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:
- Nomadland
- Minari
- Mank
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- One Night in Miami
- The Father
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- News of the World
- Promising Young Woman
- The Prom
- The Mauritanian
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Da 5 Bloods
- The Midnight Sky
- Soul
- The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- On the Rocks
- Tenet
- Sound of Metal
- Palm Springs
- Ammonite
- Pieces of a Woman
- First Cow
- Supernova
- Wonder Woman 1984
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Cherry
- The Nest
- The Life Ahead
- The Invisible Man
Snubbed: The Devil All the Time, Onward, The Platform, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Gentlemen, Underwater, The Way Back, Eurovision, Extraction, Yes God Yes.