Finalists: The Green Knight haunts with its eery medieval hallucinations,  tick tick...BOOM!  is a ragged collage of a musical biopic filled with urgency and purpose.  

Semi Finalists: The supreme silliness of Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar,  the angry horny damning Benedetta , the miniature profundity of Petite Maman (MORE ON THE TOP TEN LIST HERE) the showmanship and thoughtful reinvention of West Side Story, and the jagged tetchy character study of  The Lost Daughter

Finalists: David Lowery for the lingering ancient hallucinatory dramas of The Green Knight, Steven Spielberg for an electric fresh take on the classic West Side Story and a firm grasp on the movie-musical form

Semi Finalists: Denis Villeneuve brings majestcy, scale, and wonder to Dune Part One... can he stick the landing with Part Two (or Three)? , Paul Verhoeven proves with Benedetta that he hasn't lost any of his edge or humor at prickliness at 83,   David Pablos does sensual, rich, and mournful work on Dance of the 41, Julia Ducournau's Titane isn't for everyone (is it even for me?) but there's no denying that she has a vision and utter faith in it and the ability to deliver it, and the world's greatest autuer Pedro Almodóvar adds another rich film to his stunning filmography with Parallel Mothers

Finalists: Emma Seligman gives delicious debut with Shiva Baby. A sharp comedy with zero fat but plentiful flavor, nobody is doing morality ethical puzzle boxes like Asghar Farhadi who is back with A Hero 

Semi-Finalists: The French Dispatch by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Hugo Guiness, and Jason Schwartzmann,  Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson, Red Rocket - Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch, Pig - Michael Sarnoski & Vanessa Block, and Belfast Kenneth Branagh

Finalists: The Lost Daughter by Maggie Gyllenhaal based on the novel by Elena Ferrante, and I'm Your Man Jan Schomburg and Maria Schrader based on the short story by Emma Braslavsk,

Semi Finalists: tick tick...BOOM! Steven Levenson based on the rock monologue by Jonathan Larson, Benedetta Favid Birke and Paul Verhoeven based on the book by Judith C Brown, Dune Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth based on the novel by Frank Herbert, Prayers for the Stolen Tatiana Huezo based on the novel by Jennifer Clement, and The Green Knight - David Lowery based on the legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,

Finalist: N/A 

Semi-Finalist: Summit of the Gods, The Mitchells vs the Machines, Vivo, and Belle

NOTE: We only have three nomination spots a year since the Academy's rules for this are kind of crazy. You only need 16 features to trigger a 5 wide race with AMPAS. That's about a 33% chance of being nominated if you so much as exist! If Best Picture had the same ratio of existence to nominees, our Best Picture list would be around 80-90 nominees long each year based on how many films qualify! Can you imagine?