- Tesla, IFC Films and Millennium Media present a Millennium Media Production ; producers, Isen Robbins, Per Melita, Christa Campbell, Lati Grovman, Uri Singer ; written, produced & directed by Michael Almereyda
- El cantante, a Picturehouse release ; Nuyorican Productions ; R-Caro Productions ; produced by Julio Caro, Simon Fields, Jennifer Lopez, David Maldonado ; story by David Darmstaedter & Todd Antony Bello ; screenplay by Leon Ichaso and David Darmstaedter & Todd Antony Bello ; directed by Leon Ichaso
- Final portrait, Sony Pictures Releasing International, a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Riverstone Pictures presents ; in association with Hanway Films ; a Potboiler production ; produced by Gail Egan, Nik Bower, Ilann Girard ; written and directed by Stanely Tucci
- Love & mercy, writer, Oren Moverman ; producers, Bill Pohland, Claire Rudnick Polstein, John Wells, Brian Wilson, director, Bill Pohlad
- The catcher was a spy, IFC and Palmstar Media present ; an Animus Films/Serena Films and Palmstar Media production ; in association with Finch Entertainment, Windy Hill Pictures and FilmNation Entertainment ; produced by Kevin Frakes, Tatiana Kelly, Buddy Patrick, Jim Young ; written by Robert Rodat ; directed by Ben Lewin
- The infiltrator, Broad Green Pictures presents ; screenplay by Ellen Brown Furman ; directed by Brad Furman
- I can only imagine, Lionsgate presents in association with Erwin Brothers Entertainment, South West Film Group, Mission Pictures International, LD Entertainment, and City on a Hill ; story by Jon Erwin & Brent McCorkle and Alex Cramer ; screenplay by Jon Erwin & Brent McCorkle ; produced by Kevin Downes, Cindy Bond, Daryl Lefever, Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon ; directed by the Erwin brothers
- Shock and awe, Acacia Entertainment presents ; a Castle Rock Entertainment and Savvy Media Holdings production ; in association with Voltage Pictures, The Fyzz Facility and Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana ; produced by Rob Reiner, Matthew George, Michele Reiner, Elizabeth A. Bell ; written by Joey Hartstone ; directed by Rob Reiner
- Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures ; producers, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy ; screenplay, Tony Kushner ; director, Steven Spielberg
- Bandit, Redbox Entertainment, Quiver Distribution, Highland Film Group present ; a Yale Productions, Goldrush Entertainment and Thomasville Pictures production ; in association with Bondit Media Capital, Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology, Complex Corp, Short Porch Pictures, LB Entertainment, Streamline Global ; written by Kraig Wenman ; produced by Eric Gozlan, Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, Ryan D. Smith ; directed by Allan Ungar
- The professor and the madman, producers, Nicholas Chartier, Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson ; writers, John Boorman, Todd Komarnicki, Farhad Safinia ; director, Farhad Safinia
- Mandela, long walk to freedom, Weinstein Company ; writer, William Nicholson ; director, Justin Chadwick
- Can you ever forgive me?, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; screenplay by Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty ; directed by Marielle Heller
- The adventures of Marco Polo, Samuel Goldwyn ; directed by Archie Mayo ; screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood
- Unplanned, based on a true story, Pure Flix presents in association with Soli Deo Gloria Releasing ; produced by Daryl Lefever, Cary Solomon, Chuck Konzelman ; producers, Chris Jones, Joe Knopp ; written and directed by Cary Solomon & Chuck Konzelman
- Jesus revolution, produced by Kevin Downes, Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin, Daryl Lefever [and others] ; written by Jon Gunn, Jon Erwin ; directed by Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle
- Amy, an A24 release ; producers, Paul Bell, James Gay-Rees, George Pank ; directed by Asif Kapadia
- Lamborghini, the man behind the legend, Lionsgate Grindstone Entertainment Group presents ; produced by Danielle Maloni, Allen Dam, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi ; directed and written by Bobby Moresco
- A quiet passion, producer, Roy Boulter & Sol Papadopoulos ; written and directed by Terence Davies
- Rush, screenplay, Peter Morgan ; director, Ron Howard
- One Direction, this is us, director, Morgan Spurlock ; producer, Simon Cowell [and others]
- She said, Universal Pictures presents an Annapurna & Plan B production; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner ; screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz ; directed by Maria Schrader
- Harry & Snowman, Docutainment Films presents an Imaginaut Entertainment Production ; a film by Ron Davis ; written by Ron Davis ; producers, Nancy Knox Talcott, Clay Westervelt ; directed & produced by Ron Davis
- Son of the South, Clear Horizon presents ; in association with Lucidity Entertainment, Jaba Entertainment, Riverbend Pictures, Major Motion Pictures, and El Ride Productions ; Buffalo 8 Productions and SSS Film Capital ; produced by Michael Jefferson [and 5 others] ; screenplay by Barry Alexander Brown ; directed by Barry Alexander Brown
- Loving, Focus Features presents ; a Raindog Films/Big Beach production in association with Augusta Films & Tri-State Pictures ; produced by Ged Doherty [and five others] ; written and directed by Jeff Nichols
