2024 Oscar Buzz: 5 movies expected to get top cinematic nods
HOLLYWOOD, CA – Movie fans, let the countdown to the 2024 Academy Awards begin! But first, be sure to mark your calendar: This year’s Academy Awards nominations announcement, presented by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid on Tuesday, January 23, will air live on Good Morning America at 5:30 a.m. PT/ 8:30 AM ET. .
Let’s also not forget that the 96th Academy Awards – hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on March 10 – will be broadcast live coast to coast at 4pm PT/7pm ET on ABC.
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It’s a daunting task to come up with predictions for Oscar nominations in all 23 categories, however, here are five films that have quickly become favorites on the awards circuit. All five honors accumulated from prestigious award shows, guilds, and institutes such as the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA), Producers Guild of America (PGA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, and honorees from the American Film Institute (AFI), and the National Board of Award Winners Review (NBR) and British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA).
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Without further ado, here are the five films, in no particular order, that have gotten so much Oscar buzz that we expect each to, at the very least, receive a nomination for the 2024 Academy Award for Best Picture.
Top five nominees for the 2024 Oscars
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Producers: Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Christopher Nolan
An epic thriller steeped in duality and tragedy, Oppenheimer tells the life story of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the man known as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb.” It’s aptly deconstructed by Christopher Nolan, a conflicted genius in the midst of moral and ethical dilemmas, as seen through Murphy’s piercing blue eyes.
- Best Picture/Equivalent Win/Honors: Golden Globes (Drama), AFI, CCA
- Best Image/Equivalency Nominations: PGA, NBR, SAG, BAFTA
- Patch Nominations Predictions: Best Picture; Murphy for Best Actor; Robert Downey Jr. for Best Supporting Actor; Emily Blunt for Best Supporting Actress; Christopher Nolan for Best Director.
“Barbie” (Warner Brothers)
Producers: David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Robbie Brenner
Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling
Director: Greta Gerwig
Greta Gerwig deconstructs the iconic Barbie doll with a satirical and highly entertaining twist on patriarchy and feminism in a utopian feminist setting where women can be anything and everything they want to be regardless of positions, shapes, sizes and professions – right alongside men like them. Just accessories. Yes! This is Barbie land, you and Barbie (Margot Robbie) rule with her baby Ken (Ryan Gosling).
- Best Picture/Equivalent Wins/Accolades: AFI
- Best Picture Nominations/Equivalent: Golden Globes (Musical or Comedy), NBR, SAG, CCA, PGA
- Patch Nominations Predictions: Best Picture; Margot Robbie for Best Actress, and Ryan Gosling for Best Supporting Actor; Greta Gerwig for best director.
“Moonflower Killers” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
Producers: Dan Friedkin, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas, Daniel Luby
Stars: Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone
Director: Martin Scorsese
Love and betrayal collide in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a dramatic film that tells the disturbing real-life story of a series of brazen murders that took place in Osage County, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s. This horrific and tragic period was known as the “Reign of Terror,” after the discovery of oil reserves beneath the lands of the Osage Nation. Amidst the tension, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone revive a love affair gone sour.
- Best Image/Equivalent Win/Honors: PSIFF (Chairman’s Vanguard Award), NYFCC, NBR, AFI Top 10
- Best Picture/Equivalency Nominations: Golden Globe (Drama), CCA, BAFTA, PGA
- Patch Nominations Predictions: Best Picture; Lily Gladstone for Best Actress; Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor; Robert De Niro for Best Supporting Actor; Martin Scorsese for Best Director
“Retainers” (focus features)
Producers: Mark Johnson, Bill Block, David Hemmingson
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Cessa, Davenjoy Randolph
Director: Alexander Payne
A short-tempered classics professor known for his pontifical outbursts. A troubled young man fraught with anxiety masked in a bravado of hostility and insolence. A chef grieving the loss of a loved one – on the surface, all of them – Professor Hunham (Paul Giamatti), teenager Angus (Dominic Sessa), and chef Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) – are disparate personalities. However, deep down, they are very similar. All three are in deep pain, and they are the anchors of “The Holdovers.”
- Best Picture/Equivalent Wins/Accolades: AFI
- Best Picture Nominations/Equivalent: Golden Globe (Musical or Comedy), NBR, CCA, BAFTA, PGA
- Patch Nominations Predictions: Best Picture; Paul Giamatti for Best Actor; Daphne Joy Randolph for Best Supporting Actress; Dominic Sessa for Best Supporting Actor; Alexander Payne for Best Director
“Bad Things” (Scout Pictures)
Producers: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone
Stars: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
In Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos continues his streak of unbridled imaginative craftsmanship. A universal tale of guiltless lust, his latest directorial effort centers on a hypersexual 30-year-old woman (Emma Stone) brought back to life “Frankenstein” style by a mad scientist. What makes it great? Her deceptive and powerful naivety.
- Best Picture/Equivalent Win/Honors: AFI, Golden Globes (Musical or Comedy)
- Best Picture/Equivalency Nominations: CCA, NBR, BAFTA, PGA
- Patch Nominations Predictions: Best Picture; Emma Stone for Best Actress; Yorgos Lanthimos for Best Director
