Movies to Watch Before Oscar Night and their Best Bets, Possibilities, and Long Shots

Dec 13, 2012 23:28

(in a future post I'll tell you where/when to find these movies, legally of course)

1. Lincoln -- Best Bets: Picture, Director (Steven Spielberg), Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones), Supporting Actress (Sally Field), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Art Direction, Makeup; Possibilities: Cinematography, Editing
2. Les Miserables (1 win, 1 runnerup, 35 nods) -- Best Bets: Picture, Actor (Hugh Jackman), Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway), Cinematography, Original Song, Sound Editing/Mixing, Art Direction, Costume Design; Possibilities: Director (Tom Hooper), Supporting Actress (Samantha Barks), Editing, Makeup
3. The Master -- Best Bets: Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Supporting Actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Score, Art Direction; Possibility: Editing; Long Shots: Picture
4. Argo -- Best Bets: Picture, Director (Ben Affleck), Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Editing; Possibility: Art Direction
5. Silver Linings Playbook -- Best Bets: Picture, Director (David O'Russell), Actor (Bradley Cooper), Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Supporting Actor (Robert DeNiro), Adapted Screenplay; Possibility: Editing
6. Zero Dark Thirty -- Best Bets: Picture, Director (Kathryn Bigelow), Actress (Jessica Chastain), Original Screenplay, Editing; Possibility: Cinematography
7. Life of Pi -- Best Bets: Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Visual Effects; Possibilities: Picture, Director (Ang Lee), Original Score, Editing, Sound Editing/Mixing, Art Direction
8. Moonrise Kingdom -- Best Bets: Original Screenplay, Original Score, Art Direction; Possibilities: Picture; Long Shots: Director (Wes Anderson), Supporting Actor (Bruce Willis), Cinematography
9. Skyfall -- Best Bets: Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem), Cinematography, Original Song; Possibilities: Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), Visual Effects; Long Shots: Picture, Original Score
10. Cloud Atlas -- Best Bets: Visual Effects, Costume Design, Makeup; Possibility: Art Direction; Long Shot: Editing
11. Beasts of the Southern Wild -- Best Bets: Cinematography, Original Score; Possibilities: Picture, Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis); Long Shots: Director (Benh Zeitlin), Supporting Actor (Dwight Henry)
12. Anna Karenina -- Best Bets: Art Direction, Costume Design; Possibility: Actress (Keira Knightley); Long Shots: Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Score
13. The Sessions -- Best Bets: Actor (John Hawkes), Supporting Actress (Helen Hunt); Possibility: Adapted Screenplay
14. Rust & Bone -- Best Bets: Actress (Marion Cotillard), Foreign Film
15. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- Best Bet: Visual Effects; Possibilities: Original Score, Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup
16. Django Unchained -- Best Bet: Original Screenplay; Possibilities: Picture, Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz or Leonardo DiCaprio); Long Shot: Director (Quentin Tarantino)
17. Flight -- Best Bet: Actor (Denzel Washington); Possibility: Visual Effects, Sound Editing/Mixing; Long Shot: Supporting Actor (John Goodman), Original Screenplay, Editing
18. Amour -- Best Bet: Foreign Film; Possibilities: Picture, Actress (Emauelle Riva); Long Shots: Director (Michael Hanneke)
19. Brave -- Best Bet: Animated Film; Possibility: Original Song
20. The Perks of Being a Wallflower -- Best Bet: Adapted Screenplay; Long Shots: Picture, Supporting Actor (Ezra Miller), Supporting Actress (Emma Watson)
21. The Dark Knight Rises -- Best Bet: Visual Effects; Long Shot: Cinematography, Art Direction
22. The Intouchables -- Best Bet: Foreign Film; Long Shot: Actor (Omar Sy), Original Screenplay
23. A Royal Affair -- Best Bet: Foreign Film; Long Shot: Costume Design
24. Frankenweenie -- Best Bet: Animated Film
25. The Impossible -- Best Bet: Actress (Naomi Watts)
26. Rise of the Guardians -- Best Bet: Animated Film
27. Wreck-It! Ralph -- Best Bet: Animated Film
28. ParaNorman -- Best Bet: Animated Film
29. Holy Motors -- Best Bet: Foreign Film
30. Looper -- Best Bet: Original Screenplay
31. Compliance -- Best Bet: Supporting Actress (Ann Dowd)
32. The Avengers -- Best Bet: Visual Effects
33. The Central Park Five -- Best Bet: Documentary
34. Searching for Sugar Man -- Best Bet: Documentary
35. Queen of Versailles -- Best Bet: Documentary
36. Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present -- Best Bet: Documentary
37. The Invisible War -- Best Bet: Documentary
38. Prometheus -- Possibilities: Visual Effects, Sound Editing/Mixing
39. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel -- Possibility: Actress (Judi Dench); Long Shots: Picture, Director (John Madden), Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson), Supporting Actress (Maggie Smith)
40. Hitchcock -- Possibility: Actress (Helen Mirren)
41. Arbitrage -- Possibility: Actor (Richard Gere)
42. Deep Blue Sea -- Possibility: Actress (Rachel Weisz)
43. Magic Mike -- Possibility: Supporting Actor (Matthew McConaughey)
44. War Witch -- Possibility: Foreign Film
45. Kon-Tiki -- Possibility: Foreign Film
46. Hotel Transylvannia -- Possibility: Animated Film
47. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted -- Possibility: Animated Film
48. The Imposter -- Possibility: Documentary
49. How to Survive a Plague -- Possibility: Documentary
50. The Gatekeepers -- Possibility: Documentary
51. Bully -- Possibility: Documentary
52. West of Memphis -- Possibility: Documentary
53. Snow White and the Huntsman -- Possibility: Costume Design
54. Paul Williams: Still Alive -- Possibility: Original Song
55. The Paperboy -- Possibility: Supporting Actress (Nicole Kidman)
56. Bernie -- Long Shots: Picture, Actor (Jack Black)
57. End of Watch -- Long Shots: Supporting Actor (Michael Pena), Cinematography
58. Hyde Park on Hudson -- Long Shots: Actor (Bill Murray), Actress (Laura Linney)
59. Middle of Nowhere -- Long Shot: Actress (Emayatzy Corinealdi)
60. Keep the Lights On -- Long Shot: Original Screenplay
61. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen -- Long Shot: Actor (Ewan McGregor)
62. Your Sister's Sister -- Long Shot: Supporting Actress (Rosemarie DeWitt)

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