- Star wars, LucasFilm Ltd. ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Ram Bergman ; written and directed by Rian Johnson
- Dune [2021], Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures ; screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth ; directed by Denis Villeneuve
- A most violent year, A24 ; Participant Media [and others] ; produced by Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb and J.C. Chandor ; written and directed by J.C. Chandor
- X-Men, Twentieth Century Fox ; Marvel Entertainment ; directed by Bryan Singer ; screenplay by Simon Kinberg ; produced by Simon Kinberg, Bryan Singer, Hutch Parker, Lauren Shuler Donner
- Mojave, A24 ; Atlas Independent ; produced by Aaron L. Ginsburg [and three others] ; written and directed by Wiliam Monahan
- The two faces of January, Magnolia Pictures ; Studiocanal ; Working Title [and others] ; written and directed by Hossein Amini
- X-Men, Twentieth Century Fox ; Marvel Entertainment ; screenplay by Simon Kinberg ; directed by Bryan Singer
- La vida misma, Life itself, Filmation Entertainment presents a Temple Hill Entertainment, Filmnation Entertainment and 17-28 Black production in association with Nostromo Pictures ; written and directed by Dan Fogelman
- Operation Finale, Metro Goldwyn Meyer Pictures presentation of an Automatik production ; produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Jason Spire, Oscar Isaac, Fred Berger ; written by Matthew Orton ; directed by Chris Weitz
- The card counter, Focus Features ; presented by Martin Scorsese ; written and directed by Paul Schrader
- Big gold brick, Samuel Goldwyn Films ; produced by Brian Petsos [and 5 others] ; written and directed by Brian Petsos
- At eternity's gate, CBS Films presents ; Riverstone Pictures/SPK Pictures/Rocket Science present ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Julian Schnabel, Louise Kugelberg ; directed by Julian Schnabel
- Suburbicon, Paramount Pictures ; Black Bear Pictures [and others] ; written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen and George Clooney & Grant Heslov ; directed by George Clooney
- Ex machina, Universal Pictures International ; Film4 ; DNA FIlms ; produced by Andrew MacDonald and Allon Reich ; directed and written by Alex Garland
- Star Wars, a Lucasfilm Ltd. production, a Bad Robot production ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk ; written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt ; directed by J.J. Abrams, Episode VII
- Annihilation, Paramount Pictures ; Sundance Media ; written and directed by Alex Garland
- Star Wars, Lucasfilm Ltd. ; Bad Robot ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk ; written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt ; directed by J.J. Abrams, Episode VII
- The promise, Open Road Films ; Survival Pictures ; produced by Eric Esrailian ; written by Terry George and Robin Swicord ; directed by Terry George
- Star Wars, LucasFilm ; Bad Robot ; screenplay by Chris Terrio & J.J. Abrams ; directed by J.J. Abrams