| Prayer for Hetman Mazepa | Yuri Ilyenko | Ukraine |
| Sailing Home | Vincenzo Marra | Italy |
| Smokers Only | Verónica Chen | Argentina |
| Sound of the Sea | Bigas Luna | Spain |
| The Profession of Arms | Ermanno Olmi | France, Italy |
| Waking Life | Richard Linklater | United States |
| Workers, Peasants | Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet | France, Italy |
| Ba lẻ một | Khai Hung | Vietnam |
| Bichunmoo | Kim Yeong-jun | South Korea |
| I Prefer the Sound of the Sea | Mimmo Calopresti | France, Italy |
| Joshua oh Joshua | Edward Sirait | Indonesia |
| Last Resort | Paweł Pawlikowski | United Kingdom |
| Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease | Krzysztof Zanussi | France, Poland |
| Proof of Life | Taylor Hackford | United States |
| Romeo Must Die | Andrzej Bartkowiak | United States |
| The Ark | Merab Kokochashvili | Georgia |
| The House of Mirth | Terence Davies | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| The Monkey's Mask | Samantha Lang | France, Canada, Japan, Italy, Australia |
| The State I Am In | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| Thirteen Days | Roger Donaldson | United States |
| To Be with You Forever | Ding Yinnan | People's Republic of China |
| To Matthieu | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| Waking the Dead | Keith Gordon | United States |
| You're the One | José Luis Garci | Spain |
| Biswaprakash | Susant Mishra | India |
| Boys Don't Cry | Kimberly Peirce | United States |
| Brokedown Palace | Jonathan Kaplan | United States |
| Butterfly's Tongue | José Luis Cuerda | Spain |
| City of the Rising Sun | Kim Sung-su | South Korea |
| Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique | Sarah Lévy | France |
| Dưới tán rừng lặng lẽ | Nguyễn Quang | Vietnam |
| East Is East | Damien O'Donnell | United Kingdom |
| El visitante | Eduardo Castro Caravia | Argentina |
| Farewell, Home Sweet Home | Otar Iosseliani | France, Italy, Switzerland |
| If... Dog... Rabbit... | Matthew Modine | United States |
| It All Starts Today | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| Jill Rips | Anthony Hickox | United States |
| Judy Berlin | Eric Mendelsohn | United States |
| Nowhere to Hide | Lee Myeong-se | South Korea |
| Romance | Catherine Breillat | France |
| Samar | Shyam Benegal | India |
| Santa Lucia | Vladimir Tolkachikov | Belarus |
| Saworoide | Tunde Kelani, Bukky Wright | Nigeria |
| Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Sandy Tung | United States |
| The Boondock Saints | Troy Duffy | Canada, United States |
| The Insider | — | United States |
| The Letter | Manoel de Oliveira | France, Portugal |
| The Road Home | Zhang Yimou | People's Republic of China |