- The last emperor, Tao Films ; screenplay by Mark Peploe ; directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
- Wolf hound, Lionsgate, Grindstone Entertainment Group presents ; a TMU Picture/Sue Witham production ; produced by Sue Witham, Michael B. Chait ; screenplay by Timothy Richey ; story by by Michael B. Chait ; directed by Michael B. Chait
- Matewan, Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest present a Red Dog Films production ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles
- The act of killing, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer ; produced by Signe Byrge Sorensen, Final Cut for Real APS ; executive producers, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, André Singer
- The young Karl Marx, Le jeune Karl Marx, a film by Raoul Peck ; screenplay, Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Peck ; directed by Raoul Peck
- 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
- The Rosa Parks story, Chotzen/Jenner Productions and Come Sunday, Inc. in association with Jaffe/Braunstein Films
- Darkest hour, Focus Features presents ; screenwriter, Anthony McCarten ; director, Joe Wright
- Mary Queen of Scots, Focus Features presents ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; a Working Title production ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward ; screenplay by Beau Willimon ; directed by Josie Rourke
- Sgt. Stubby, an American hero, Fun Academy Motion Pictures presents ; written by Richard Lanni, Mike Stokey II ; produced by Laurent Rodon, Emily Cantrill ; directed by Richard Lanni
- The Mauritanian, STXfilms, 30West, Topic Studios present ; in association with BBC Film and Great Point Media ; a Shadowplay Features, SunnyMarch, Wonder Street production ; producers, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lloyd Levin, Beatriz Levin, Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Branwen Prestwood Smith, Michael Bronner ; screenplay by M.B. Traven and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani ; screen story by M.B. Traven ; directed by Kevin Macdonald
- Ferrari, Neon presents ; a Forward Pass/Storyteller production ; in association with STX Films, Ketchup Entertainment, Esme Grace Media, Cecchi Gori USA, Inc., Red Sea Fund and Red Sea International Film Festival ; an Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment S.p.A. production ; written by Troy Kennedy Martin ; produced by Michael Mann and P.J. van Sandwijk, Marie Savare, John Lesher, Thomas Hayslip, John Friedberg, Laura Rister, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi, Gareth West, Lars Sylvest, Thorsten Schumacher ; directed by Michael Mann
- 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
- Harriet, Focus Features presents in association with Perfect World Pictures a Stay Gold Features/Debra Martin Chase production ; screenplay by Gregory Allen Howard and Kasi Lemmons ; directed by Kasi Lemmons
- V/H/S/85, Shudder presents ; a Studio71 production ; in association with Bloody Disgusting and Cinepocalypse ; written by Mike P. Nelson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Zoe Cooper, Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill, Evan Dickson ; produced by Josh Goldbloom, Brad Miska, David Bruckner, Radio Silence, James Harris ; directed by Mike P. Nelson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani, Scott Derrickson, David Bruckner
- Suffragette, Focus Features ; Pathé ; Film4 ; BFI ; Ingenious Media ; produced by Alison Owen and Faye Ward ; written by Abi Morgan ; directed by Sarah Gavron
- Spencer, Neon and Topic Studios present ; a Komplizen Film production ; a Fabula production ; a Shoebox Films production ; in association with FilmNation Entertainment ; directed by Pablo Larraín ; written by Steven Knight ; produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Jonas Dornbach, Paul Webster ; produced by Pablo Larraín, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade
- 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
- In this corner of the world, Kono sekai no katasumi ni, produced by Masao Maruyama, Taro Maki ; screenplay by Sunao Katabuchi ; production by GENCO, Inc. ; directed by Sunao Katabuchi
- Caligula, Bob Guccione and Penthouse Films International present a Bob Guccione-Franco Rossellini production ; adapted from an original screenplay by Gore Vidal ; principal photography by Tinto Brass ; additional scenes directed and photographed by Giancarlo Lui and Bob Guccione
- Show boat, a Universal Picture ; Carl Laemmle presents ; a James Whale production ; produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. ; stage play, screen play and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; music by Jerome Kern ; directed by James Whale
- In harm's way, an Otto Preminger film, a Paramount release ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes ; produced & directed by Otto Preminger