| The Substance | Coralie Fargeat | France, United Kingdom, United States |
| Mothers’ Instinct | Benoît Delhomme | United States |
| Sympathy for the Devil | Yuval Adler | United States |
| Knock at the Cabin | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| Eileen | William Oldroyd | United Kingdom, United States |
| It | Andy Muschietti | United States |
| Split | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| Ex Machina | Alex Garland | United Kingdom |
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Italy |
| No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | United States |
| Mystic River | Clint Eastwood | United States, Australia |
| Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | United States |
| The Astronaut's Wife | Rand Ravich | United States |
| Seven | David Fincher | United States |
| The Dark Half | George A. Romero | United States |
| Misery | Rob Reiner | United States |
| Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| Manhunter | — | United States |
| Marathon Man | John Schlesinger | United States |
| Blow Out | Brian De Palma | United States |
| Friday the 13th | Sean S. Cunningham | United States |
| The Shining | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, United States |
| Carrie | Brian De Palma | United States |
| Deep Red | Dario Argento | Italy |
| The Blue Box | Martín Hodara | Canada, Argentina |
| The Happening | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | United States |
| Donnie Darko | Richard Kelly | United States |
| The Beach | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom, United States, Thailand |
| The Bone Collector | Phillip Noyce | United States |
| In the Mouth of Madness | John Carpenter | United States |
| Opera | Dario Argento | United States, Italy |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Wes Craven | United States |
| Suspicion | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |