the race has already begun welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movies of
2016 that are already generating Oscar
buzz when it’s contributed little
immunity Oscar Clayton is vincent woon
spear for this list we’re looking at
films that are already surrounded by
speculation that they’ll be nominated at
the 89th Academy Awards whether for
acting directing or any other category
we’re not saying these movies are a lock
but they’re at least in the conversation
but you put out into this world what
always come back to you number 10
arrival I’m Colonel GT web of Romney
intelligence pack your bags
Jarrah films don’t tend to be major
Oscar bait but when there is elevated
and cerebral as this one it’s anyone’s
game directed by Denis Villeneuve the
man behind 2015’s unexpected hit Sicario
this film takes a personal more human
approach to the first contact story
showing humanity’s efforts to
communicate with alien beings that have
arrived on earth amy adams in the
starring role furthers the movies Oscar
chances since she’s been nominated a
whopping five times without winning we
need to make sure that they understand
the difference between a weapon and a
tool with a supporting cast including
Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker and a
Rotten Tomatoes score of 93% we can
surely expect this one to connect with
the Academy it’s a good story
thanks number 9 nocturnal animals my
ex-husband used to call me a nocturnal
animal I didn’t know yet next
as the second Amy Adams movie on our
list this flick shows off a completely
different side of her talent did you
love him
I did something horrible Tim based on
the novel Tony and Susan by Austin
Wright nocturnal animals tells the story
of a couple played by Adams and Jake
Gyllenhaal that are at odds with one
another when you love someone you have
to be careful with it you might never
get it again there’s also a story within
a story with isla Fisher playing a
fictionalized version of Adams other
powerhouse actors including Michael
Shannon Laura Linney and Michael Sheen
round out this ensemble cast increasing
the chances of Oscar gold even further I
think that to be really really good you
have to come from someplace inside that
I’m just not sure I have Plus at the
helm is luxury fashion designer Tom Ford
who previously impressed critics with
his first film a single man in 2009 the
stories are so intertwined that
innocence it is all one story they feed
each other number eight
20th century women we are at a turning
point in our history as you know there
is a growing disrespect for government
always the bridesmaid and never the
bride
annette bening has been nominated four
times combined in the Best Supporting
Actress and Best Actress categories but
each time victory has eluded her you
don’t know what I’m feeling
Hilary Swank has beaten her twice I just
think that you know having your heart
broken this is tremendous way to learn
about the world
critics expect she’ll be nominated for
her portrayal of Dorothy of fields the
single matriarch of the family at the
center of this coming-of-age comedy
drama I think maybe you guys can help me
with Jaime how do you be a good man
does that even mean notice the cast is
stacked with critical darlings including
Greta Gerwig Elle Fanning and Billy
Crudup
who populate the film’s world of 1979
Santa Barbara it’s also directed by Mike
Mills the same man who helped
Christopher Plummer
earn his long-awaited Oscar for
beginners so maybe his magic will work
for Bening this time
I don’t know we ever figure our lives
out and the people who help you they
might not be grief are or wanted they
might just be the people who show up
number 7 Jackie people like to believe
in Fayette as biopics
are perfect Oscar bait especially when
they’re about someone as iconic as us
first lady Jackie Kennedy and when she’s
portrayed by Natalie Portman an industry
veteran who’s due for an award season
comeback there is no limit to what this
film can achieve Jackie doesn’t cover
the entirety of the first lady’s life
but instead follows her time in the
White House as well as the immediate
days after JFK’s assassination allowing
for greater emotional depth let’s move
you can’t do it I will march with Jack
alone if nest egg
what’s more it marks the
english-language debut of Chilean
filmmaker Pablo Levine who also crafted
the 2012 oscar-nominated film No Plus
Jackie has another powerhouse name
behind it with producer Darren Aronofsky
the acclaimed director who got Portman
her win for Black Swan I’m guessing you
won’t allow me to write any of that no
because I never said that
number 6 fences hey pop mmm ask you a
question how come you never liked me
from the moment we saw this movie
spellbinding trailer which seems worthy
of an award by itself we were in Crete
what law is there say I got to like you
know all right
the fact that fences is a theatrical
adaptation of a beloved American play
adds to its Oscar bait potential but add
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis to the
mix and you know it’s definitely going
to be in the awards conversation I get
up Monday morning find my lunch on the
table go out make my way find my
strength to get me through to next Rob
after performing the play on Broadway
with Davis Washington decided to bring
this story to the big screen he tapped
the original playwright August Wilson to
write the screenplay and
rekted himself making the drama denzel’s
third directorial effort i ain’t got to
like you now i don’t give you everything
i got to give you i give you your life
