- Les misérables, Universal Pictures ; producers, Tim Bevan ... [et al.] ; screenplay, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer ; director, Tom Hooper
- Zero dark thirty, Columbia Pictures presents ; First Light ; Annapurna Pictures ; producers, Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison ; screenplay, Mark Boal ; director, Kathryn Bigelow
- The finest hours, Disney presents ; a Whitaker Entertainment/Red Hawk Entertainment production ; produced by Jim Whitaker, Dorothy Aufiero ; screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson ; directed by Craig Gillespie
- Letters from Iwo Jima, Warner Bros. Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures present a Malpaso/Amblin Entertainment production ; produced by Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg ; screenplay by Iris Yamashita ; directed by Clint Eastwood
- Schindler's list, Universal Pictures presents an Amblin Entertainment ; screenplay by Steven Zaillian ; producers, Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig ; directed by Steven Spielberg
- Dark waters, Participant presents ; a Willi Hill/Killer Content production ; a Todd Haynes film ; produced by Mark Ruffalo, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler ; screenplay by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan ; directed by Todd Haynes
- Pompeii, Constantin Film International, Impact Pictures production ; writers, Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson ; director, Paul W.S. Anderson
- Cold Mountain, Miramax Films presents a Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Productions, an Anthony Minghella film ; produced by Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa ; screenplay by Anthony Minghella ; directed by Anthony Minghella
- Downton Abbey, a new era, Focus Features presents a Carnival Films production ; screenplay by Julian Fellowes ; producers, Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes, Liz Trubridge ; directed by Simon Curtis
- Robin Hood, Summit Entertainment presents ; in association with TIK Films (Hong Kong) Limited ; an Appian Way production ; a Safehouse Pictures production ; in association with Thunder Road Films ; produced by Jennifer Davisson, Leonardo DiCaprio ; story by Ben Chandler ; screenplay by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly ; directed by Otto Bathurst
- The diary of Anne Frank, Twentieth Century Fox ; a George Stevens production ; screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett ; produced and directed by George Stevens
- Mission of honor, Prospect 3 and Lipsync Productions LLP ; in association with Headgear Films and Metrol Technology ; written by Robert Ryan and Alastair Galbraith ; directed by David Blair
- Green book, Participant Media, Dreamworks Pictures present ; screenwriters, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly ; directed by Peter Farrelly
- W., Emperor Motion Pictures ; Global Entertainment Group ; Ixtlan Corporation ; Millbrook Pictures ; Omnilab Media ; Onda Entertainment ; QED International
- The other Boleyn girl, BBC Films ; Focus Features ; Relativity Media ; Ruby Films ; Scott Rudin Productions
- Jojo Rabbit, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; a Defender and Piki Films production ; written & directed by Taika Waititi
- The Northman, a Focus Features and Regency Enterprises presentation ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; a New Regency and Square Peg production ; directed by Robert Eggers ; written by Sjón & Robert Eggers ; produced by Lars Knudsen, Mark Huffam, Robert Eggers, Alexander Skarsgård, Arnon Milchan
- 12 strong, an Alcon Entertainment, Black Label Media and Jerry Bruckheimer Films presentation ; a Jerry Bruckheimer, Black Label Media production ; in association with Torridon Films ; written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig ; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill ; directed by Nicolai Fuglsig
- The new world, New Line Cinema
- Spotlight, Open Road Films presents ; an Anonymous Content and Rocklin/Faust production ; produced by Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust ; written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy ; directed by Tom McCarthy
- The woman king, TriStar Pictures presents ; in association with eOne, TSG Entertainment II ; a JuVee Productions and Welle Entertainment production ; screenplay by Dana Stevens ; story by Maria Bello and Dana Stevens ; producers, Cathy Schulman, Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Maria Bello ; directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
- The iron lady, the Weinstein Company ... [et al.] present with the participation of Canal+ and Cine+ in association with Goldcrest Film Production LLP ; a DJ Films production ; directed by Phyllida Lloyd ; screenplay by Abi Morgan ; produced by Damian Jones
- Where the crawdads sing, 3000 Pictures presents ; in association with HarperCollins Publishers ; a Hello Sunshine production ; produced by Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter ; screenplay by Lucy Alibar ; directed by Olivia Newman
