| Tattoo | Robert Schwentke | neo-noir |
| Along Came a Spider | Lee Tamahori | psychological thriller, crime film |
| Drums and Gods | Georg Brintrup | documentary film |
| Dust | Milcho Manchevski | drama film |
| The House of Mirth | Terence Davies | drama film |
| The Man in the Saddle | Harry Piel | adventure film |
| The State I Am In | Christian Petzold | drama film |
| Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | musical film, documentary film |
| Rembrandt | Charles Matton | biographical film |
| Stavros | Mario Salieri | comedy film, pornographic film |
| The Last Stop | Bogdan Dreyer | comedy film |
| Clay Pigeons | David Dobkin | comedy film, crime comedy film, neo-noir |
| Full Moon | Fredi M. Murer | drama film, thriller film |
| Trains'n'Roses | Peter Lichtefeld | romantic comedy |
| Life is All You Get | Wolfgang Becker | romance film, drama film, comedy film |
| Little Tropikana | Daniel Díaz Torres | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film |
| Few of Us | Šarūnas Bartas | drama film, silent film |
| Madame Butterfly | Frédéric Mitterrand | drama film, musical film |
| Eye of the Storm | Yuri Zeltser | romantic thriller |
| The Light of Love | Gunther Scholz | children's film |
| Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea | Karen Gevorkian | drama film |
| Step Across the Border | Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel | documentary film |
| Decalogue X | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film, comedy drama |
| Hard to Be a God | Peter Fleischmann | action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Massacre Play | Damiano Damiani | drama film |
| The Scorpion Woman | Susanne Zanke | drama film |
| A Tale of the Wind | Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens | documentary film |
| Decalogue II | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film |
| Decalogue III | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film |
| Decalogue IX | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film |
| Decalogue VI | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film |
| The Name of the Rose | Jean-Jacques Annaud | mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, medieval film, crime film |
| Ballad of the Little Soldier | Werner Herzog | documentary film |
| Strada Pia | Georg Brintrup | documentary film |
| Équateur | Serge Gainsbourg | drama film, crime film |
| Piratensender Powerplay | Sigi Rothemund | comedy film |
| Cuba Crossing | Chuck Workman | political thriller film, fiction film, thriller film |
| From the Life of the Marionettes | Ingmar Bergman | drama film |
| Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Ted Kotcheff | comedy film |
| Die Konsequenz | Wolfgang Petersen | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Nelken in Aspik | Günter Reisch | comedy film |
| Die Elixiere des Teufels | Ralf Kirsten | drama film, historical film |
| Storm Rider | Giancarlo Santi | Spaghetti Western |
| The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty | Wim Wenders | drama film, association football film |
| Treasure Island | Andrea Bianchi, Antonio Margheriti, John Hough | pirate film, treasure hunt film, adventure film |
| Delusions of Grandeur | Gérard Oury | comedy film, historical film |
| KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra | Horst E. Brandt | drama film |
| Long Live Your Death | Duccio Tessari | comedy film, Western film, Spaghetti Western, treasure hunt film |