- Princess Mononoke, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu & Studio Ghibli presentation of a Studio Ghibli production ; a Hayao Miyazaki film ; screenplay and original story by Hayao Miyazaki ; [English version produced by] Miramax Films ; adaptation written by Neil Gaiman
- Puss in boots, DreamWorks Animation SKG ; directed by Chris Miller ; produced by Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou ; executive producer, Andrew Adamson, Guillermo del Toro, Michelle Raimo Kouyate ; screenplay by Tom Wheeler ; story by Brian Lynch, Will Davies and Tom Wheeler
- Princess Mononoke, a Miramax Films release ; Tokuma Shoten Nippon Television Network ; Dentsu & Studio Ghibli present a Studio Ghibli production ; a Hayao Miyazaki film ; produced by Toshio Suzuki ; directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Peace...like a river, Gov't Mule
- The apostle, October Films presents a Butcher's Run Films production ; a Robert Duvall film
- Faster, TriStar Pictures and CBS Films present ; a Castle Rock Entertainment, State Street Pictures production ; a film by George Tillman, Jr. ; produced by Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Tony Gayton, Robert Teitel ; written by Tony Gayton & Joe Gayton ; directed by George Tillman, Jr
- The man who wasn't there, Working Title Films ; producer, Ethan Coen ; writers, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ; director, Joel Coen
- Indecent proposal, Paramount Pictures presents a Sherry Lansing production ; an Adrian Lyne film ; screenplay by Amy Holden Jones ; produced by Sherry Lansing ; directed by Adrian Lyne
- Bandits, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents in association with Hyde Park Entertainment an Empire Pictures, Lotus Pictures, Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures, Cheyenne Enterprises production, a Barry Levinson film ; producers, Michael Birnbaum, Michele Berk, Barry Levinson, Paula Weinstein, Ashok Amritraj, David Hoberman, Arnold Rifkin ; writer, Harley Peyton ; director, Barry Levinson
- Devil's peak, Screen Media Entertainment presents ; a Curmudgeon Films & Thruline Entertainment production in association with Bankside Films, Streaming Global, The Robert Knott Company & See Pictures; written by Robert Knott ; produced by Griff Furst [and five others] ; directed by Ben Young
- The ice harvest, Focus Features ; Bona Fide Productions ; produced by Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa ; screenplay by Richard Russo & Robert Benton ; directed by Harold Ramis
- Fargo, Season 1
- Sling blade, Miramax Films ; written for the screen and directed by Billy Bob Thornton ; producers, Brandon Rosser, David L. Bushell
- School for scoundrels, Scoundrel Productions ; Weinstein Company ; Media Talent Group ; Todd Phillips Company ; Dimension Films ; Picked Last ; produced by Daniel Goldberg, Geyer Kosinski, Todd Phillips ; screenplay by Todd Phillips & Scot Armstrong ; directed by Todd Phillips
- The gift, Lakeshore Entertainment and Paramount Classics presents a Lakeshore Entertainment/Alphaville production ; producers, James Jacks, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi ; writers, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson ; director, Sam Raimi
- The informers, Senator Entertainment Inc. presents a Marco Weber production, a film by Gregor Jordan ; produced by Marco Weber ; screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis & Nicholas Jarecki ; directed by Gregor Jordan
- Intolerable cruelty, directors, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Sling blade, a Miramax Films release ; producers Brandon Rosser & David L. Bushell ; written for the screen and directed by Billy Bob Thornton
- The astronaut farmer, director, Michael Polish
- American patriotism
- The Alamo, Touchstone Pictures and Imagine Entertainment present a Mark Johnson production, a John Lee Hancock film ; produced by Mark Johnson, Ron Howard ; written by Leslie Bohem and Stephen Lee Hancock ; directed by John Lee Hancock
- One false move, I.R.S. Releasing presents ; an I.R.S. Media production of a Carl Franklin film ; screenplay by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson ; produced by Jesse Beaton and Ben Myron ; directed by Carl Franklin
- Monster's ball, Lions Gate Films presents a Lee Daniels Entertainment production ; produced by Lee Daniels ; written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos ; directed by Marc Forster
- Armageddon, Touchstone Pictures presents ; a Jerry Bruckheimer production in association with Valhalla Motion Pictures ; a Michael Bay Film ; screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and J.J. Abrams ; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd, Michael Bay ; directed by Michael Bay
- Chrystal, Panache Productions presents a Ginny Mule Picture ; produced by Bruce Heller, David Koplan, Walter Goggins, Lisa Blount, Ray McKinnon ; written and directed by Ray McKinnon
- Bad news Bears, director, Richard Linklater
- Bad Santa, directed by Terry Zwigoff
