- Mandela, long walk to freedom, Weinstein Company ; writer, William Nicholson ; director, Justin Chadwick
- Dragon blade, produced by Jackie Chan, Susanna Tsang ; written and directed by Daniel Lee
- The lighthouse, A24 and Regency Enterprises present ; written by Robert Eggers, Max Eggers ; produced by Rodrigo Teixeira [and 4 others] ; directed by Robert Eggers
- Well-digger's daughter, La fille du puisatier, Alain Sarde et Jerôme Seydoux présentent ; une coproduction A.S. Films, Zack Films, Pathe, TFI Films production ; adaptation, Daniel Auteuil ; produit par Alain Sarde et Jerôme Seydoux ; un film de Daniel Auteuil
- J. Edgar, Warner Bros. Pictures presents an Imagine Entertainment production ; a Malpaso production ; directed and produced by Clint Eastwood ; written by Dustin Lance Black ; produced by Brian Grazer, Robert Lorenz
- Testament of youth, BBC Films ; Heyday Films ; Screen Yorkshire ; director, James Kent ; writer, Juliet Towhidi
- She said, Universal Pictures presents an Annapurna & Plan B production; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner ; screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz ; directed by Maria Schrader
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Annapurna Pictures presents ; in association with Stage 6 Films ; produced by Terry Leonard, Amy Redford ; written and directed by Angela Robinson
- The lost city of Z, written for the screen & directed by James Gray ; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner ; produced by Anthony Katagas, James Gray ; produced by Dale Armin Johnson ; Amazon Studios presents ; in association with MICA Entertainment and Northern Ireland Screen ; a Plan B Entertainment production ; a Keep Your Head production ; a MadRiver Pictures production ; in association with Sierra Pictures
- Zero dark thirty, Columbia Pictures presents ; First Light ; Annapurna Pictures ; producers, Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison ; screenplay, Mark Boal ; director, Kathryn Bigelow
- The finest hours, Disney presents ; a Whitaker Entertainment/Red Hawk Entertainment production ; produced by Jim Whitaker, Dorothy Aufiero ; screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson ; directed by Craig Gillespie
- Letters from Iwo Jima, Warner Bros. Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures present a Malpaso/Amblin Entertainment production ; produced by Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg ; screenplay by Iris Yamashita ; directed by Clint Eastwood
- Padmaavat, Viacom18 Motion Pictures & Bhansali Productions present ; a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film ; screenplay, Prakash R. Kapadia, Sanjay Leela Bhansali ; produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sudhanshu Vats, Ajit Andhare ; music & direction, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Dunkirk, a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation ; a Syncopy production ; produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan ; written and directed by Christopher Nolan
- Howards End, Janus Films ; Sumitomo Corporation ... [et al.] in association with Merchant Ivory Productions ; a Merchant Ivory film in association with Film Four International ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; director, James Ivory
- Emily, Bleecker Street and Ingenious Media present a Frances O'Connor film ; written and directed by Frances O'Connor
- The power of the dog, Netflix presents in association with The New Zealand Film Commission, Criss Cross Films & BBC Films & See Saw Films & Bad Girl Creek production ; a Max Films production in association with Brightstar ; produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian ; written and directed by Jane Campion
- Munich, Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures present an Amblin Entertainment-Kennedy/Marshall-Barry Mendel production in association with Alliance Atlantis Communications
- Woman in gold, The Weinstein Company and BBC Films present an Origin Pictures production ; produced by David M. Thompson, Kris Thykier ; written by Alexi Kaye Campbell ; directed by Simon Curtis
- Churchill, the untold story of D-Day, Silver Reel presents ; a Salon production ; in association with Tempo Productions and Embankment Films, LipSync Productions, Creative Scotland, Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology ; a film by Jonathan Teplitzky ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky ; screenplay by Alex Von Tunzelmann ; produced by Nick Taussig and Paul Van Carter ; producers, Piers Tempest, Claudia Bluemhuber
- The Baader Meinhof complex, [presented by] Constantin Film and Bernd Eichinger ; directed by Uli Edel ; written and produced by Bernd Eichinger ; co-writer, Uli Edel ; director of photography, Rainer Klausmann ; executive producer, Martin Moszkowicz ; a production of Constantin Film in co-production with Nouvelles Éditions de Films and G.T. Film Production and NDR ... [et al.] ; an Uli Edel film ; a Bernd Eichinger production
- Cold Mountain, Miramax Films presents a Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Productions, an Anthony Minghella film ; produced by Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa ; screenplay by Anthony Minghella ; directed by Anthony Minghella
- Henry V, directed by Kenneth Branagh
