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While of course not all of these will be BP contenders, they are the
releases that are most likely to end up on critic and audience top tens
at the end of the year.
Bold are my guesses for the films that
will get the most attention.
Strike indicates a movie out of
major contention due to low critical acclaim or other eliminating factors. These
titles will not be included on the Tracker page, but they may be in
contention for smaller awards, so they are included here. (Note that documentary
and most foreign titles are not included.)
ALL CAPS = Contender for an individual nomination
* = likely critical darling
+ = likely audience favorite > = likely animated
nominee
Release dates are per
multiple sources (MSN Movies, IMDB, BOM, studio sites) and are subject to
change. More links will be added to these entries as they
become available. Please contact if there's a film that doesn't appear here that
you think ought to.
Dates and info updated 1/18
| Date |
Title (MSN Movies) |
Studio |
Director |
Cast |
|
March |
| 7 |
The Bank Job |
Lions |
|
Statham |
|
|
Miss Pettigrew |
Focus |
|
McDormand, Adams |
|
|
Paranoid Park |
IFC |
|
|
|
14 |
Funny Games |
WIP |
|
Watts |
|
|
Sleepwalking |
Overture |
|
|
|
21 |
Love Songs |
IFC |
|
|
|
28 |
Stop-Loss |
Para |
|
Phillippe |
|
|
Chapter 27 |
Peace Arch |
|
Leto |
|
April |
|
4 |
Leatherheads |
Uni |
|
Clooney, Zellwegger |
|
|
Red Balloon |
IFC |
|
|
|
11 |
Smart People |
Mira |
|
Quaid, Page |
|
|
The Visitor |
Overture |
|
|
|
|
Young @Heart (Doco) |
Fox S |
|
|
|
18 |
Glass (Doco) |
|
|
|
|
|
Where in the World is... (Doco) |
Weinco |
Spurlock |
|
|
May |
|
2 |
Iron Man |
Para |
Favreau |
Downey, Jr., Howard, Paltrow, Bridges |
|
|
Fugitive Pieces |
SGF |
|
|
|
9 |
Speed Racer |
Warner |
|
|
|
|
The Fall |
Roadside |
|
|
|
16 |
Prince Caspian |
BV |
|
|
|
23 |
Indy 4 |
Para |
|
Ford, Blanchett, LaBoeuf |
|
|
Children of Huang Shi |
Sony C |
|
|
|
30 |
SATC Movie |
Warner |
|
|
|
|
Savage Grace |
|
|
Moore |
|
June |
|
6 |
Kung Fu Panda |
Para |
|
|
|
|
Mongol |
Phouse |
|
|
|
13 |
Incredible Hulk |
Uni |
|
Norton |
|
20 |
Get Smart |
Warner |
|
Carrell, Hathaway |
|
|
Brick Lane |
Sony C |
|
|
|
27 |
Wall-E |
BV |
|
|
|
|
Wanted |
Uni |
|
Jolie, McAvoy |
|
July |
|
2 |
Hancock |
Sony |
|
Smith, Theron |
|
4 |
Diminished Capacity |
IFC |
|
Broderick, Alda |
|
|
Gonzo |
Magnolia |
|
|
|
11 |
Hellboy II |
Uni |
Del Toro |
|
|
18 |
The Dark Knight |
Warner |
|
Bale, Ledger, Gyllenhaal |
|
|
Mamma Mia |
Uni |
|
Streep |
|
|
Transsiberian |
First Look |
|
|
|
25 |
The X-Files |
Fox |
|
|
|
|
American Teen (Doco) |
Para V |
|
|
|
|
Brideshead Revisited |
Mira |
|
|
|
August |
|
1 |
The Mummy 3 |
Uni |
|
|
|
|
Swing Vote |
BV |
|
|
|
|
Frozen River |
Sony C |
|
|
|
8 |
Bottle Shock |
Freestyle |
|
|
|
15 |
Tropic Thunder |
Para |
|
|
|
|
Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
MGM/Weinco |
Allen |
|
|
|
Fly Me to the Moon |
Summit |
|
|
|
|
Henry Poole |
Overture |
|
|
|
22 |
Hamlet 2 |
Focus |
|
|
|
September |
|
12 |
Burn After Reading |
Focus |
Coens |
|
|
|
Righteous Kill |
Overture |
|
|
|
|
Towelhead |
WIP |
|
|
|
19 |
Ghost Town |
Para |
|
|
|
|
Igor |
MGM |
|
|
|
|
Appaloosa |
Warner |
Harris |
Harris, Mortensen, Zellwegger, Irons |
|
|
Battle in Seattle |
Redwd Palms |
|
|
|
|
The Duchess |
Para V |
|
Knightley |
|
|
Hounddog |
Empire |
|
|
|
26 |
Miracle at St. Anna |
BV |
Lee |
|
|
|
Nights in Rodanthe |
Warner |
|
|
|
|
Choke |
Fox S |
|
|
|
|
Humboldt COunty |
Magnolia |
|
|
|
October |
|
3 |
Blindness |
Mira |
|
|
|
|
Nick and Norah's |
Sony |
|
|
|
|
Rachel Getting Married |
Sony C |
|
Hathaway |
|
|
Religulous (Doco) |
Lions |
|
|
|
10 |
Body of Lies |
Warner |
|
DiCaprio, Crowe |
|
|
Happy Go Lucky |
Mira |
|
|
|
|
Rock N Rolla |
Warner |
|
|
|
17 |
The Secret Life of Bees |
Fox S |
|
|
|
|
W |
LIons |
Stone |
Brolin, Banks |
|
|
Filth and Wisdom |
IFC |
|
|
|
|
What Just Happened? |
Magnolia |
|
|
|
24 |
HSM3 |
BV |
|
|
|
|
Changeling |
Uni |
Eastwood |
Jolie |
|
|
Pride and Glory |
Warner |
|
|
|
|
I've Loved You So Long |
Magnolia |
|
|
|
|
Synecdoche, NY |
Sony C |
|
|
|
November |
|
7 |
Boy in the Striped PJs |
Mira |
|
|
|
|
Repo |
Lions |
|
|
|
14 |
Quantum of Solace |
Sony |
|
|
|
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox S |
Boyle |
|
|
21 |
Bolt |
BV |
|
|
|
|
Twilght |
Summit |
|
|
|
26 |
Australia |
Fox |
|
|
|
|
Milk |
Focus |
|
|
|
December |
|
5 |
Cadillac Records |
Sony |
|
|
|
|
Frost/Nixon |
Uni |
|
|
|
12 |
Day the Earth Stood Still |
Fox |
|
|
|
|
Che |
IFC |
|
|
|
|
Doubt |
Mira |
|
|
|
|
Gran Torino |
Warner |
|
|
|
|
The Reader |
WeinCo |
|
|
|
19 |
Seven Pounds |
Sony |
|
|
|
|
Tale of Despereaux |
Uni |
|
|
|
|
The Wrestler |
Fox S |
|
|
|
25 |
Benjamin Button |
Para |
|
|
|
|
The Spirit |
Lions |
|
|
|
|
Valkyrie |
UA |
|
|
|
|
Last Chance Harvey |
Overture |
|
|
|
|
Revolutionary Road |
Para V |
|
|
|
|
Waltz with Bashir |
Sony C |
|
|
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TBA |
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