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 AwardsCircuit.com
ranking of top possible Academy Award contenders:
- A Star is Born
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Roma
- The Favourite
- Beautiful Boy
- Green Book
- First Man
- BlacKkKlansman
- The Front Runner
- Capernaum
- Black Panther
- Boy Erased
- Vice
- Destroyer
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Widows
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Peterloo
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Ad Astra
- Eighth Grade
- The Happy Prince
- At Eternity’s Gate
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Old Man & the Gun
- On the Basis of Sex
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Wildlife
- A Quiet Place
Snubbed: Outlaw King, Ralph Breaks the Internet, The Sisters Brothers, Sorry to Bother You, Private Life, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Mid90s, Goldstone, Mary and the Witch’s Flower, Journey’s End, Free Solo, Avengers: Infinity War, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Leave No Trace, Game Night, The Kindergarten Teacher, The 12th Man, Three Identical Strangers, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Solo, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, The Polka King, Annihilation, What Will People Say, The Rider, Lean on Pete, 7 Days in Entebbe, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot, Incredibles 2, Science Fair.