purush | Srijit Mukherji | India |
| Before I Go to Sleep | Rowan Joffé | United Kingdom, United States |
| Mindscape | Jorge Dorado | France, United Kingdom, Spain, United States |
| Meeting Evil | Chris Fisher | United States |
| True Love | Enrico Clerico Nasino | United States, Italy |
| Nadunisi Naaygal | Gautham Vasudev Menon | India |
| Captivity | Roland Joffé | Russia, United States |
| Along Came a Spider | Lee Tamahori | Canada, Germany, United States |