| Prometheus | Ridley Scott | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Paperboy | Lee Daniels | United States |
| Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation | Kathrine Windfeld | Sweden, Denmark |
| August Eighth | Dzhanik Fayziev | Russia |
| Chronicle | Josh Trank | United Kingdom, United States |
| This Ain’t Jaws XXX | Stuart Canterbury | United States |
| The Grey | Joe Carnahan | United States |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Brad Bird | United States |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher | United States, Sweden |
| Shark Night | David R. Ellis | United States |
| Apollo 18 | Gonzalo López-Gallego | Canada, United States |
| 11/11/11 | Keith Allan | United States |
| Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn | United States |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tomas Alfredson | France, United Kingdom, Germany |
| Headhunters | Morten Tyldum | Germany, Norway |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau | United States |
| Blitz | Elliott Lester | France, United Kingdom |
| Elena | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| Brand | Thomas Roth | Germany, Austria |
| Abandoned | Michael Feifer | United States |
| Sucker Punch | Zack Snyder | United States |
| The Monitor | Pål Sletaune | Germany, Norway, Sweden |
| Largo Winch II | Jérôme Salle | France, Germany, Belgium |
| Piranha 3D | Alexandre Aja | United States |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire | Daniel Alfredson | Germany, Sweden, Denmark |
| Amphibious | Brian Yuzna | Netherlands |
| The Zero Hour | Diego Velasco | Venezuela |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife | Paul W. S. Anderson | France, Canada, Germany, United States |
| The American | Anton Corbijn | United States, Italy |
| Cold Fish | Sion Sono | Japan |
| The Expendables | Sylvester Stallone | United States |
| Kites | Anurag Basu | United States, Mexico |
| My Name Is Khan | Karan Johar | United States, India, United Arab Emirates |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Samuel Bayer | United States |
| Gamer | Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | United States |
| Paranormal Activity | Oren Peli | United States |
| Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Sam Liu | United States |
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | South Africa, United States, New Zealand |
| Duplicity | Tony Gilroy | United States |
| Body of Lies | Ridley Scott | United States |
| Righteous Kill | Jon Avnet | United States |
| Pathology | Marc Schölermann | United States |
| The Dark Knight | — | United Kingdom, United States |
| Untraceable | Gregory Hoblit | United States |
| No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | United States |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States |
| Cloverfield | Matt Reeves | United States |
| Eastern Promises | David Cronenberg | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |