(Updated) – Contenders for Oscar Best Picture Nominations

 (Updated) – Contenders for Oscar Best Picture Nominations

This year’s Oscar Best Picture contenders are harder to read than ever. But once again, I will take a monthly stab at listing those films that have the buzz as they stand today.

  Ø Blue are absolute locks.

  Ø Green are probable.

  Ø Red are strong sleepers.

1            Dunkirk

2            The Shape of Water

3            The Post

4            Call Me By Your Name

5            Get Out

6            The Florida Project

7            Last Flag Flying

8            Darkest Hour

9            Downsizing      

10        Phantom Thread     

11        Wonderstruck                                                   

12        Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

13        Mudbound                                                       

14        Blade Runner 2049

15        All The Money in the World

16        The Big Sick

17        Molly’s Game

18        The Greatest Showman

19        You Were Never Really Here

20        Wind River