- Straight outta Compton, Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures present in association with New Line Cinema/Cubevision/Crucial Films a Broken Chair Flickz production ; produced by Ice Cube [and five others] ; screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff ; directed by Gary Gray
- The girl with the dragon tattoo, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ; produced by Scott Rudin ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Steven Zaillian ; directed by David Fincher
- The shape of water, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor ; produced & directed by Guillermo Del Toro
- The zookeeper's wife, a Scion Films production ; produced by Jeff Abberley, Jamie Patricof, Diane Miller Levin, Kim Zubick ; written by Angela Workman ; directed by Niki Card
- Cold pursuit, Summit Entertainment presents ; screenplay by Frank Baldwin ; producers, Michael Shamberg, Ameet Shukla, Stein Kvae, Finn Gjerdrum ; directed by Hans Petter Moland
- Chimpanzee, Disneynature ; directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield ; produced by Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield and Alix Tidmarsh ; written by Mark Linfield, Alastair Fothergill, Don Hahn
- Fast & furious 6, Universal Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, an Original Film, One Race Films production ; produced by Neal H. Moritz, Vin Dielsel, Clayton Townsend ; written by Chris Morgan ; directed by Justin Lin
- Operation fortune, ruse de guerre, directed by Guy Ritchie ; written by Guy Ritchie and Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies ; producers Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Bill Block
- Kong, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures and Tencent Pictures present ; a Legendary Pictures production ; a film by Jordan Vogt-Roberts ; produced by Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia, Thomas Tull, Mary Parent ; story by John Gatins ; screenplay by Dan Gilroy and Max Borenstein and Derek Connolly ; directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- American sniper, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Village Roadshow Pictures ; a Mad Chance production ; a 22nd & Indiana production ; a Malpaso production ; written by Jason Hall ; produced by Robert Lorenz [and three others] ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood
- Respect, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures presents ; in association with Bron Creative, One Community ; a Chislehurst Entertainment/Harvey Mason Media/Glickmania Entertainment production ; produced by Harvey Mason Jr., Jonathan Glickman, Stacey Sher, Scott Bernstein ; screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson ; story by Callie Khouri and Tracey Scott Wilson ; directed by Liesl Tommy
- I'm not ashamed, Pure Flix and Visible Pictures present ; produced by Chuck Howard, Brad Allen, Martin Michael, Nise Davies ; written by Bodie Thoene, Robin Hanley, Kari Redmond, Philipa Booyens ; directed by Brian Baugh
- The mountain between us, Fox 2000 Pictures presents a Chernin Entertainment production ; screenplay by Chris Weitz and J. Mills Goodloe; directed by Hany Abu-Assad
- A quiet place, Paramount Pictures presents in association with Michael Bay ; a Platinum Dunes/Sunday Night production ; produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller, John Krasinski ; written and directed by John Krasinski, Part II
- American assassin, CBS Films and Liongate present ; producers, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Nick Wechsler ; writers, Vince Flynn [and four others] ; director, Michael Cuesta
- Annie, Columbia Pictures ; screenplay by Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna ; directed by Will Gluck
- The good dinosaur, Disney presents ; a Pixar Animation Studios film ; produced by Denise Ream ; screenplay by Meg LeFauve ; directed by Peter Sohn
- The book of life, Twentieth Century Fox and Reel FX Animation Studios presents a Guillermo del Toro production ; screenplay by Jorge R. Gutierrez & Doug Langdale ; produced by Guillermo del Toro [and three others] ; directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez
- The Vietnam War, a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington, DC ; a film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick ; directed by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, & Ken Burns
- The age of Adaline, Lionsgate, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lakeshore Entertainment present ; directed by Lee Toland Krieger ; screenplay by J. Mills Goodloe, Salvador Paskowitz ; produced by Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi