| Title | Director | Cast (Subject of documentary) | Genre | Notes |
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Judd Apatow | Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd | Comedy | |
| 51 Birch Street | Doug Block | love, marriage, fidelity and a suburban family | Documentary | |
| The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D | Robert Rodriguez | Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, George Lopez | Family, superhero | |
| Æon Flux | Karyn Kusama | Charlize Theron | Science fiction | based on Æon Flux |
| Aliens of the Deep | James Cameron, Steve Quale | the Mid-Ocean Ridge | Documentary | |
| Alone in the Dark | Uwe Boll | Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff | Comedy | based on Alone in the Dark |
| The Amityville Horror | Andrew Douglas | Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett | Horror | based on The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson |
| Are We There Yet? | Brian Levant | Ice Cube | Comedy | |
| The Aristocrats | Paul Provenza | the obscure dirty joke "The Aristocrats" | Documentary | |
| Assault on Precinct 13 | Jean-François Richet | Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne | Action | based on Assault on Precinct 13 |
| Bad News Bears | Richard Linklater | Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear | Comedy | based on The Bad News Bears |
| The Ballad of Jack and Rose | Rebecca Miller | Daniel Day-Lewis, Camilla Belle | Drama | |
| Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan | Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman | Superhero | Based on the DC Comics character |
| The Baxter | Michael Showalter | Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams | Comedy | |
| Be Cool | F. Gary Gray | John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Cedric the Entertainer, André Benjamin, Steven Tyler, Vince Vaughn | Crime comedy | preceded by Get Shorty |
| Beauty Shop | Bille Woodruff | Queen Latifah | Comedy | preceded by Barbershop 2: Back in Business |
| Because of Winn-Dixie | Wayne Wang | AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson | Family | based on Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo |
| Bee Season | David Siegel, Scott McGehee | Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella | Drama | based on Bee Season by Myla Goldberg |
| Bewitched | Nora Ephron | Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman, Shirley MacLaine | Comedy | based on Bewitched |
| Bigger Than the Sky | Al Corley | Marcus Thomas, John Corbett, Amy Smart | Comedy | |
| Boogeyman | Stephen Kay | Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless | Horror | |
| Brick | Rian Johnson | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emilie de Ravin, Nora Zehetner | Neo-noir | |
| Brokeback Mountain | Ang Lee | Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid | Western, Romantic Drama | winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Film, the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, the Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama and Golden Lion |
| Broken Flowers | Jim Jarmusch | Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swinton | Comedy-drama | |
| The Brothers Grimm | Terry Gilliam | Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce | Adventure, Fantasy | |
| Capote | Bennett Miller | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Cooper, Amy Ryan | Biography, Crime | based on Capote by Gerald Clarke; Academy Award for Hoffman |
| Casanova | Lasse Hallström | Heath Ledger, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller | Comedy | |
| The Cave | Bruce Hunt | Cole Hauser, Eddie Cibrian, Morris Chestnut, Lena Headey | Horror | |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Christopher Lee, Missi Pyle, James Fox | Fantasy | based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl |
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Adam Shankman | Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo, Eugene Levy, Carmen Electra | Comedy | preceded by Cheaper by the Dozen |
| Chicken Little | Mark Dindal | Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn | Animation | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | William Mosely, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley | Adventure, Epic Fantasy, | based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
winner of the Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature |
| The Chumscrubber | Arie Posin | Glenn Close, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall | Comedy | |
| Cinderella Man | Ron Howard | Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Bruce McGill, Craig Bierko | Biography, Drama | story of James J. Braddock |
| Coach Carter | Thomas Carter | Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Ashanti, Channing Tatum | Drama | |
| Constantine | Francis Lawrence | Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf | Horror | based on Hellblazer |
| Corpse Bride | Tim Burton | Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter | Animation | |
| The Crow: Wicked Prayer | Lance Mungia | Edward Furlong, David Boreanaz, Tara Reid, Emmanuelle Chriqui | Action | preceded by The Crow: Salvation |
| Cruel World | Kelsey T. Howard | Edward Furlong, Susan Ward, Daniel Franzese, Andrew Keegan | Horror | |
| Cry_Wolf | Jeff Wadlow | Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Kristy Wu | Drama | |
| Cursed | Wes Craven | Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, Joshua Jackson, Judy Greer | Horror | |
| Daltry Calhoun | Katrina Holden Bronson | Johnny Knoxville | Comedy | |
| Dark Water | Walter Salles | Jennifer Connelly | Horror | based on "Floating Water" from Dark Water by Koji Suzuki |
| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Mike Bigelow | Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin | Comedy | preceded by Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo; 5 Razzie nominations |
| Derailed | Mikael Håfström | Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel | Thriller | based on Derailed by James Siegel |
| The Derby Stallion | Craig Clyde | Zac Efron, Bill Cobbs, Crystal Hunt, Rob Pinkston | Drama | |
| The Devil's Rejects | Rob Zombie | Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sherri Moon, William Forsythe | Horror | preceded by House of 1000 Corpses |
| Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Darren Grant | Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry | Comedy-drama | Based on Diary of a Mad Black Woman by Tyler Perry |
| Dirty Love | John Mallory Asher | Jenny McCarthy, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Carmen Electra, Victor Webster, Kam Heskin, Kathy Griffin | Comedy | Winner of 4 Razzie Awards including Worst Picture |
| Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist | Paul Schrader | Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Billy Crawford, Ralph Brown | Horror | preceded by Exorcist: The Beginning |
| Domino | Tony Scott | Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Lucy Liu, Jacqueline Bisset, Delroy Lindo | Crime drama | |
| Don't Come Knocking | Wim Wenders | Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth | Drama | |
| Doom | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Karl Urban, Dwayne Johnson, Ben Daniels | Horror | based on Doom |
| Dreamer | John Gatins | Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell | Drama | |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Jay Chandrasekhar | Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson | Comedy | based on The Dukes of Hazzard; 7 Razzie nominations |
| Duma | Carroll Ballard | Alexander Michaletos, Eamonn Walker, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis | Adventure | based on How It Was with Dooms by Xan Hopcraft |
| The Dying Gaul | Craig Lucas | Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard | Drama | |
| Elektra | Rob Bowman | Jennifer Garner, Terence Stamp, Kirsten Prout | Action | preceded by Daredevil |
| Elizabethtown | Cameron Crowe | Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Jessica Biel | Comedy | |
| Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | Alex Gibney | the Enron scandal | Documentary | based on book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind |
| Everything Is Illuminated | Liev Schreiber | Elijah Wood | Drama | based on novel by Jonathan Safran Foer |
| The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Scott Derrickson | Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Carpenter, Campbell Scott | Horror | |
| The Family Stone | Thomas Bezucha | Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker | Comedy-drama | |
| Fantastic Four | Tim Story | Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington | Superhero | based on Fantastic Four |
| Favela Rising | Matt Mochary, Jeff Zimbalist | the life in a favela | Documentary | |
| Fever Pitch | Peter and Bobby Farrelly | Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon | Comedy | based on Fever Pitch |
| First Descent | Kemp Curly, Kevin Harrison | snowboarding in the 1980s | Documentary | |
| Flightplan | Robert Schwentke | Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean | Thriller | |
| The Fog | Rupert Wainwright | Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair | Horror | based on The Fog |
| Forty Shades of Blue | Ira Sachs | Rip Torn, Dina Korzun, Darren E. Burrows | Drama | winner of Grand Jury Prize: Drama |
| Four Brothers | John Singleton | Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard | Crime drama | based on The Sons of Katie Elder |
| Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove | William Winckler | G. Larry Butler, William Winckler, Dezzirae Ascalon | Horror | |
| Fun with Dick and Jane | Dean Parisot | Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin | Comedy | based on Fun with Dick and Jane |
| The Game of Their Lives | David Anspaugh | Gerard Butler, Wes Bentley, Zachery Ty Bryan | Drama | based on The Game of Their Lives by Geoffrey Douglas |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Jim Sheridan | 50 Cent, Terrence Howard | Biography | |
| Getting Played | David Silberg | Vivica A. Fox, Bill Bellamy, Carmen Electra, Stacey Dash | Comedy | |
| Goal! | Danny Cannon | Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Iures, Stephen Dillane | Drama, Sports | |
| The Gospel | Rob Hardy | Boris Kodjoe, Idris Elba, Clifton Powell | Musical | based on the parable of the Prodigal Son |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | George Clooney | David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey, Jr. | Biography | Story of Edward R. Murrow |
| The Great Raid | John Dahl | Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco | War | |
| The Greatest Game Ever Played | Bill Paxton | Shia LaBeouf | Drama | based on book by Mark Frost |
| Green Street | Lexi Alexander | Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani | Crime drama | |
| Grizzly Man | Werner Herzog | the life and death of Timothy Treadwell | Documentary | |
| Guess Who | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana, Hal Williams | Comedy | based on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| Happy Endings | Don Roos | Lisa Kudrow, Tom Arnold, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal | Comedy | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Mike Newell | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Robbie Coltrane, Robert Pattinson, Ralph Fiennes | Fantasy | preceded by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Her Minor Thing | Charlie Matthau | Estella Warren, Christian Kane, Michael Weatherly | Comedy | |
