| The Dark Gene | Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick | documentary film |
| Bonne Nuit Papa | Marina Kem | documentary film |
| Amour Fou | Jessica Hausner | historical film, biographical film |
| Taken 3 | Olivier Megaton | action film, thriller film, vigilante film |
| Land of Storms | Ádám Császi | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Citizenfour | Laura Poitras | documentary film |
| Love, Rosie | Christian Ditter | romance film, comedy film |
| A Most Wanted Man | Anton Corbijn | drama film, spy film, thriller film, crime film |
| Michael Kohlhaas | Arnaud des Pallières | drama film, historical film, political film |
| Lucy | Luc Besson | biopunk, drama film, girls with guns, action film, science fiction film |
| Die letzte Instanz | Carlo Rola | drama film, crime film |
| Reasonable Doubt | Peter Howitt | crime thriller film |
| Fack ju Göhte | Bora Dağtekin | comedy film |
| Abuse of Weakness | Catherine Breillat | drama film |
| The Bling Ring | Sofia Coppola | drama film, comedy film, detective film, crime film |
| Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Tommy Wirkola | fantasy film, action film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy horror, comedy drama, splatter film |
| Three Hours | Boris Kunz | romance film, comedy film |
| Amour | Michael Haneke | drama film |
| Resident Evil: Retribution | Paul W. S. Anderson | science fiction horror film, biopunk, post-apocalyptic film, girls with guns, action film, horror film, science fiction action film, thriller film, zombie film, science fiction film |
| The Patience Stone | Atiq Rahimi | drama film |
| Everybody Has a Plan | Ana Piterbarg | drama film, crime film |
| StreetDance 2 | Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa | drama film, melodrama |
| Yoko | Franziska Buch | adventure film |
| Voice of My Father | Zeynel Doğan, Orhan Eskiköy | drama film |
| Perfect Sense | David Mackenzie | romance film, drama film, science fiction film |
| Carnage | Roman Polanski | comedy film, drama fiction, black comedy film |
| Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods | Christian Ditter | comedy film, children's film, adventure film, medieval film |
| A Dangerous Method | David Cronenberg | drama film |
| 30 Minutes or Less | Ruben Fleischer | mystery film, comedy film, action comedy film, crime film |
| Melancholia | Lars von Trier | arthouse science fiction film, art film, drama film, apocalyptic film, science fiction film |
| Chalet Girl | Phil Traill | sport film, romantic comedy |
| Totally True Love | Anne Sewitsky | romance film, comedy film |
| We Are the Night | Dennis Gansel | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, vampire film |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire | Daniel Alfredson | drama film, thriller film, crime film |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | drama film, fantasy film, ghost film |
| Pope Joan | Sönke Wortmann | drama film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film, medieval film |
| Time You Change | Uli Edel | drama film |
| Far Cry | Uwe Boll | biopunk, drama film, action film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael | romance film, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, science fiction film |
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | psychological thriller film, art film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, erotic thriller |
| Pirate Radio | Richard Curtis | comedy film, comedy drama |
| The Uninvited | Charles Guard, Thomas Guard | mystery film, drama film, horror film |
| The Flight Before Christmas | Kari Juusonen, Michael Hegner | family film, fantasy film, Christmas film, adventure film |
| Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End | Peter Flinth | drama film, historical film, action film, adventure film, war film |
| Tropic Thunder | Ben Stiller | comedy film, action film, parody film |
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Rob Cohen | fantasy film, action film, horror film |
| Jennerwein | Hans-Günther Bücking | mountain film |
| One Missed Call | Éric Valette | horror film, ghost film |