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:
- The Fabelmans
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Tar
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Women Talking
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Elvis
- Emancipation
- Living
- The Woman King
- Glass Onion
- Triangle of Sadness
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- She Said
- Empire of Light
- Pinocchio
- Babylon
- The Inspection
- Thirteen Lives
- RRR
- Devotion
- Aftersun
- The Whale
- All Quiet of the Western Front
- Bardo
- Bones and All
- The Son
- Till
- Armageddon Time
Snubbed: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Lightyear, The Northman, The Stranger, Bros, Prey, Pearl, The Pale Blue Eye, Nope, The Gray Man, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Hustle, A Man Called Otto, The Batman, The Adam Project.