- Fargo, Polygram Filmed Entertainment presents in association with Working Titles Films ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ; directed by Joel Coen
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, Searchlight Pictures and Indian Paintbrush present ; an American Empirical picture ; screenplay by Wes Anderson ; story by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, Jason Schwartzman ; produced by Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson ; directed by Wes Anderson
- Primal fear, Paramount Pictures ; in association with Rysher Entertainment ; a Gary Lucchesi production ; screenplay by Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman ; produced by Gary Lucchesi ; directed by Gregory Hoblit
- Nomadland, Searchlight Pictures presents ; a Highwayman, Hear/Say, Cor Cordium production ; written for the screen, directed, and edited by Chloé Zhao ; produced by Frances McDormand, Peter Spears ; produced by Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao