| Need for Speed | Scott Waugh | United States, India |
| Open Windows | Nacho Vigalondo | Spain, United States |
| RoboCop | José Padilha | United States |
| Killers | Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto | Japan, Indonesia |
| The Signal | William Eubank | United States |
| As the Light Goes Out | Derek Kwok | People's Republic of China, Hong Kong |
| Firestorm | Alan Yuen | Hong Kong |
| The Family | Luc Besson | France, United States |
| Insidious: Chapter 2 | James Wan | Canada, United States |
| Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom, United States |
| Metallica Through the Never | Nimród Antal | United States |
| Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | France, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Easy Money III: Life Deluxe | Jens Jonsson | Sweden |
| Three-60 | Alejandro Ezcurdia | Spain |
| Sharknado | Anthony C. Ferrante | United States |
| Fast & Furious 6 | Justin Lin | Japan, Spain, United States |
| Argo | — | United States |
| Dracula 3D | Dario Argento | France, Spain, Italy |
| The Raven | James McTeigue | United States |
| Premium Rush | David Koepp | United States |
| The Body | Oriol Paulo | Spain |
| Resident Evil: Retribution | Paul W. S. Anderson | Canada, Germany, United States |
| Agent Hamilton - But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter | Tobias Falk | Sweden |
| The Dark Knight Rises | — | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Marc Webb | United States |
| The Last Shag | Max Candy, Michael Ninn | France |
| The Darkest Hour | Chris Gorak | Russia, United States |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher | United States, Sweden |
| 3 Musketeers | Cole S. McKay | United States |
| Contagion | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau | United States |
| Mega Piranha | Eric Forsberg, Stuart Gillard | United States, Mexico |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Michael Bay | United States |
| Blitz | Elliott Lester | France, United Kingdom |
| Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | United States |
| Elena | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| Insidious | James Wan | Canada, United States |
| Sucker Punch | Zack Snyder | United States |
| The Adjustment Bureau | George Nolfi | United States |
| The Roommate | Christian E. Christiansen | United States |
| The Mechanic | Simon West | United States |
| Election | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| Skyline | Greg Strause, Colin Strause | United States |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire | Daniel Alfredson | Germany, Sweden, Denmark |
| Cold Fish | Sion Sono | Japan |
| Inception | — | United Kingdom, United States |
| Repo Men | Miguel Sapochnik | Canada, United States |
| A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | France, Italy |