| Heartstopper Forever | Wash Westmoreland | United Kingdom |
| Nimrods | Lee Kirk | United States |
| Strange River | Jaume Claret Muxart | Germany, Spain |
| Anything's Possible | Billy Porter | United States |
| Oliver's Universe | Alexis Morante | Spain |
| A Radiant Girl | Sandrine Kiberlain | France |
| Needle Park Baby | Pierre Monnard | Switzerland |
| Call Me by Your Name | Luca Guadagnino | France, Brazil, United States, Italy |
| Indignation | James Schamus | United States |
| The Boy and the Beast | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan |
| A Childhood | Philippe Claudel | France |
| Standing Tall | Emmanuelle Bercot | France |
| X+Y | Morgan Matthews | United Kingdom |
| Breathe | Mélanie Laurent | France |
| Purani Jeans | Tanushri Chattrji Bassu | India |
| The Kings of Summer | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | United States |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | United Kingdom |
| LOL | Lisa Azuelos | United States |
| The We and the I | Michel Gondry | United States |
| Submarine | Richard Ayoade | United Kingdom, United States |
| Puss in Boots | Chris Miller | United States |
| Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | France, United Kingdom |
| Udaan | Vikramaditya Motwane | India |
| The Last Song | Julie Anne Robinson | United States |
| Whip It | Drew Barrymore | United States |
| The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet | France, United Kingdom |
| Mai Mai Miracle | Sunao Katabuchi | Japan |
| Gentlemen Broncos | Jared Hess | United States |
| Cosmonaut | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Italy |
| 1981 | Ricardo Trogi | Canada |
| Adventureland | Greg Mottola | United States |
| S. Darko | Chris Fisher | United States |
| An Education | Lone Scherfig | United Kingdom |
| Sex Drive | Sean Anders | United States |
| Dream Boy | James Bolton | United States |
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Peter Sollett | United States |
| Ratatouille | Jan Pinkava, Brad Bird | France, Japan, United States |
| Superbad | Greg Mottola | United States |
| This Is England | Shane Meadows | United Kingdom |
| Hounddog | Deborah Kampmeier | United States |
| Waiting... | Rob McKittrick | United States |
| Sky High | Mike Mitchell | United States |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Ken Kwapis | United States |
| The Squid and the Whale | Noah Baumbach | United States |
| Lovely Rivals | Jang Gyu-seong | South Korea |
| The Notebook | Nick Cassavetes | United States |
| Good Bye Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany |
| Maria Full of Grace | Joshua Marston | United States, Ecuador, Colombia |