- Darkest hour, Focus Features presents ; screenwriter, Anthony McCarten ; director, Joe Wright
- The Grinch, Universal Pictures presents ; produced by Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy ; screenplay by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow ; directed by Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney
- The great wall, Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures present ; a Legendary Pictures/Atlas Entertainment production ; a film by Zhang Yimou ; produced by Thomas Tull p.g.a. [and six others] ; screenplay by Carlo Bernard & Doug Miro and Tony Gilroy ; directed by Zhang Yimou
- Night school, Universal Pictures presents ; produced by Kevin Hart, Will Packer ; written by Kevin Hart [and 5 others] ; directed by Malcolm D. Lee
- 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
- Land, Focus Features presents ; screenwriters, Jesse Chatham, Erin Dignam ; director, Robin Wright
- Made in Italy, IFC Films, Hanway Films and Ingenious Media present ; a Crossday production ; produced by Pippa Cross, Sam Tipper-Hale ; written and directed by James D'Arcy
- What they had, Bleeker Street presents ; written & directed by Elizabeth Chomko
- Santa Claus is comin' to town, Classic Media ; produced and directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. & Jules Bass ; teleplay by Romeo Muller
- Colette, produced by Elizabeth Karlsen [and five others] ; screenplay by Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland & Rebecca Lenkiewicz ; directed by Wash Westmoreland
- I, Tonya, Neon and 30West present ; screenplay by Steven Rogers ; directed by Craig Gillespie
- Mother's Day, Open Road Films presents a Wayne Rice/Gulfstream Pictures production in association with Aperture Media Partners [and three others] ; a film by Garry Marshall ; produced by Mike Karz [and five others] ; story by Lily Hollander [and three others] ; screenplay by Anya Kochoff Romano and Matt Walker & Tom Hines ; directed by Garry Marshall
- Bad moms, STX Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures present a Bill Block MediaSuzanne Todd production ; produced by Suzanne Todd and Bill Block ; written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
- Disobedience, Bleecker Street presents Film4 and Filmnation Entertainment present ; produced by Frida Torresblanco, Ed Guiney, Rachel Weisz ; screenplay by Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz ; directed by Sebastián Lelio
- Abominable, DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios present ; producer, Peilin Chou ; produced by Suzanne Buirgy ; co-director, Todd Wilderman ; written and directed by Jill Culton