| The Boxer | Jim Sheridan | romance film, drama film, boxing film | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | horror film, psychological horror fiction | Japan |
| Ma vie en rose | Alain Berliner | transgender film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | France, United Kingdom, Belgium |
| Comedian Harmonists | Joseph Vilsmaier | drama film | Germany |
| Mr. Magoo | Stanley Tong | comedy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Kummeli Goldrush | Matti Grönberg | comedy film | Finland |
| The Snowman | Davood Mir-Bagheri | — | Iran |
| Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan | Christjan Wegner | comedy film | Sweden |
| Geri's Game | Jan Pinkava | family film, comedy film | United States |
| The Sundial | Andrzej Kondratiuk | slice of life | Poland |
| Cinderella | Robert Iscove | teen film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film, crime film | France, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, United States |
 Contact | Robert Zemeckis | drama film, science fiction film | United States |
| Live in Peace | Hu Bingliu | family drama film | People's Republic of China |
| The Full Monty | Peter Cattaneo | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| Let's Kiss and Say Goodbye | Christel Buschmann | musical film, documentary film | Germany |
| Motel Cactus | — | romance film | South Korea |
| Nil by Mouth | Gary Oldman | drama film | France, United Kingdom |
| RocketMan | Stuart Gillard | science fiction film, science fiction comedy, romantic comedy | United States |
| The Good Book | Matthew Giaquinto | horror film, science fiction film | United States |
 Barbara | Nils Malmros | drama film | Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
 Kull the Conqueror | John Nicolella | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, action film | United States, Italy |
| L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson | police procedural film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Let's Get Lost | Jonas Elmer | drama film, comedy film | Denmark |
| A Better Place | Vincent Pereira | coming-of-age film, drama film | United States |
| Carla's Song | Ken Loach | romance film, drama film, war film, political drama | United Kingdom, Germany, Spain |
| 12 Angry Men | William Friedkin | trial film | United States |
| Event Horizon | Paul W. S. Anderson | science fiction horror film, psychological horror film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, speculative fiction film, adventure film, supernatural horror film, science fiction film, splatter film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Jungle Emperor Leo | Yoshio Takeuchi | fantasy anime and manga | Japan |
| Schizophrenia | Viktor Sergeev | crime film | Russia |
| The Secret of Anastasia | Lee Lan | romance film, fantasy film, animated film, adventure film, musical film | United States |
| Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | Paris Barclay | comedy film, parody, black comedy, hood film | United States |
| Brother | Aleksei Balabanov | drama film, neo-noir, thriller film, crime film | Russia |
| The Eel | Shohei Imamura | drama film | Japan |
| Metro | Thomas Carter | drama film, action film, heist film, buddy cop film | United States |
| Beat | Kim Sung-su | teen film, drama film, action film, crime film | South Korea |
| Anna Karenina | Bernard Rose | romance film, drama film | United Kingdom, Russia, United States |
| Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse | Joram Lürsen, Ben Sombogaart | drama film, children's film | Netherlands |
| Double Team | Tsui Hark | action film, buddy film | United States |
| Twelfth Night | Trevor Nunn | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama, romantic comedy | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Caligola: Follia del potere | Joe D'Amato | pornographic film | Italy |
| Lone Star | John Sayles | romance film, mystery film, drama film, Western film, crime film | United States |
| Sabi Mo Mahal Mo Ako, Wala Nang Bawian | Danilo Cabreira | action comedy film | Philippines |
| Eye of the Eagle | Peter Flinth | drama film, family film, action film, children's film | Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | mecha, science fiction film | Japan |
| First Strike | Stanley Tong | martial arts film, thriller film, action comedy film, adventure film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| The Crucible | Nicholas Hytner | drama film, historical film | United States |
| The Last Supper | Stacy Title | black comedy, comedy drama, crime film | United States |
| Smilla's Sense of Snow | Bille August | mystery film, drama film, action film, thriller film, science fiction film | Germany, Sweden, Denmark |
| Some Mother's Son | Terry George | drama film | Ireland, United States |
| The Truce | Francesco Rosi | drama film, historical film, war film, biographical film | France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland |
| Daylight | Rob Cohen | action film, disaster film | United States |
| Prefontaine | Steve James | drama film, sport film, biographical film | United States |
| Albino Alligator | Kevin Spacey | drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| A Thousand Acres | Jocelyn Moorhouse | drama film | United States |
| Alejo Pataki | — | — | Nigeria |
| An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | Arthur Hiller | comedy film | United States |
| Artemisia | Agnès Merlet | romance film, drama film, biographical film | France, Germany, Italy |
