| Miracle in Cell No. 7 | Lee Hwan-kyung | drama film, comedy film, trial film, prison film | South Korea |
| Lovelace | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| The East | Zal Batmanglij | drama film, thriller film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Cutie and the Boxer | Zachary Heinzerling | documentary film | United States |
| The Hijack That Went South | Aleksi Mäkelä | — | Finland |
| The Square | Jehane Noujaim | documentary film | United Kingdom, United States, Egypt |
| The Truth About Emanuel | Francesca Gregorini | drama film | United States |
 Rust and Bone | Jacques Audiard | romance film, drama film | France, Belgium, Singapore |
| Through Kitty’s Eyes | Alvin Soprano | drama film, horror film | United States |
| Red Dawn | Dan Bradley | action film, war film | United States |
| Choir Tour | Edmunds Jansons | animated film | Latvia |
| Yaare Koogadali | Samuthirakani | action film, buddy film | India |
| Bernie | Richard Linklater | drama film, comedy film, black comedy film, biographical film, crime film | United States |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson | fantasy film, action film, adventure film | United States, New Zealand |
| Cats and Dogs | — | romance film | South Korea |
| De groeten van Mike! | Maria Peters | drama film, family film, Christmas film | Netherlands |
 Anna Karenina | Joe Wright | drama film, romantic comedy | France, United Kingdom |
| Vicky the Viking | Michael Herbig | comedy film, children's film, adventure film, medieval film | Germany |
| Sightseers | Ben Wheatley | horror film, comedy horror, thriller film, black comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom |
 Belle du Seigneur | Glenio Bonder | romance film, drama film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland |
| The Magic of Belle Isle | Rob Reiner | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Wavemakers | Caroline Martel | documentary film | Canada |
| Saint Dracula 3D | Rupesh Paul | romance film, vampire film, thriller film | United Arab Emirates |
| 3 A.M. 3D | Patchanon Thammajira, Isara Nadee, Kirati Nakintanon | horror film | Thailand |
| Chasing Mavericks | Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted | drama film, sport film, biographical film, buddy film | United States |
| Sinister | Scott Derrickson | mystery film, horror film, ghost film | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| White Tiger | Karen Shakhnazarov | fantasy film, historical film, action film, adventure film, war film | Russia |
| Partysaurus Rex | Dylan Brown, Mark A. Walsh | fantasy film, comedy film | United States |
| Superman vs. Spider-Man XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | Axel Braun | superhero film, pornographic parody film, pornographic film | United States |
| People Like Us | Alex Kurtzman | drama film | United States |
| Here Comes the Boom | Frank Coraci | martial arts film, drama film, comedy film | United States |
 The Raven | James McTeigue | horror film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Paperman | John Kahrs | romance film, romantic comedy film, melodrama | United States |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, crossover fiction, adventure film, science fiction film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Ballad of Uhlans | Oleg Fesenko | action film, adventure film, war film | Russia |
| The Impossible | J. A. Bayona | drama film, thriller film, disaster film | Spain |
| So - The Definitive Authorised Story of the Album | — | worldbeat, art rock, pop music, progressive rock, documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Challenge 2 | Raja Chanda | action film | India |
| Good Luck. And Take Care of Each Other | Jens Sjögren | drama film, comedy film | Sweden |
| Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas | Enrique Gato | comedy film, adventure film | Spain |
| The Lorax | Kyle Balda, Chris Renaud | fantasy film, comedy film, fantasy comedy, dystopian film, musical film | United States |
| Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure | Kari Juusonen, Jørgen Lerdam | family film, comedy film, animated film, Christmas film, adventure film | Germany, Ireland, Finland, Denmark |
| Every Blessed Day | Paolo Virzì | romantic comedy film, comedy drama | Italy |
| Invader | Daniel Calparsoro | thriller film | France, Spain |
| Taken 2 | Olivier Megaton | action film, crime thriller film, vigilante film | France |
| The Three Stooges | Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly | comedy film | United States |
| Zarafa | Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie | children's film, adventure film | France, Belgium |
| The Battle | Will Wissink | family film | Netherlands |