| Film name - English | Film name - Non-English | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Azumi | | Ryuhei Kitamura | Mataichiro Yamamoto, Isao Kiriyama | Park City at Midnight | |
| Born into Brothels | | | | | Audience Award: Documentary |
| Brother to Brother | | Rodney Evans | Rodney Evans | | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| The Butterfly Effect | | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Premieres | |
| C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | | Kevin Willmott | Kevin Willmott | American Spectrum | |
| Carandiru | | Héctor Babenco | Héctor Babenco, Fernando Bonassi, Victor Navas | World Cinema | |
| The Clearing | | Pieter Jan Brugge | Justin Haythe | | |
| Dandelion | | Mark Milgard | Mark Milgard, Robb Williamson, R. D. Murphy | American Spectrum | |
| Dear Frankie | | Shona Auerbach | | Premieres | |
| D.E.B.S. | | Angela Robinson | Angela Robinson | Premieres | |
| DiG! | | | | | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Dogville | | Lars von Trier | Lars von Trier | Special Screenings | |
| Down to the Bone | | Debra Granik | Debra Granik, Richard Lieske | Dramatic Competition | Directing Award: Dramatic, Special Jury Prize for Acting |
| Easy | | Jane Weinstock | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Evergreen | | Enid Zentelis | | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Five Obstructions | | Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth | Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth | Special Screenings | |
| Garden State | | Zach Braff | Zach Braff | Dramatic Competition | |
| Grand Theft Parsons | | David Caffrey | Jeremy Drysdale | Park City at Midnight | |
| High Tension | Haute tension | Alexandre Aja | Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur | Park City at Midnight | |
| Home | | Omelga Mthiyane | | | |
| Home of Phobia | Freshman Orientation | Ryan Shiraki | Ryan Shiraki | Park City at Midnight | |
| Iron Jawed Angels | | Katja von Garnier | | | |
| Kounandi | | Apolline Traore | | | |
| The Machinist | | Brad Anderson | Scott Kosar | Premieres | |
| Maria Full of Grace | María, llena eres de gracia | Joshua Marston | Joshua Marston | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Marie and Bruce | | Tom Cairns | Wallace Shawn, Tom Cairns | Premieres | |
| Mean Creek | | Jacob Aaron Estes | Jacob Aaron Estes | American Spectrum | |
| The Meaning of the Buffalo | | Karin Slater | | | |
| Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | | | | | |
| The Motorcycle Diaries | | Walter Salles | José Rivera | | |
| Napoleon Dynamite | | Jared Hess | Jared and Jerusha Hess | Dramatic Competition | |
| November | | Greg Harrison | Greg Harrison | Dramatic Competition | |
| Open Water | | Chris Kentis | Chris Kentis | American Spectrum | |
| Overnight | | Tony Montana | Tony Montana, Mark Brian Smith | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Park | | Andrew Lau | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Primer | | Shane Carruth | Shane Carruth | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, Alfred P. Sloan Prize |
| The Principles of Lust | | Penny Woolcock | | | |
| The Raspberry Reich | | Bruce LaBruce | Bruce LaBruce | Park City at Midnight | |
| Redemption | | Vondie Curtis-Hall | | | |
| The Return | Vozvrashcheniye | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Vladimir Moiseyenko, Aleksandr Novototsky | World Cinema | |
| This Revolution | | | | | |
| Riding Giants | | Stacy Peralta | | | |
| Saved! | | Brian Dannelly | Brian Dannelly, Michael Urban | Premieres | |
| Saw | | James Wan | Leigh Whannell | Park City at Midnight | |
| Seducing Doctor Lewis | | Jean-François Pouliot | Ken Scott | Audience Award | |
| Silent Waters | | Sabiha Sumar | | | |
| Speak | | Jessica Sharzer | | | |
| Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | | Kim Ki-duk | Kim Ki-duk | World Cinema | |
| Super Size Me | | Morgan Spurlock | Morgan Spurlock | Documentary Competition | |
| Tiptoes | | Matthew Bright | Bill Weiner | Premieres | |
| Until the Violence Stops | | Abby Epstein | | | |
| We Don't Live Here Anymore | | John Curran | Larry Gross | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| The Woodsman | | Nicole Kassell | Nicole Kassell, Steven Fechter | Dramatic Competition | |