| Herbie: Fully Loaded | Angela Robinson | Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, Cheryl Hines | Comedy | preceded by The Love Bug |
| Hide and Seek | John Polson | Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning | Horror | |
| A History of Violence | David Cronenberg | Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris | Crime drama | based on A History of Violence by John Wagner |
| Hitch | Andy Tennant | Will Smith, Kevin James, Eva Mendes | Comedy | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Garth Jennings | Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Bill Nighy, Anna Chancellor, John Malkovich, Warwick Davis | Science fiction | based on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams |
| The Honeymooners | John Schultz | Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall | Comedy | based on The Honeymooners |
| Hoodwinked! | Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech | Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi | Animation, Comedy | based on "Little Red Riding Hood" |
| Hostage | Florent Emilio Siri | Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak | Crime drama | based on Hostage by Robert Crais |
| Hostel | Eli Roth | Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson | Horror | |
| House of D | David Duchovny | David Duchovny, Anton Yelchin, Robin Williams | Comedy | |
| House of Wax | Jaume Collet-Serra | Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Brian Van Holt, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams, Robert Ri'chard | Horror | based on House of Wax; 3 Razzie nominations |
| Hustle & Flow | Craig Brewer | Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning | Crime drama | |
| The Ice Harvest | Harold Ramis | John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid | Drama | based on The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips |
| Ice Princess | Tim Fywell | Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panettiere, Kim Cattrall, Joan Cusack | Comedy | |
| In Her Shoes | Curtis Hanson | Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine | Comedy | based on In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner |
| In the Mix | Ron Underwood | Usher, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chazz Palminteri | Comedy | |
| Inside Deep Throat | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Deep Throat and its impact | Documentary | |
| Intermedio | Andrew Lauer | Edward Furlong, Cerina Vincent, Amber Benson | Horror | |
| The Interpreter | Sydney Pollack | Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn | Crime drama | |
| Into the Blue | John Stockwell | Jessica Alba, Paul Walker | Thriller | based on The Deep |
| The Island | Michael Bay | Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson | Science fiction | Ripped off from Parts: The Clonus Horror |
| The Jacket | John Maybury | Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley | Thriller | based on The Star Rover by Jack London |
| Jarhead | Sam Mendes | Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black | war | based on Jarhead by Anthony Swofford |
| Junebug | Phil Morrison | Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Scott Wilson, Celia Weston, Amy Adams | Drama | |
| Just Friends | Roger Kumble | Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein | Romance | |
| Just Like Heaven | Mark Waters | Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue | Comedy | based on If Only It Were True by Marc Levy |
| Kicking & Screaming | Jesse Dylan | Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall | Comedy | |
| Kids in America | Josh Stolberg | Gregory Smith, Chris Morris | Comedy | |
| King Kong | Peter Jackson | Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Kyle Chandler, Thomas Kretschmann | Adventure | based on King Kong |
| King's Ransom | Jeffrey W. Byrd | Anthony Anderson | Crime comedy | |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons | Action | |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Shane Black | Robert Downey, Jr., Val Kilmer | Crime comedy | based on Bodies Are Where You Find Them by Brett Halliday |
| The L.A. Riot Spectacular | Marc Klasfeld | Snoop Dogg, Emilio Estevez, T. K. Carter | Comedy | |
| Land of the Dead | George A. Romero | Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento | Horror | preceded by Day of the Dead (1985), followed by Diary of the Dead (2007) |
| Lassie | Charles Sturridge | Jonathan Mason, Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton | Drama, family | based on Lassie Come Home and on Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight |
| Last Days | Gus Van Sant | Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green | Drama | |
| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Steve Bendelack | Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith | Comedy | based on The League of Gentlemen |
| The Legend of Zorro | Martin Campbell | Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones | Adventure | preceded by The Mask of Zorro |
| Lonesome Jim |
| Long Distance | Marcus Stern | Monica Keena | Thriller | |
| The Longest Yard | Peter Segal | Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock | Comedy | based on The Longest Yard |
| Lord of War | Andrew Niccol | Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Ethan Hawke | Crime drama | |
| Lords of Dogtown | Catherine Hardwicke | Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, John Robinson | Drama | |
| The Lost City | Andy García | Andy García, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray | Drama | |
