| Baazaar | Gauravv K. Chawla | India |
| Bille | Ināra Kolmane | Latvia |
| Coach | Danila Kozlovsky | Russia |
| Mug | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland |
| Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | United States |
| Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Paul McGuigan | United Kingdom, United States |
| Gogol. Viy | Egor Baranov | Russia |
| The Lord Eagle | Eduard Novikov | Russia |
| First Match | Olivia Newman | United States |
| Rangasthalam | Sukumar | India |
| The Mercy | James Marsh | United Kingdom |
| Paul, Apostle of Christ | Andrew Hyatt | United States |
| Ghostland | Pascal Laugier | France, Canada |
| To Live Here | Bernard Émond | Canada |
| The Workshop | Laurent Cantet | France |
| Hoax | Ifa Isfansyah | Indonesia |
| Out of Paradise | Batbayar Chogsom | Switzerland, Mongolia |
| Beach Rats | Eliza Hittman | United States |
| Coco | Adrian Molina, Lee Unkrich | United States, Mexico |
| Forever My Girl | Bethany Ashton Wolf | United States |
| 12 Strong | Nicolai Fuglsig | United States |
| Front Page Midgets | Milorad Milinković | Serbia |
| Mukkabaaz | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| Goodbye Christopher Robin | Simon Curtis | United Kingdom |
| Naked Normandy | Philippe Le Guay | France |
| Molly's Game | Aaron Sorkin | United States |
| Going Vertical | Anton Megerdichev | Russia |
| Surat Cinta untuk Starla | — | Indonesia |
| Phantom Thread | Paul Thomas Anderson | United Kingdom, United States |
| A Ghost Story | David Lowery | United States |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh | United Kingdom, United States |
| Chhitkini | — | Bangladesh |
| Halda | Tauquir Ahmed | Bangladesh |
| Marita | Cristi Iftime | Romania |
| Wonderland | Inari Niemi | Finland |
| Vacuum | Christine Repond | Germany, Switzerland |
| Call Me by Your Name | Luca Guadagnino | France, Brazil, United States, Italy |
| Christmas Is Coming | Ufuoma Ejenobor | Nigeria |
| Naura & Genk Juara | — | Indonesia |
| Fork in the Road | Yavuz Turgul | Turkey |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom, United States |
| Secret Superstar | Advait Chandan | India |
| Claire: Desires of Submission | Hervé Bodilis | France |
| Clash | Mohamed Diab | France, Egypt |
| One Fine Day | — | Indonesia |
| Seven Sundays | Cathy Garcia-Sampana | Philippines |
| Tom of Finland | Dome Karukoski | Germany, United States, Finland, Sweden, Denmark |
| What a Circus! | Lotte Svendsen | Denmark |