| The Butcher Boy | Neil Jordan | drama film, black comedy film | Ireland |
| Belle's Magical World | Burt Medall, Cullen Blaine, Mitch Rochon, Barbara Dourmaskin-Case, Daniel de la Vega, Dale Case, Bob Kline, Rick Leon | fantasy film, children's film, fairy tale | United States |
| In That Land... | Lidia Bobrova | drama film | Russia |
| The Postman | Kevin Costner | romance film, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, action film, dystopian film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Affliction | Paul Schrader | drama film, crime film | United States |
| George of the Jungle | Sam Weisman | comedy film, action film | United States |
| The Wedding Singer | Frank Coraci | romantic comedy film | United States |
| Christmas in August | Hur Jin-ho | romance film, drama film | South Korea |
| Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | coming-of-age film, romance film, drama film | United States |
| The Boxer | Jim Sheridan | romance film, drama film, boxing film | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | horror film, psychological horror fiction | Japan |
| Ma vie en rose | Alain Berliner | transgender film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | France, United Kingdom, Belgium |
| Comedian Harmonists | Joseph Vilsmaier | drama film | Germany |
| Mr. Magoo | Stanley Tong | comedy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Kummeli Goldrush | Matti Grönberg | comedy film | Finland |
| The Snowman | Davood Mir-Bagheri | — | Iran |
| Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan | Christjan Wegner | comedy film | Sweden |
| Geri's Game | Jan Pinkava | family film, comedy film | United States |
| The Sundial | Andrzej Kondratiuk | slice of life | Poland |
| Cinderella | Robert Iscove | teen film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film, crime film | France, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, United States |
 Contact | Robert Zemeckis | drama film, science fiction film | United States |
| Live in Peace | Hu Bingliu | family drama film | People's Republic of China |
| The Full Monty | Peter Cattaneo | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| Let's Kiss and Say Goodbye | Christel Buschmann | musical film, documentary film | Germany |
| Motel Cactus | — | romance film | South Korea |
| Nil by Mouth | Gary Oldman | drama film | France, United Kingdom |
| RocketMan | Stuart Gillard | science fiction film, science fiction comedy, romantic comedy | United States |
| The Good Book | Matthew Giaquinto | horror film, science fiction film | United States |
 Barbara | Nils Malmros | drama film | Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
 Kull the Conqueror | John Nicolella | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, action film | United States, Italy |
| L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson | police procedural film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Let's Get Lost | Jonas Elmer | drama film, comedy film | Denmark |
| A Better Place | Vincent Pereira | coming-of-age film, drama film | United States |
| Carla's Song | Ken Loach | romance film, drama film, war film, political drama | United Kingdom, Germany, Spain |
| 12 Angry Men | William Friedkin | trial film | United States |
| Event Horizon | Paul W. S. Anderson | science fiction horror film, psychological horror film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, speculative fiction film, adventure film, supernatural horror film, science fiction film, splatter film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Jungle Emperor Leo | Yoshio Takeuchi | fantasy anime and manga | Japan |
| Schizophrenia | Viktor Sergeev | crime film | Russia |
| The Secret of Anastasia | Lee Lan | romance film, fantasy film, animated film, adventure film, musical film | United States |
| Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | Paris Barclay | comedy film, parody, black comedy, hood film | United States |
| Brother | Aleksei Balabanov | drama film, neo-noir, thriller film, crime film | Russia |
| The Eel | Shohei Imamura | drama film | Japan |
| Metro | Thomas Carter | drama film, action film, heist film, buddy cop film | United States |
| Beat | Kim Sung-su | teen film, drama film, action film, crime film | South Korea |
| Anna Karenina | Bernard Rose | romance film, drama film | United Kingdom, Russia, United States |
| Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse | Joram Lürsen, Ben Sombogaart | drama film, children's film | Netherlands |
| Double Team | Tsui Hark | action film, buddy film | United States |