| A Lot Like Love | Nigel Cole | Amanda Peet, Ashton Kutcher | Comedy | |
| Mad Hot Ballroom | Marilyn Agrelo | ballroom dance in New York school system | Documentary | winner of the Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film |
| Madagascar | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith | Animation, Comedy | |
| The Man | Les Mayfield | Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy | Comedy | |
| Man of the House | Stephen Herek | Tommy Lee Jones | Comedy | |
| Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Randall Miller | Robert Carlyle, John Goodman, Sean Astin, Mary Steenburgen | Romance | based on Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School |
| The Matador | Richard Shepard | Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall | Comedy | |
| Match Point | Woody Allen | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer | Crime drama | |
| Me and You and Everyone We Know | Miranda July | Miranda July, John Hawkes, Miles Thompson | Drama | |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Rob Marshall | Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh | Drama | based on Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden |
| MirrorMask | Dave McKean | Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Rob Brydon | Family | |
| Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | John Pasquin | Sandra Bullock, Regina King | Comedy, crime | preceded by Miss Congeniality |
| Monster-in-Law | Robert Luketic | Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes | Comedy | |
| The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green | George Bamber | Daniel Letterle, Meredith Baxter, David Monahan | Comedy | based on The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green by Eric Orner |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Doug Liman | Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie | Action | |
| Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | Dan Ireland | Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Anna Massey | Comedy-drama | based on Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor |
| Munich | Steven Spielberg | Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz | Drama | |
| Murderball | Henry Alex Rubin | wheelchair rugby | Documentary | |
| Must Love Dogs | Gary David Goldberg | Diane Lane, John Cusack | Comedy | based on Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook |
| Nanny McPhee | Kirk Jones | Emma Thompson, Colin Firth | Fantasy | based on Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand |
| Never Been Thawed | Sean Anders | Sean Anders, Allen Zwolle, Shelly Frasier | Comedy | |
| The New World | Terrence Malick | Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale | Drama | |
| Neverwas | Joshua Michael Stern | Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy, Ian McKellen | Drama | |
| New York Doll | Greg Whiteley | the life of Arthur Kane | Documentary | |
| Nine Lives | Rodrigo García | Holly Hunter, Glenn Close, Sissy Spacek | Drama | |
| No Direction Home | Martin Scorsese | the life of Bob Dylan | Documentary | |
| North Country | Niki Caro | Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sissy Spacek, Sean Bean | Drama | based on book by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler |
| Our Very Own | Cameron Watson | Allison Janney, Cheryl Hines, Jason Ritter, Hilarie Burton, Keith Carradine | Drama | |
| The Pacifier | Adam Shankman | Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford | Comedy | |
| The Perfect Man | Mark Rosman | Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth | Comedy | |
| Pooh's Heffalump Movie | Frank Nissen | Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Kath Soucie | Animation | preceded by Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo |
| Popstar | Richard Gabai | Aaron Carter | Comedy | |
| Pretty Persuasion | Marcos Siega | Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Ron Livingston, Jane Krakowski | Comedy-drama | |
| Prime | Ben Younger | Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg | Comedy | |
| The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | Jane Anderson | Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern | Biography | based on book by Terry Ryan |
| The Producers | Susan Stroman | Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell | Musical comedy | based on The Producers and The Producers |
| Proof | John Madden | Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis | Drama | based on Proof by David Auburn |
| Racing Stripes | Frederick Du Chau | Frankie Muniz, Hayden Panettiere | Comedy | |
| Rebound | Steve Carr | Martin Lawrence | Comedy | |
| Red Eye | Wes Craven | Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy | Thriller | |
| Rent | Chris Columbus | Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson | Musical | based on Rent |
| The Ring Two | Hideo Nakata | Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker | Horror | preceded by The Ring |
| The Ringer | Barry W. Blaustein | Johnny Knoxville | Comedy | |
| Rize | David LaChapelle | clowning and krumping | Documentary | |
| Robots | Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Greg Kinnear, Halle Berry, Amanda Bynes, Mel Brooks | Animation | |
| Roll Bounce | Malcolm D. Lee | Bow Wow, Meagan Good, Wesley Jonathan | Comedy | |
| Rumor Has It... | Rob Reiner | Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo | Comedy | |
| Sahara | Breck Eisner | Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz | Action | based on Sahara by Clive Cussler |
| Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic | Liam Lynch | Sarah Silverman | Comedy | |