- Whiskey tango foxtrot, Paramount Pictures presents ; a Broadway Video/Little Stranger production ; produced by Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Ian Bryce ; screenplay by Robert Carlock ; directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
- Parkland
- The Baytown outlaws, Lleju Productions and State Street Pictures ; produced by William O. Perkins III, Robert Teitel ; written by Barry Battles & Griffin Hood ; directed by Barry Battles
- Puss in Boots, Dreamworks Animation SKG ; screenplay by Tom Wheeler ; directed by Chris Miller
- Dead man, Pandora Film, JVC and Newmarket Capital Group, L.P. present ; a 12-Gauge production ; producer, Demetra J. MacBride ; written and directed by Jim Jarmusch
- Monster's ball, Lions Gate Films presents a Lee Daniels Entertainment production ; produced by Lee Daniels ; written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos ; directed by Marc Forster
- Parkland, Exclusive Media presents in association with The American Film Company and Millennium Entertainment a Playtone/Exclusive Media production ; produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Bill Paxton, Nigel Sinclair, Matt Jackson ; written and directed by Peter Landesman
- Cut Bank, leaving a small town can be murder, A A24 release ; Kilburn Media presents ; an Untitled Entertainment/MT Media production ; producers, Laura Rister [and 5 others] ; written by Roberto Patino ; directed by Matt Shakman
- The judge, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Village Roadshow Pictures ; a Big Kid Pictures/Team Downey production ; produced by Susan Downey, David Dobkin, David Gambino ; story by David Dobkin & Nick Schenk ; screenplay by Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque ; directed by David Dobkin
- 21 years, Richard Linklater, Gravitas Ventures and Wood Entertainment present in association with Gasoline Films, Paste magazine, and Onion Creek Productions ; producers, Michael Dunaway, Melanie Miller ; producer & co-director, Tara Wood ; director, Michael Dunaway
- Lemmy, Damage Case Films with Three Count Films & Secret Weapon Films present ; a film by Greg Olliver & Wes Orshoski ; directed by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski ; produced by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski ; co-executive producers, Todd Singerman & Steffan Chirazi ; written by Greg Olliver & Wes Orshoski
- Armageddon, Touchstone Pictures presents a Jerry Bruckheimer production, in association with Valhalla Motion Pictures, a Michael Bay film ; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd, Michael Bay ; story by Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh ; adaptation by Tony Gilroy and Shane Salerno ; screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and J.J. Abrams ; directed by Michael Bay
- Bad Santa, Dimension Films presents ; a Triptych Pictures production, a Terry Zwigoff film ; produced by John Cameron, Sarah Aubrey, Bob Weinstein ; written by Glenn Ficarra & John Regua ; directed by Terry Zwigoff
- On deadly ground, Warner Bros. ; produced by Steven Seagal, Julius R. Nasso, A. Kitman Ho ; directed by Steven Seagal ; written by Ed Horowitz, Robin U. Russin
- Fargo, Season 1
- Armageddon, Touchstone Pictures presents a Jerry Bruckheimer production in association with Valhalla Motion Pictures
- All the pretty horses, Columbia Pictures and Miramax present ; produced by Robert Salerno, Billy Bob Thornton ; screenplay by Ted Tally ; directed by Billy Bob Thornton
- Jayne Mansfield's car, Anchor Bay Films presents a Geyer Kosinski/Alexander Rodnyansky production ; produced by Alexander Rodnyansky and Geyer Kosinski ; written by Billy Bob Thornton & Tom Epperson ; directed by Billy Bob Thornton
- Intolerable cruelty, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment present a Brian Grazer production in association with Alphaville ; produced by Ethan Coen, Brian Grazer ; screenplay by Robert Ramsey & Matthew Stone and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen ; directed by Joel Coen
- Chuck Leavell, the tree man, Niche Productions and Palmar Studios presents ; producers, Dave Schumann, Molly Treese, David Treese, Craig Monnin, Chad Monnin ; written and directed by Allen Farst
- The gift, Lakeshore Entertainment and Paramount Classics present a Lakeshore Entertainment/Alphaville production ; produced by James Jacks, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi ; written by Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson ; directed by Sam Raimi
- Pushing tin, Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises present a Linson Films production ; a Mike Newell film ; screenplay by Glen Charles and Les Charles ; produced by Art Linson ; directed by Mike Newell
- South of heaven, west of hell, Delta Deuce Films and Goldmount Entertainment with Phaedra Cinema presents a Trimark Pictures release of a Movie Mongrel film ; producers, Gray Frederickson, Darris Hatch ; screenplay writers, Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud ; director, Dwight Yoakam