If the Oscars were held tomorrow, which films would be nominated?

Dunkirk(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Call Me By Your Name(dir.

Three Billboards/ Get Out/ Wonder Woman

Fox Searchlight; Universal Pictures; Clay Enos/Warner Bros.

Thanks to its impeccable technical craftsmanship, double-digit nominations are not out of the question.

–Christopher Rosen and Joey Nolfi

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

The Shape of Water(dir.

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Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros.

–Christopher Rosen

Get Out(dir.

“Jordan Peele invented another genre.

Hes onto something, and [his perspective] is something weve needed more of.”

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Sony Pictures Classics

–Joey Nolfi

Wonder Woman(dir.

“It sent goosebumps down my spine.

–Joey Nolfi

The Big Sick(dir.

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Courtesy of TIFF

–Joey Nolfi

TheFlorida Project(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Lady Bird(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Battle of the Sexes(dirs.

The Shape of Water

Fox Searchlight Pictures

That’s it’s fronted by two lovable actors doing great work helps its cause as well.

–Christopher Rosen

Darkest Hour(dir.

As Churchill, Oldman disappears into the role – literally.

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Universal Pictures

–Christopher Rosen

I, Tonya(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Mudbound(dir.

(Netflix has performed well in the documentary categories, however.)

WONDER WOMAN

Clay Enos/Warner Bros

–Joey Nolfi

Wonderstruck(dir.

–Joey Nolfi

Blade Runner 2049(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Molly’s Game(dir.

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Nicole Rivelli/Lionsgate

Even in a stacked category, discount Chastain at your own risk.

–Christopher Rosen

The Disaster Artist(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

mother!(dir.

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A24

This is the definition of a longshot, but both star and filmmaker have arguably never been better.

–Christopher Rosen

Stronger(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Detroit(dir.

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A24

–Christopher Rosen

The Killing of a Sacred Deer(dir.

–Joey Nolfi

Breathe(dir.

Victoria and Abdul(dir.

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Melinda Sue Gordon/Fox Searchlight

–Christopher Rosen

Last Flag Flying(dir.

Of the cast, Carell has the most dramatic moments and could be a legitimate best-actor force.

Don’t sleep on Bryan Cranston either.

Darkest Hour

Jack English/Focus Features

–Christopher Rosen

Roman J. Israel, Esq.(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Wonder Wheel(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Downsizing(dir.

I-Tonya

Courtesy of TIFF

–Christopher Rosen

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool(dir.

Either way, keep him on Oscar lists.

–Christopher Rosen

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)(dir.

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Dustin Hoffman, too, is a possibility in the supporting category.

–Christopher Rosen

Logan(dir.

–Joey Nolfi

Warfor the Planet of the Apes(dir.

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Cinetic Media

Serkis' Caesar is the star of this latestApesmovie, and his nuanced, empathetic work is incredible.

(It doesn’t even register that watching a computer-generated ape emote for two hours is an oddity.)

–Christopher Rosen

The Beguiled(dir.

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Stephen Vaughan/ALCON ENTERTAINMENT

–Joey Nolfi

Okja(dir.

–Christopher Rosen

Colossal(dir.

MOLLY’S GAME

Michael Gibson/STX Films

Disaster Artist

Justina Mintz/A24

mother!

Niko Tavernise/Paramount

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Scott Garfield/Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions

Detroit

Francois Duhamel/Annapurna Pictures

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A24

breathe

Bleecker Street

Victoria And Abdul

Courtesy of TIFF

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Denzel Washington

Columbia Pictures

Wonder Wheel

Amazon Studios

downsizing

Paramount Pictures

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Sony Pictures Classics

Dustin Hoffman and Adam Sandler in ‘The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)'

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LOGAN

Ben Rothstein/20th Century Fox

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

Twentieth Century Fox

The Beguiled

Ben Rothstein/Focus Features

okja

Netflix

Colossal

Neon