Of course it’s too early to make Oscar predictions; the nominees are months away from being announced. Some of what may be the best films of the year haven’t even come out yet. But that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about it anyway and make guesses based on almost nothing. At the very least, here is a list of movies that deserve a watch, as they might be in the Oscar conversation soon.
This is the Variety ranking of top Academy Award contenders:
- Belfast
- King Richard
- The Power of the Dog
- Dune
- Being the Ricardos
- Tick, Tick … Boom!
- Licorice Pizza
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Don’t Look Up
- West Side Story
- The Lost Daughter
- Nightmare Alley
- CODA
- C’mon, C’mon
- A Hero
- Parallel Mothers
- The Harder They Fall
- House of Gucci
- Spencer
- The Last Duel
- Passing
- Flee
- The Tender Bar
- Cyrano
- Swan Song
- The French Dispatch
- Red Rocket
- Stillwater
- Mothering Sunday
- The Hand of God
Snubbed: Val, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, Black Widow, Luca, No Time to Die, Benedetta, The Green Knight, Shang-Chi, The Guilty.