We’re just shy of a week away from the 87th annual Academy Awards, hosted by charmer of millions Neil Patrick Harris. Right up until the day before the big event, NPH lookalike Eric Henderson and myself are dispassionately diagnosing one category a day (you can read our predictions here). This year, 60 films received nominations across 24 categories, and with the exception of Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me, I’ve seen them all. And in what’s become an annual tradition, I’ve ranked the films, from the most euphoric to the most pungent.
Joanna
Mr. Turner
The Dam Keeper
Timbuktu
The Bigger Picture
Our Curse
Selma
Virunga
The Reaper
Boyhood
Beyond the Lights
Boogaloo and Graham
Me and My Moulton
Two Days, One Night
Song of the Sea
Butter Lamp
White Earth
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Citizenfour
Interstellar
American Sniper
Feast
Leviathan
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Birdman
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Into the Woods
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Big Hero 6
Ida
The Phone Call
Inherent Vice
X-Men: Days of Future Past
A Single Life
The Salt of the Earth
Wild
The Boxtrolls
Wild Tales
Parvaneh
Gone Girl
Maleficent
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Nightcrawler
The Theory of Everything
Aya
Begin Again
The Imitation Game
Crisis Hotline: Verans Press 1
The Lego Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Last Days in Vietnam
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Tangerines
The Judge
Unbroken
Finding Vivian Maier
Foxcatcher
Still Alice
Whiplash
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