| H Is for Hawk | Philippa Lowthorpe | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Rose Glass | romance film, lesbian-related film, thriller film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Day Shall Come | Chris Morris | thriller film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Peterloo | Mike Leigh | drama film, historical film | United Kingdom |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh | mystery film, drama film, black comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Carol | Todd Haynes | romance film, lesbian-related film, drama film, melodrama, LGBTQ-related film, Christmas film | United Kingdom, United States |
| 45 Years | Andrew Haigh | drama film | United Kingdom |
| A Most Wanted Man | Anton Corbijn | drama film, spy film, thriller film, crime film | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | drama film, biographical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Hyde Park on Hudson | Roger Michell | biographical film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Submarine | Richard Ayoade | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, drama film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | coming-of-age film, monster film, comedy film, action film, comedy horror, alien invasion, science fiction film, hood film | France, United Kingdom |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Robert B. Weide | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| This Is England | Shane Meadows | coming-of-age film, drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Bent | Sean Mathias | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, Japan |
| Waterland | Stephen Gyllenhaal | mystery film, drama film | United Kingdom |
| Alice | Jan Švankmajer | puppet film, fantasy film, adventure film, grotesque film | United Kingdom, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, West Germany |
| Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | drama film | France, Germany |
| Tender Loving Care | Mike Leigh | comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| We Live in Time | John Crowley | romance film, drama film | United Kingdom |
| The Festival | Iain Morris | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| The Stone Roses: Made of Stone | Shane Meadows | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Kill List | Ben Wheatley | horror film, thriller film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| The Woman in the Fifth | Paweł Pawlikowski | mystery film, drama film | France, United Kingdom, Poland |
| Bunny and the Bull | Paul King | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| The Scouting Book for Boys | Tom Harper | independent film | United Kingdom |
| Death of a President | Gabriel Range | political thriller film, drama film, documentary film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Steve Bendelack, Mel Smith | comedy horror | United Kingdom |
| East Is East | Damien O'Donnell | drama film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Acid House | Paul McGuigan | fantasy film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Dancing at Lughnasa | Pat O'Connor | drama film | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| A Life Less Ordinary | Danny Boyle | fantasy film, romantic comedy | United Kingdom, United States |
| Welcome to Sarajevo | Michael Winterbottom | drama film, war film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Blue | Derek Jarman | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Peter's Friends | Kenneth Branagh | romantic comedy film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| Thank You and Good Night | Jan Oxenberg | documentary film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Dressmaker | Jim O'Brien | drama film | United Kingdom |