Meet This Year's Best Picture Contenders
If your leftover Halloween candy pile is down to a few stray pieces of Laffy Taffy* and Tootsie Rolls, it can mean only one thing: It's time for film awards season!
Which films will contend for the Oscars' biggest prize in March? To find out, we have surveyed industry experts, calculated the Metascores, and examined the top performing films at this year's major film festivals to come up with a list of 15 potential best picture contenders from 2022, plus more than a dozen bonus wildcards. In a welcome change, this year's best picture slate could include multiple films that you've heard of—in fact, it could include some of the year's most successful films at the box office. So let the guessing game begin ...
* Please take our Laffy Taffy.
What is it? The first film in 16 years from director Todd Field (In the Bedroom). It's a drama starring Cate Blanchett as a successful classical music composer who is the first woman to serve as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic but is suddenly confronted with a dark incident from her past that threatens to undo her successes.
Why is it a contender? It's one of the best-reviewed movies of the year and features a tour-de-force, possibly career-best performance by Blanchett (who will almost certainly walk away with the Best Actress trophy in March) in a complex role. And a #MeToo-related storyline injects a sense of timeliness into the story.
What are its chances? Excellent. It's impossible to find an industry expert who doesn't believe it will be nominated. The only red flag is TÁR's box office performance: Few people are seeing it.
When can I see it? As soon as you buy a ticket: It's in theaters nationwide.
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