| Charlatan | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland, Poland |
| Miss Marx | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Belgium, Italy |
| Robin's Wish | — | United States |
| Resistance | Jonathan Jakubowicz | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Leap | Peter Chan | People's Republic of China |
| The Two Popes | Fernando Meirelles | United Kingdom, United States, Italy, Argentina |
| Ford v Ferrari | James Mangold | France, United States |
| Pavarotti | Ron Howard | United Kingdom, United States |
| Mary Queen of Scots | Josie Rourke | United Kingdom, United States |
| Ragged Life of Juice Leskinen | Teppo Airaksinen | Finland |
| The Front Runner | Jason Reitman | United States |
| A Private War | Matthew Heineman | United States |
| Sanju | Rajkumar Hirani | India |
| Petitet | Carles Bosch Arisó | Spain |
| My Friend Dahmer | Marc Meyers | United States |
| Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Paul McGuigan | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Mercy | James Marsh | United Kingdom |
| Paul, Apostle of Christ | Andrew Hyatt | United States |
| Goodbye Christopher Robin | Simon Curtis | United Kingdom |
| Molly's Game | Aaron Sorkin | United States |
| Going Vertical | Anton Megerdichev | Russia |
| Tom of Finland | Dome Karukoski | Germany, United States, Finland, Sweden, Denmark |
| The Last Family | Jan P. Matuszyński | Poland |
| First They Killed My Father | — | United States, Cambodia |
| Jackie | Pablo Larraín | France, Chile, United States |
| 150 Milligrams | Emmanuelle Bercot | France |
| Rules Don't Apply | Warren Beatty | United States |
| Alone in Berlin | Vincent Perez | France, United Kingdom, Germany |
| Chocolat | Roschdy Zem | France |
| Denial | Mick Jackson | United Kingdom, United States |
| A United Kingdom | Amma Asante | France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, United States |
| Elvis Lives! | Steve Balderson | United States |
| Anthropoid | Sean Ellis | France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic |
| Lou Andreas-Salomé | Cordula Kablitz-Post | Germany, Austria |
| Truth | James Vanderbilt | United States, Australia |
| Xuanzang | Huo Jianqi | People's Republic of China, India |
| Legend | Brian Helgeland | France, United Kingdom |
| The Revenant | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States |
| In the Heart of the Sea | Ron Howard | Spain, United States, Australia |
| Bridge of Spies | Steven Spielberg | Germany, United States, India |
| Concussion | Peter Landesman | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| Amour Fou | Jessica Hausner | Germany, Luxembourg, Austria |
| Selma | Ava DuVernay | United Kingdom, United States |
| American Sniper | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| The Invisible Woman | Ralph Fiennes | United Kingdom |
| Cesar Chavez | Diego Luna | United States, Mexico |
| Dallas Buyers Club | Jean-Marc Vallée | United States |
| 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom, United States |