| Saw II | Darren Lynn Bousman | Tobin Bell, Donnie Wahlberg, Erik Knudsen, Shawnee Smith | Psychological Horror | preceded by Saw |
| Serenity | Joss Whedon | Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin | Science fiction | preceded by Firefly |
| Shadowboxer | Lee Daniels | Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Mo'Nique | Thriller | |
| Shopgirl | Anand Tucker | Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman | Drama | based on Shopgirl by Steve Martin |
| Sin City | Robert Rodriguez | Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Benicio del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Josh Hartnett, Carla Gugino, Elijah Wood, Nick Stahl | Action, Science fiction | based on Sin City by Frank Miller |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Ken Kwapis | Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel | Comedy-drama | based on The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares |
| The Sisters | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson, Erika Christensen | Drama | based on Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov |
| The Skeleton Key | Iain Softley | Kate Hudson | Horror | |
| Sky High | Mike Mitchell | Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Fantasy | |
| Smile | Jeffrey Kramer | Sean Astin, Mika Boorem, Yi Ding, Beau Bridges | Adventure | |
| Son of the Mask | Lawrence Guterman | Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Traylor Howard, Bob Hoskins | Comedy | preceded by The Mask; 8 Razzie nominations |
| A Sound of Thunder | Peter Hyams | Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack | Science fiction | based on story by Ray Bradbury |
| The Squid and the Whale | Noah Baumbach | Laura Linney, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline | Drama | |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | George Lucas | Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits | Science fiction, Action | preceded by Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones |
| Stay | Marc Forster | Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Bob Hoskins | Drama | |
| Stealth | Rob Cohen | Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx | Science fiction | |
| Street Fight | Marshall Curry | the 2002 Cory Booker campaign against Sharpe James for mayor of Newark, New Jersey | Documentary | |
| Supercross | Steve Boyum | Steve Howey, Mike Vogel, Cameron Richardson, Sophia Bush | Drama, sports | |
| Syriana | Stephen Gaghan | George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright | Political Thriller | Academy Award for Clooney |
| The Thing About My Folks | Raymond de Felitta | Peter Falk, Paul Reiser, Olympia Dukakis | Comedy | |
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Tommy Lee Jones | Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, January Jones, Melissa Leo | Drama | |
| Thru the Moebius Strip | Glenn Chaika, Kelvin Lee | Andrea Miller, Michelle Ruff, Mark Hamill | Animation | |
| Thumbsucker | Mike Mills | Lou Taylor Pucci, Keanu Reeves, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio | Comedy | based on Thumbsucker by Walter Kirn |
| Traci Townsend | Craig Ross, Jr. | Jazsmin Lewis, Mari Morrow | Comedy | |
| Transamerica | Duncan Tucker | Felicity Huffman | Drama | |
| Transporter 2 | Louis Leterrier | Jason Statham | Action | preceded by The Transporter |
| Two for the Money | D. J. Caruso | Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo | Drama | |
| Underclassman | Marcos Siega | Nick Cannon | Comedy | |
| Undiscovered | Meiert Avis | Pell James, Steven Strait, Ashlee Simpson, Kip Pardue | Musical | |
| An Unfinished Life | Lasse Hallström | Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas | Drama | based on An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg |
| The Upside of Anger | Mike Binder | Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen, Evan Rachel Wood, Keri Russell, Alicia Witt | Drama | |
| Venom | Jim Gillespie | Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, D.J. Cotrona | Horror | |
| Waiting... | Rob McKittrick | Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long | Comedy | |
| Walk the Line | James Mangold | Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon | Biography | winner of Golden Globe and Satellite Award for Best Musical or Comedy |
| War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg | Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin | Science fiction | based on The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| The War Within | Joseph Castelo | Ayad Aktar, Firdous Bamji, Nandana Sen | Drama | |
| The Weather Man | Gore Verbinski | Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine | Comedy-drama | |
| Wedding Crashers | David Dobkin | Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Jane Seymour, Bradley Cooper | Comedy | |
| The Wedding Date | Clare Kilner | Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney | Comedy | |
| Where the Truth Lies | Atom Egoyan | Colin Firth, Kevin Bacon, Alison Lohman | Drama | |
| White Noise | Geoffrey Sax | Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Chandra West | Drama | |
| Why We Fight | Eugene Jarecki | the military-industrial complex | Documentary | winner of Sundance Grand Jury Prize |
| The World's Fastest Indian | Roger Donaldson | Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Jessica Cauffiel | Biography | |
| xXx: State of the Union | Lee Tamahori | Ice Cube | Action | preceded by xXx |
| Yours, Mine and Ours | Raja Gosnell | Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo | Comedy | based on Yours, Mine and Ours |
| Zathura | Jon Favreau | Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins | Fantasy | |
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