- Amazing grace, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Roadside Attractions, Bristol Bay Productions present in association with Ingenious Film Partners ; produced by Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP on behalf of Walden Media LLC ; produced by Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Terrence Malick, Edward R. Pressman, Ken Wales ; written by Steven Knight ; directed by Michael Apted
- The phantom of the Open, Sony Pictures Classics, BFI, BBC Film and Ingenious Media present ; a Water & Power Productions and Baby Cow production ; screenplay by Simon Farnaby ; produced by Kate Glover, Nichola Martin, Tom Miller ; directed by Craig Roberts
- The greatest showman, Twentieth Century Fox presents a Laurence Mark/Chernin Entertainment production ; producers, Peter Chernin, Laurence Mark, Jenno Topping; screenplay by Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon ; directed by Michael Gracey
- Just mercy, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; written by Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham ; directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
- Victoria & Abdul, Focus Features presents in association with Perfect World Pictures and in association with BBC Films a Working Title production in association with Cross Street Films ; screenplay by Lee Hall ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Beeban Kidron, Tracey Seaward ; directed by Stephen Frears
- Milk, Focus Features presents Axon Films in association with Groundswell Productions [and] Jinks/Cohen Company
- Million dollar arm, Disney presents a Roth Films/Mayhem Pictures production ; written by Thomas McCarthy ; directed by Craig Gillespie
- Belfast, Focus Features presents a TKBC production in association with Northern Ireland Screen ; produced by Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik & Tamar Thomas ; written and directed by Kenneth Branagh
- Snowden, Open Road Films and Endgame present ; in association with Wild Bunch, Vendian Entertainment, TG Media ; produced by Moritz Borman, Fernando Sulchin, Philip Schulz-Deyle and Eric Kopeloff ; screenplay by Kieran Fitzgerald & Oliver Stone ; directed by Oliver Stone
- When the game stands tall, Tristar Pictures presents ; screenplay by Scott Marshall Smith ; directed by Thomas Carter
- Stan & Ollie, a Sony Pictures Classics release, Entertainment One and BBC Films present ; produced by Faye Ward ; written by Jeff Pope ; directed by Jon S. Baird
- 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
- Mark Felt, the man who brought down the White House, Sony Pictures Classics, Mandalay/Endurance Media Ventures and Torridon Films present in association with Riverstone Pictures, a Madriver Pictures, Scott Free/ Cara Films production ; produced by Ridley Scott [and 6 others] ; written and directed by Peter Landesman
- Gotti, Sunrider Productions and Vertical Entertainment present ; produced by Randall Emmett, Michael Froch ; written by Leo Rossi, Lem Dobbs ; directed by Kevin Connolly
- Grace of Monaco, The Weinstein Company presents ; a Olivier Dahan film ; produced by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Uday Chopra, Arash Amel ; written by Arash Amel ; directed by Olivier Dahan
- By the people, the election of Barack Obama, HBO Documentary Films presents a Green Film Company presentation in association with Citi Productions, a Class 5 Films production in association with Good ; producers, Benjamin Goldhirsh ... [et al.] ; produced and directed by Amy Rice & Alicia Sams
- The front runner, Columbia Pictures and Stage 6 Films present a Bron Studio/Right of Way production ; producers, Helen Estabrook, Aaron L. Gilbert ; written by Matt Bai, Jay Carson, Jason Reitman ; directed by Jason Reitman
- Stronger, Lionsgate presents ; written by Jeff Bauman, Bret Witter, John Pollono ; produced by Jake Gyllenhaal [and 4 others] ; directed by David Gordon Green
- Black mass, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Cross Creek Pictures and Ratpac-Dune Entertainment ; a Cross Creek Pictures production ; in association with Le Grisbi productions, Free State Pictures, and Head Gear Films ; screenplay by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth ; produced by John Lesher, Brian Oliver, Scott Cooper, Patrick McCormick, Tyler Thompson ; directed by Scott Cooper
- Julie & Julia, Columbia Pictures presents an Easy There Tiger/Amy Robinson production, a Laurence Mark production, a film by Nora Ephron
- Glory road, Walt Disney Pictures presents in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- On the basis of sex, Participant Media presents in association with Alibaba Pictures ; produced by Robert Cort ; written by Daniel Stiepleman ; directed by Mimi Leder
- White boy Rick, Columbia Pictures and Studio 8 present ; produced by John Lesher, Julie Yorn, Scott Franklin, Darren Aronofsky ; written by Andy Weiss and Logan & Noah Miller ; directed by Yan Demange
- American fighter, Lionsgate ; screenwriters, Brian Rudnick, Carl Morris, Shaun Piccinino ; producers, Ali Afshar, Christina Moore, Anna Zielinski ; director, Shaun Piccinino
- Whiskey tango foxtrot, Paramount Pictures presents ; screenplay by John Carlock ; directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa