| Exodus | Otto Preminger | drama film, action film, war film | United States |
| Swiss Family Robinson | Ken Annakin | pirate film, children's film, adventure film | United States |
| Petter fra Ruskøy | Nils R. Müller | children's film | Norway |
| Resurrection | Mikhail Schweitzer | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Lady from Shanghai | Orson Welles | drama film, film noir | United States |
| Gentle | Aleksandr Borisov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| El dolor de pagar la renta | Agustín P. Delgado | comedy film | Mexico |
| A Simple Story | Yuri Yegorov | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Surrounded | Arne Skouen | drama film, war film | Norway |
| Mardi Gras | Edmund Goulding | romance film, musical film | United States |
| Baltic Skies | Vladimir Vengerov | drama film, historical film, war film | Soviet Union |
| The Terrible People | Harald Reinl | mystery film, horror film | Germany |
| Spoilers of the Forest | Joseph Kane | drama film, Western film | United States |
| Knights of the Teutonic Order | Aleksander Ford | romance film, adventure film, war film | Polish People's Republic |
| Village of the Damned | Wolf Rilla | horror film, science fiction film | United Kingdom |
| Too Late to Love | Henri Decoin | drama film | France |
| Jungle Cat | James Algar | animals documentary, documentary film | United States |
| Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Mikio Naruse | drama film | Japan |
| Far from the Motherland | Aleksei Shvachko | drama film, spy film | Soviet Union |
| Ivanna | Viktor Ivchenko | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Sweetheart of the Gods | Gottfried Reinhardt | drama film, biographical film, musical film | Germany |
| The Magic Weaver | Alexander Rou | fantasy film, children's film | Soviet Union |
| Fear and hope | George Ovadiah | — | Iran |
| The Cranes Are Flying | Mikhail Kalatozov | romance film, drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Watusi | Kurt Neumann | fantasy film | United States |
| Veien tilbake | Eric Heed | drama film | Norway |
| Kidnapped | Robert Stevenson | adventure film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Virgin Spring | Ingmar Bergman | drama film | Sweden |
| The Overcoat | Aleksey Batalov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Lady with the Dog | Semyon Derevyansky, Iosif Kheifits | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Our Man in Havana | Carol Reed | drama film, spy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Great Solitude | Ladislav Helge | drama film | Czechoslovakia |
| Anatomy of a Murder | Otto Preminger | drama film, trial film, crime film | United States |
| A Man of Straw | Pietro Germi | romance film, drama film | Italy |
| 12 to the Moon | David Bradley | science fiction film | United States |
| 20,000 Leagues Across the Land | Marcello Pagliero | drama film, road movie | France, Soviet Union |
| All the Fine Young Cannibals | Michael Anderson | romance film, drama film, musical film | United States |
| Angel and Devil | Kamal El Sheikh | drama film | Egypt |
| Arshin Mal Alan | Samad Sabahi | comedy film | Iran |
| Bad Luck | Andrzej Munk | comedy film, black comedy film | Poland |
| Beloved Augustin | Rolf Thiele | romance film, comedy film | Germany |
| Chelovek menyaet kozhu | Rafail Perelshtejn | historical film | Soviet Union |
| Clue of the Twisted Candle | Allan Davis | crime film | United Kingdom |
| Crossroads to Crime | Gerry Anderson | heist film | United Kingdom |
| Follow That Horse! | Alan Bromly | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Good for Nothing | Yoshishige Yoshida | drama film | Japan |
| Home from the Hill | Vincente Minnelli | romance film, drama film | United States |
| I Delfini | Francesco Maselli | drama film | France, Italy |
| I piaceri dello scapolo | Giulio Petroni | comedy film | Italy |
| Il bell'Antonio | Mauro Bolognini | drama film | France, Italy |
| India | Armando Bó | drama film | Argentina |
| Inherit the Wind | Stanley Kramer | drama film, trial film | United States |
| Interrupted Song | Frantisek Zácek, Nikoloz Sanishvili | romance film, war film | Georgian SSR, Czechoslovakia |
| It Started in Naples | Melville Shavelson | drama film, romantic comedy | United States, Italy |
| Jazz Boat | Ken Hughes | musical film | United Kingdom |
| Jigoku | Nobuo Nakagawa | horror film | Japan |
| Knight of 100 Faces | Pino Mercanti | adventure film | Italy |
| L'Avventura | Michelangelo Antonioni | drama film | France, Italy |
| Late Autumn | Yasujirō Ozu | drama film | Japan |
| Lawful Money | Fereydon Ghovanlou | — | Iran |
| Let's Make Love | George Cukor | musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Leta Manasulu | R. Krishnan, S. Panju | drama film | India |
| Liar Wanted | Giannis Dalianidis | comedy film | Greece |
| Lumisten metsien tyttö | William Markus | — | Finland |
| Mahallada duv-duv gap | Shuhrat Abbosov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Man on a String | André de Toth | spy film | United States |
| Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Cyril Frankel | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Night and Fog in Japan | Nagisa Ōshima | drama film | Japan |
| No Trouble with Cleopatra | Helmut Schneider | comedy film | East Germany, Germany |
| Operation Cupid | Charles Saunders | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Opettajatar seikkailee | Aarne Tarkas | comedy film | Finland |
| Pete & Runt, Negroes | Aarne Tarkas | comedy film | Finland |
| Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, film noir, crime thriller film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, independent film +3 | United States |
| Rabbit's Feat | Chuck Jones | — | United States |
| Sands of the Desert | John Paddy Carstairs | adventure film | United Kingdom |
| Satan from the Seventh Grade | Maria Kaniewska | adventure film | Poland |
| School for Scoundrels | Robert Hamer | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Sink the Bismarck! | Lewis Gilbert | war film | United Kingdom |
| Sons and Lovers | Jack Cardiff | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Space Men | Antonio Margheriti | adventure film, science fiction film | Italy |
| Stories of the Revolution | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | drama film | Cuba |
| Sunrise at Campobello | Vincent J. Donehue | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Surprise Package | Stanley Donen | heist film | United States |
| Sword of Sherwood Forest | Terence Fisher | adventure film | United Kingdom |
| Sábado a la noche, cine | Fernando Ayala | comedy film | Argentina |
| Ta kitrina gantia | Alekos Sakellarios | comedy film | Greece |
| Take Aim at the Police Van | Seijun Suzuki | — | Japan |
| Taxi for Tobruk | Denys de La Patellière | drama film, adventure film | France, Germany, Spain |
| The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Delbert Mann | drama film | United States |
| The Doll Behind the Curtain | Majid Mohseni | — | Iran |
| The Last Desire | Mehdi AmirGhasem Khani | — | Iran |
| The Letter with Feather | Shi Hui | war drama, children's film | People's Republic of China |
| The Story of Ruth | Henry Koster | drama film | United States |
| The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Terence Fisher | drama film, horror film | United Kingdom |
| The Unforgiven | John Huston | romance film, drama film, Western film | United States |
| Two Women | Vittorio De Sica | drama film, war film | France, Italy |
| Umma | Kunchacko | drama film | India |
| Uncle Martino | — | — | Australia |
| Under Ten Flags | Duilio Coletti, Carlo Lizzani | drama film, war film | United States, Italy |
| Warriors for Freedom | Usmar Ismail | drama film | Indonesia |
| Åsa-Nisse som polis | Ragnar Frisk | comedy film | Sweden |