- The world to come, Bleecker Street presents ; screenplay, Ron Hansen, Jim Shepard ; producers, Casey Affleck, Whitaker Lader, Pamela Koffler, David Hinojosa, Margarethe Ballou ; director, Mona Fastvold
- The Irishman, Netflix presents ; a TriBeCa Productions/Sikelia Productions/Winkler Films production ; produced by Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Irwin Winkler, Gerald Chamales, Gastón Pavlovich, Randall Emmett, Gabriele Israilovici ; screenplay by Steven Zaillian ; directed by Martin Scorsese
- Roma, Netflix, Participant Media presenta ; filmo produktita de Esparanto-Filmoj ; escrita y dirigida por Alfonso Cuarón ; producida por Gabriela Rodríguez, Alfonso Cuarón, Nicolás Celis
- Downton Abbey, Focus Features presents a Carnival Films production ; screenplay by Julian Fellowes ; producers, Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes, Liz Trubridge ; directed by Simon Curtis
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley, screenplay, Paul Laverty ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; director, Ken Loach
- Mongol, the rise of Genghis Khan, Picturehouse presents a CTB Film Company, Andreevsky Flag Film Company, X Filme Creative Pool production in co-production with EurasiaFilm and Kinofabrika ; produced by Sergey Selyanov, Sergei Bodrov, Anton Melnik ; written by Arif Aliyev & Sergei Bodrov ; directed by Sergei Bodrov
- Vision, aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen = from the life of Hildegard von Bingen, Herbert G. Kloiber zeigt ; gefördert durch Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen ... [et al.] ; eine Clasart Filmproduktion ; in co-produktion mit Degeto Film GmbH, Tele München Fernseh GmbH und co-produktionsgesellschaft ; sowie, Celluloid Dreams Productions, Paris ; produzent, Markus Zimmer ; ; drehbuch und regie, Margarethe von Trotta ; DVD producer, Shannon Attaway
- The Greek world, a study of the history and culture
- 12 years a slave, Regency Enterprises and River Road Entertainment present ; a River Road, Plan B, and New Regency production ; in association with Film4 ; a film by Steve McQueen ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas ; screenplay by John Ridley ; directed by Steve McQueen
- In darkness, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv GmbH, Studio Filmowe Zebra, and Hidden Films Inc. ; director Agnieszka Holland ; producers, Steffen Reuter ... [et al.] ; screenplay David F. Shamoon
- The birth of a nation, director, Nate Parker
- Misbehaviour, Pathe BBC Films, Ingenious Media and BFI present a Left Bank Pictures Production ; producer, Suzanne Mackie, Sarah Jane Wheale ; story by Rebecca Frayn, Gaby Chiappe ; director, Philippa Lowthorpe
- For greater glory, the true story of Cristiada, ARC Entertainment in association with Dos Corazones Films presents a New Land Films production ; produced by Pablo Jos Barroso ; written by Michael Love ; directed by Dean Wright
- Audubon, Rara Avis Productions presents ; producer, John Aldrich ; executive producer, Cina Alexander ; written and directed by Al Reinert
- The light between oceans, Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present in association with Participant Media a Heyday Films production ; produced by David Heyman, Jeffrey Clifford ; written for the screen and directed by Derek Cianfrance
- The revenant, Regency Enterprises presents in association with Ratpac Entertainment ; a New Regency/Anonymous Content/M Productions/Appian Way production ; screenplay by Mark L. Smith and Alejandro G. Iñárritu ; directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- The immigrant, Weinstein Company, Worldview Entertainment and Wild Bunch present ; a Keep Your Head/Kingsgate Films production ; produced by Greg Shapiro, Christopher Woodrow, Anthony Katagas, James Gray ; written by James Gray & Richard Menello ; directed by James Gray
- The Nutcracker and the four realms, Disney presents a Mark Gordon production ; screenplay by Ashleigh Powell ; directors, Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
- The Post, Twentieth Century Fox, Dreamworks Pictures, and Reliance Entertainment present ; in association with TSG Entertainment ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; written by Liz Hannah and Josh SInger ; produced by Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger ; an Amblin Entertainment/Pascal Pictures and Star Thrower Entertainment production
- The beguiled, Focus Features presents an American Zoetrope production ; produced by Youree Henley, Sofia Coppola ; written and directed by Sofia Coppola
- The Nutcracker and the four realms, Disney presents a Mark Gordon production ; screenplay by Ashleigh Powell ; directors, Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
- The nightingale, IFC Films, Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania and South Australian Film Corporation present ; in association with Adelaide Film Festival, Bron Creative and FilmNation Entertainment ; a Causeway Films and Made Up Stories production ; produced by Kristina Ceyton, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Jennifer Kent ; written & directed by Jennifer Kent
- They shall not grow old, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a WingNut Films production ; commissioned by 14-18 NOW and The Imperial War Museum ; in association with BBC ; directed by Peter Jackson ; produced by Clare Olssen, Peter Jackson
- Darkest hour, Focus Features presents ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; a Working Title production ; a Joe Wright film ; directed by Joe Wright ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski ; written by Anthony McCarten
- Green book, directed by Peter Farrelly ; written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly ; produced by Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga ; a Participant Media/Dreamworks Pictures presentation ; a Charles B. Wessler/Innisfree Pictures production in association with Cinetic Media ; a Peter Farrrelly film
