- The Devil wears Prada, Fox 2000 Pictures ; produced by Wendy Finerman ; screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna ; directed by David Frankel
- 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
- Out of Africa, Universal Pictures
- Julie & Julia, Columbia Pictures presents an Easy There Tiger/Amy Robinson production, a Laurence Mark production, a film by Nora Ephron ; produced by Laurence Mark, Nora Ephron, Amy Robinson, Eric Steel ; screenplay by Nora Ephron ; directed by Nora Ephron
- Fantastic Mr. Fox, Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with Indian Paintbrush, Regency Enterprises, American Empirical Pictures ; produced by Allison Abbate, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Scott Rudin ; screenplay by Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach ; directed by Wes Anderson
- The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein ; a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein ; telescript by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botsein, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns and Mike Welt
- Manhattan, United Artists ; directed by Woody Allen ; written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman ; produced by Charles H. Joffe
- The bridges of Madison County, Warner Bros. presents an Amblin/Malpaso production ; produced by Clint Eastwood and Kathleen Kennedy ; directed by Clint Eastwood ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese
- A Cry in the dark, Warner Brothers presents a Cannon Entertainment, Inc./Golan-Globus production in association with Cinema Verity Limited a Fred Schepisi film
- Mamma mia!, Universal Pictures present in association with Relativity Media, a Playtone/Littlestar production ; produced by Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman ; screenplay by Catherine Johnson ; directed by Phyllida Lloyd
- It's complicated, Universal pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Waverly Films/Scott Rudin production ; produced by Nancy Meyers and Scott Rudin ; written and directed by Nancy Meyers
- Suffragette, Focus Features ; Pathé ; Film4 ; BFI ; Ingenious Media ; produced by Alison Owen and Faye Ward ; written by Abi Morgan ; directed by Sarah Gavron
- Kramer vs. Kramer, Columbia Pictures presents a Stanley Jaffe production ; produced by Stanley R. Jaffe ; written for the screen and directed by Robert Benton
- Angels in America, HBO Films presents an Avenue Pictures production, a Mike Nichols film ; produced by Celia Costas ; screenplay by Tony Kushner ; directed by Mike Nichols
- Museum town, produced by Jennifer Trainer, Noah Bashevkin, Ivy Meeropol ; directed by Jennifer Trainer
- Silkwood, ABC Motion Pictures presents a Mike Nichols film ; written by Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen ; produced by Mike Nichols and Michael Hausman ; directed by Mike Nichols
- The iron lady, The Weinstein Company ... [et al.] ; produced by Damian Jones ; screenplay by Abi Morgan ; directed by Phyllida Lloyd
- The deer hunter, Universal Pictures and EMI Studios presents ; screenplay by Michael Cimino ; story by Michael Cimino ... [et al.] ; directed by Michael Cimino
- Into the woods, Disney presents ; a Lucamar/Marc Platt production ; a Rob Marshall film ; produced by John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt, Callum McDougall ; screenplay by James Lapine ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; directed by Rob Marshall
- The Post, Twentieth Century Fox, Dreamworks Pictures, and Reliance Entertainment present ; an Amblin Entertainment production ; produced by Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger ; written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer ; directed by Steven Spielberg
- Little women, written for the screen and directed by Greta Gerwig ; produced by Amy Pascal, Denise Di Novi, Robin Swicord ; Columbia Picutres and Regency Enterprises present ; a Pascal Pictures production
- The hours
- Dancing at Lughnasa, a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Capitol Films, Channel Four Films, Ferndale Films in association with Bord Scannan na hEireann/The Irish Film Board, Radio Telefis Eireann presents a Noel Pearson production ; a Pat O'Connor film ; screenplay by Frank McGuinness ; produced by Noel Pearson ; directed by Pat O'Connor
- Rachel Carson's Silent spring, a Peace River Films production for American Experience ; produced and written by Neil Goodwin ; WGBH Educational Foundation, WNET/Thirteen and Peace River Films
- The ant bully, [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Legendary Pictures ; a Playtone production in association with DNA Productions ; produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, John A. Davis ; written for the screen and directed by John A. Davis
- Doubt, Miramax Films presents a Scott Rudin production ; a film by John Patrick Shanley ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; executive producer, Celia Costas ; produced by Scott Rudin, Mark Roybal ; written for the screen and directed by John Patrick Shanley
- The French lieutenant's woman, United Artists ; produced by Leon Clore ; screenplay by Harold Pinter ; directed by Karel Reisz
- Let them all talk, WarnerMax presents ; directed by Steven Soderbergh ; written by Deborah Eisneberg ; produced by Gregory Jacobs ; a Gregory Jacobs/Extension 765 production
- Tom Lake, a novel, Ann Patchett
- The giver, director, Phillip Noyce ; producer, Jeff Bridges ; screenwriter, Michale Mitnick
- Mary Poppins returns, Disney presents ; a Lucamar/Marc Platt production ; a Rob Marshall film ; produced by John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt ; screen story by David Magee & Rob Marshall & John DeLuca ; screenplay by David MaGee ; directed by Rob Marshall
- Florence Foster Jenkins, Paramount Pictures, Pathé and BBC Films present ; with the participation of Canal+ and Ciné+ ; a Qwerty Films production ; a Stephen Frears film ; directed by Stephen Frears ; written by Nicholas Martin ; produced by Michael Kuhn, Tracey Seaward
- Mary Poppins returns, Disney presents ; a Lucamar/Marc Platt production ; a Rob Marshall film ; produced by John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt ; screen story by David Magee & Rob Marshall & John DeLuca ; screenplay by David MaGee ; directed by Rob Marshall
- Postcards from the edge, Columbia Pictures
- Evening, Hart-Sharp Entertainment ; produced by Jeff Sharp ; screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham ; directed by Lajos Koltai
- Mamma mia!, here we go again, writer/director, Ol Parker
- August: Osage County, directed by John Wells ; produced by George Clooney