- Gate of hell, director, Teinosuke Kinugasa
- The stranger, NFDC Limited, India
- Beasts of no nation, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- The Devil and Daniel Webster, an RKO Radio picture ; a William Dieterle production ; produced and directed by William Dieterle ; screen play by Dan Totheroh and Stephen Vincent Benét
- Night and the city, [presented by] Twentieth Century-Fox ; produced by Samuel G. Engel ; screenplay by Jo Eisinger ; directed by Jules Dassin
- Certified copy, Copie conforme, Sundance Selections and MK2
- Inland empire, directed and written by David Lynch
- Cold war, a film by Paweł Pawlikowski
- Paris is burning, director, Jennie Livingston
- Le Havre
- Yojimbo, directed by Akira Kurosawa
- Investigation of a citizen above suspicion, Columbia Pictures
- L'heure d'été, Summer hours, MK2 presente en coproduction avec France 3 cinéma ; avec la participation de Canal+ TPS Star et du Musée D'Orsay ; produit par Marin Karmitz, Nathanaël Karmitz, Charles Gillibert ; écrit et réalisé par Olivier Assayas
- Marriage story, film director, Noah Baumbach
- First man into space, Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Amalgamated Productions ; screenplay by John C. Cooper and Lance Z. Hargreaves ; original story by Wyott Ordung ; director of photography, Geoffrey Faithfull ; produced by John Croydon and Charles Vetter, Jr. ; directed by Robert Day
- Throne of blood, Toho Co
- Three outlaw samurai, Shochiku eiga
- Election, directed by Alexander Payne
- The thin blue line, IFC Films ; an American Playhouse presentation ; an Errol Morris film ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; produced by Mark Lipson ; directed by Errol Morris
- Le million, the million, Filmsonor ; Janus Films
- Jeux interdits, Forbidden games, Janus Films ; Studio Canal ; Silver-Films présente une production de Robert Dorfmann ; adaptation cinematographique, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, René Clément ; un film de René Clément ; dialogues, Pierre Bost, Jean Aurenche, François Boyer
- Portrait of a lady on fire, Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, director, Céline Sciamma
- The French lieutenant's woman, MGM
- Francesco, giullare di Dio, The flowers of St. Francis, Janus Films
- The rock, Hollywood Pictures presents ; a Don Simpson / Jerry Bruckheimer production ; a Michael Bay film. ; screenplay by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, and Mark Rosner produced by Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckeimer ; directed by Michael Bay
- Jellyfish eyes, Kaikai Kiki ; a Takashi Murakami film
- The killers, Universal Studios
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch, written for the screen and directed by John Cameron Mitchell
- Romeo and Juliet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Elevator to the gallows, Nouvelles Éditions de Films ; Janus Films ; producer, Jean Thuillier ; screenplay, Roger Nimier, Louis Malle ; director, Louis Malle
- The last metro, Le dernier métro
- Tokyo story, Janus Films
- Rebecca, Selznick International
- Richard III, Laurence Olivier
- The virgin spring, Janus Films ; [presented by] Svensk Filmindustri ; manuscript efter en legend visa från 1300-talet, Ulla Isaksson ; regi, Ingmar Bergman
- Y tu mamá también, IFC Films ; Good Machine International
- Cooley High, Samuel Z. Arkoff presents a Steve Krantz production ; written by Eric Monte ; produced by Steve Krantz ; directed by Michael Schultz
- In the mood for love, USA Films ; Block 2 Pictures, Paradis Films present a Jet Tone Films production ; produced, written and directed by Wong, Kar-Wai
- Lady Snowblood, Toho Co., Ltd
- The Irishman, director, Martin Scorsese
- Kill!, Kiru, Janus Films, Toho Co., Ltd.; executive producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; story by Shugoro Yamamoto ; directed by Kihachi Okamoto
- M, Nero-Film zeigt ; Regie, Fritz Lang ; Drehbuch, Thea von Harbou und Fritz Lang
- Tanner '88, Home Box Office ; producer, Scott Bushnell ; written by Garry Trudeau ; directed by Robert Altman
- Tokyo drifter :, Tokyo nagaremono, Nikkatsu Corporation
- Rosemary's baby, Paramount ; a William Castle production ; produced by William Castle ; written for the screen and directed by Roman Polanski
- Short cuts, Fine Line Features in association with Spelling Films International present a Cary Brokaw / Avenue Pictures productions ; a Robert Altman film ; screenplay by Robert Altman & Frank Barhydt ; produced by Cary Brokaw ; directed by Robert Altman
- Babettes gæstebud, Babette's Feast, Janus Films
- Bergman island, written & directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
- Speedy, director, Ted Wilde
- Hobson's choice, Janus Films ; London Films ; David Lean's production ; screenplay by David Lean, Norman Spencer and Wynyard Browne ; photographed by Jack Hildyard ; produced in association with and distributed by British Lion Film Corporation Ltd. ; produced and directed by David Lean