| Bird | Andrea Arnold | drama film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| The Great Escaper | Oliver Parker | biographical film, comedy drama | France, United Kingdom, Sweden |
| Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | drama film, comedy film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Turkey |
| The Roads Not Taken | Sally Potter | drama film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Children Act | Richard Eyre | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Denial | Mick Jackson | drama film, historical film, biographical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Invisible Woman | Ralph Fiennes | romance film, drama film, melodrama, biographical film | United Kingdom |
| Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | drama film, spy film, thriller film | France, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film | United Kingdom |
| StreetDance 2 | Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa | drama film, melodrama | United Kingdom, Germany |
| My Week with Marilyn | Simon Curtis | drama film, biographical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Tamara Drewe | Stephen Frears | romantic comedy film, independent film | United Kingdom |
| StreetDance 3D | Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa | drama film, melodrama | United Kingdom |
| The Men Who Stare at Goats | Grant Heslov | comedy film, war film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Brideshead Revisited | Julian Jarrold | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, Italy |
| An Education | Lone Scherfig | coming-of-age film, drama film | United Kingdom |
| The History Boys | Nicholas Hytner | teen film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| Code 46 | Michael Winterbottom | romance film, biopunk, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film | United Kingdom |
| RKO 281 | Benjamin Ross | independent film, docudrama, biographical film, historical drama | United States |
| The Reflecting Skin | Philip Ridley | coming-of-age film, drama film, film noir, horror film, vampire film | United Kingdom, Canada |
| Henry V | Kenneth Branagh | historical drama film, drama film, action film, medieval film, war film, period drama film, biographical film, epic film | United Kingdom |
| Ali & Ava | Clio Barnard | drama film, comedy film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| The White Crow | Ralph Fiennes | drama film, biographical film | France, United Kingdom, Serbia |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Lynne Ramsay | romance film, drama film, thriller film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Toast | S. J. Clarkson | drama film, comedy film | United Kingdom |
| The Meerkats | James Honeyborne | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| A Cock and Bull Story | Michael Winterbottom | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Confetti | Debbie Isitt | LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy | United Kingdom |
| Scoop | Woody Allen | mystery film, romantic comedy, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Masked and Anonymous | Larry Charles | drama film, musical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Twenty Four Seven | Shane Meadows | teen film, boxing film | United Kingdom |
| Different for Girls | Richard Spence | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | France, United Kingdom |
| Priest | Antonia Bird | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| Relics: Einstein's Brain | — | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Kenneth Branagh | romantic comedy | United Kingdom, United States |