The 85th annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Starting tomorrow, check back daily as we predict the winner in every Oscar category. This year, 53 films received nominations in 24 categories, and with the exception of Chasing Ice, which I feel no compulsion to seek out, I’ve seen them all. Below, a ranked list, from best to worst, of those 52 films.
Zero Dark Thirty
5 Broken Cameras
Adam and Dog
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
The Master
Buzkashi Boys
The Gatekeepers
Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
Silver Linings Playbook
Life of Pi
Fresh Guacamole
No
How to Survive a Plague
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Open Heart
The Sessions
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Frankenweenie
Django Unchained
The Invisible War
Argo
Redemption
War Witch
ParaNorman
Flight
Anna Karenina
Inocente
Skyfall
Head Over Heel
Brave
Death of a Shadow
Mondays at Racine
Kings Point
Prometheus
Paperman
The Avengers
Amour
Asad
A Royal Affair
Searching for Sugar Man
Snow White and the Huntsman
Wreck-It Ralph
Kon-Tiki
Henry
Mirror Mirror
Ted
Curfew
The Impossible
Hitchcock
Les Misérables
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