- Ben-Hur, Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ; produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey ; screenplay by Keith Clarke and John Ridley ; director, Timur Bekmambetov
- The duchess, Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films presents in association with Pathé Renn Productions and BIM Distribuzione ; Qwerty Films ; Magnolia Mae Films
- America, imagine the world without her, directors, John Sullivan, Dinesh D'Souza ; writers, Dinesh D'Souza, John Sullivan, Bruce Schooley ; producer, Gerald R. Molen ; production company, D'Souza Entertainment
- The song of names, a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Serendipity Point Films, Ingenious Media, Hanway Films, Lyla Films present ; producers, Lyse Lafontaine, Nick Hirschkorn ; produced by Robert Lantos ; screenplay by Jeffrey Caine ; directed by François Girard
- 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
- News of the world, Universal Pictures presents ; a Playtone/Pretty Pictures production ; directed by Paul Greengrass ; screenplay by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies ; produced by Gary Goetzman, Gail Mutrux, Gregory Goodman ; a Paul Greengrass film
- Flyboys, [presented by] Electric Entertainment in association with Skydance Productions and Ingenious Film Partners ; produced by Dean Devlin, Marc Frydman ; directed by Tony Bill ; story by Blake R. Evans ; screenplay by Phil Sears & Blake T. Evans and David S. Ward
- Free state of Jones, Stx Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures present ; in association with IM Global/Route One Entertainment/Union Investment Partners/Vendian Entertainment ; a Blue Grass Films/Rahway Road/Larger Than Life production ; produced by Scott Stuber, Jon Kilik, Gary Ross ; screenplay by Gary Ross ; directed by Gary Ross
- The last duel, 20th Century Studios presents ; a Scott Free/Pearl Street production ; a Ridley Scott film ; producers, Ridley Scott, Kevin J. Walsh, Jennifer Fox, Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon, Ben Afflect ; screenplay by Nicole Holofcener, Ben Afleck, Matt Damon ; directed by, Ridley Scott
- Paul, apostle of Christ, Affirm Films presents in association with Giving Films an ODB Films production in association with Mandalay Pictures ; produced by T.J. Berden, David Zelon ; written & directed by Andrew Hyatt
- The Miracle Club, Sony Pictures Classics, Zephyr Films, City Films Entertainment, Ingenious Media present ; in association with BCP Asset Management, Embankment Films, Hianlo, the UK Global Screen Fund, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland ; a Zephyr Films, City Films Entertainment, ShinAwiL production ; produced by Joshua D. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin, Chris Curling, Larry Bass and Aaron Farrell, John Gleeson and Oisín O'Neill ; screenplay by Jimmy Smallhorne, Timothy Prager, Joshua D. Maurer ; directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan
- Hyde Park on Hudson, Focus Features and Film4 present ; a Free Range film/Daybreak Pictures production ; a Roger Michell film ; produced by Kevin Loader ... [et al.] ; written by Richard Nelson ; directed by Roger Michell
- 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
- Coriolanus, produced by Ralph Fiennes ... [et al.] ; screenplay by John Logan ; directed by Ralph Fiennes
- Hidden figures, Fox 2000 Pictures presents a Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films production ; screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi ; directed by Theodore Melfi
- The theory of everything, Focus Features presents a Working Title production ; directed by James Marsh ; screenplay by Anthony McCarten ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
- Flight 93, an A&E Network presentation ; a David Gerber Company production produced in association with Fox Television Studios
- Oppenheimer, Universal Pictures presents ; a Syncopy production in association with Atlas Entertainment ; produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan ; a film by Christopher Nolan ; written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan
- The passion of the Christ, Icon Productions, a Mel Gibson film ; producers, Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Stephen McEveety ; screenplay by Benedict Fitzgerald and Mel Gibson ; directed by Mel Gibson
- Argo, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with GK Films a Smokehouse Pictures production ; produced by Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney ; screenplay by Chris Terrio ; directed by Ben Affleck
- The favourite, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Film4 and Waypoint Entertainment present ; wirtten by Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara ; directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Brooklyn, Fox Searchlight Pictures with BBC FIlms, Telefilm Canada, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, SODEC and BFI present ; a Wildgaze Films/Finola Dwyer Productions/Parallel Films/Item 7 co-production ; produced in association with Ingenious ; in association with BAI, RTE and Hanway Films ; a film by John Crowley ; screenplay by Nick Hornby ; produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey ; directed by John Crowley
- Race, Focus Features presents ; in association with the Jesse Owens Foundations and the Luminary Group ; a Solofilms/Trinica/Trinity Race production ; a Stephen Hopkins film ; producers, Jean-Charles Levy, Luc Dayan, Louis-Philippe Rochon, Dominique Seguin, Stephen Hopkins, Kate Garwood, Karsten Brünig, Nicolas Manuel ; written by Joe Shrapnel & Anna Waterhouse ; directed by Stephen Hopkins
- Darkest hour, Focus Features presents ; screenwriter, Anthony McCarten ; director, Joe Wright
- Dallas buyers club, Focus Features and Truth Entertainment present a Voltage Pictures/Rp2s Films/Evolution IndependentlCE production ; directed by Jean-Marc Vallée ; written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack ; produced by Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter
- Suffragette, Focus Features ; Pathé ; Film4 ; BFI ; Ingenious Media ; produced by Alison Owen and Faye Ward ; written by Abi Morgan ; directed by Sarah Gavron
- The lost city of Z, 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 ; a James Gray film ; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Anthony Katagas, James Gray, Dale Armin Johnson ; written for the screen & directed by James Gray
- Ithaca, Momentum Pictures presents ; a Co-op Entertainment production with Apple Lane Productions and Pilothouse Pictures in association with Shy Moon Productions ; produced by Janet Brenner, Laura Ivey, Erik Jendresen ; screenplay by Erik Jendresen ; directed by Meg Ryan