| The Thomas Crown Affair | — | United States |
| A Price Above Rubies | Boaz Yakin | United Kingdom, United States |
| Dancing at Lughnasa | Pat O'Connor | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Elizabeth | Shekhar Kapur | United Kingdom |
| Fibra óptica | Francisco Athié | Mexico |
| Full Moon | Fredi M. Murer | France, Germany, Switzerland |
| Hai Nguyet | Trần Mỹ Hà | Vietnam |
| Holy Man | Stephen Herek | United States |
| I'm Losing You | Bruce Wagner | United States |
| Mala Época | Nicolás Saad, Rodrigo Moreno, Mariano De Rosa, Salvador Roselli | Argentina |
| Paradise Lost | Kil-soo Chang | South Korea |
| Phoenix | Danny Cannon | United States |
| Rusty: A Dog's Tale | Shuki Levy | United States |
| Sitcom | François Ozon | France |
| Someone to Love Me: A Moment of Truth Movie | Chuck Bowman | United States |
| Tango | Carlos Saura | Spain, Argentina |
| The Girl of Your Dreams | Fernando Trueba | Spain |
| The Idiots | Lars von Trier | France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands |
| The Lost Love | Saeid Asadi | Iran |
| The Players Club | Ice Cube | United States |
| The Quiet Family | Kim Ji-woon | South Korea |
| The X-Files | Rob Bowman | United States |
| Time of a Dancer | Vadim Abdrashitov | Russia |
| Where the Heart Is | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Without Limits | Robert Towne | United States |
| 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag | Tom Schulman | United Kingdom, United States |
| A Thousand Acres | Jocelyn Moorhouse | United States |
| Ardena | Luca Barbareschi | Italy |
| Caresses | Ventura Pons | Spain |
| Clockwatchers | Jill Sprecher | United States |
| Dante's Peak | Roger Donaldson | United States |
| Dil To Pagal Hai | Yash Chopra | India |
| Donnie Brasco | Mike Newell | United States |
| Four Women of Egypt | Tahani Rached | Canada |
| Gattaca | Andrew Niccol | United States |
| Grötbögen | Bengt Johansen | Sweden |
| In the Company of Men | Neil LaBute | Canada, United States |
| Keys to Tulsa | Leslie Greif | United States |
| Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu | Kamal | India |
| Life is All You Get | Wolfgang Becker | Germany |
| Love and Death on Long Island | Richard Kwietniowski | United Kingdom, Canada |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| No Names on the Doors | Nadav Levitan | Israel |
| One Life and Two Trails | Alberto Arvelo | Venezuela |
| One Night Stand | Mike Figgis | United States |
| Selena | Gregory Nava | United States |
| Suzaku | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| The Devil's Advocate | Taylor Hackford | United States |