| The Railway Man | Jonathan Teplitzky | drama film, war film, biographical film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Vicente Ferrer | Agustín Crespí | biographical film | Spain |
| Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones | Christopher Landon | horror film, found footage film | United States |
 Lone Survivor | Peter Berg | drama film, action film, war film, biographical film | United States |
 The Eternal Zero | Takashi Yamazaki | drama film, war film | Japan |
| The Cat Misses | Mustafa Şevki Doğan | romantic comedy | Turkey |
 Before the Winter Chill | Philippe Claudel | drama film | France, Luxembourg |
| Belle and Sebastian | Nicolas Vanier | drama film, family film, adventure film | France |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Peter Jackson | fantasy film, action film, adventure film | United States, New Zealand |
| Finn | Frans Weisz | family film | Netherlands |
| Enough Said | Nicole Holofcener | romantic comedy film | United States |
| Venkatadri Express | Merlapaka Gandhi | romantic comedy film, comedy film | India |
| Two Mothers | Anne Fontaine | drama film | France, Australia |
| An Adventure in Space and Time | Terry McDonough | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Saving Santa | Leon Joosen | comedy film, Christmas film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Thor: The Dark World | Alan Taylor | superhero film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Desclassificats | Abel Folk, Joan Riedweg Pérez | drama film | Spain |
 Blackfish | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | documentary film | United States |
| My Dear Girl, Jin-young | Firebathero | drama film | South Korea |
| Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker | Kōbun Shizuno | mystery film, association football film, adventure film, crime film | Japan |
| Gimme Shelter | Ronald Krauss | coming-of-age film, teen film, Christian film, drama film, independent film | United States |
| Runner, Runner | Brad Furman | drama film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
 Captain Phillips | Paul Greengrass | drama film, survival film, action film, pirate film, thriller film, biographical film | United States |
| Rangbaaz | Raja Chanda | comedy film | India |
| Romeo & Juliet | Carlo Carlei | romance film, drama film, melodrama | United Kingdom, United States, Italy, Switzerland |
 Stalingrad | Fyodor Bondarchuk | romance film, drama film, historical film, action film, war film | Russia |
| De club van Sinterklaas & de Pietenschool | Melcher Hillmann | teen film, Sinterklaas film | Netherlands |
| God's Eye View | Lee Jang-ho | drama film | South Korea |
 Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | drama film, survival film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film, techno-thriller, disaster film | United Kingdom, United States |
 Rough Play | Shin Yeon-shick | drama film | South Korea |
| Tough as Iron | Kwon Tae-ahn | drama film, action film | South Korea |
| A Journey | Catherine Martin, Catherine Martin | drama film | Canada |
| Wolf Children Ame and Yuki | Mamoru Hosoda | coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy film, children's film, supernatural film | Japan |
| Prince Avalanche | David Gordon Green | comedy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon | Tsui Hark | fantasy film, action film, crime film | People's Republic of China |
 Population Boom | Werner Boote | documentary film | Austria |
| Paranoia | Robert Luketic | drama film, thriller film | France, United States |
| Family United | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | comedy film | Spain |
| Class Enemy | Rok Biček | drama film | Slovenia |
| Afflicted | Derek Lee, Clif Prowse | drama film, horror film, vampire film, found footage film | Canada, United States |
| Eastern Boys | Robin Campillo | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | France |
| Going Away | Nicole Garcia | drama film, comedy drama | France |
| Above Dark Waters | Peter Franzén | drama film | Finland |
| Barcelona Summer Night | Dani de la Orden | romantic comedy | Spain |
| Unforgiven | Sang-il Lee | drama film, action film | Japan |
 One Direction: This Is Us | Morgan Spurlock | documentary film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | drama film, spy film, thriller film | France, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| The Look of Love | Michael Winterbottom | drama film, biographical film | United Kingdom, United States |