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Officially the 2024 Oscar season is over... time to look ahead for next year's race!
Here are some noteworthy movies coming this year with potential Oscar buzz:
One Battle After Another
Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor play activists for civil rights who get involved with an anti-government group.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro
Highest 2 Lowest
Adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 crime thriller, High and Low.
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Denzel Washington, A$AP Rocky, Jeffrey Wright, Dean Winters
Frankenstein
Dr. Pretorius tracks down Frankenstein's monster, who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before, in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Ralph Ineson, Christoph Waltz, Jacob Elordi
Marty Supreme
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Director: Josh Safdie
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Sandra Bernhard, Odessa A'zion
The Smashing Machine
The story of mixed-martial arts and UFC champion Mark Kerr.
Director: Benny Safdie
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Whitney Moore
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Plot Unknown. Sequel of Avatar: The Way of Water
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Kate Winslet, Oona Chaplin, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver
Blue Moon
Tells the story of Lorenz Hart's struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!".
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott
The Phoenician Scheme
Dark tale of espionage following a strained father-daughter relationship within a family business. Twists revolve around betrayal and morally gray choices.
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bryan Cranston
The Life of Chuck
A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.
Director: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harvey Guillén, Karen Gillan
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
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
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Plot Unknown.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Jodie Comer, Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman
Materialists
Set against the vibrant backdrop of New York City, a city that never sleeps and is known for its diverse and dynamic relationships, “Materialists” provides a unique glimpse into the lives of the city’s elite. Lucy’s expertise in matchmaking is highly sought after by those willing to pay a premium for her services.
Director: Celine Song
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal
Caught Stealing
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
An imaginative tale of two strangers and the unbelievable journey that connects them.
Director: Kogonada
Cast: Colin Farrell, Margot Robbie, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Jay Kelly
Plot unknown.
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Adam Sandler, Eve Hewson, George Clooney, Laura Dern, Riley Keough
Wake Up Dead Man
Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet. Sequel to 'Glass Onion (2022)'.
Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Cailee Spaeny, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott
Bugonia
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Alicia Silverstone
The Lost Bus
Explores what went wrong in California's Camp Fire, the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, and how to prevent future tragedies, also including stories of a bus driver and school teacher who helped through a wildfire.
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez
Deliver Me from Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book.
Director: Scott Cooper
Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Stephen Graham, Gaby Hoffmann, Jeremy Strong
The Wedding Banquet
A gay man makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage for him, in exchange for in vitro fertilization treatments for her. Plans evolve as Min's grandmother surprises them with a Korean wedding banquet.
Director: Andrew Ahn
Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran
The Rivals of Amziah King
Kateri loses her mother, leaves foster care. Reunites with former foster parent Amziah who mentors her, revealing hidden skills. Faces devastating situation, relies on newfound strength to seek justice.
Director: Andrew Patterson
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Kurt Russell, Cole Sprouse, Rob Morgan
Mickey 17
Mickey 17, known as an "expendable," goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet.
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette
Wicked: For Good
Follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum
The Dutchman
A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a sexualized game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman on a subway that leads to a violent conclusion.
Director: Andre Gaines
Cast: Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, Aldis Hodge
The Ballad of a Small Player
When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.
Director: Edward Berger
Cast: Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton, Jason Tobin
The Bride!
In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale, John Magaro, Penélope Cruz
Opus
An iconic pop star returns after decades missing.
Director: Mark Anthony Green
Cast: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Amber Midthunder
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