| Battle of the Year | Benson Lee | United States |
| Two Mothers | Anne Fontaine | France, Australia |
| An Adventure in Space and Time | Terry McDonough | United Kingdom |
| INGtoogi: The Battle of Surpluses | Um Tae-hwa | South Korea |
| Red Family | Lee Ju-hyoung | South Korea |
| Tangerines | Zaza Urushadze | Estonia, Georgia |
| Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom, United States |
| Tough as Iron | Kwon Tae-ahn | South Korea |
| The Internship | Shawn Levy | United States |
| Innocent Lilies | Koichi Sakamoto | Japan |
| Prisoners | Denis Villeneuve | United States |
| Going Away | Nicole Garcia | France |
| Above Dark Waters | Peter Franzén | Finland |
| Abuse of Weakness | Catherine Breillat | France, Germany |
| Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | France, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Harlock: Space Pirate | Shinji Aramaki | Japan |
| Easy Money III: Life Deluxe | Jens Jonsson | Sweden |
| Thanga Meenkal | Ram | India |
| A Street in Palermo | Emma Dante | Italy |
| Another House | Mathieu Roy | Canada |
| The Bling Ring | Sofia Coppola | France, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, United States |
| Norigae | Seung-Ho Choi | South Korea |
| La Tahzan | Danial Rifki | Indonesia |
| Potosí | Alfredo Castruita | Mexico |
| Paulette | Jérôme Enrico | France |
| Sharknado | Anthony C. Ferrante | United States |
| The Princess of Egypt | Jan Forsström | Finland |
| After Earth | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| Secretly, Greatly | Jang Cheol-soo | South Korea |
| The Kings of Summer | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | United States |
| Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian | Arnaud Desplechin | France, United States |
| Happiness for Sale | Ik-Hwan Jeong | South Korea |
| Boomerang Family | Song Hae-seong | South Korea |
| Cinco de Mayo: La Batalla | Rafa Lara | Mexico |
| A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III | Roman Coppola | United States |
| What's in a Name? | Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte | France, Belgium |
| Miele | Valeria Golino | Italy |
| The Guilt Trip | Anne Fletcher | United States |
| Tlatelolco, verano del 68 | Carlos Bolado | Mexico |
| The Hunt | Thomas Vinterberg | Sweden, Denmark |
| La reconstrucción | Juan Taratuto | Panama |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | United Kingdom |
| Horizon Sky | Andrei Kureichik | Belarus |
| New World | Park Hoon-jung | South Korea |
| On My Way | Emmanuelle Bercot | France |
| Vic and Flo Saw a Bear | Denis Côté | Canada |
| Before Midnight | Richard Linklater | United States |
| Things We Do for Love | Matti Ijäs | Finland |