- In the heat of the night, United Artists ; The Mirisch Corporation presents the Norman Jewison/Walter Mirisch production ; screenplay, Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Walter Mirisch ; directed by Norman Jewison
- No way out, 20th Century-Fox ; written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- The defiant ones, Curtleigh Productions Inc., Lomitas Productions, Inc. ; producer, Stanley Kramer ; writer, Nedrick Young ; director, Stanley Kramer
- Sneakers, Universal Pictures ; producers, Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker ; writers, Phil Alden Robinson, Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes ; director, Phil Alden Robinson
- Something of value., Richard Brooks, director, Widescreen
- The simple life of Noah Dearborn., Trimark pictures ; written by Sterling Anderson ; directed by Greg Champion, Fullscreen
- A patch of blue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- A raisin in the sun, Columbia Pictures
- The last brickmaker in America., Widescreen
- Guess who's coming to dinner., Columbia Pictures presents a Stanley Kramer production ; written by William Rose ; produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, Widescreen
- For love of Ivy, Palomar Pictures International ; screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur from a story by Sidney Poitier ; produced by Edgar J. Scherick and Jay Weston ; directed by Daniel Mann
- Lilies of the field, United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson
- Paris blues., director, Martin Ritt, Widescreen
- The slender thread., a Paramount Picture ; written by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Stephen Alexander ; directed by Sydney Pollack, Widescreen