BLITZ
McQueen
(Apple)
Date TBA

A story of Londoners during WW II with an amazing director? Yes please.

CONCLAVE
Berger
(Focus)
Nov 8

Hot off of All Quiet we think Berger scores again with this Papal sucession thriller

MEGALOPOLIS
Coppola
(Unknown)
Date TBA

Comeback of all comebacks... or impending folly? You can't fault him for lack of ambition

THE END
Oppenheimer
(Neon)
Sept 19

An apocalyptic musical from an amazing documentarian? Why the hell not?

JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
Philips
(Warner Bros)
Oct 4

A sequel to a movie Oscar voters loved way too much. AND a musical

THE APPRENTICE
Abbasi
(Unknown)
Date TBA

Sweden's rising star director takes on the story of Young T***p. Should be interesting but will people want to watch it?

THE NICKEL BOYS
Ross
(Amazon / MGM)
Date TBA

A Pulitzer winning book comes to the screen from another acclaimed documentarian

GLADIATOR 2
Scott (Paramount)
Nov 22

Nostalgia factor but will it thrill? And is there really room for three sequels when Oscar doesn't like sequels much?

NIGHTBITCH
Heller
(Searchlight)
Dec 6

*Wild Card Pick*.
Sounds way too weird for Oscar but they've been getting crazier (thankfully). Heller hasn't let us down yet

THE SHROUDS
Cronenberg
(Unknown)
Date TBA

*Wishful Thinking Pick*
It's only April. Wouldn't it be genius to finally see Cronenberg in the Oscar mix?

DUNE PART TWO
Villeneuve
(Warner Bros)
March 1

Do they vote for this based on scale and love for the original or do they wait for the finale?

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
Almodovar
(Sony Pictures Classics)
Date TBA

The world's greatest living auteur makes his first English language feature. Will it thrill?

MARIA
Larrain
(Unknown)
Date TBA

Is the third time the charm for Larrain's famous woman biopics?

A REAL PAIN
Eisenberg
(Searchlight)
Oct 18

Eisenberg's cousins-visiting- Poland dramedy was a sensation at Sundance. Indie Spirits only or Oscar, too?

DIDI
Wang
(Focus)
Date TBA

Another Sundance hit. Oscar often ignores great coming of age stories, though.

THE FIRE INSIDE
Morrison
(Amazon / MGM)
Aug 9

How much wroom with there be for human scale kitchen sink dramas?

HARD TRUTHS
Leigh
(Bleecker Street)
Date TBA

Where is Mike Leigh's Oscar? Will this be a golden comeback?

WICKED
Chu
(Universal)
Nov 27

Splitting it into two features is worrying but what if it hits a popular with multiplexes bullseye?

THE PIANO LESSON
Washington
(Netflix)
Date TBA

Previous August Wilson adaptations have had Oscar success.. at least in the acting categories

FURIOSA
Miller
(Warner Bros)
May 24

Can Miller capture lightning in a bottle twice or will it pale in comparison to Fury Road?

2024 Films by Distributor

A24

Civil War
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A Different Man
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I Saw the TV Glow
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Love Lies •
Bleeding
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Sing Sing
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We Live in...

Netflix

Atlas
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Back in Action
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Beverly Hills Cop Axel F
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His Three Daughters
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Piano Lesson

Other

Thelma (Magnolia)
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