early talk has Viola Davis as a shoo-in
for a Best Supporting Actress nomination
and Denzel with either and acting or
directing nod
I gave eighteen years of my life to
stand in the same spot as you number
five silence
he’s been shot listing this and shooting
this movie over and over in his head
sometimes a bit of mystery gets the
award top going little is known about
this Martin Scorsese project and its
first trailer only came out a month
before the film’s actual theatrical
release our Lord said to them go ye into
the whole world and preach the gospel to
every living creature but critics are
expecting a lot from this over two and a
half hour long film starring the
talented trio of Liam Neeson Andrew
Garfield and Adam driver the story
focuses on a group of Jesuit priests
that go on a mission to Japan but faced
opposition from the locals a passion
project that Scorsese had been
reportedly trying to adapt for the big
screen since the early 90s silence seems
to be a departure from his usual
stylized gangster films what’s the
difference
but that risky venture might pay off big
come Oscar time
just break through silence number four
loving aunt a minute up to DC yeah marry
you see about that based on the United
States Supreme Court decision Loving v
Virginia that struck down laws against
interracial marriage this historical
drama is already being considered an
important film that will resonate with
the Academy Richard Perry loving being a
white person and Mildred Jeter being a
colored person did unlawfully cohabitate
as man and wife director Jeff Nichols
the critical darling behind takes
shelter and Midnight Special leaves the
courtroom drama behind to present the
intimate and romantic relationship
between Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negus
characters
I don’t care what they do the film was
well received it can and could gain even
more momentum because of the current
political climate in the u.s. thanks to
the film’s ability to open up
conversations about race there anything
you’d like me to say to Supreme Court
justices of the United States yeah tell
the judge I’m looking on with number
three Manchester by the sea it was
between me and your father who would you
take my daddy screaming giant Amazon has
put a lot of money into this one to get
its first Oscar win and odds are
pointing in the company’s favor the film
was acquired by the online retailer
after a bidding war following its
Sundance premiere Casey Affleck and
Michelle Williams lead the movie and
their strong talk of nominations for
both why’d we ever have lunch
hmm us human the script written by the
film’s director Kenneth Lonergan sounds
especially strong since the story
focuses on applix character moving back
home after the death of his brother and
becoming the legal guardian of his
nephew Oh which part of you hadn’t come
along I can’t be the Guardian expect
this to be a tearjerker
and an emotional rollercoaster the
perfect combination to earn Oscar votes
you don’t want to be my guardian that’s
fine with me not that it’s just the
logistics all my friends are here I got
two girlfriends and I’m in a band
you’re a janitor and Quincy number two
moonlight Westers why is he looking at
me like this look what well you just
drove down here yeah earlier in 2016
this small indie flick seemed like a
long shot but a lot changed once it made
its way into more theaters based on the
play in moonlight black boys look blue
it follows the life of shyrone a young
black man growing up in the Miami
neighborhood of Liberty City director
Barry Jenkins took an interesting
approach breaking the movie into three
parts with shyrone being portrayed by
three different actors over the course
of his life the final result is brave
romantic and quite unlike any other
coming-of-age story we’ve seen
or some point you got to decide for
yourself who you go hey let nobody make
that decision it premiered at the
Telluride Film Festival in September
2016
and it’s been quietly creeping into the
critics best films of the year
conversation ever since
well you don’t stay the night man before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions what if you do
find home not even there and you should
keep searching I don’t have a choice
this is the captain brace for impact
what
you don’t think I’m strong enough I
don’t know if you’re cruel enough
powerful men don’t have to be cruel
number one lala land you could just
write your own roles you know write
something that’s as interesting as you
are does Hollywood love anything more
than movies about Hollywood
but seriously any pictures starring Ryan
Gosling and Emma Stone is sure to get
the buzz going they play to young people
trying to make it big as a jazz pianist
and an actress which puts a strain on
their romantic relationship how are you
gonna be a revolutionary if it’s such a
traditionalist you holding on to the
Past the chemistry between the two leads
is undeniable and many are predicting
and acting not for Emma who shines in
her performance that can happen every
time I think so meanwhile director
Damien Chazelle an Oscar nominee for his
2014 movie whiplash brought this lush
film to life by making it both a musical
and a throwback to the era of old
Hollywood glamour
do you agree with our list which movie
do you expect to win big they’re saying
you could go to prison I don’t know how
I’m gonna live with myself if I don’t
stay true to what I believe for more
award-worthy top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
and we get one
help me get one more
