| Bradley Cooper / "A Star Is Born" November 29, 201844 min | 44 min | |
| Barry Jenkins / "If Beale Street Could Talk" November 22, 201840 min | 40 min | |
| Marielle Heller / "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" November 15, 201831 min | 31 min | |
| Jason Reitman / "Tully" and "The Front Runner" November 8, 201834 min | 34 min | |
| Rami Malek / "Bohemian Rhapsody" November 1, 201831 min | 31 min | |
| Spike Lee / "BlacKkKlansman" October 25, 201835 min | 35 min | |
| Jonah Hill / "Mid90s" October 18, 201826 min | 26 min | |
| Timothée Chalamet / "Beautiful Boy" October 11, 201842 min | 42 min | |
| Damien Chazelle / "First Man" October 4, 201837 min | 37 min | |
| John C. Reilly / "The Sisters Brothers" September 20, 201841 min | 41 min |