 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Jay Roach | spy film, parody film, crime film | United States |
| Aṣeyọri | Tunde Shofolahan | — | Nigeria |
| Balto: The Adventures of the Brave Husky | Roswitha Haas | mockbuster, animated film | Germany |
| Batas Militar | — | documentary film | Philippines |
| Beverly Hills Ninja | Dennis Dugan | martial arts film, comedy film, action film, ninja film | United States |
| Big Computer | Naoyuki Tomomatsu | pink film | Japan |
| Blackrock | Steven Vidler | exploitation film, teen film | Australia |
| Breaking Up | Robert Greenwald | romantic comedy film, drama film | United States |
| Buddy | Caroline Thompson | docudrama, biographical film, comedy drama | United States |
| Casper: A Spirited Beginning | Sean McNamara | fantasy film, comedy film, children's film, ghost film | United States |
| City of Industry | John Irvin | drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| Countess Gamiani | Luca Damiano | pornographic film | Germany, Italy |
| Curzio Malaparte | Jean-Paul Fargier | documentary film | France |
| Dangerous Ground | Darrell Roodt | action film, crime film | South Africa, United States |
| Deti ponedelnika | Alla Surikova | comedy film | Russia |
| Dil To Pagal Hai | Yash Chopra | romance film, drama film, romantic comedy | India |
| Excess Baggage | Marco Brambilla | comedy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Francorusse | Alexis Miansarow | — | France |
| Gridlock'd | Vondie Curtis-Hall | drama film, comedy film, hood film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Grötbögen | Bengt Johansen | drama film | Sweden |
| Herkules | — | fantasy film, animated film | Germany |
| Heroes Dream | Sergio Renán | drama film | Argentina |
| Iruvar | Mani Ratnam | drama film, docudrama, biographical film | India |
| Joey | Ian Barry | family film, comedy film, adventure film | United States, Australia |
| Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Robert Bierman | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Thomas Jahn | drama film, comedy film, action film, tragicomedy, buddy film | Germany |
 Kundun | Martin Scorsese | war drama, historical drama film, drama film, historical film, war film, biographical film, epic film | United States |
| La vuelta de El Coyote | Mario Camus | drama film, adventure film | Spain |
| Leprechaun 4: In Space | Brian Trenchard-Smith | horror film, adventure film, science fiction film, slasher film | United States |
| Level Five | Chris Marker | documentary film | France |
| Life is All You Get | Wolfgang Becker | romance film, drama film, comedy film | Germany |
| Mama Don't Cry | Maksim Pezhemsky | mystery film, comedy film, crime film | Russia |
| Mangamma | T. V. Chandran | — | India |
 Mange ta soupe | Mathieu Amalric | comedy drama | France |
| Marie from the Bay of Angels | Manuel Pradal | drama film | France |
| Mayar Badhon | Swapan Saha | — | India |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, Christmas film, crime film | United States |
| Mimic | Guillermo del Toro | science fiction horror film, monster film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film | United States |
| Miscreants | Rob Zicari | fantasy film, pornographic film, crime film | United States |
| Mouse Hunt | Gore Verbinski | family film, fantasy film, comedy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Mrs Dalloway | Marleen Gorris | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands |
| Nerrukku Ner | Vasanth | action thriller | India |
| Olympus: Refuge of Gods | Joe D'Amato | pornographic film | Italy |
| One Life and Two Trails | Alberto Arvelo | drama film | Venezuela |
| Outsider | Andrej Košak | drama film | Slovenia |
| Pater Familias | Nikos Perakis | comedy film | Greece |
| Poison Ivy: The New Seduction | Kurt Voss | teen film, erotic thriller, erotic film | United States |
| Preminchukundam Raa | Jayanth C. Paranjee | romance film, drama film, action film | India |
| Private Parts | Betty Thomas | comedy film, biographical film | United States |
 Red River Valley | Feng Xiaoning | romantic drama film, historical film, war film | People's Republic of China |
| Schizophreniac: The Whore Mangler | Ron Atkins | exploitation film, LGBTQ-related film | United States |
| Soccer Stories | Andrés Wood | comedy film | Chile |
| Thanks for Everything | Luca Manfredi | comedy film | Italy |
| The Beautician and the Beast | Ken Kwapis | romantic comedy | United States |
| The Castle | Rob Sitch | trial film | Australia |
| The Cellar Dweller 2: Back in the Basement | Rob Zicari | comedy film, pornographic film, horror film | United States |
| The Countess of Baton Rouge | André Forcier | romantic comedy | Canada |
| The Debt | Nicolás Buenaventura, Manuel José Álvarez | drama film | Colombia |
| The Dog of Flanders | Yoshio Kuroda, Doug Stone | anime film | Japan |
| The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island | Charles Grosvenor | family film, children's film, adventure film | United States |
 The Love Bug | Peyton Reed | fantasy | United States |
| The Mills of Fate | Jānis Streičs | romance film, melodrama | Latvia |
| The Other Shore | Dominique Cabrera | drama film | France |
| The Substance of Fire | Daniel J. Sullivan | drama film | United States |
| Three Men and a Leg | Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti, Massimo Venier | romantic comedy | Italy |
| Turbulence | Robert Butler | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Vertical Love | Arturo Sotto Díaz | comedy film | Cuba |
| We Lived for Estonia | Andres Sööt | documentary film | Estonia |