- In the heart of the sea, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; Village Roadshow Pictures ; producers, Paula Weinstein [and four others] ; writer, Charles Leavitt ; director, Ron Howard
- The wolf of Wall Street, Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures present ; an Appian Way and Sikelia production, an Emjag production ; produced by Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff ; screenplay by Terence Winter ; directed by Martin Scorsese
- Tina, produced by Diane Becker, Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn ; written and directed by Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin
- Frost/Nixon, Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films present in association with StudioCanal and Relativity Media, a Brian Orazer/Working Title production, a Ron Howard film
- The greatest showman, Twentieth Century Fox presents ; in association with TSG Entertainment ; directed by Michael Gracey ; screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon ; story by Jenny Bicks ; produced by Laurence Mark, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping ; a Laurence Mark/Chernin Entertainment production
- The Beatles, eight days a week, the touring years, Apple Corps Limited presents ; a White House Pictures, Imagine Entertainment production ; in association with Diamond Docs ; a Ron Howard film ; directed by Ron Howard ; produced by Nigel Sinclair, Scott Pascucci, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard ; written by Mark Monroe
- 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 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
- 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
- Spotlight, Open Road Films presents in association with Participant Media and First Look Media ; an Anonymous Content and Rocklin/Faust production ; produced by Michael Sugar [and three others] ; written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy ; directed by Tom McCarthy
- 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
- 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
- The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio, DreamWorks Pictures and Revolution Studios present an Imagemovers production
- 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
- Stronger, Lionsgate presents ; written by Jeff Bauman, Bret Witter, John Pollono ; produced by Jake Gyllenhaal [and 4 others] ; directed by David Gordon Green
- Greater, Hammond Entertainment, LLC presents ; a Greater Productions, LLC production ; produced by Tim Duff, Neal McDonough, Brian Reindl ; written by Brian Reindl, David Hunt ; directed by David Hunt
- 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
- The six degrees of helter skelter, The Ted Bundy story ; The boneyard
- Unbroken, Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures present a Jolie Pas production ; produced by Angelina Jolie, Clayton Townsend, Matthew Baer, Erwin Stoff ; screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen and Richard LaGravense and William Nicholson ; directed by Angelina Jolie
- Gran turismo, Columbia Pictures presents ; a PlayStation Productions/2.0 Entertainment production ; screenplay by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin ; story by Jason Hall and Alex Tse ; produced by Doug Belgrad, Dana Brunetti, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan ; directed by Neill Blomkamp
- American underdog, Lionsgate presents ; a Kingdom Story Company production ; in association with Select Films ; an Erwin Brothers film ; produced by Kevin Downes, Mark Ciardi, Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin, Daryl Lefever ; screenplay by Jon Erwin & David Aaron Cohen and Jon Gunn ; directed by the Erwin Brothers
- Big George Foreman, Affirm Films presents ; a Mandalay Pictures production ; screenplay by Frank Baldwin & George Tillman, Jr. ; screen story by Dan Gordon and Frank Baldwin & George Tillman Jr. ; produced by David Zelon ; directed by George Tillman Jr
- 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
- The King and I, [presented by] Darryl F. Zanuck
- Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures ; producers, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy ; screenplay, Tony Kushner ; director, Steven Spielberg
- 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
- Beyond the prairie, the true story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- 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
- Molly's game, STX Films [and others] present ; produced by Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson ; written and directed by Aaron Sorkin
- Elvis, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Bazmark production ; a Jackal Group production ; a Baz Luhrmann film ; screenplay by Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromell and Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner ; story by Baz Luhrmann and Jeremy Doner ; produced by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss ; written and directed by Baz Luhrmann
- The man who invented Christmas, Bleeker Street presents ; a Parallel Films, Rhombus Media production ; in association with Mystic Point Productions, the Mob Film Company and the Mazur/Kaplan Company ; directed by Bharat Nalluri ; written by Susan Coyne ; produced by Robert Mickelson, Ian Sharples, Susan Mullen, Niv Fichman, Vadim Jean
- Eddie the Eagle, Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with MARV a Matthew Vaughn production with Saville Productions; screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton; directed by Dexter Fletcher
- The imitation game, producer, Teddy Schwarzman ; written by Graham Moore ; directed by Morten Tyldum
- Judy, LD Entertainment, Roadside Attractions, Pathé Productions, BBC Films and Ingenious Media present ; a Calamity Films production ; produced by David Livingstone ; screenplay by Tom Edge ; directed by Rupert Goold
- Darkest hour, Focus Features presents ; screenwriter, Anthony McCarten ; director, Joe Wright
- 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
- Father Stu, Columbia Pictures presents ; a Municipal Pictures production ; a Palm Drive production ; produced by Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Jordon Foss ; written and directed by Rosalind Ross
- The Queen, Miramax Films, Pathe ́Productions and Granada present in association with Pathe,́ Renn Produduction, BIM Distribuzione, France 3 Cinema and Canal+ ; a Granada production ; producers, Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward ; written by Peter Morgan ; director, Stephen Frears
- 42, the Jackie Robinson story, Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures present ; produced by Thomas Tull ; written and directed by Brian Helgeland
- Respect, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures presents ; in association with Bron Creative, One Community ; a Chislehurst Entertainment/Harvey Mason Media/Glickmania Entertainment production ; produced by Harvey Mason Jr., Jonathan Glickman, Stacey Sher, Scott Bernstein ; screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson ; story by Callie Khouri and Tracey Scott Wilson ; directed by Liesl Tommy
- 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 ; produced by Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas ; executive producers, Tessa Ross, John Ridley ; screenplay by John Ridley ; directed by Steve McQueen
- Sully, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Village Roadshow Pictures ; a Flashlight Films production/a Kennedy/Marshall Company production ; a Malpaso production ; written by Todd Komarnicki ; produced by Frank Marshall, Allyn Stewart, Tim Moore ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood
- The zookeeper's wife, a Scion Films production ; produced by Jeff Abberley, Jamie Patricof, Diane Miller Levin, Kim Zubick ; written by Angela Workman ; directed by Niki Card
- Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Reliance Entertainment present in association with Participant Media an Amblin Entertainment, Kennedy/Marshall Company production ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy ; screenplay by Tony Kushner ; director, Steven Spielberg
- The fighter, Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media present in association with The Weinstein Company ; a Relativity Media, Mandeville Films and Closest to the Hole production ; produced by David Hoberman ... [et al.] ; directed by David O. Russell ; screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
- The Rookie, Walt Disney Pictures ; Gran Via ; 98 MPH Productions ; producers, Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray, Mark Johnson ; writer, Mike Rich ; director, John Lee Hancock