| We Still Kill the Old Way | Sacha Bennett | drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Dying of the Light | Paul Schrader | mystery film, drama film, action film, thriller film | United States |
| Love Does Not Love | Klim Shipenko | romantic comedy film | Russia |
| Mees Kees op de planken | Barbara Bredero | children's film | Netherlands |
| Leading Lady | Henk Pretorius | romance film | United Kingdom, South Africa |
| The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby | Ned Benson | romance film, drama film, melodrama | United States |
| Penguins of Madagascar | Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith | comedy film, action film | United States |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Francis Lawrence | drama film, action film, war film, science fiction film | United States |
 Birdman | Alejandro González Iñárritu | drama film, comedy film, tragicomedy, black comedy | United States |
| Dumb and Dumber To | Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly | comedy film, buddy film | United States |
| Fool's Day | Aleksandr Baranov | comedy film, melodrama | Russia |
 American Sniper | Clint Eastwood | drama film, action film, war film, biographical film | United States |
| Khaad | Kaushik Ganguly | adventure film | India |
| And So It Goes | Rob Reiner | romance film, romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Happy New Year | Farah Khan | romantic comedy film, drama film, action film, heist film, comedy drama | India |
| Nightcrawler | Dan Gilroy | drama film, neo-noir, thriller film | United States |
| Interstellar | — | time-travel film, drama film, dystopian film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film, hard science fiction | United Kingdom, United States |
| Leviathan | Andrey Zvyagintsev | drama film, crime film | Russia |
| JerryMaya's Detective Agency – Shadows of Valleby | Pontus Klänge, Walter Söderlund | children's film, crime film | Sweden |
 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Isao Takahata | drama film, fantasy film | Japan |
| 20,000 Days on Earth | Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard | biographical film, documentary film | United Kingdom |
| The Perfect Dictatorship | Luis Estrada | comedy film | Mexico |
| De club van Sinterklaas & het pratende paard | Ruud Schuurman | teen film, Sinterklaas film | Netherlands |
| Life According to Nino | Simone van Dusseldorp | family film | Netherlands |
| '71 | Yann Demange | drama film, action film, thriller film, war film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Addicted | Bille Woodruff | drama film, erotic thriller, erotic film | United States |
 Annabelle | John R. Leonetti | horror film | United States |
| Son of Batman | Ethan Spaulding | psychological drama, mystery film, drama film, superhero film, fantasy film, thriller, action film, drama fiction, thriller film, science fiction, science fiction film | United States |
| Haider | Vishal Bhardwaj | romance film, drama film | India |
| Billy Elliot the Musical Live | Stephen Daldry | musical film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Aagadu | Srinu Vaitla | action comedy film | India |
| If I Stay | R. J. Cutler | romance film, teen film, drama film, ghost film | United States |
| Places | Radim Špaček | drama film | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Creature 3D | Vikram Bhatt | monster film, horror film | India |
| Big Game | Jalmari Helander | action film, adventure film | United Kingdom, Germany, Finland |
| Double Di Trouble | Smeep Kang | comedy film | India |
| The Expendables 3 | Patrick Hughes | action film, thriller film | France, United States |
| Bachelor Night | Maximilian Elfeldt, Jeff Newman | comedy film | United States |
 Michael Kohlhaas | Arnaud des Pallières | drama film, historical film, political film | France, Germany |
| Once a Princess | Laurice Guillen | romance film | Philippines |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | James Gunn | superhero film, comedy film, science fiction film, crime film | United States |
| Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon | Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone | family film, fantasy film | United States |
| Hercules Reborn | Nick Lyon | action film, adventure film | United States |
| Shield of Straw | Takashi Miike | thriller film | Japan |
| Desert Dancer | Richard Raymond | drama film, biographical film | United Kingdom, Romania |
| Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart | Mathias Malzieu, Stéphane Berla | adventure film | France, Belgium |
| Labyrinthus | Douglas Boswell | family film, adventure film | Belgium, Netherlands |
| Maleficent | Robert Stromberg | romance film, teen film, drama film, family film, fantasy film, action film, cinematic fairy tale, romantic drama, adventure film, dark fantasy | United States |