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 most personal tale from Steven Spielberg to date follows a teenager growing up in post-WWII Arizona who dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Relative newcomer Gabriel LaBelle stars as Spielberg stand-in Sammy Fabelman, while Michelle Williams and Paul Dano play his parents.
Why is it a contender? Where to start? For one thing, Fabelmans was the People's Choice Winner at this year's TIFF—and the winner of that award, over the past decade-plus, always goes on to receive a best picture nomination. (That's true even if reviews aren't very good—and they certainly were good here). It's also yet another movie about the magic of movies. And the screenplay comes from Spielberg himself—his first in over two decades—along with two-time Oscar nominee Tony Kushner.
What are its chances? It's a lock, and could very well be the ultimate best picture winner. Don't bet against it.
When can I see it? A limited theatrical release on November 11 will be followed by a nationwide expansion over Thanksgiving weekend.
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