- Repo men, Universal Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media a Stuber Pictures production ; produced by Scott Stuber ; screenplay by Eric Garcia & Garrett Lerner ; directed by Miguel Sapochnik
- The great debaters, Harpo Films ; Marshall Production ; Weinstein Company ; produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Joe Roth, Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey ; story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro ; screenplay by Robert Eisele ; directed by Denzel Washington
- Good morning, Vietnam, Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Silver Screen Partners III a Rollin, Morra and Brezner Production ; producers, Mark Johnson, Larry Brezner ; writer, Mitch Markowitz ; director, Barry Levinson
- Respect, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures presents ; produced by Harvey Mason Jr. [and others] ; story by Gallie Khouri and Tracey Scott Wilson ; screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson ; directed by Liesl Tommy
- Our family wedding, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Sneak Preview Entertainment/Edward Saxon production ; a Rick Famuyiwa film ; produced by Edward Saxon, Steven J. Wolfe ; story by Wayne Conley ; screenplay by Wayne Conley and Malcolm Spellman and Rick Famuyiwa ; directed by Rick Famuyiwa
- Southpaw, screenplay, Kurt Sutter and Richard Wenk ; director, Antoine Fuqua
- Repentance, Codeblack Films ; Significant Productions ; Juntobox Films ; directed by Philippe Caland ; screenplay by Shintaro Shimosawa ; produced by Philiippe Caland, Nina Yand Bongiovi & Fores Whitaker
- The last stand, Lionsgate ; Di Bonaventura Pictures ; produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura ; written by Andrew Knauer ; directed by Kim Jee-Woon
- Arrival, 21 Laps Entertainment ; FilmNation Entertainment ; Lava Bear Films ; Xenolinguistics ; writer, Eric Heisserer ; director, Denis Villeneuve
- Black Panther, Marvel Studios ; directed by Ryan Coogler
- Phenomenon, Touchstone Pictures ; written by Gerald DiPego ; production designer, Garreth Stover ; produced by Barbara Boyle & Michael Taylor ; directed by Jon Turteltaub
- Big George Foreman, directed by George Tillman Jr. ; screenplay by Frank Baldwin & George Tillman, Jr. ; screen story by Dan Gordon and Frank Baldwin & George Tillman Jr. ; produced by David Zelon ; Affirm Films presents ; a Mandalay Pictures production
- Black Panther, Marvel Studios ; directed by Ryan Coogler
- Arrival, Paramount Pictures presents ; in association with Filmnation Entertainment and Lava Bear Films ; a 21 Laps Entertainment production ; a Denis Villeneuve film ; produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, David Linde ; screenplay by Eric Heisserer ; directed by Denis Villeneuve
- Sorry to bother you, Annapurna Pictures presents ; a Significant, MNM Creative, Macro production ; in association with Cinereach and The Space Program ; written and directed by Boots Riley ; produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitiker, Charles D. King, George Rush, Jonathan Duffy, Kelly Williams
- The Air I breathe, Thinkfilm and NALA Films present a NALA Films/Paul Schiff production in association with Inferno Distribution ; a film by Jieho Lee ; produced by Paul Schiff, Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamaño Loquet ; written by Jieho Lee & Bob DeRosa ; directed by Jieho Lee
- The crying game, Miramax Films ; director, Neil Jordan
- Out of the furnace, Relativity Media presents in association with Red Granite Pictures a Relativity Media production, a Scott Free and Appian Way production ; produced by Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Leonardo DiCaprio ; produced by Ryan Kavanaugh ; produced by Ridley Scott, Michael Costigan ; written by Brad Ingelsby and Scott Cooper ; directed by Scott Cooper
- Lee Daniels' the butler, Weinstein Company presents a Laura Ziskin production in association with Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures and Pam Williams Productions ; produced by Pamela Oas Williams, Laura Ziskin, Lee Daniels, Buddy Patrick, Cassian Elwes ; written by Danny Strong ; directed by Lee Daniels
- Rogue One, a Star Wars story, directed by Gareth Edwards ; screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy ; story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur, Simon Emanuel ; a Lucasfilm Ltd. production ; a Gareth Edwards film
- Vantage point, Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, an Original Film production ; produced by Neal H. Moritz ; written by Barry L. Levy ; directed by Pete Travis
- Where the wild things are, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in asociation with Legendary Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, a Playtone/Wild Things production, a Spike Jonze film ; produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Maurice Sendak, John Carls, Vincent Landay ; screenplay by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers ; directed by Spike Jonze
- Ernest & Celestine, Les Armateurs ... [et al.] ; directed by Benjamin Renner, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar ; writer, Daniel Pennac
- Roots, History presents ; an A+E Studios production ; in association with Marc Toberoff Productions and the Wolper Organization ; produced by Alissa M. Kantrow ; teleplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (nights 1 and 4), Alison McDonald (night 2), Charles Murray (night 3) ; directed by Phillip Noyce (night 1), Mario Van Peebles (night 2), Thomas Carter (night 3), Bruce Beresford (night 4)
- Lee Daniels' the butler, screenwriters, Danny Strong ; producer/director, Lee Daniels
- Fast times at Ridgemont High, Universal a Refugee Films production ; an Amy Heckerling Film ; screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on his book ; produced by Art Linson and Irving Azoff ; directed by Amy Heckerling ; executive producer, C.O. Erickson
- Battlefield Earth, a saga of the year 3000, Warner Bros. Pictures ; Morgan Creek ; Franchise Pictures ; directed by Roger Christian ; screenplay by Corey Mandell and J.D. Shapiro ; produced by Elie Samaha, Jonathan D. Krane, John Travolta ; a Franchise Pictures/Jonathan D. Krane production ; JTP Films Production
- Powder blue, Grosvenor Park Media presents an Eleven Eleven Films production in association with Spirit Dance Entertainment, The Light Box ; produced by Forest Whitaker ... [et al.] ; story by Timothy Linh Bui and Stephane Gauger ; written and directed by Timothy Linh Bui