| An Adventure in Space and Time | Terry McDonough | drama film |
| Saving Santa | Leon Joosen | comedy film, Christmas film |
| Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | drama film, survival film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film, techno-thriller, disaster film |
| One Direction: This Is Us | Morgan Spurlock | documentary film |
| Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | drama film, spy film, thriller film |
| The Bling Ring | Sofia Coppola | drama film, comedy film, detective film, crime film |
| The Wolverine | James Mangold | superhero film, fantasy film, action film, ninja film, science fiction film |
| The World's End | Edgar Wright | post-apocalyptic film, action film, alien invasion, apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, romantic comedy |
| Hawking | Stephen Finnigan | documentary film |
| All Stars | Ben Gregor | comedy film |
| I Give It a Year | Dan Mazer | romantic comedy film |
| Welcome to the Punch | Eran Creevy | action film, crime film |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film |
| Hyde Park on Hudson | Roger Michell | biographical film, comedy drama |
| Dredd | Pete Travis | action film, dystopian film, science fiction film, buddy cop film |
| The Dinosaur Project | Sid Bennett | found footage film |
| The Dark Knight Rises | — | drama film, superhero film, action film, crime thriller film, thriller film |
| StreetDance 2 | Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa | drama film, melodrama |
| Snow White and the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders | drama film, fantasy film, action film, cinematic fairy tale |
| My Week with Marilyn | Simon Curtis | drama film, biographical film |
| Searching for Sugar Man | Malik Bendjelloul | music documentary film, biographical film |
| Perfect Sense | David Mackenzie | romance film, drama film, science fiction film |
| Submarine | Richard Ayoade | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, drama film |
| J. Edgar | Clint Eastwood | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, flashback film, biographical film |
| Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | coming-of-age film, monster film, comedy film, action film, comedy horror, alien invasion, science fiction film, hood film |
| A Dangerous Method | David Cronenberg | drama film |
| Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels | Greg Tiernan | — |
| Blitz | Elliott Lester | action film, crime thriller film, thriller film |
| Paul | Greg Mottola | science fiction film, parody film, buddy film, science fiction comedy |
| Chalet Girl | Phil Traill | sport film, romantic comedy |
| The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | drama film, historical film, biographical film |
| Another Year | Mike Leigh | drama film |
| Tamara Drewe | Stephen Frears | romantic comedy film, independent film |
| Burke & Hare | John Landis | comedy film, black comedy film, historical drama |
| Gainsbourg | Joann Sfar | drama film, biographical film, musical film |
| Inception | — | mystery film, drama film, action film, science fiction action film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film, heist film |
| Pope Joan | Sönke Wortmann | drama film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film, medieval film |
| StreetDance 3D | Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa | drama film, melodrama |
| Chatroom | Hideo Nakata | drama film, psychological thriller |
| Robin Hood | Ridley Scott | drama film, action film, swashbuckler film, adventure film, medieval film, epic film |
| The Men Who Stare at Goats | Grant Heslov | comedy film, war film |
| The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet | coming-of-age film, drama film |
| Moon | Duncan Jones | arthouse science fiction film, drama film, survival film, adventure film, science fiction film, hard science fiction |
| The Soloist | Joe Wright | drama film, biographical film, musical film |
| Attack on Leningrad | Aleksandr Buravskiy | drama film, war film |
| A Serious Man | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | drama film, comedy drama |
| Pirate Radio | Richard Curtis | comedy film, comedy drama |
| Brideshead Revisited | Julian Jarrold | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film |