- John Adams, HBO Films presents a Playtone production ; produced by David Coatsworth, Steven Shareshian ; written by Kirk Ellis and Michelle Ashford ; directed by Tom Hooper
- Wyatt Earp, Warner Bros. presents a TIG Productions/Kasdan Pictures production ; produced by Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan ; written by Dan Gordon and Lawrence Kasdan ; directed by Lawrence Kasdan
- Gandhi, Columbia Pictures ; International Film Investors ... [et al.] present Richard Attenborough's film ; produced by Richard Attenborough ; written by John Briley ; directed by Richard Attenborough
- Charlie Wilson's war, Universal Pictures ; Playtone ; Participant Productions ; Relativity Media ; produced by Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks ; screenplay by Aaron Sorkin ; directed by Mike Nichols
- The Beales of Grey Gardens, produced by Tanja Meding ; directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles
- W., Lionsgate, Omilab Media, QED International and Block/Hanson present in association with Emperor Motion Pictures, Millbrook Pictures and Global Entertainment Group ; produced by Bill Block, Moritz Borman, Paul Hanson, Eric Kopeloff ; written by Stanley Weiser ; directed by Oliver Stone
- Manson, 40 years later, History Channel
- The duchess, Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films present ; in association with Pathé Renn Production and BIM Distribuzione ; a Qwerty Films/Magnolia Mae Films production ; directed by Saul Dibb ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; produced by Gabrielle Tana, Michael Kuhn
- Capote, United Artists and Sony Pictures Classics present an A-Line Pictures/Cooper's Town Productions/Infinity Media production ; directed by Bennett Miller ; screenplay by Dan Futterman ; produced by Caroline Baron ; produced by William Vince and Michael Ohoven
- Invincible, [presented by] Walt Disney Pictures ; Mayhem Pictures ; Who's Nuts Productions ; produced by Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray, Ken Mok, Vince Papale ; written by Brad Gann ; directed by Ericson Core
- Persepolis, 2.4.7. Films ; in association with Celluloid Dreams, Sony Pictures Classics, Sofica Europacorp, Soficinéma ; in co-production with Kennedy/Marshall Company, France 3 Cinéma, French Connection Animations, Diaphana Films ; with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie ; with the support of Région Ile-de-France, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Procirep, Angoa-Agicoa ; produced by Xavier Rigault, Marc-Antoine Robert ; screenplay by Vincent Paronnaud ; comic & screenplay by Marjane Satrapi ; directed by Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
- Raging bull, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; United Artists ; a Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler production, produced in association with Peter Savage ; producers, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff ; director, Martin Scorsese ; screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin
- A Beautiful mind, a Ron Howard film ; Universal Pictures/Dreamworks Pictures/Imagine Entertainment present a Brian Grazer production ; a Universal picture ; produced by Brian Grazer ; written by Akiva Goldsman ; directed by Ron Howard
- The Queen, Miramax Films, Pathé Productions and Granada present in association with Pathé, Renn Produduction, BIM Distribuzione, France 3 Cinema and Canal+ ; a Granada production ; a Stephen Frears film ; producers, Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward ; written by Peter Morgan ; director, Stephen Frears
- Bobby, Bold Films ; produced by Edward Bass, Michel Litvak, Holly Wiersma ; written by Emilio Estevez ; directed by Emilio Estevez
- Bobby Jones, stroke of genius, Bobby Jones Film, LLC presents in association with Dean River Productions, Inc. a Life production, a Rowdy Herrington film ; produced by Tim Moore, John Shepherd, Kim Dawson ; screenplay by Rowdy Herrington and Bill Pryor and Tony DePaul ; directed by Rowdy Herrington
- October sky, Universal Pictures presents a Charles Gordon production ; a Joe Johnston film ; produced by Charles Gordon, Larry Franco ; screenplay by Lewis Colick ; directed by Joe Johnston
- The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio, Revolution Erie Productions Ltd. ; ImageMovers ; produced by Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis ; screenplay by Jane Anderson ; directed by Jane Anderson
- Into the Wild, Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment present ; a Square One C.I.H./Linson Film production ; executive producers, John J. Kelly, Frank Hildebrand, David Blocker ; producers, Sean Penn, Art Linson, Bill Pohlad ; screenplay and directed by Sean Penn
