- Best in show, Warner Bros. Pictures ; Castle Rock Entertainment presents ; directed by Christopher Guest ; written by Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy ; produced by Karen Murphy
- Home alone, Twentieth Century Fox ; producer, John Hughes ; writer, John Hughes; director, Chris Columbus
- Home alone 2, lost in New York, Twentieth Century Fox presents ; directed by Chris Columbus ; written and produced by John Hughes
- Surviving Christmas, DreamWorks SKG ; Tall Trees Productions ; LivePlanet ; produced by Betty Thomas, Jenno Topping ; screenplay, Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont and Jeffrey Ventimilia & Joshua Sternin ; directed by Mike Mitchell
- The magic school bus rides again, director, Richard Weston, Season 2
- Elemental, Disney presents ; a Pixar Animation Studios film ; directed by Peter Sohn ; produced by Denise Ream ; screenplay by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel, Brenda Hsueh ; story by Peter Sohn, John Hoberg & Kat Likkel, Brenda Hsueh
- Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures ; a Parkes/MacDonald production ; a Nickelodeon Movies production ; a Brad Silberling film ; produced by Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Jim Van Wyck ; screenplay by Robert Gordon ; directed by Brad Silberling
- Where the wild things are, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in asociation with Legendary Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, a Playtone/Wild Things production, a Spike Jonze film ; produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Maurice Sendak, John Carls, Vincent Landay ; screenplay by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers ; directed by Spike Jonze
- The nightmare before Christmas, Touchstone Pictures presents a Burton/Di Novi Production ; produced by Tim Burton and Denise di Novi ; directed by Henry Selick ; screenplay by Caroline Thompson
- Temple Grandin, HBO Films presents ; a Ruby Films production ; a Gerson Saines production ; a Mick Jackson film ; produced by Scott Ferguson ; screenplay by Christopher Monger and William Merritt Johnson ; directed by Mick Jackson
- Waiting for Guffman, Castle Rock Entertainment ; produced by Karen Murphy ; written by Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy ; directed by Christopher Guest
- Beetlejuice, the Geffen Company presents a Tim Burton film ; screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren ; produced by Michael Bender, Larry Wilson, and Richard Hashimoto ; directed by Tim Burton
- Penelope, Summit Entertainment and Stone Village Pictures present a Type A Films ; Tatira Active Film production in association with Grosvenor Park Productions ; produced by Jennifer Simpson, Scott Steindorff, Reese Witherspoon ; written by Leslie Caveny ; directed by Mark Palansky