| The Collini Case | Marco Kreuzpaintner | drama film |
| High Life | Claire Denis | arthouse science fiction film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film |
| Papa hat keinen Plan | Matthias Steurer | drama film, comedy film |
| Mia and the White Lion | Gilles de Maistre | drama film, family film, adventure film |
| Aren't You Happy? | Susanne Heinrich | drama film, comedy film, biographical film |
| Cold Feet | Wolfgang Groos | comedy film |
 Happy as Lazzaro | Alice Rohrwacher | drama film, fantasy film, tragicomedy |
 Transit | Christian Petzold | drama film |
| Happiness Sucks | Anca Miruna Lăzărescu | drama film, comedy film |
| Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan | Harald Sicheritz | comedy film |
| The Tobacconist | Nikolaus Leytner | drama film, historical film, war film |
| Tschiller: Off Duty | Christian Alvart | action film, crime film |
| What Will People Say | Iram Haq | drama film |
 Spoor | Agnieszka Holland, Katarzyna Adamik | mystery film, drama film, thriller film, crime film |
| This Crazy Heart | Marc Rothemund | comedy film |
| Shiverstone Castle 2 | Ralf Huettner | family film, children's film |
| Tehran Taboo | Ali Soozandeh | drama film |
| Lilly's Bewitched Christmas | Wolfgang Groos | children's film, live-action/animated film, Christmas film |
| The Square | Ruben Östlund | satirical film, comedy drama |
| Unter deutschen Betten | Jan Fehse | comedy film |
| My Giraffe | Barbara Bredero | family film, comedy film |
| Manifesto | Julian Rosefeldt | drama film, anthology film |
| Grießnockerlaffäre | Ed Herzog | crime comedy film |
| The Cakemaker | Ofir Raul Graizer | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Sommerfest | Sönke Wortmann | comedy drama |
| They called him Bulldozer | Karl-Martin Pold | documentary film |
| Luna | Khaled Kaissar | thriller film |
| Salt and Fire | Werner Herzog | thriller film |
| The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Juho Kuosmanen | drama film, boxing film |
| Comrade, Where Are You Today? | Kirsi Marie Liimatainen | documentary film |
 Frantz | François Ozon | romance film, drama film |
| Lou Andreas-Salomé | Cordula Kablitz-Post | drama film, biographical film |
| LenaLove | Florian Gaag | drama film, thriller film |
| Greetings from Fukushima | Doris Dörrie | drama film |
| Ukrainian Sheriffs | Roman Bondarchuk | documentary film |
| Vijay and I | Sam Garbarski | comedy film |
| I Am Here | Anders Morgenthaler | drama film |
| The Forest is Like the Mountains | Didier Guillain, Christiane Schmidt | documentary film |
| The Woman in Gold | Simon Curtis | drama film, trial film, biographical film |
| Iraqi Odyssey | Samir | documentary film |
 As We Were Dreaming | Andreas Dresen | drama film |
| Bonne Nuit Papa | Marina Kem | documentary film |
| The Crimean | Burak Arlıel | drama film |
| Big Game | Jalmari Helander | action film, adventure film |
 Michael Kohlhaas | Arnaud des Pallières | drama film, historical film, political film |
| Pettson & Findus: Fun Stuff | Ali Samadi Ahadi | children's film, live-action/animated film |
| Die letzte Instanz | Carlo Rola | drama film, crime film |
| Reasonable Doubt | Peter Howitt | crime thriller film |