- The shape of water, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor ; produced & directed by Guillermo Del Toro
- Our kind of traitor, Lionsgate presents ; producers, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan ; writer, Hossein Amini ; director, Sussanna White
- Shooter, Paramount Pictures presents a Di Bonaventura Pictures production ; produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ric Kidney ; screenplay by Jonathan Lemkin ; directed by Antoine Fuqua
- The witch, producers, Daniel Bekerman, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira ; written and directed by Robert Eggers
- Ad astra, Twentieth Century Fox and Regency Enterprises present ; in association with Bona Film Group ; a New Regency, Plan B Entertainment, Keep Your Head, RT Features, Madriver Pictures production ; a James Gray film ; written by James Gray & Ethan Gross ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Rodrigo Teixeira, Arnon Milchan ; directed by James Gray
- The last king of Scotland, DNA Films ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; FilmFour ; Cowboy Films ; Scottish Screen ; Slate Films ; Tatfilm ; UK Film Council ; produced by Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Charles Steel ; written by Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan ; directed by Kevin Macdonald
- Prey, 20th Century Studios presents ; a Lawrence Gordon, Davis Entertainment Company production ; screenplay by Patrick Aison ; story by Patrick Aison & Dan Trachtenberg ; produced by John Davis, Jhane Myers, Marty Ewing ; directed by Dan Trachtenberg
- Detroit, Annapurna Pictures presents ; a Harpers Ferry/Page 1 production ; a film by Kathryn Bigelow ; produced by Megan Ellison, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Matthew Budman, Colin Wilson ; written by Mark Boal ; directed by Kathryn Bigelow
- The shed, A Bigger Boat presents ; produced by Peter Block , Cory Neal ; written and directed by Frank Sabatella
- Last survivors, Vertical Entertainment, Yadav Productions and Perkash Productions presents ; screenplay by Josh Janowicz ; directed by Drew Mylrea
- Siberia, Lionsgate, Grindstone Entertainment Group, Vivo Film and Rai Cinema present ; produced by Marta Donzelli [and 5 others] ; screenwriters Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois ; directed by Abel Ferrara
- Easy money, Snabba cash, The Weinstein Company presents ; a Fredrik Wikström and Tre Vänner Produktion AB production ; in co-production with Film I Väst ... [et al.] ; producer Fredrik Wikström ; written by Maria Karlsson in collaboration with Daniél Espinosa, Fredrik Wikström & Hassan Loo Sattarvandi ; directed by Daniél Espinosa
- The hunger, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Richard Shepherd Company production ; screenplay by Ivan Davis and Michael Thomas ; produced by Richard A. Shepherd ; directed by Tony Scott