Pre Fall Film Festivals' 2023 Best Picture Oscars Projections
The Calm Before The Storm That Are The Fall Film Festivals As I Look Towards Next Year's Best Picture Oscars' Race
INTRODUCTION
Consider this my pre Fall Film festivals’ season outlook into the Best Picture race for the 95th annual Academy Awards which will be celebrating and awarding their choices for the best films from 2022. I’ve presented all 35 films via seven tiers that I have on my radar with the film festivals that will truly begin to shape the race being just around the corner. If you want more detailed thoughts on my thinking on why I believe a certain movie may currently be a contender and why I have them placed where I do in the running, read my piece on the matter over at Ordinary Times.
TIER 1: THE FRONT-RUNNERS TO GO ALL THE WAY
01. Babylon
02. The Fabelmans
03. Empire Of Light
04. Bardo
05. Everything Everywhere All At Once
TIER 2: THE OTHER HEAVYWEIGHTS BREAKING INTO THE 10
06. Amsterdam
07. The Son
08. She Said
09. Women Talking
10. Top Gun: Maverick
TIER 3: SERIOUS CONTENDERS ON THE HEELS OF THE 10
11. Avatar: The Way Of Water
12. RRR
13. Elvis
14. Triangle Of Sadness
15. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
TIER 4: LONG SHOTS ON VERGE OF BEING TAKEN SERIOUS
16. Thirteen Lives
17. Decision To Leave
18. The Woman King
19. Don't Worry Darling
20. Marcel The Shell With The Shoes On
TIER 5: LONG SHOTS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
21. Cha Cha Real Smooth
22. The Whale
23. Living
24. Tar
25. All Quiet On The Western Front
TIER 6: VIABLE CONTENDERS LOOKING FOR A PATH
26. Three Thousand Years Of Longing
27. White Noise
28. I Wanna Dance With Somebody
29. Till
30. Holy Spider
TIER 7: UNLIKELY CONTENDERS BARELY HANGING ON
31. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
32. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
33. Strange World
34. The Batman
35. Nope
PREVIOUS CONTENDERS DELAYED TO/CONFIRMED FOR 2023
- Killers Of The Flower Moon
- Next Goal Wins
- Rustin
- The Killer
PREVIOUS CONTENDERS KNOCKED OFF THE BOARD
- The Northman
- Turning Red