| Avatar | James Cameron | white savior film, action film, live-action/animated film, adventure film, science fiction film, epic film, military science fiction | United States |
| Game Night | John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | mystery film, comedy thriller, action film | United States |
| Annabelle: Creation | David F. Sandberg | mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Central Intelligence | Rawson Marshall Thurber | comedy film, action film, buddy film | United States |
| Keanu | Peter Atencio | comedy film, action film, crime film | United States |
| Truth | James Vanderbilt | drama film, biographical film, crime film | United States, Australia |
| The Revenant | Alejandro González Iñárritu | drama film, survival film, Western film, thriller film, biographical film | United States |
| X-Men: Days of Future Past | Bryan Singer | time-travel film, superhero film, action film, dystopian film, crossover fiction, thriller film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Internship | Shawn Levy | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters | Thor Freudenthal | teen film, fantasy film, action film | United States |
| Monte Carlo | Thomas Bezucha | romantic comedy film, family film | United States |
| Knight and Day | James Mangold | comedy film, action film, adventure film | United States |
| The Disaster Artist | James Franco | drama film, biographical film, comedy drama | United States |
| Lights Out | David F. Sandberg | horror film, thriller film, ghost film | United States |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks | Tim Hill | fantasy film, comedy film, live-action/animated film, Christmas film, jukebox musical, musical film | United States |