- 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
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Annapurna Pictures presents ; in association with Stage 6 Films ; a Topple/Boxspring Entertainment production ; a film by Angela Robinson ; produced by Terry Leonard, Amy Redford ; written and directed by Angela Robinson
- Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, Universal ; Really Useful Films ; lyrics by Tim Rice ; music by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ; produced by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ; directed by David Mallet and Steven Pimlott
- Suffragette, Focus Features ; Pathé ; Film4 ; BFI ; Ingenious Media ; produced by Alison Owen and Faye Ward ; written by Abi Morgan ; directed by Sarah Gavron
- Priscilla, A24 and The Apartment Pictures present ; a The Apartment Pictures production with American Zoetrope ; produced by Sofia Coppola, Lorenzo Mieli, Youree Henley ; written and directed by Sofia Coppola
- Exodus, gods and kings
- Jimmy Carter, Sony Pictures Classics and Participant Productions present a Clinica Estetico production, a Participant Productions production, a Jonathan Demme picture ; produced by Neda Armian ; written, produced and directed by Jonathan Demme
- Goodbye Christopher Robin, produced by Steve Christian, Damian Jones ; written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, Simon Vaughan ; directed by Simon Curtis
- Miss Julie, writer/director, Liv Ullmann
- Till, Orion Pictures presents ; directed by Chinonye Chukwu ; written by Michael Reilly & Keith Beauchamp and Chinonye Chukwu ; produced by Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Levine, Michael Reilly, Frederick Zollo ; an EON production, a Frederick Zollo production in association with Whoop, Inc. ; a film by Chinonye Chukwu
- Judy, LD Entertainment, Roadside Attractions, Pathé Productions, BBC Films and Ingenious Media present ; a Calamity Films production ; directed by Rupert Goold ; screenplay by Tom Edge ; produced by David Livingstone
- Operation Sussex, a film by Alliance Productions in association with Film 101 productions ; producer/director, Bonnie Friedman
- Roma, Netflix, Participant Media presenta ; filmo produktita de Esparanto-Filmoj ; escrita y dirigida por Alfonso Cuarón ; producida por Gabriela Rodríguez, Alfonso Cuarón, Nicolás Celis
- Brave, Disney presents a Pixar Animation Studios film ; directed by Mark Andrews ; directed by Brenda Chapman ; produced by Katherine Sarafian ; screenplay by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell, Irene Mecchi
- Theodore Roosevelt, a cowboy's ride to the White House
- Patriots Day, directed by Peter Berg ; screenplay by Peter Berg & Matt Cook and Joshua Zetumer ; story by Peter Berg & Matt Cook and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson ; produced by Scott Stuber, Dylan Clark, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Hutch Parker, Dorothy Aufiero, Michael Radutzky ; a CBS Films and Lionsgate presentation in association with TIK Films (Hong Kong) Ltd. ; a Closest To The Hole/Leverage Entertainment production ; a Bluegrass Films production ; a Hutch Parker Entertainment production ; a Peter Berg film
- The new world, New Line Cinema presents ; produced by Sarah Green ; written and directed by Terrence Malick
- Fences, Paramount Pictures presents in association with Bron Creative in association with Macro Media ; screenplay by August Wilson ; produced by Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black ; directed by Denzel Washington
- Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott ; screenplay by Brian Helgeland ; story by Brian Helgeland and Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Yoris ; produced by Brian Grazer, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe ; executive producers, Charles J.D. Schlissel, Michael Costigan, Jim Whitaker, Ryan Kavanaugh ; a Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment presentation ; in association with Relativity Media ; a Brian Grazer production in association with Scott Free Productions ; a Ridley Scott film
- 12 strong, directed by Nicolai Fuglsig ; written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig ; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill ; an Alcon Entertainment, Black Label Media and Jerry Bruckheimer Films presentation ; a Jerry Bruckheimer, Black Label Media production ; in association with Torridon Films
- Jackie, Fox Searchlight Pictures and LD Entertainment present ; in association with Wild Bunch, Fabula, Why Not Productions, Bliss Media, Endemol Shine Studios ; a Protozoa production ; produced by Juan de Dios Larrain, Darren Aronofsky, Mickey Liddell, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel ; written by Noah Oppenheim ; directed by Pablo Larrain
- Colette, a film by Wash Westmoreland ; Bleecker Street and 30 West present ; Bold Films and BFI present ; a Killer Films and Number 9 Films production ; produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters ; story by Richard Glatzer ; screenplay by Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland & Rebecca Lenkiewicz ; directed by Wash Westmoreland
- The book thief, Fox 2000 Pictures presents ; a Sunswept Entertainment production ; produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Ken Blancato ; screenplay by Michael Petroni ; directed by Brian Percival
- Nise, the heart of madness, screenplay by Patricia Andrade, Leonardo Rocha ; directed by Roberto Berliner
- Legends of the fall, TriStar Pictures presents ; directed by Edward Zwick ; screenplay by Susan Shilliday and Bill Wittliff ; produced by Edward Zwick, Bill Wittliff, Marshall Herskovitz ; a Bedford Falls/Pangaea production