| 22 Bullets | Richard Berry | action film, crime film |
| Dear Prudence | Rebecca Zlotowski | coming-of-age film, drama film |
| Babies | Thomas Balmès | family film, documentary film |
| Twelve | Joel Schumacher | romance film, teen film, drama film, action film, crime film |
| Soubrettes Services: Trainees | Hervé Bodilis | pornographic film |
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec | Luc Besson | fantasy film, adventure film |
| The Secret of Kells | Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore | drama film, fantasy film, children's film, adventure film |
 A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | drama film, thriller film, prison film, gangster film |
| Everything Will Be Fine | Christoffer Boe | drama film, thriller film |
 A Christmas Tale | Arnaud Desplechin | drama film, Christmas film, comedy drama |
| Prince of Jutland | Gabriel Axel | drama film, medieval film |
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | psychological thriller film, art film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, erotic thriller |
| Cell 211 | Daniel Monzón | drama film, action film, thriller film, prison film |
| Il Divo | Paolo Sorrentino | drama film |
| Dorcel Airlines: First Class | Hervé Bodilis | pornographic film |
| Home | Ursula Meier | drama film |
| State of Play | Kevin Macdonald | political thriller film, drama film |
 Looking for Eric | Ken Loach | drama film, association football film, comedy drama |
| Public Enemy No. 1 – Todestrieb | Jean-François Richet | drama film, biographical film |
| Mutants | David Morlet | monster film, horror film, zombie film |
| A Secret | Claude Miller | romance film, drama film |
| Mr. Bean's Holiday | Steve Bendelack | family film, comedy film, slapstick, road movie |
| Grown Ups | Anna Novion | drama film, comedy film, comedy drama |
| Ugly Melanie | Allan Mauduit, Jean-Patrick Benes | comedy film |
| The Baader Meinhof Complex | Uli Edel | political thriller film, drama film, action film, biographical film, crime film |
| The Wrestler | Darren Aronofsky | drama film, sport film |
| The Good Life | Andrés Wood | drama film |
| The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Rémi Bezançon | drama film, comedy film |
| Cassandra's Dream | Woody Allen | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, thriller film |
 Go West | Olivier Jean-Marie | road movie |
| The Band's Visit | Eran Kolirin | drama film, comedy film |
 Asterix at the Olympic Games | Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Forestier | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film |
| Animals in Love | Laurent Charbonnier | documentary film |
| Chrysalis | Julien Leclercq | drama film, science fiction film |
| Ratatouille | Jan Pinkava, Brad Bird | coming-of-age film, flashback film, buddy film, comedy drama |
| Silk | François Girard | drama film |
| Asterix and the Vikings | Jesper Møller, Stefan Fjeldmark | fantasy film, children's film, adventure film, romantic comedy |
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | romance film, drama film, war film |
| Hannibal Rising | Peter Webber | psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, crime drama film, drama film, crime thriller film, horror film, thriller film, psychological drama film, crime film |
| Not Here to Be Loved | Stéphane Brizé | drama film, comedy film |
| Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | drama film, biographical film |
 Silent Hill | Christophe Gans | monster film, fantasy film, horror film, psychological horror fiction |
| Them | David Moreau, Xavier Palud | horror film |
| The Hills Have Eyes | Alexandre Aja | horror film, slasher film |
| Pride & Prejudice | Joe Wright | romance film, drama film |
| Manderlay | Lars von Trier | art film, drama film |
| Revolver | Guy Ritchie | drama film, crime film |
| Habana Blues | Benito Zambrano | drama film, musical film |