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.
The first drama from Funny Or Die co-founder and Anchorman director Adam McKay ticks several Oscar boxes: a timely story (a chronicle of the recent financial crisis), Academy-approved source material (a book by author Michael Lewis, whose Moneyball and The Blind Side were adapted into best picture-nominated films), and a cast loaded with major stars (Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Melissa Leo). The film lost some of its Oscar buzz after its premiere at the AFI Fest last week (where it received decent but less-than-stellar reviews), though American Sniper was in a similar position after AFI last year and ultimately went on to secure a best picture nomination.
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