For our November update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders.

Before we get to that, please note that I have also removed four films from this year’s contenders list as it does not appear they will be releasing this year. Those films are The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol, The Life of Chuck, Magazine Dreams, and The Damned.

Moving to Stage 2

We have no films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of their background information set. Just click on the links below to see their pages. What is most often missing at this stage is information on distribution, MPAA ratings, and length. Rarely, the missing information is credited individuals, such as composers, editors, and cinematographers.

Moving to Stage 3

There are a further seven films that have moved on to Stage 3. This means their theatrical releases have already closed or a contender has been released wide (none of these films).

The Outrun (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Piece by Piece (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Here (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Joker: Folie à Deux (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
The Apprentice (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
The Substance (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
White Bird (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Moving to Stage 4

If a film has surpassed a month in release, it is eligible for a move to Stage 4, but must first have already completed Stage 3 as well, so a lot of films stay in Stage 3 for a relatively long period of time while others move to Stage 4 rather quickly. We have seven films that have arrived in Stage 4.

A Different Man (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Transformers One (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
The Wild Robot (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Lee (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Girls Will Be Girls (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
In the Summers (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
It Ends with Us (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Moving to Stage 5

Stage 5 is the final stage before the critics, guilds, and other organizations start handing out awards. This will be the final stage all of our films will reach prior to December (at the earliest). This means they have fully completed their box office runs.

Seven films have moved into Stage 5 as of this update. They are below:

Sing Sing (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Despicable Me 4 (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Inside Out 2 (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Megalopolis (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Alien: Romulus (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Twisters (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
His Three Daughters (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

With that, the number of films waiting at Stage 5 for precursors to begin is now 35.

And those are the films that are moving to new stages. Now, let’s look at the top ranked films in each of the five stages. We’ll look primarily at the top ten at most stages. Those with fewer than ten will have all titles listed while stage stage 5 will have twenty.

Best of Broad

1. (80.6 / 100) – Dune: Part Two (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (66.6 / 100) – Megalopolis (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (60.9 / 100) – Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (54.5 / 85) – Lee (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (41.3 / 55) – Joker: Folie à Deux (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (41.2 / 55) – Here (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (29.5 / 40) – Conclave (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (26.8 / 40) – Gladiator II (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (22.3 / 40) – Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (17.2 / 40) – Wicked (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Narrow

1. (79.6 / 100) – Kinds of Kindness (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (71.9 / 100) – Hit Man (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (70.1 / 100) – Challengers (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (64.7 / 100) – Ezra (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (64 / 100) – The Bikeriders (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (63.5 / 100) – Longlegs (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (63.4 / 100) – His Three Daughters (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (59.7 / 100) – Drive-Away Dolls (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (56 / 100) – We Grown Now (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (48.3 / 85) – In the Summers (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
11. (47.9 / 100) – Handling the Undead (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
12. (45 / 85) – Girls Will Be Girls (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
13. (39.6 / 85) – It Ends with Us (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
14. (35.6 / 40) – The Room Next Door (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
15. (34.4 / 55) – White Bird (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
16. (33.7 / 40) – Hard Truths (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
17. (33.3 / 55) – The Apprentice (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
18. (28.9 / 40) – Saturday Night (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
19. (28.7 / 40) – Blitz (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
20. (28.5 / 55) – The Substance (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Acting

1. (68 / 100) – Suncoast (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (67.3 / 100) – Dìdi (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (66.8 / 100) – Sing Sing (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (66.5 / 100) – Fancy Dance (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (62.4 / 100) – Tuesday (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (60.3 / 100) – Shirley (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (56.3 / 100) – Bob Marley: One Love (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (56.3 / 75) – The Outrun (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (53.6 / 90) – A Different Man (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (51.2 / 90) – The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Craft

1. (66.9 / 100) – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (65.5 / 100) – IF (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (55.3 / 85) – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Effects

1. (64.6 / 100) – Twisters (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (61.6 / 100) – Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (61.6 / 100) – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (61.1 / 100) – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (60.2 / 100) – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (59.8 / 100) – Civil War (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (57.3 / 100) – Alien: Romulus (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (43.1 / 75) – Deadpool & Wolverine (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (17.5 / 55) – Mufasa: The Lion King (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (17.3 / 55) – Kraven the Hunter (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Animation

1. (68.4 / 100) – Inside Out 2 (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (63.3 / 100) – The Imaginary (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (59.2 / 85) – The Wild Robot (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (58 / 100) – Mars Express (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (57 / 100) – Kung Fu Panda 4 (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (55.4 / 100) – Despicable Me 4 (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (52.1 / 100) – The Garfield Movie (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (52 / 85) – Transformers One (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (41.2 / 60) – Piece by Piece (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (35 / 50) – Memoir of a Snail (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of International

1. (30.5 / 50) – Armand (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (24.1 / 50) – Grand Tour (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (23.8 / 50) – All We Imagine as Light (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (23.8 / 50) – Black Dog (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)