Oscar Candidates
by yoryoporyo | created - 27 Dec 2014 | updated - 28 Dec 2014 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Whiplash (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Music
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
Votes: 989,806 | Gross: $13.09M
So far a highly-rated film that could win an oscar for best actor in a supporting role because J.K Simmons was phenomenal
2. Unbroken (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Biography, Drama
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Director: Angelina Jolie | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Miyavi, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund
Votes: 182,760 | Gross: $115.64M
A story of discipline and motivitation, Angelina Jolie could be awarded with a nomination at least for best director
3. Gone Girl (2014)
R | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
Votes: 1,067,580 | Gross: $167.77M
Not going to lie, this has been my favourite film this year. Even though Ben Affleck was not great, Rosamund Pike did a great job and so did David Fincher
4. Selma (2014)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 95,475 | Gross: $52.08M
All of a sudden this film in collaboration with France has caused great impact in the world of cinema. It's a great film and its four golden globe nominations prove it
5. Big Hero 6 (2014)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who together team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller
Votes: 502,249 | Gross: $222.53M
Unless anyone has any doubts, this is a Disney film hence good film for kids and is going to win an Oscar. I wouldn't put my hand in the fire though. This year How to Train Your Dragon 2 came out.
6. Interstellar (2014)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy
Votes: 2,100,767 | Gross: $188.02M
Nolan's work was below my expectations in this film but the special effects were so great that it makes Interstellar deserve an Oscar.
7. Foxcatcher (2014)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 149,289 | Gross: $12.10M
This year, stories of self-discipline and superation are the fad and Foxcatcher is Steve Carrel's and Channing Tatum's final job, an incredible film in which Steve Carrel's job should be rewarded with an Oscar
8. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Bilbo and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 571,896 | Gross: $255.12M
Don't ask me why, but I have the feeling that there is going to be a best picture nomination for this film for The Battle. If you saw the film you'll know what I'm talking about
9. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
Votes: 367,189 | Gross: $25.38M
Now, this is a beautiful movie and the music was so great and Ethan Hawke was so awesome and the story was so inspiring... Great film really. A must-watch
10. American Sniper (2014)
R | 133 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis
Votes: 529,365 | Gross: $350.13M
Clint Eastwood. He is actually better at directing than at acting. I can't make a trustworthy opinion really because I haven't watched it yet however this looks pretty good. Who knows? Maybe Bradley Cooper wins the oscar for best actor in a lead role.
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