| The Pornographer | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| Pretty Big Feet | Yang Yazhou | People's Republic of China |
| High Crimes | Carl Franklin | United States |
| C.E.O. | Wu Tianming | People's Republic of China |
| All or Nothing | Mike Leigh | France, United Kingdom |
| Falling Sky | Gunnar Vikene | Norway, Denmark |
| Road Movie | Kim In-shik | South Korea |
| Haaveiden kehä | Matti Ijäs | Finland |
| Trapped | Luis Mandoki | Germany, United States |
| Everybody Loves Alice | Richard Hobert | Sweden |
| Igby Goes Down | Burr Steers | United States |
| Evelyn | Bruce Beresford | United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, United States |
| City by the Sea | Michael Caton-Jones | United States |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | United Kingdom, Russia, Canada, Germany, United States |
| Ripley's Game | Liliana Cavani | United Kingdom, United States, Italy |
| The Good Girl | Miguel Arteta | Germany, United States, Netherlands |
| Tycoon | Pavel Lungin | France, Russia |
| Windtalkers | John Woo | United States |
| Unfaithful | Adrian Lyne | United States |
| Angela | Roberta Torre | Italy |
| City of God | Kátia Lund, Fernando Meirelles | France, Brazil |
| Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | United States |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Kevin Reynolds | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| About a Boy | Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Songs from the Second Floor | Roy Andersson | France, Norway, Sweden |
| The Supplement | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland |
| Dragonfly | Tom Shadyac | United States |
| Talk to Her | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| My Beautiful Days | — | South Korea |
| Chopin: Desire for Love | Jerzy Antczak | Poland |
| Minor Mishaps | Annette K. Olesen | Sweden, Denmark |
| Brotherhood of the Wolf | Christophe Gans | France, Venezuela |
| Italian for Beginners | Lone Scherfig | Sweden, Denmark |
| The Ignorant Fairies | Ferzan Özpetek | France, Italy |
| Nowhere in Africa | Caroline Link | Germany |
| Me Without You | Sandra Goldbacher | United Kingdom |
| Glitter | Vondie Curtis-Hall | United States |
| Diary of a Sex Addict | Joseph Brutsman | United States |
| Bad Guy | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| The Claim | Michael Winterbottom | France, United Kingdom, Canada |
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | John Madden | France, United Kingdom, United States |
| Don't Say a Word | Gary Fleder | United States, Australia |
| Original Sin | Michael Cristofer | United States, Mexico |
| A Young Prisoner's Revenge | Mu Deyuan | People's Republic of China |
| Fat Girl | Catherine Breillat | France, Italy |
| The Full Moon | Chen li | People's Republic of China |
| Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann | United States, Australia |