- Draft day, Odd Lot Pictures ; director, Ivan Reitman ; writers, Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman ; producer, Ivan Reitman, Ali Bell, Joe Mediuck
- All things fall apart, Cheetah Vision Films and Hannibal Pictures present a film by Mario van Peebles ; produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Randall Emmett ; screenplay by Curtis Jackson, Brian Miller ; director, Mario van Peebles
- 12 mighty orphans, Sony Pictures Classics presents ; screenplay by Lane Garrison, Ty Roberts, Kevin Meyer ; directed by Ty Roberts
- American underdog, produced by Kevin Downes, Mark Ciardi, Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin, Daryl Lefever ; written by Jon Erwin, David Aaron Cohen, Jon Gunn ; directed by the Erwin Brothers
- We are Marshall, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Legendary Pictures a Thunder Road film/Wonderland Sound and Vision production ; produced by Basil Iwanyk, McG ; screenplay by Jamie Linden ; directed by McG
- Brian Banks, Bleeker Street and ShivHans Pictures presents ; a ShivHans Pictures, Gidden Media production ; produced by Amy Baer, Monica Levinson, Shivani Rawat ; written by Doug Atchison ; directed by Tom Shadyac
- The blind side, Alcon Entertainment ; Zucker/Netter Productions
- Varsity blues, Paramount Pictures presents in association with MTV Films ; a Marquee Tollin/Robbins production in association with Tova Laiter Productions ; written by W. Peter Iliff ; produced by Tova Laiter, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins ; directed by Brian Robbins
- The game plan, Walt Disney Pictures presents a Mayhem Pictures production ; produced by Gordon Gray and Mark Ciardi ; story by Nichole Millard & Kathryn Price ; screenplay by Nichole Millard & Kathryn Price and Audrey Wells ; directed by Andy Fickman