- 1500 steps, an Earl Street Pictures production in association with Little Biddy Pictures ; written by Maurine Gibbons ; produced by Josh Reid, Peter Cameron ; directed by Josh Reid
- Dance me outside, a Yorktown/Shadow Shows production ; Norman Jewison presents ; a Bruce McDonald movie ; produced by Brian Dennis, Bruce McDonald ; directed by Bruce McDonald ; screenplay by Bruce McDonald, Don McKeller, John Frizzell
- The deflowering of Eva van End, supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, Dutch Cultural Media Fund, and COBO for the project "De Oversteek" ; producers, Pupkin-Pieter Kuijpers, Sander van Meurs, Iris Otten ; co-producer, Avro-Mylene Verdurmen & Simone van den Ende ; screenplay, Anne Barnhoorn ; director, Michiel Ten Horn
- Licorice pizza, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Focus Features present in association with Bron Creative ; a Ghoulardi Film Company production ; produced by Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner ; written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Mack & Rita, produced by Alex Saks [and 4 others] ; written by Madeline Walter and Paul Welsh ; directed by Katie Astelton
- Love, Simon, Fox 2000 Pictures presents ; a Temple Hill production ; produced by Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Pouya Shahbazian, Isaac Klausner ; screenplay by Elizabeth Berger & Isaac Aptaker ; directed by Greg Berlanti
- Secondhand Lions, New Line Cinema presents ; written and directed by Tim McCanlies ; produced by David Kirschner, Scott Ross, Corey Sienega ; a David Kirschner production in assocation with Digital Domain Productions
- Woodstock or bust, witer/diredctor, Leslie Bloom ; producers, Martin Wiley, Leslie Bloom
- Jolene, directed by Dan Ireland
- Minari, A24 presents a Plan B production ; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh ; written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung
- Good boys, Universal Pictures presents ; in association with Good Universe ; a Point Grey production ; produced by Lee Eisenberg, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver ; written by Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky ; directed by Gene Stupnitsky
- XXY, Film Movement presents ; a film by Lucia Puenzo ; producers, Luis Puenzo, Jose María Morales ; productor asociado, Pyramide Productions ; Historias Cintematográficas en coproducción con Wanda Vision ; une coproducción Argentina Española
- The tree of life, Fox Searchlight Pictures and River Road Entertainment present ; written and directed by Terence Malick ; produced by Sarah Green, Pill Phllad ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner ; produced by Grant Hill
- Lady Bird, A24 and IAC Films present ; producers, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O'Neill ; written & directed by Greta Gerwig
- Dear Evan Hansen, directed by Stephen Chbosky ; screenplay by Steven Levenson ; produced by Marc Platt, Adam Siegel ; a Universal Pictures presentation ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; a Marc Platt production
- Moonrise kingdom, Focus Features and Indian Paintbrush presents an American Empirical picture ; written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola ; directed by Wes Anderson
- It's kind of a funny story, written for the screen and directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden ; produced by Kevin Misher ; produced by Ben Browning ; a Focus Features presentation ; in association with Wayfare Entertainment ; a Misher Films production ; a Wayfare Entertainment production ; a film by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
- The color purple, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Domain Entertainment ; an Amblin Entertainment, OW Films, SGS Pictures, QJP production ; directed by Blitz Bazawule ; screenplay by Marcus Gardley ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Quincy Jones
- Luca, Disney presenta ; un film Pixar Animation Studios ; directed by Enrico Casarosa ; produced by Andrea Warren ; story by Enrico Casarosa, Jesse Andrews, Simon Stephenson ; screenplay by Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones
- Turning red, Disney presents ; a Pixar Animation Studios film ; produced by Lindsey Collins ; executive producers, Dan Scanlon, Pete Docter ; story by Domee Shi, Julia Cho, Sarah Streicher ; screenplay by Julia Cho, Domee Shi ; directed by Domee Shi
- A birder's guide to everything, a Screen Media Films and There We Go Films and Dreamfly Productions ; in association with Lavender Pictures present ; written by Rob Meyer, Luke Matheny ; directed by Rob Meyer
- Dear dictator, Fortitude International presents ; a Coastal Film Studios production ; in association with Hindsight Media, Altus Media, Defiant Pictures, WYSJ Media, Aloe Entertainment, Punch Media, Drive Entertainment ; a film by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse ; produced by Lisa Addario, Jorge Garcia Castro, Mary Aloe, Jake Shapiro, Daniel Grodnik, Lucas Jarach, Robert Ogden Barnum ; written and directed by Lisa Addario & Joe Syracuse
- Booksmart, Anapurna presents in association with Gloria Sanchez Productions ; directed by Olivia Wilde ; written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, Katie Silberman ; produced by Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfeld, Jessica Elbaum, Megan Ellison
- Midnight sun, Global Road Entertainment presents ; in association with Boies/Schiller Films ; a Wrigley Pictures and Boies/Schiller Film Group production ; produced by John Rickard, Zack Schiller, Jen Gatien ; screenplay by Eric Kirsten ; directed by Scott Speer
- Juno, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd production ; a Jason Reitman film ; produced by Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Kovick, Russell Smith ; written by Diablo Cody ; directed by Jason Reitman
