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Another Oscar night in the books. Now it's time to look ahead and see what's in store for next year's awards race.
Here are some noteworthy movies coming this year with potential Oscar buzz:
Dune: Part Two
A boy becomes the Messiah of nomads on a desert planet that has giant worms that protect a commodity called Spice. Spice changes people into travelers, mystics and madmen. What price will he pay to become the new ruler of their universe?
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista
Joker: Folie à Deux
Sequel to the film "Joker" from 2019.
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener, Ken Leung
Challengers
Follows three players who knew each other when they were teenagers as they compete in a tennis tournament to be the world-famous grand slam winner, and reignite old rivalries on and off the court.
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist
The Movie Critic
The story of an irreverent critic in 1970s California who reviews mainstream movies for a porno magazine called The Popstar Pages.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Brad Pitt, Paul Walter Hauser
The Outrun
Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Cast: Saoirse Ronan,Stephen Dillane, Nabil Elouahabi
Kinds of Kindness
Plot unknown
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer
Gladiator 2
Follows Lucius, the son of Maximus' love Lucilla, after Maximus' death.
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, May Calamawy
Megalopolis
An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Nathalie Emmanuel, Adam Driver, Kathryn Hunter, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito
Civil War
A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson
Blitz
Follow the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the British capital bombing in World War II.
Director: Steve McQueen
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Stephen Graham, Erin Kellyman, Benjamin Clémentine
Nosferatu
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Director: Robert Eggers
Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin
Here
Set in one single room, follows the many people who inhabit it over years and years, from the past to the future.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Kelly Reilly, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Michelle Dockery, Paul Bettany
Maria
Follows the life story of the world's greatest opera singer, Maria Callas, during her final days in 1970s Paris.
Director: Pablo Larraín
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Rebecka Johnston
Juror No. 2
Family man Justin Kemp who, while serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma...one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict-or free-the wrong killer.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Leslie Bibb, J.K. Simmons, Toni Collette, Chris Messina
The Bikeriders
Follows the rise of midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves from a place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group's way of life.
Director: Jeff Nichols
Cast: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus
Alto Knights
Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans who run two separate crime families in the mid-20th century. Genovese attempted to assassinate Costello in 1957, although Costello retired from the mob.
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Cosmo Jarvis, Robert De Niro, Debra Messing
Flint Strong
The story of Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan who trained to become the first woman in her country's history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.
Director: Rachel Morrison
Cast: Brian Tyree Henry, Amanda Barker, Ryan Destiny, Lanette Ware
The Piano Lesson
Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.
Director: Malcolm Washington
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Corey Hawkins, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler
A Complete Unknown
A young Bob Dylan shakes up the folk music scene when he plugs in his electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro
Wicked
After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event this holiday season.
Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh
Wolfs
Follows two lone wolf fixers who are assigned to the same job.
Director: Jon Watts
Cast: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Amy Ryan
Speak No Evil
Remake of Speak No Evil (2022). A family invited to spend a weekend in an idyllic country house, go from a dream vacation to a psychological nightmare.
Director: James Watkins
Cast: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.
Director: George Miller
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Charlee Fraser, Tom Burke, Nathan Jones
Oh Canada
Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman, Richard Gere, Michael Imperioli
Sing Sing
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
Director: Greg Kwedar
Cast: Colman Domingo, Sean Dino Johnson, Clarence Maclin
Conclave
A Cardinal tasked with running the election of a new Pope finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of the Church.
Director: Edward Berger
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow
The Amateur
Follows a CIA cryptographer, who manages to blackmail his agency into training him to let him go after a group of terrorist who killed his wife in London.
Director: James Hawes
Cast: Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Laurence Fishburne, Holt McCallany, Takehiro Hira
A Real Pain
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
Director: Jesse Eisenberg
Cast: Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Olha Bosova, Ellora Torchia
Queer
Lee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time jobs and GI Bill benefits. He driven to pursue a young man named Allerton, who is based on Adelbert Lewis Marker.
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Daniel Craig, Jason Schwartzman, Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville
Bird
Plot unknown
Director: Andrea Arnold
Cast: Barry Keoghan, James Nelson-Joyce, Franz Rogowski
Parthenope
Partenope is a woman who bears the name of her city. Is she a siren or a myth?
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Gary Oldman, Stefania Sandrelli, Luisa Ranieri
Perfect
American gymnast Kerri Strug tries to overcome a terrible injury in order to compete for a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics.
Director: Olivia Wilde
Cast: Mckenna Grace, Thomasin McKenzie
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