| Film name - English | Film name - Non-English | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards | - |
| 28 Days Later | | Danny Boyle | Alex Garland | World Cinema | | - |
| All the Real Girls | | David Gordon Green | David Gordon Green | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize for Acting, Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth | - |
| American Splendor | | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic | - |
| Angela | | Roberta Torre | | | | - |
| Bend It Like Beckham | | Gurinder Chadha | | | | - |
| Benjamin | | Monique Gardenberg | | | | - |
| Born Rich | | | | | | - |
| Camp | | Todd Graff | Todd Graff | Dramatic Competition | | - |
| Capturing the Friedmans | | Andrew Jarecki | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary | |
| Civil Brand | | Neema Barnette | | | | - |
| Comandante | | Oliver Stone | | Premieres | | - |
| Confidence | | James Foley | Doug Jung | Premieres | | - |
| Death of Klinghoffer | | Penny Woolcock | | | | - |
| Die, Mommie, Die! | | Mark Rucker | Charles Busch | Premieres | Special Jury Prize for Acting | - |
| Dopamine | | Mark Decena | Mark Decena, Timothy Breitbach | Dramatic Competition | Alfred P. Sloan Prize | - |
| Dot the i | El punto sobre la i | Matthew Parkhill | Matthew Parkhill | Premieres | | - |
| Dysfunktional Family | | George Gallo | Eddie Griffin | Park City at Midnight | | - |
| The Event | | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald, Steven Hillyer, Tim Marback | Premieres | | - |
| Fear X | | Nicolas Winding Refn | Hubert Selby Jr., Nicolas Winding Refn | World Cinema | | - |
| Garage Days | | Alex Proyas | | Premieres | | - |
| Girls Will Be Girls | | Richard Day | Richard Day | Park City at Midnight | | - |
| Good Fences | | Ernest Dickerson | Trey Ellis | | | - |
| The Hebrew Hammer | | Jonathan Kesselman | Jonathan Kesselman | Park City at Midnight | | - |
| In America | | Jim Sheridan | Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan | Premieres | | - |
| Irreversible | Irréversible | Gaspar Noé | Gaspar Noé | Frontier | | - |
| It's All About Love | | Thomas Vinterberg | Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov | Premieres | | - |
| Laurel Canyon | | Lisa Cholodenko | Lisa Cholodenko | American Showcase | | - |
| Levity | | Ed Solomon | Ed Solomon | Premieres | | - |
| Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity | | Mina Shum | | | | - |
| The Maldonado Miracle | | Salma Hayek | | | | - |
| Masked and Anonymous | | Larry Charles | Larry Charles, Bob Dylan | Premieres | | - |
| Nightstalker | | Chris Fisher | Chris Fisher | Park City at Midnight | | - |
| Normal | | Jane Anderson | Jane Anderson | American Showcase | | - |
| Northfork | | Michael Polish | Mark Polish, Michael Polish | Premieres | | - |
| Off the Map | | Campbell Scott | Joan Ackermann | Premieres | | - |
| Open Hearts | Elsker dig for evigt | Susanne Bier | Anders Thomas Jensen | World Cinema | | - |
| Owning Mahowny | | Richard Kwietniowski | Maurice Chauvet | Premieres | | - |
| Party Monster | | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Dramatic Competition | | - |
| People I Know | | Daniel Algrant | Jon Robin Baitz | Premieres | | - |
| Pieces of April | | Peter Hedges | Peter Hedges | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize for Acting | - |
| Rolling Kansas | | Thomas Haden Church | Thomas Haden Church, Robin Denney | Park City at Midnight | | - |
| The Secret Lives of Dentists | | Alan Rudolph | Craig Lucas | Premieres | | - |
| The Shape of Things | | Neil LaBute | Neil LaBute | Premieres | | - |
| The Singing Detective | | Keith Gordon | Dennis Potter | Premieres | | - |
| Soldier's Girl | | Frank Pierson | Ron Nyswaner | Premieres | | - |
| Song for a Raggy Boy | | Aisling Walsh | | | | - |
| Spun | | Jonas Åkerlund | William De Los Santos, Creighton Vero | Park City at Midnight | | - |
| The Station Agent | | Tom McCarthy | Tom McCarthy | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, Special Jury Prize for Acting | - |
| Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator | | Helen Stickler | Helen Stickler | Park City at Midnight | | - |
| Thirteen | | Catherine Hardwicke | Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed | Dramatic Competition | Directing Award: Dramatic | - |
| Toy | | | | | | - |
| Tupac: Resurrection | | Lauren Lazin | | | | - |
| The United States of Leland | | | | | | - |
| Whale Rider | | Niki Caro | Niki Caro | World Cinema | Audience Award: World Cinema | - |
| What Alice Found | | A. Dean Bell | A. Dean Bell | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth | - |