- Caring for mom & dad, a Larkin McPhee Production for WGBH Boston ; written and directed by Larkin McPhee ; producer, Larkin McPhee
- Makers, women who make America, a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions and Storyville Films ; with Ark Media ; WETA Washington, D.C. ; senior producer, Barak Goodman
- Mamma mia!, Universal Pictures present in association with Relativity Media, a Playtone/Littlestar production ; produced by Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman ; screenplay by Catherine Johnson ; directed by Phyllida Lloyd
- Lions for lambs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and United Artists present a Wildwood Enterprise/Brat Na Pont/Andell Entertainment production, a Robert Redford film ; produced by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Andrew Hauptman, Tracy Falco ; written by Matthew Michael Carnahan ; produced and directed by Robert Redford
- It's complicated, Universal pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Waverly Films/Scott Rudin production ; produced by Nancy Meyers and Scott Rudin ; written and directed by Nancy Meyers
- Out of Africa, Universal Pictures
- Julie & Julia, Columbia Pictures presents an Easy There Tiger/Amy Robinson production, a Laurence Mark production, a film by Nora Ephron ; produced by Laurence Mark, Nora Ephron, Amy Robinson, Eric Steel ; screenplay by Nora Ephron ; directed by Nora Ephron
- Dark matter, Saltmill ; Myriad Pictures ; produced byJanet Yang, Mary Salter, Andrea Miller; screenplay by Billy Shebar ; directed by Shi-Zheng Chen
- Ironweed, Home Box Office ; TAFT Entertainment Pictures ; produced by Keith Barish, Marcia Nasatir ; screenplay by William Kennedy ; directed by Hector Babenco
- Fantastic Mr. Fox, Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with Indian Paintbrush, Regency Enterprises, American Empirical Pictures ; produced by Allison Abbate, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Scott Rudin ; screenplay by Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach ; directed by Wes Anderson
- August: Osage County, Weinstein Company presents a Jean Doumanian/Smokehouse Pictures production in association with Battle Mountain Films and Yucaipa Filma ; produced by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler ; screenplay Tracy Letts ; directed by John Wells
- The Post, Twentieth Century Fox, Dreamworks Pictures, and Reliance Entertainment present ; in association with TSG Entertainment ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; written by Liz Hannah and Josh SInger ; produced by Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger ; an Amblin Entertainment/Pascal Pictures and Star Thrower Entertainment production
- The homesman, Roadside Attractions, Saban Films and Europcorp present in association with Peter Brant and the Javelina Film Company and Ithaca Films, a Michael Fitzgerald and Tommy Lee Jones production ; directed by Tommy Lee Jones
- Falling in love, Paramount Pictures Corp
- A prairie home companion, Picturehouse presents in association with GreeneStreet Films and River Road Entertainment a Sandcastle 5 and Prairie Home production ; produced by David Levy, Tony Judge, Joshua Astrachan, Wren Arthur, Robert Altman ; story by Garrison Keillor & Ken LaZebnik ; screenplay by Garrison Keillor ; directed by Robert Altman
- Tom Lake, a novel, Ann Patchett
- Mary Poppins returns, Disney presents ; a Lucamar/Marc Platt production ; a Rob Marshall film ; produced by John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt ; screen story by David Magee & Rob Marshall & John DeLuca ; screenplay by David MaGee ; directed by Rob Marshall
- The Deer hunter, Universal Pictures and E.M.I. Films
- The giver, director, Phillip Noyce ; producer, Jeff Bridges ; screenwriter, Michale Mitnick
- Doubt, Miramax Films presents a Scott Rudin production ; a film by John Patrick Shanley ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; executive producer, Celia Costas ; produced by Scott Rudin, Mark Roybal ; written for the screen and directed by John Patrick Shanley
- Hope springs, producer, Todd Black, Guymon Casady ; screenplay, Vanessa Taylor ; director, David Frankel
- Sophie's choice, ITC Films, Inc
- Suffragette, Focus Features ; Pathé ; Film4 ; BFI ; Ingenious Media ; produced by Alison Owen and Faye Ward ; written by Abi Morgan ; directed by Sarah Gavron
- Kramer vs. Kramer, Columbia Pictures presents a Stanley Jaffe production ; produced by Stanley R. Jaffe ; written for the screen and directed by Robert Benton
- Music of the heart, Miramax Films
- The Manchurian candidate, Paramount Pictures presents a Scott Rudin/Tina Sinatra production in association with Clinica Estectico, a Jonathan Demme picture ; produced by Tina Sinatra, Scott Rudin, Jonathan Demme, Ilona Herzberg ; screenplay by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris ; directed by Jonathan Demme
- The iron lady, The Weinstein Company ... [et al.] ; produced by Damian Jones ; screenplay by Abi Morgan ; directed by Phyllida Lloyd
- The devil wears Prada, Fox 2000 Pictures presents ; produced by Wendy Finerman ; screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna ; directed by David Frankel
- Silkwood, ABC Motion Pictures presents a Mike Nichols film ; written by Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen ; produced by Mike Nichols and Michael Hausman ; directed by Mike Nichols
- Hemingway, a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns
- Let them all talk, WarnerMax presents ; directed by Steven Soderbergh ; written by Deborah Eisneberg ; produced by Gregory Jacobs ; a Gregory Jacobs/Extension 765 production
- Dancing at Lughnasa, a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Capitol Films, Channel Four Films, Ferndale Films in association with Bord Scannan na hEireann/The Irish Film Board, Radio Telefis Eireann presents a Noel Pearson production ; a Pat O'Connor film ; screenplay by Frank McGuinness ; produced by Noel Pearson ; directed by Pat O'Connor
- The ant bully, [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Legendary Pictures ; a Playtone production in association with DNA Productions ; produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, John A. Davis ; written for the screen and directed by John A. Davis
- Into the woods, Disney presents ; a Lucamar/Marc Platt production ; a Rob Marshall film ; produced by John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt, Callum McDougall ; screenplay by James Lapine ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; directed by Rob Marshall
- The Post, Twentieth Century Fox, Dreamworks Pictures, and Reliance Entertainment present ; an Amblin Entertainment production ; produced by Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger ; written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer ; directed by Steven Spielberg
- Mamma mia!, Universal Pictures presents ; in association with Legendary Pictures/Perfect World Pictures ; a Playtone/Littlestar production ; produced by Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman ; story by Richard Curtis and Ol Parker and Catherine Johnson ; written and directed by Ol Parker
- Angels in America, HBO Films presents an Avenue Pictures production, a Mike Nichols film ; produced by Celia Costas ; screenplay by Tony Kushner ; directed by Mike Nichols
- Evening, Hart-Sharp Entertainment ; produced by Jeff Sharp ; screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham ; directed by Lajos Koltai
- August: Osage County, directed by John Wells ; produced by George Clooney
- Big little lies, HBO Home Box Office, Inc, Seasons 1 & 2
- Florence Foster Jenkins, Paramount Pictures, Pathé and BBC Films present ; with the participation of Canal+ and Ciné+ ; a Qwerty Films production ; a Stephen Frears film ; directed by Stephen Frears ; written by Nicholas Martin ; produced by Michael Kuhn, Tracey Seaward
- Mary Poppins returns, Disney presents ; a Lucamar/Marc Platt production ; a Rob Marshall film ; produced by John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt ; screen story by David Magee & Rob Marshall & John DeLuca ; screenplay by David MaGee ; directed by Rob Marshall
- The hours, [presented by] Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films ; produced by Scott Rudin, Robert Fox ; screenplay by David Hare ; directed by Stephen Daldry
- Wings of life, Disneynature presents ; a Blacklight Films production ; a Louie Schwartzberg film ; story by Louie Schwartzberg ; produced by Alix Tidmarsh and Louie Schwartzberg ; directed by Louie Schwartzberg