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Thought - Oscar Predictions - Archer Avenue

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 Indiewire.com ranking of top possible Academy Award contenders:

  1. 12 Years a Slave
  2. Gravity
  3. Inside Llewyn Davis
  4. Rush
  5. August: Osage County
  6. Saving Mr. Banks
  7. American Hustle
  8. The Wolf of Wall Street
  9. The Monuments Men
  10. Captain Phillips
  11. The Butler
  12. Blue Jasmine
  13. Nebraska
  14. Fruitvale Station
  15. All Is Lost
  16. Prisoners
  17. Foxcatcher
  18. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
  19. Her
  20. Philomena
  21. Labor Day
  22. Mud
  23. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
  24. Before Midnight
  25. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

By ochippie

Writer, Critic, Dad Columbus, Ohio, USA Denver Broncos, St. Louis Cardinals Colorado Avalanche, Duke Blue Devils