- Ammonite, Neon, BBC Films & BFI present ; in association with Cross City Films ; a See-Saw Films production ; produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly ; written and directed by Francis Lee
- All quiet on the western front, Carl Laemmle presents ; by Erich Maria Remarque ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; adaptation and dialogue, Maxwell Anderson ; screenplay, George Abbott ; adaptation, Del Andrews ; directed by Lewis Milestone
- Drum dream girl, how one girl's courage changed music, written by Margarita Engle, illustrations by Rafael López ; produced by Ryan Swenar ;
- Balloon, StudioCanal presents ; a film by Michael Bully Herbig ; screenwriters, Kit Hopkins, Thilo Röscheisen, Michael Bully Herbig ; directed by Michael Bully Herbig
- Burden
- The better angels, Amplify and Brothers K productions ; produced by Terrence Malick, Nicolas Gonda, Jake DeVito, Charley Beil ; written and directed by A.J. Edwards
- Valkyrie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and United Artists present a Bad Hat Harry production ; an Achte Babelsberg film co-production
- Roots, David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television
- Aferim!, directed by Radu Jude ; produced by Ada Solomon
- Summerland, Quickfire Films, BFI present ; in association with Embankment Films ; a Shoebox Films/Iota Films production ; produced by Guy Heeley and Adrian Sturges ; written and directed by Jessica Swale
- The Green Knight, A24 and Ley Line Entertainment present ; in association with Bron Studios and Wild Atlantic Pictures ; a Sailor Bear production ; produced by Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, David Lowery, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page ; written for the screen and directed by David Lowery
- Green book, Participant Media, Dreamworks Pictures present ; screenwriters, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly ; directed by Peter Farrelly
- Where the crawdads sing, 3000 Pictures presents ; in association with HarperCollins Publishers ; a Hello Sunshine production ; produced by Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter ; screenplay by Lucy Alibar ; directed by Olivia Newman
- Big eyes, The Weinstein Company presents ; a Time Burton/Electric City Entertainment production ; a Tim Burton film ; produced by Lynette Howelle, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Tim Burton ; written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski ; directed by Tim Burton
- Jesus revolution, Lionsgate presents ; a Kingdom Story Company production ; produced by Kevin Downes, Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin, Daryl Lefever [and others] ; written by Jon Gunn & Jon Erwin ; directed by Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle
- Guernica, a Pecado Films production in coproduction with Travis Producciones, Sayaka Producciones, Gernika The Movie AIE ; produced by Jose Alba; Daniel Dreifuss ; written by Barney Cohen & Carlos Clavijo ; directed by Koldo Serra
- La princesse de Montpensier, Sundance Selects ; Canal +, Cinécinéma ; France Télévisions ; story by Jean Cosmos, François-Olivier Rousseau and Bertrand Tavernier ; screenplay by Jean Cosmos ; directed by Bertrand Tavernier
- Jojo Rabbit, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; a Defender and Piki Films production ; written & directed by Taika Waititi
- Alone in Berlin, IFC Films presents an X Filme Creative Pool, Master Movies, Filmwave production ; directed by Vincent Perez ; producers, Stefan Arndt [and five others] ; written by Achim von Borries & Vincent Perez
- Babylon, Paramount Pictures presents in association with C2 Motion Picture Group ; a Marc Platt, Wild Chickens, Organism Pictures production ; a Damien Chazelle film ; produced by Marc Platt, Matthew Plouffe, Olivia Hamilton; written & directed by Damien Chazelle
- The promise, an Open Road Films release, Survival Pictures presents ; produced by Eric Esrailian ; written by Terry George and Robin Swicord ; directed by Terry George
- Me...Jane & more stories about girl power, Weston Woods Studios
- Kill your darlings, a Sony pictures Classics release, Benaroya Pictures presents ; a Killer Films production ; produced by Michael Benaroya [and three others] ; screenplay by John Krokidas & Austin Bunn ; directed by John Krokidas
- Scary stories to tell in the dark, CBS Films and Entertainment One present in association with Rolling Hills and Starlight a Hivemind/1212 Entertainment/Double Dare You production ; produced by Jason F. Brown, J. Miles Dale, Sean Daniel, Guillermo del Toro, Elizabeth Grave ; written by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro ; directed by André Øvredal
- The beguiled, Focus Features presents an American Zoetrope production ; produced by Youree Henley, Sofia Coppola ; written and directed by Sofia Coppola
- The infiltrators, a true story, Chicago Media Project presents ; a Pueblo Sight & Sound production ; in association with Ford Foundation, Naked Edge Films, 3DMC, Baked Studios and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network ; produced by Christina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean, Daniel J. Chalfen ; written by Alex Rivera, Aldo Velasco ; directed by Alex Rivera, Christina Ibarra
- A taxi driver, Taeksi unjeonsa, Showbox presents The Lamp production ; writer, Yu-na Eom ; director, Hun Jang