| 8-Ball | Aku Louhimies | Finland |
| Miracle in Cell No. 7 | Lee Hwan-kyung | South Korea |
| The Priest's Children | Vinko Brešan | Croatia, Serbia |
| The Tower | Kim Ji-hun | South Korea |
| Love 911 | Jeong Gi-hun | South Korea |
| Bernie | Richard Linklater | United States |
| De groeten van Mike! | Maria Peters | Netherlands |
| Trouble with the Curve | Robert Lorenz | United States |
| Argo | — | United States |
| Chasing Mavericks | Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted | United States |
| Dracula 3D | Dario Argento | France, Spain, Italy |
| Little Lion | Samuel Collardey | France |
| Here Comes the Boom | Frank Coraci | United States |
| The Broken Circle Breakdown | Felix van Groeningen | Belgium, Netherlands |
| The Good Lie | Shawn Linden | Canada |
| The Body | Oriol Paulo | Spain |
| Amour | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Austria |
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Lorene Scafaria | United States |
| Before My Heart Falls | Sébastien Rose | Canada |
| Arraianos | Eloy Enciso | Spain |
| Lawless | John Hillcoat | United States |
| The Patience Stone | Atiq Rahimi | France, Germany, Afghanistan |
| Blancanieves | Pablo Berger | France, Spain |
| The Weight | Jeon Kyu-hwan | South Korea |
| Fire with Fire | David Barrett | United States |
| Everybody Has a Plan | Ana Piterbarg | Germany, Spain, Argentina |
| A Simple Life | Ann Hui | Hong Kong |
| Dolu | Elkhan Jafarov | Azerbaijan |
| The Rum Diary | Bruce Robinson | United States |
| The Dark Knight Rises | — | United Kingdom, United States |
| Deranged | Park Jung-woo | South Korea |
| Sleep Tight | Jaume Balagueró | Spain, Mexico |
| StreetDance 2 | Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa | United Kingdom, Germany |
| 17 Girls | Muriel Coulin, Delphine Coulin | France |
| The Mill and the Cross | Lech Majewski | Sweden, Poland |
| Rock of Ages | Adam Shankman | United States |
| Dallas XXX – A Parody | Andre Madness | United States |
| Snow White and the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders | United Kingdom, United States |
| Thérèse Desqueyroux | Claude Miller | France |
| The Last Shag | Max Candy, Michael Ninn | France |
| The We and the I | Michel Gondry | United States |
| Delicacy | David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos | France |
| North Sea Texas | Bavo Defurne | Belgium |
| Els Nens Salvatges | Patricia Ferreira | Spain |
| My Week with Marilyn | Simon Curtis | United Kingdom, United States |
| In the Land of Blood and Honey | — | United States |
| The Vow | Michael Sucsy | United States |
| Naked Harbour | Aku Louhimies | Finland |