Meet This Year's Potential Best Picture Contenders
The decorations at your local mall may say "Christmas," but the movie release schedule suggests a different time of year: Awards Season. The next five weeks will introduce some heavy hitters—including new films from David O. Russell, Quentin Tarantino, Todd Haynes, and Alejandro González Iñárritu—into what is already shaping up to be a crowded field of contenders. Actually, history suggests that the next best picture winner may already be playing in a theater near you. No December release has won the top Oscar in over a decade.
With that in mind, browse our quick guide to the 25 films that still appear to be in the running for best picture consideration, including titles released earlier this year as well as those arriving over the next month.
Shakespeare's Scottish play has been translated to the big (and small) screen over two dozen times—dating back to 1905. This rather bloody version from Snowtown director Justin Kurzel mostly retains Shakespeare's language and setting while dialing up the intensity and scale, with a few critics at its Cannes debut ranking it among the best Shakespeare films to date. Also earning plaudits were stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, who could also be headed to Oscar nominations.
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