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movies of
2016 that are already generating Oscar
buzz when it’s contributed little
immunity Oscar Clayton is vincent woon
spear for this list we’re looking at
films that are already surrounded by
speculation that they’ll be nominated at
the 89th Academy Awards whether for
acting directing or any other category
we’re not saying these movies are a lock
but they’re at least in the conversation
but you put out into this world what
always come back to you number 10
arrival I’m Colonel GT web of Romney
intelligence pack your bags
Jarrah films don’t tend to be major
Oscar bait but when there is elevated
and cerebral as this one it’s anyone’s
game directed by Denis Villeneuve the
man behind 2015’s unexpected hit Sicario
this film takes a personal more human
approach to the first contact story
showing humanity’s efforts to
communicate with alien beings that have
arrived on earth amy adams in the
starring role furthers the movies Oscar
chances since she’s been nominated a
whopping five times without winning we
need to make sure that they understand
the difference between a weapon and a
tool with a supporting cast including
Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker and a
Rotten Tomatoes score of 93% we can
surely expect this one to connect with
the Academy it’s a good story
thanks number 9 nocturnal animals my
ex-husband used to call me a nocturnal
animal I didn’t know yet next
as the second Amy Adams movie on our
list this flick shows off a completely
different side of her talent did you
love him
I did something horrible Tim based on
the novel Tony and Susan by Austin
Wright nocturnal animals tells the story
of a couple played by Adams and Jake
Gyllenhaal that are at odds with one
another when you love someone you have
to be careful with it you might never
get it again there’s also a story within
a story with isla Fisher playing a
fictionalized version of Adams other
powerhouse actors including Michael
Shannon Laura Linney and Michael Sheen
round out this ensemble cast increasing
the chances of Oscar gold even further I
think that to be really really good you
have to come from someplace inside that
I’m just not sure I have Plus at the
helm is luxury fashion designer Tom Ford
who previously impressed critics with
his first film a single man in 2009 the
stories are so intertwined that
innocence it is all one story they feed
each other number eight
20th century women we are at a turning
point in our history as you know there
is a growing disrespect for government
always the bridesmaid and never the
bride
annette bening has been nominated four
times combined in the Best Supporting
Actress and Best Actress categories but
each time victory has eluded her you
don’t know what I’m feeling
Hilary Swank has beaten her twice I just
think that you know having your heart
broken this is tremendous way to learn
about the world
critics expect she’ll be nominated for
her portrayal of Dorothy of fields the
single matriarch of the family at the
center of this coming-of-age comedy
drama I think maybe you guys can help me
with Jaime how do you be a good man
does that even mean notice the cast is
stacked with critical darlings including
Greta Gerwig Elle Fanning and Billy
Crudup
who populate the film’s world of 1979
Santa Barbara it’s also directed by Mike
Mills the same man who helped
Christopher Plummer
earn his long-awaited Oscar for
beginners so maybe his magic will work
for Bening this time
I don’t know we ever figure our lives
out and the people who help you they
might not be grief are or wanted they
might just be the people who show up
number 7 Jackie people like to believe
in Fayette as biopics
are perfect Oscar bait especially when
they’re about someone as iconic as us
first lady Jackie Kennedy and when she’s
portrayed by Natalie Portman an industry
veteran who’s due for an award season
comeback there is no limit to what this
film can achieve Jackie doesn’t cover
the entirety of the first lady’s life
but instead follows her time in the
White House as well as the immediate
days after JFK’s assassination allowing
for greater emotional depth let’s move
you can’t do it I will march with Jack
alone if nest egg
what’s more it marks the
english-language debut of Chilean
filmmaker Pablo Levine who also crafted
the 2012 oscar-nominated film No Plus
Jackie has another powerhouse name
behind it with producer Darren Aronofsky
the acclaimed director who got Portman
her win for Black Swan I’m guessing you
won’t allow me to write any of that no
because I never said that
number 6 fences hey pop mmm ask you a
question how come you never liked me
from the moment we saw this movie
spellbinding trailer which seems worthy
of an award by itself we were in Crete
what law is there say I got to like you
know all right
the fact that fences is a theatrical
adaptation of a beloved American play
adds to its Oscar bait potential but add
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis to the
mix and you know it’s definitely going
to be in the awards conversation I get
up Monday morning find my lunch on the
table go out make my way find my
strength to get me through to next Rob
after performing the play on Broadway
with Davis Washington decided to bring
this story to the big screen he tapped
the original playwright August Wilson to
write the screenplay and
rekted himself making the drama denzel’s
third directorial effort i ain’t got to
like you now i don’t give you everything
i got to give you i give you your life
early talk has Viola Davis as a shoo-in
