Topping the list of diverse choices is Maren Ade’s German-Austrian comedy Toni Erdmann. The rest of the selections are below.
- Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade
- Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
- Elle – Paul Verhoeven
- Certain Women – Kelly Reichardt
- American Honey – Andrea Arnold
- I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach
- Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
- Things to Come (L’Avenir) -Mia Hansen-Løve
- Paterson – Jim Jarmusch
- The Death of Louis XIV – Albert Serra
- Personal Shopper – Olivier Assayas
- Sieranevada – Cristi Puiu
- Fire at Sea (Fuocoamare) – Gianfranco Rosi
- Nocturama – Bertrand Bonello
- Julieta – Pedro Almodóvar
- La La Land – Damien Chazelle
- Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson
- Love & Friendship – Whit Stillman
- Aquarius – Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Victoria – Sebastian Schipper