- Fish tank, BBC Films and the UK Film Council, in association with Limelight present ; written & directed by Andrea Arnold ; produced by Kees Kasander and Nick Laws
- Luca, Disney presenta ; un film Pixar Animation Studios ; directed by Enrico Casarosa ; produced by Andrea Warren ; story by Enrico Casarosa, Jesse Andrews, Simon Stephenson ; screenplay by Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones
- 1500 steps, an Earl Street Pictures production in association with Little Biddy Pictures ; written by Maurine Gibbons ; produced by Josh Reid, Peter Cameron ; directed by Josh Reid
- Labor Day, Paramount Pictures and Indian Paintbrush present ; a Right of Way/Mr. Mudd production ; a film by Jason Reitman ; produced by Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith, Jason Reitman, Helen Estabrook ; written for the screen and directed by Jason Reitman
- Wadjda, a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Razor Film in co-production with High Look Group and Rotana Studios, in cooperation with Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Bayerischer Rundfunk ; co-producer, Amr Alkahtani ; produced by Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner ; written and directed by Haifaa Al Mansour
- The edge of seventeen, STX Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures presents ; a Gracie Films production ; produced by James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, Julie Ansell ; written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
- An education, a Sony Pictures Classics release, BBC Films presents a Wildgaze Films/Finola Dwyer Productions in association with Endgame Entertainment ; produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey ; written by Nick Hornby ; directed by Lone Scherfig
- The king of Staten Island, Universal Pictures presents ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; directed by Judd Apatow ; written by Judd Apatow & Pete Davidson & Dave Sirius ; produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel ; an Apatow Company production
- Paper towns, Fox 2000 Pictures presents ; a Temple Hill production ; produced by Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen ; screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber ; directed by Jake Schreier
- Ruby Gillman, teenage kraken, Dreamworks Animation presents ; directed by Kirk DeMicco ; co-director, Faryn Pearl ; produced by Kelly Cooney Cilella ; written by Pam Brady and Brian C. Brown & Elliott DiGuiseppi
- Licorice pizza, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Focus Features present in association with Bron Creative ; a Ghoulardi Film Company production ; produced by Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner ; written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Short term 12, Cinedigm, Demarest and Animal Kingdom present ; a Tractin Media production ; produced by Maren Olson, Asher Goldstein, Joshua Astrachan, Ron Najor ; written & directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
- The river why, Pelaton Productions in association with Ambush Entertainment and StopTime Productions ; produced by Kristi Denton Cohen ; screenplay by Thomas A. Cohen and John Jay Osborn, Jr. ; directed and edited by Matthew Leutwyler
- Dance me outside, a Yorktown/Shadow Shows production ; Norman Jewison presents ; a Bruce McDonald movie ; produced by Brian Dennis, Bruce McDonald ; directed by Bruce McDonald ; screenplay by Bruce McDonald, Don McKeller, John Frizzell
- Love and honor, IFC Films and Olson Entertainment present ; a RED 56/Deep Blue Pictures production ; produced by Chip Diggins, Patrick Olson ; written by Jim Burnstein & Garrett K. Schiff ; directed by Danny Mooney
- Are you there God? it's me, Margaret., Lionsgate presents ; a Gracie Films production ; directed by Kelly Fremon Craig ; screenplay by Kelly Fremon Craig ; produced by James L. Brooks, Julie Ansell, Richard Sakai, Kelly Fremon Craig, Judy Blume, Amy Lorraine Brooks, Aldric La'auli Porter
- Boyhood, IFC Films and IFC Productions present ; a Detour FilmProduction ; a Richard Linklater film ; producers, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss ; produced by Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland ; written and directed by Richard Linklater
- Call me by your name, Memento Films International, RT Features, M.Y.R.A. Entertainment present ; a Frenesy Film, La Cinéfacture co-production ; produced by Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman ; screenplay by James Ivory ; directed by Luca Guadagnino
- Words on bathroom walls, producers, MIckey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Thor Freudenthal ; writer, Nick Naveda ; director, Thor Freudenthal
- Sixteen candles, Channel Productions, Inc., a John Hughes film ; produced by Hilton A. Green ; written and directed by John Hughes
- Moonrise kingdom, Focus Features and Indian Paintbrush presents an American Empirical picture ; written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola ; directed by Wes Anderson
- The education of Little Tree, produced by Jake Eberts ; written and directed by Richard Friedenberg
- The Fabelmans, Amblin Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment present ; a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner ; written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner ; directed by Steven Spielberg
- Good boys, Universal Pictures presents ; in association with Good Universe ; a Point Grey production ; produced by Lee Eisenberg, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver ; written by Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky ; directed by Gene Stupnitsky
- Words on bathroom walls, LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions present ; in association with Kick the Habit Productions ; a Liddell Entertainment production ; produced by Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Thor Freudenthal ; screenplay by Nick Naveda ; directed by Thor Freudenthal