for a Best Supporting Actress nomination
and Denzel with either and acting or
directing nod
I gave eighteen years of my life to
stand in the same spot as you number
five silence
he’s been shot listing this and shooting
this movie over and over in his head
sometimes a bit of mystery gets the
award top going little is known about
this Martin Scorsese project and its
first trailer only came out a month
before the film’s actual theatrical
release our Lord said to them go ye into
the whole world and preach the gospel to
every living creature but critics are
expecting a lot from this over two and a
half hour long film starring the
talented trio of Liam Neeson Andrew
Garfield and Adam driver the story
focuses on a group of Jesuit priests
that go on a mission to Japan but faced
opposition from the locals a passion
project that Scorsese had been
reportedly trying to adapt for the big
screen since the early 90s silence seems
to be a departure from his usual
stylized gangster films what’s the
difference
but that risky venture might pay off big
come Oscar time
just break through silence number four
loving aunt a minute up to DC yeah marry
you see about that based on the United
States Supreme Court decision Loving v
Virginia that struck down laws against
interracial marriage this historical
drama is already being considered an
important film that will resonate with
the Academy Richard Perry loving being a
white person and Mildred Jeter being a
colored person did unlawfully cohabitate
as man and wife director Jeff Nichols
the critical darling behind takes
shelter and Midnight Special leaves the
courtroom drama behind to present the
intimate and romantic relationship
between Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negus
characters
I don’t care what they do the film was
well received it can and could gain even
more momentum because of the current
political climate in the u.s. thanks to
the film’s ability to open up
conversations about race there anything
you’d like me to say to Supreme Court
justices of the United States yeah tell
the judge I’m looking on with number
three Manchester by the sea it was
between me and your father who would you
take my daddy screaming giant Amazon has
put a lot of money into this one to get
its first Oscar win and odds are
pointing in the company’s favor the film
was acquired by the online retailer
after a bidding war following its
Sundance premiere Casey Affleck and
Michelle Williams lead the movie and
their strong talk of nominations for
both why’d we ever have lunch
hmm us human the script written by the
film’s director Kenneth Lonergan sounds
especially strong since the story
focuses on applix character moving back
home after the death of his brother and
becoming the legal guardian of his
nephew Oh which part of you hadn’t come
along I can’t be the Guardian expect
this to be a tearjerker
and an emotional rollercoaster the
perfect combination to earn Oscar votes
you don’t want to be my guardian that’s
fine with me not that it’s just the
logistics all my friends are here I got
two girlfriends and I’m in a band
you’re a janitor and Quincy number two
moonlight Westers why is he looking at
me like this look what well you just
drove down here yeah earlier in 2016
this small indie flick seemed like a
long shot but a lot changed once it made
its way into more theaters based on the
play in moonlight black boys look blue
it follows the life of shyrone a young
black man growing up in the Miami
neighborhood of Liberty City director
Barry Jenkins took an interesting
approach breaking the movie into three
parts with shyrone being portrayed by
three different actors over the course
of his life the final result is brave
romantic and quite unlike any other
coming-of-age story we’ve seen
or some point you got to decide for
yourself who you go hey let nobody make
that decision it premiered at the
Telluride Film Festival in September
2016
and it’s been quietly creeping into the
critics best films of the year
conversation ever since
well you don’t stay the night man before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions what if you do
find home not even there and you should
keep searching I don’t have a choice
this is the captain brace for impact
what
you don’t think I’m strong enough I
don’t know if you’re cruel enough
powerful men don’t have to be cruel
number one lala land you could just
write your own roles you know write
something that’s as interesting as you
are does Hollywood love anything more
than movies about Hollywood
but seriously any pictures starring Ryan
Gosling and Emma Stone is sure to get
the buzz going they play to young people
trying to make it big as a jazz pianist
and an actress which puts a strain on
their romantic relationship how are you
gonna be a revolutionary if it’s such a
traditionalist you holding on to the
Past the chemistry between the two leads
is undeniable and many are predicting
and acting not for Emma who shines in
her performance that can happen every
time I think so meanwhile director
Damien Chazelle an Oscar nominee for his
2014 movie whiplash brought this lush
film to life by making it both a musical
and a throwback to the era of old
Hollywood glamour
do you agree with our list which movie
do you expect to win big they’re saying
you could go to prison I don’t know how
I’m gonna live with myself if I don’t
stay true to what I believe for more
award-worthy top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
and we get one
help me get one more
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