Awards season isn't for a few months but already a number of movies are vying for attention. Not that that's a bad thing. Several film festivals are now done and more than a handful of individual performances have emerged deserving of praise although there was no clear frontrunner.
It's still anyone's ball game at this point but below is a list of movies that can stake claims for best picture and other awards:
1.Woman in Gold (The Weinstein Co; Release Date: Apr. 1)
2.Ex Machina (A24; Release Date: April 10)
3.I'll See You in My Dreams (Bleecker Street; Release Date: May 15)
4.Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros; Release Date: May 15)
5.Love & Mercy (Roadside Attractions; Release Date: June 5)
6.Inside Out (Disney/Pixar; Release Date: June 19)
7.Tangerine (Magnolia: Release Date: July 10)
8.Mr. Holmes (Roadside Attractions; Release Date: July 17)
9.Trainwreck (Universal; Release Date: July 17)
10.The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Aug. 7)
11.Straight Outta Compton (Universal; Release Date: Aug. 14)
12.Grandma (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Aug 21)
13.Black Mass (Warner Bros; Release Date: Sept. 18)
14.Sicario (Lionsgate; Release Date: Sept. 18)
15.99 Homes (Broad Green; Release Date: Sept. 25)
16.The Walk (Sony; Release Date: Sept. 30)
17.The Martian (Fox; Release Date: Oct. 2)
18.Steve Jobs (Universal; Release Date: Oct. 9)
19.Beasts of No Nation (Bleecker Street/Netflix; Release Date: Oct. 16)
20.Bridge of Spies (Disney/DreamWorks; Release Date: Oct. 16)
21.Room (A24; Release Date: Oct. 16)
22.Truth (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Oct. 16)
23.Suffragette (Focus; Release Date: Oct. 23)
24.Our Brand Is Crisis (Warner Bros; Release Date: Oct. 30)
25.Brooklyn (Fox Searchlight; Release Date: Nov. 4)
26.Spectre (Sony; Release Date: Nov. 6)
27.Spotlight (Open Road; Release Date: Nov. 6)
28.Trumbo (Bleecker Street; Release Date: Nov. 6
29.By the Sea (Universal; Release Date: Nov. 13)
30.Carol (The Weinstein Co; Release Date: Nov. 20)
31.Legend (Universal; Release Date: Nov. 20)
32.Creed (Warner Bros; Release Date: Nov. 25)
33.The Danish Girl (Focus; Release Date: Nov. 27)
34.The Lady in the Van (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Dec. 4)
35.Youth (Fox Searchlight; Release Date: Dec. 4)
36.In the Heart of the Sea (Warner Bros; Release Date: Dec. 11)
37.The Big Short (Paramount; Release Date: Dec. 11)
38.Son of Saul (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Dec. 18)
39.Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Disney; Release Date: Dec. 18)
40.45 Years (Sundance Selects; Release Date: Dec. 23)
41.Concussion (Sony; Release Date: Dec. 25)
42.Joy (Fox; Release Date: Dec. 25)
43.The Hateful Eight (The Weinstein Co; Release Date: Dec. 25)
44.The Revenant (Fox; Release Date: Dec. 25)
45.Anomalisa (Paramount; Release Date: Dec. 30)
Any of your own bets made the list?
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