- Woman walks ahead, A24 presents ; writer, Steven Knight ; producers, Edward Zwick [and four others] ; director, Susanna White
- The young Victoria, [presented by] Apparition and GK Films
- Downton Abbey, Focus Features presents ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; a Carnival Films production ; screenplay by Julian Fellowes ; produced by Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes, Liz Trubridge ; directed by Michael Engler
- Sharpe's challenge, 2 entertain Video Limited ; Sharpe Challenge Ltd. ; a Celtic Films Entertainment/Picture Palace Films/BBC America co-production for ITVI ; produced by Malcolm Craddock, Muir Sutherland ; written by Russell Lewis ; directed by Tom Clegg
- 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
- Drums along the Mohawk, Darryl F. Zanuck's production ; Twentieth Century Fox
- Son of God, Twentieth Century Fox and Lightworkers Media ; directed by Christopher Spencer
- Misbehaviour, screenwriters, Rebecca Frayn, Gaby Chiappe ; director, Philippa Lowthorpe
- 12 mighty orphans, Sony Pictures Classics presents ; screenplay by Lane Garrison, Ty Roberts, Kevin Meyer ; directed by Ty Roberts
- Victoria & Abdul, Focus Features presents ; screenplay by Lee Hall ; produced by Tim Bevan [and 3 others] ; directed by Stephen Frears
- Empire of light, produced by Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes ; written and directed by Sam Mendes
- The last station, a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Egoli Tossell Film and Zephyr Films present a Egtoli Tossell Film Halle production
- Till, Orion Pictures presents ; directed by Chinonye Chukwu ; written by Michael Reilly & Keith Beauchamp and Chinonye Chukwu ; produced by Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Levine, Michael Reilly, Frederick Zollo ; an EON production, a Frederick Zollo production in association with Whoop, Inc. ; a film by Chinonye Chukwu
- The book thief, Fox 2000 Pictures presents ; a Sunswept Entertainment production ; produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Ken Blancato ; screenplay by Michael Petroni ; directed by Brian Percival
- At eternity's gate, CBS Films presents ; Riverstone Pictures/SPK Pictures/Rocket Science present ; a Rahway Road/Iconoclast production ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Julian Schnabel, Louise Kugelberg ; directed by Julian Schnabel
- Silence, Paramount Pictures, SharpSword Films and Al Film present ; in association with CatchPlay, IM Global and Verdi Productions ; a Waypoint Entertainment, Sikelia and Fábrica de Cine production ; produced by Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Randall Emmett, Barbara De Fina, Gastón Pavlovich, Irwin Winkler, Vittorio Cecchi Gori ; screenplay by Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese ; directed by Martin Scorsese
- Inside Llewyn Davis, CBS Films and Studiocanal present ; in association with Anton Capital Entertainment ; produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen ; written and directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- The chosen, VidAngel Studios presents ; a Loaves and Fishes production ; produced by Chad Gunderson, Justin Tolley ; screenplay by Ryan Swanson, Dallas Jenkins, Tyler Thompson ; directed by Dallas Jenkins ; created by Dallas Jenkins ; produced in association with Out of Order Studios, Season one
- Memoirs of a geisha, Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present an Amblin Entertainment Red Wagon Entertainment production ; produced by Lucy Fisher & Douglas Wick ; produced by Steven Spielberg ; screenplay by Robin Swicord ; directed by Rob Marshall
- Dances with wolves, Tig Productions presents ; screenplay by Michael Blake ; produced by Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner ; directed by Kevin Costner
- Catch a fire, Focus Features presents in association with Studiocanal a Working Title/Mirage Enterprises production ; a Universal release ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony Minghella, Robyn Slovo ; written by Shawn Slovo ; directed by Philip Noyce
- Shock and awe, Acacia Entertainment presents ; written by Joey Hartstone ; produced by Elizabeth A. Bell [and 3 others] ; directed by Rob Reiner
- Goodbye Christopher Robin, produced by Steve Christian, Damian Jones ; written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, Simon Vaughan ; directed by Simon Curtis
- Chappaquiddick, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures presents ; writers, Taylor Allen, Andrew Logan ; producers, Chris Cowles, Campbell McInnes, Mark Ciardi ; directed by John Curran
- Marshall, Open Road Films, Starlight Media presents ; a Hero Film, Chestnut Ridge, Hudlin Entertainment production ; produced by Reginald Hudlin, Jonathan Sanger, Paula Wagner ; written by Michael Koskoff & Jacob Koskoff ; directed by Reginald Hudlin
- Milk, Focus Features presents Axon Films in association with Groundswell Productions [and] Jinks/Cohen Company
- Belfast, Focus Features presents a TKBC production in association with Northern Ireland Screen ; produced by Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik & Tamar Thomas ; written and directed by Kenneth Branagh