| The End of Oak Street | David Robert Mitchell | Canada, United States, Australia |
| Last Breath | Alex Parkinson | United Kingdom, United States |
| Never Let Go | Alexandre Aja | United States |
| Jericho Ridge | Will Gilbey | United Kingdom |
| Beast | Baltasar Kormákur | United States |
| Logan | James Mangold | United States |
| The Revenant | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States |
| In the Heart of the Sea | Ron Howard | Spain, United States, Australia |
| Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom, United States |
| Moon | Duncan Jones | United Kingdom, United States |
| Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | United States |
| Apollo 13 | Ron Howard | United States |
| Cliffhanger | Renny Harlin | United States, Italy |
| The Blue Lagoon | Randal Kleiser | United States |
| The Descent | Neil Marshall | United Kingdom |
| A Captive in the Land | John Berry | Soviet Union, United States |