Catch Up on the 2017/2018 Award Contenders!

AND THE WINNER IS...

See this year's most acclaimed movies on the big screen and then get ready for the big night by clicking here to get your ballot to fill out at home.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

"Anger is an energy in Martin McDonagh’s brilliant “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” one of the best films of the year." (RogerEbert.com)


Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role (Frances McDormand), Actor in a Supporting Role (Woody Harrelson), Actor in a Supporting Role (Sam Rockwell) and Original Screenplay.

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Screenplay (Martin McDonagh), Best Performance by an Actress (Frances McDormand), and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Sam Rockwell).

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD WINNER for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Frances McDormand), Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Sam Rockwell).

Additional Golden Globe nominations for Best Director (Martin McDonagh) and Best Original Score (Carter Burwell).

Additional Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Woody Harrelson).

The Shape of Water

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An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.

"The Shape of Water" is a wonder to behold." (The LA Times)


Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role (Sally Hawkins), Actress in a Supporting Role (Octavia Spencer), Actor in a Supporting Role (Richard Jenkins), Director (Guillermo del Toro) and Original Screenplay.

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER for Best Director (Guillermo del Toro) and Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat).

Additional Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Performance by an Actress (Sally Hawkins), Best Performance by an Actor (Richard Jenkins), Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Octavia Spencer), and Best Screenplay (Guillermo del Toro).

Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Sally Hawkins), and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Richard Jenkins).

The Post

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Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers - and their very freedom - to help bring long-buried truths to light.

"Nobody needs to be reminded that history tends to go in circles, but The Post is so vital because it captures the ecstasy of trying to break the chain and bend things towards justice; defending the fundamental tenets of the Constitution hasn’t been this much fun since Hamilton." (IndieWire)


Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Actress in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep).

Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Best Screenplay (Liz Hannah, Josh Singer), Best Performance by an Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Performance by an Actress (Meryl Streep) and Best Original Score (John Williams).

The Florida Project

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Set over one summer, the film follows precocious 6-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.

"An absolute firecracker of charisma and kinetic charm, [Brooklynn Kimberly] Prince has a better grasp of her character than most experienced grown-up actors do in big-budget blockbusters." (The Atlantic)


Academy Award nomination for Actor in a Supporting Role (Willem Dafoe).

Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Willem Dafoe).

Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Willem Dafoe).

Lady Bird

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The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year.

"In her directorial debut, Gerwig has crafted a film ... which tackles issues of youth, class, and sex for which there are no easy answers. Lady Bird is one of the best of the year." (Pajiba)


Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role (Saoirse Ronan), Actress in a Supporting Role (Laurie Metcalf), Director (Greta Gerwig) and Original Screenplay.

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and Best Performance by an Actress (Saoirse Ronan).

Additional Golden Globe nominations for Best Screenplay (Greta Gerwig) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Laurie Metcalf).

Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Cast, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Laurie Metcalf), and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Saoirse Ronan).

The Disaster Artist

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With THE DISASTER ARTIST, James Franco transforms the tragicomic true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau—an artist whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionable—into a celebration of friendship, artistic expression, and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds. Based on Greg Sestero’s best-selling tell-all about the making of Tommy's cult-classic disasterpiece The Room (“The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made”), The Disaster Artist is a hilarious and welcome reminder that there is more than one way to become a legend—and no limit to what you can achieve when you have absolutely no idea what you're doing.

"The story of how the enigmatic writer-director-star Tommy Wiseau came to make The Room is certainly a farcical tale, but for all his blundering ineptitudes, he is treated here with remarkable respect." (Empire)


Academy Award nomination for Adapted Screenplay.

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER for Best Performance by an Actor (James Franco).

Additional Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.

Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (James Franco ).

I, Tonya

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Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises among the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

"It’s a serious blast, with a plot that zigs and zags (but only because it sticks, within reason, to the facts), and a cast of characters who are so eccentrically scuzzy that maybe no one could have dreamed them up." (Variety)


Academy Award nominations for Actress in a Leading Role (Margot Robbie) and Actress in a Supporting Role (Allison Janney).

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Allison Janney).

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD WINNER for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Allison Janney).

Additional Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Allison Janney) and Best Performance by an Actress (Margot Robbie).

Additional Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Margot Robbie).

Molly's Game

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MOLLY’S GAME is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned that there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led us to believe.

"Sorkin’s script is a structural marvel, intermingling Molly’s backstory and its aftermath, but with carefully considered in-points, out-points, and connecting hinges." (Flavorwire)


Academy Award nomination for Adapted Screenplay.

Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actress (Jessica Chastain) and Best Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin).

Call Me By Your Name

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Summer of 1983, Northern Italy. An American-Italian is enamored by an American student who comes to study and live with his family. Together they share an unforgettable summer full of music, food, and romance that will forever change them.

"[O]ne of the best this year." (FSR)


Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (Timothée Chalamet), Original Song ("Mystery of Love") and Adapted Screenplay.

Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Performance by an Actor (Timothée Chalamet) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Armie Hammer).

Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Timothée Chalamet).

Mudbound

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Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

"This awards season, everyone should be talking about Mudbound. An American masterpiece from filmmaker Dee Rees, the Netflix film is gorgeously shot by cinematographer Rachel Morrison, has an evocative score from Tamar-Kali Brown, and boasts a fantastic ensemble...." (Pajiba)


Academy Award nominations for Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary J. Blige), Original Song ("Mighty River") and Adapted Screenplay.

Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary J. Blige) and Best Original Song ("Mighty River").

Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Mary J. Blige) and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Coco

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Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector (voice of Gael García Bernal), and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

"Pixar’s latest is up there with Inside Out among the studio’s best features in years—less complex than Pete Docter’s 2015 film, but perhaps a tad more emotionally resonant." (The Atlantic)


Academy Award nominations for Animated Film and Original Song ("Remember Me").

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER for Best Motion Picture - Animated.

Additional Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song ("Remember Me").

Darkest Hour

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Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.

"[Gary Oldman] is having fun, playing the part in every sense. And his blustery, blubbery charm, backed as it is by a sly and acute intelligence, is hard to resist." (The New York Times)


Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Actor in a Leading Role (Gary Oldman).

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Gary Oldman).

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD WINNER for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Gary Oldman).

The Greatest Showman

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ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother Gail (Michelle Williams) to convince his billionaire grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son’s captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son’s life in the balance, Gail and Getty’s advisor (Mark Wahlberg) become unlikely allies in the race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of love over money.

"Plummer gives Getty an avuncular twinkle and a hint of vulnerability." (BBC.com)


Academy Award nomination for Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Plummer).

Golden Globe nominations Best Performance by an Actress (Michelle Williams), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Plummer) and Best Director (Ridley Scott).

Phantom Thread

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Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.

"If it is true, as Day-Lewis has declared, that “Phantom Thread” will be his final movie, we will miss him when he retires from the game that he has crowned. He is the Federer of film." (The New Yorker)


Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Actress in a Supporting Role (Lesley Manville) and Director (Paul Thomas Anderson).

Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor (Daniel Day Lewis) and Best Original Score.

All the Money in the World

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ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother Gail (Michelle Williams) to convince his billionaire grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son’s captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son’s life in the balance, Gail and Getty’s advisor (Mark Wahlberg) become unlikely allies in the race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of love over money.

"Plummer gives Getty an avuncular twinkle and a hint of vulnerability." (BBC.com)


Academy Award nomination for Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Plummer).

Golden Globe nominations Best Performance by an Actress (Michelle Williams), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Plummer) and Best Director (Ridley Scott).