| Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United Kingdom, United States |
| Before It Ends | Anders Walter | Denmark |
| American Gangster | Ridley Scott | United States |
| Vanity Fair | Mira Nair | United Kingdom, United States |
| Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Italy, Netherlands |
| Beloved | Jonathan Demme | United States |
| Henry V | Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom |
| The Lady of the Camellias | Mauro Bolognini | France, Germany, Italy |
| Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| Towns and Years | Aleksandr Zarkhi | Soviet Union |
| The Robe | Henry Koster | United States |
| 8 | Julio Médem | Spain |
| L'Œil de l'astronome | Stan Neumann | France |
| Helen of Troy | John Kent Harrison | United States |
| Safe Conduct | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| Cromwell | Ken Hughes | United Kingdom, United States |
| Tom Jones | Tony Richardson | United Kingdom |
| Caroline and the Rebels | Jean Devaivre | France |
| Prince Valiant | Henry Hathaway | United States |