- 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
- 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
- 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
- Repentance, Codeblack Films ; Significant Productions ; Juntobox Films ; directed by Philippe Caland ; screenplay by Shintaro Shimosawa ; produced by Philiippe Caland, Nina Yand Bongiovi & Fores Whitaker
- 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
- Southpaw, screenplay, Kurt Sutter and Richard Wenk ; director, Antoine Fuqua
- 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
- Arrival, 21 Laps Entertainment ; FilmNation Entertainment ; Lava Bear Films ; Xenolinguistics ; writer, Eric Heisserer ; director, Denis Villeneuve
- Black Panther, Marvel Studios ; directed by Ryan Coogler
- The last stand, Lionsgate ; Di Bonaventura Pictures ; produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura ; written by Andrew Knauer ; directed by Kim Jee-Woon
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Lee Daniels' the butler, screenwriters, Danny Strong ; producer/director, Lee Daniels