- Moonlight, A24 and Plan B Entertainment ; producers, Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Sarah Esberg ; written & directed by Barry Jenkins
- How to be, IFC Films & How to Films, Ltd. present ; written by Oliver Irving ; produced by Justin Kelly ; directed by Oliver Irving
- Ashes in the snow, Vertical Entertainment presents ; a Sorrento Productions and Tauras Films production ; in association with Unanimous Entertainment/Super Crispy Entertainment/Twilight Merengue Studios ; produced by Marius Markevicius, Zilvinas Naujokas, Chris Coen, Prithvi Chavan ; written by Ruta Sepetys ; screenplay by Ben York Jones ; directed by Marius A. Markevicius
- Midnight sun, Global Road Entertainment presents ; in association with Boies/Schiller Films ; a Wrigley Pictures and Boies/Schiller Film Group production ; produced by John Rickard, Zack Schiller, Jen Gatien ; screenplay by Eric Kirsten ; directed by Scott Speer
- Get a job, CBS Films presents a Double Feature Films production ; writers, Kyle Pennekamp, Scott Turpel ; producers, Tracy McGrath, Josh Rothstein, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; director, Dylan Kidd
- Turning red, Disney presents ; a Pixar Animation Studios film ; produced by Lindsey Collins ; executive producers, Dan Scanlon, Pete Docter ; story by Domee Shi, Julia Cho, Sarah Streicher ; screenplay by Julia Cho, Domee Shi ; directed by Domee Shi
- Lady Bird, A24 and IAC Films present ; producers, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evvelyn O'Neill ; written & directed by Greta Gerwig
- Mid90s, directed and written by Jonah Hill ; producers, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Ken Kao, Jonah Hill, Lila Yacoub
- Are you there God? It's me, Margaret, Lionsgate presents ; a Gracie Films production ; directed by Kelly Fremon Craig ; screenplay by Kelly Fremon Craig ; produced by James L. Brooks, Julie Ansell, Richard Sakai, Kelly Fremon Craig, Judy Blume, Amy Lorraine Brooks, Aldric La'auli Porter
- Love, Simon, Fox 2000 Pictures presents ; a Temple Hill production ; produced by Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Pouya Shahbazian, Isaac Klausner ; screenplay by Elizabeth Berger & Isaac Aptaker ; directed by Greg Berlanti
- An education, a Sony Pictures Classics release, BBC Films presents a Wildgaze Films/Finola Dwyer Productions in association with Endgame Entertainment
- Mack & Rita, Hercules Film Fund and Rhea Films present ; producers, Alex Saks [and others] ; writers, Madeline Walter and Paul Welsh ; director, Katie Astelton