- I'm not there, The Weinstein Company presents an Endgame Entertainment productions a Killer Films production ; VIP Medienfonds 4 production in association with Rising Star ; produced by John Goldwyn, Jeff Rosen, John Sloss, James D. Stern, Christine Vachon ; story by Todd Haynes ; screenplay by Todd Haynes & Oren Moverman ; directed by Todd Haynes
- The world's fastest Indian, New Zealand Film Commission ; WFI Productions Ltd. ; 3 Dogs and a Pony ; OLC/Rights Entertainment, Inc. ; produced by Roger Donaldson, Gary Hannam ; writer, Roger Donaldson ; directed by Roger Donaldson
- The aviator, Miramax Films ; Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Martin Scorsese ; written by John Logan ; a Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF production ; produced by Michael Mann [and others] ; a Martin Scorsese picture ; in association with Initial Entertainment Group ; a Warner Bros. Pictures and Miramax Films presentation
- Walk the line, Fox 2000 Pictures ; Tree Line Films ; Konrad Pictures ; Catfish Productions ; produced by James Keach, Cathy Konrad ; written by Gill Dennis & James Mangold ; directed by James Mangold
- Beyond the sea, Lions Gate Films presents an Archer Street, QI Quality International, Trigger Street production in association with Visionview, Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures, Endgame Entertainment and Element X, Media 8 Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, a Kevin Spacey film ; produced by Arthur E. Friedman, Andy Paterson, Jan Fantl, Kevin Spacey ; written by Kevin Spacey and Lewis Calick ; directed by Kevin Spacey
- Hollywoodland, Back Lot Pictures ; Focus Features ; Miramax Films ; produced by Glenn Williamson ; written by Paul Bernbaum ; directed by Allen Coulter
- Glory road, Walt Disney Pictures presents in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Films ; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer ; written by Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by James Gartner
- Marie Antoinette, Columbia Pictures Corporation ; American Zoetrope ; Pricel ; Tohokushinsha Film Corp. ; produced by Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz ; written by Sofia Coppola ; directed by Sofia Coppola
- The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford, Warner Bros. Pictures presentation in association with Virtual Studios ; a Scott Free/Plan B Production ; a co-production with Alberta Film Entertainment ; produced by Jules Daly, Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt, Ridley Scott, David Valdes ; written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik
- John Adams, HBO Films presents a Playtone production ; produced by David Coatsworth, Steven Shareshian ; written by Kirk Ellis and Michelle Ashford ; directed by Tom Hooper
- Good night, and good luck, Warner Independent Pictures, 2929 Entertainment and Participant Productions present ; in associations with Davis Films, Redbus Pictures and Tohokushinsha ; a Section Eight production ; directed by George Clooney ; written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov ; produced by Grant Heslov
- Elizabeth I, the virgin queen, a co-production of the BBC/Power and WGBH Boston ; produced by Paul Rutman ; written by Paula Milne ; directed by Coky Giedroyc
- Amazing grace, Bristol Bay Productions presents in association with Ingenious Film Partners a Sunflower production ; produced by Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Terrence Malick, Edward R. Pressman, Ken Wales ; written by Steven Knight ; directed by Michael Apted
- Miss Potter, Phoenix Pictures ; David Kirschner Productions ; Isle of Man Film Commission ; UK Film Council ; Weinstein Company ; produced by David Kirschner, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Corey Sienega, David Thwaites ; written by Richard E. Maltby Jr. ; directed by Chris Noonan
- Becoming Jane, Miramax Films, Hanway, UK Film Council and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board present in association with 2 Entertain and BBC Films and Ecosse Films production in association with Blueprint Pictures, produced with Scion Films, a Julian Jarrold film ; producers, Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae ; written by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood ; director, Julian Jarrold
- The pursuit of happyness, Columbia Pictures presents ; in association with Relativity Media ; an Overbrook Entertainment production ; an Escape Artists production ; a film by Gabriele Muccino ; produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, James Lassiter, Will Smith ; written by Steven Conrad ; directed by Gabriele Muccino