- A Monster Calls (J. A. Bayona, UK/US)
- Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, USA)
- The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, the touring years (Ron Howard, US)
- Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, USA)
- Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross, US)
- Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
- Eagle Huntress (Otto Bell, UK/Mongolia/US)
- Fire At Sea (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy | France)
- Hail, Caesar! (Coens, USA)
- The Handmaiden (Chan-wook Park, South Korea)
- Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie, US)
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, New Zealand)
- I, Daniel Blake (Ken Loach, UK)
- Indignation (James Schamus, USA)
- La La Land (Damien Chazelle, US)
- Lights Out (Davis F. Sandberg, US)
- The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece/Ireland/Netherlands/UK/France)
- Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman, Ireland | France | Netherlands)
- Manang Biring (Carl Joseph Papa, Philippines)
- Manchester By the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)
- Miss Sharon Jones (Barbara Kopple, US)
- Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, US)
- The Music of Strangers (Morgan Neville, US)
- No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman, Belgium | France)
- Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan)
- Remember (Atom Egoyan, Canada/Germany)
- Sing Street (John Carney, Ireland/UK/US)
- Trapped (Dawn Porter, US)
- Viva (Paddy Breathnach, Ireland)
- Weiner (Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, US)
- Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore, US)
- The Witch (Robert Eggers, US)
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, US)
- 13th (Ava DuVernay, US)