| The Front Runner | Jason Reitman | drama film, political film, biographical film |
| A Private War | Matthew Heineman | drama film, biographical film |
| Instant Family | Sean Anders | drama film, comedy film |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | drama film, Western film, anthology film, black comedy film |
| Common Ground | Mat Hames | documentary film |
| Necro-Mancing Dennis | Steven Vasquez | drama film, comedy film, horror film |
| Free Solo | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | documentary film |
| Mile 22 | Peter Berg | action film, thriller film |
| Wildlife | Paul Dano | drama film |
| A Star Is Born | Bradley Cooper | romance film, romantic drama, musical film |
| 22 July | Paul Greengrass | drama film, historical film, thriller film, documentary film, crime film |
| Venom | Ruben Fleischer | superhero film, thriller film |
| Black Circle | Adrián García Bogliano | mystery film, horror film |
| After Dark | Kayden Kross | pornographic film |
| The Lie | Veena Sud | drama film, horror film, psychological thriller |
| The Bad Seed | Rob Lowe | drama film, horror film, thriller film |
| God Bless the Broken Road | Harold Cronk | drama film |
| Peppermint | Pierre Morel | drama film, action film, thriller film, vigilante film |
| The Equalizer 2 | Antoine Fuqua | action film, thriller film, vigilante film |
| I Can Only Imagine | Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | drama film |
| Puzzle | Marc Turtletaub | drama film |
| Office Uprising | Lin Oeding | horror film, action comedy film |
| Skyscraper | Rawson Marshall Thurber | drama film, action film, action thriller |
| Show Dogs | Raja Gosnell | comedy film, buddy cop film |
| Ocean's 8 | Gary Ross | comedy film, action film, thriller film, heist film, female buddy film, crime film |
| My Friend Dahmer | Marc Meyers | drama film, thriller film, biographical film |
| Love, Simon | Greg Berlanti | romance film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | Ron Howard | fantasy film, action film, speculative fiction film, space Western, science fiction film |
| The Kissing Booth | Vince Marcello | comedy film, melodrama, romantic comedy |
| Truth or Dare | Jeff Wadlow | horror film, thriller film |
| The Strangers: Prey at Night | Johannes Roberts | horror film, slasher film |
| Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell | Don Michael Paul | speculative fiction film |
| Traffik | Deon Taylor | thriller film |
| Gringo | Nash Edgerton | action comedy film |
| Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | drama film |
| Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Paul McGuigan | romance film, drama film, biographical film |
| First Match | Olivia Newman | drama film |
| Gnomeo and Juliet 2: Sherlock Gnomes | John Stevenson | family film, comedy film, adventure film, romantic comedy |
| Paul, Apostle of Christ | Andrew Hyatt | drama film, biographical film |
| Game Night | John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | mystery film, comedy thriller, action film |
| When We First Met | Ari Sandel | time-travel film, romantic comedy film |
| Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Wes Ball | mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, dystopian film |
| Beach Rats | Eliza Hittman | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Coco | Adrian Molina, Lee Unkrich | drama film, family film, fantasy film, comedy film, melodrama, detective film, ghost film, adventure film, musical film |
| Forever My Girl | Bethany Ashton Wolf | romance film, drama film, musical film |
| The Game Changers | Louie Psihoyos | documentary film |
| 12 Strong | Nicolai Fuglsig | drama film, action film, war film |
| Insidious: The Last Key | Adam Robitel | horror film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, ghost film, supernatural horror film |