| Ink | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom |
| Eetha | Laxman Utekar | India |
| Tenzing | Jennifer Peedom | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| Artificial | Luca Guadagnino | United Kingdom, United States |
| Dark Horse | Cyrus Nowrasteh | United States |
| Young Washington | Jon Erwin | United States |
| The Chronology of Water | Kristen Stewart | France, Latvia, United States |
| El Sett | Marwan Hamed | Egypt |
| Okean Elzy: Stormwatch | Artem Hryhorian | Ukraine |
| Lawho Gouranger Naam Re | Srijit Mukherji | India |
| Chopin, a Sonata in Paris | Michał Kwieciński | Poland |
| Karmele | Asier Altuna | Spain |
| Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United Kingdom, United States |
| Antes de Nós | Ángeles Huerta | Spain |
| The Alto Knights | Barry Levinson | United States |
| The Unbreakable Boy | Jon Gunn | United States, India |
| Hola Frida | Karine Vézina, André Kadi | France, Quebec |
| Team Havnaa | Bård Breien | Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Stelios | Giorgos Tsemberopoulos | Greece |
| Maria | Pablo Larraín | United Kingdom, Germany, Chile, Italy |
| Young Woman and the Sea | Joachim Rønning | United States |
| Back to Black | Sam Taylor-Johnson | United Kingdom, United States |
| Bob Marley: One Love | Reinaldo Marcus Green | United States |
| Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States, Italy |
| Boléro | Anne Fontaine | France, Belgium |
| The Boys in the Boat | George Clooney | United States |
| Sam Bahadur | Meghna Gulzar | India |
| Napoleon | Ridley Scott | United Kingdom, United States |
| Pippa | Raja Krishna Menon | India |
| The Great Escaper | Oliver Parker | France, United Kingdom, Sweden |
| Stella. A Life. | Kilian Riedhof | Germany, Switzerland, Austria |
| A Million Miles Away | Alejandra Márquez Abella | United States |
| The Featherweight | Robert Kolodny | United States |
| Dovbush: Lord of Black Mountains | Oles Sanin | Ukraine, Poland |
| Gran Turismo | Neill Blomkamp | United Kingdom, Japan, United States |
| Anselm | Wim Wenders | Germany |
| Tetris | Jon S. Baird | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Long Game | Julio Quintana | United States |
| Till | Chinonye Chukwu | United Kingdom, United States |
| Salam | Diam's, Houda Benyamina | France |
| 83 | Kabir Khan | India |
| Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin | United States |
| Carla | — | Italy |
| A Man of the People | Lei Xianhe, Lu Qi | People's Republic of China |
| Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea | Marcel Barrena | Spain, Greece |
| Portrait of a Beauty | Jeon Yun-su | South Korea |
| The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Lee Daniels | United States |
| My Name is Pauli Murray | Betsy West, Julie Cohen | United States |