For our August 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.
Moving to Stage 2
We have 10 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.
Nightbitch (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
The Imaginary (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
The Wild Robot (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Conclave (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Here (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Joker: Folie à Deux (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Alien: Romulus (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
A Real Pain (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
We Live in a Time (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Moving to Stage 3
There are a further two 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).
Deadpool & Wolverine (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Twisters (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 only four films that have arrived in Stage 4.
Fancy Dance (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
The Garfield Movie (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (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.
Eight films have moved into Stage 5 as of this update. They are below:
Suncoast (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
IF (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
The Bikeriders (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Handling the Undead (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Hit Man (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Kinds of Kindness (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
We Grown Now (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
With that, the number of films waiting at Stage 5 for precursors to begin is now NUMBER.
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 in Narrow will have twenty.
Best of Broad
1. (80.6 / 100) – Dune: Part Two (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (51.9 / 85) – Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (36.4 / 40) – Megalopolis (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (32.2 / 40) – Here (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (29.5 / 40) – Conclave (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (29.3 / 40) – Joker: Folie à Deux (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (26.2 / 40) – Lee (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (20 / 25) – Gladiator II (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (15 / 25) – Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (12.5 / 25) – Wicked (Stage 1 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. (59.7 / 100) – Drive-Away Dolls (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (56 / 100) – We Grown Now (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (47.9 / 100) – Handling the Undead (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (33.7 / 40) – Hard Truths (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (26.4 / 40) – We Live in a Time (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
11. (24.4 / 40) – White Bird (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
12. (19.3 / 40) – His Three Daughters (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
13. (18.7 / 40) – A Real Pain (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
14. (18.5 / 40) – The Substance (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
15. (17.5 / 25) – Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
16. (15 / 25) – Blitz (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
**. (15 / 25) – Juror #2 (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
18. (12.5 / 25) – A Complete Unknown (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
**. (12.5 / 25) – Maria (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
**. (12.5 / 25) – The Piano Lesson (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Best of Acting
. (12 / 30) – The Brutalist (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (6 / 30) – Emilia Pérez (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (15 / 30) – Small Things Like These (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (36.4 / 60) – Dìdi (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (31.9 / 60) – A Different Man (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (40.9 / 60) – Nightbitch (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (36.8 / 60) – Sing Sing (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (59.2 / 90) – Fancy Dance (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (56.3 / 100) – Bob Marley: One Love (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (60.3 / 100) – Shirley (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (68 / 100) – Suncoast (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
. (60 / 100) – Tuesday (Stage 5 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. (37.5 / 60) – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Best of Effects
1. (61.6 / 100) – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (60.2 / 100) – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (59.8 / 100) – Civil War (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (41.3 / 75) – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (40.2 / 75) – Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (36.4 / 65) – Deadpool & Wolverine (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (34.8 / 65) – Twisters (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (23 / 55) – Alien: Romulus (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (10 / 25) – Mufasa: The Lion King (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (7.5 / 25) – Kraven the Hunter (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Best of Animation
1. (57 / 100) – Kung Fu Panda 4 (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (56.5 / 85) – Inside Out 2 (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (55 / 100) – Mars Express (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (44.2 / 85) – Despicable Me 4 (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (41 / 85) – The Garfield Movie (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (28.6 / 50) – The Wild Robot (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (27.4 / 50) – The Imaginary (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (12 / 20) – Moana 2 (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (10 / 20) – The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (10 / 20) – Piece by Piece (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (10 / 20) – Transformers One (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Best of International
1. (2 / 20) – All We Imagine as Light (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (2 / 20) – Armand (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (2 / 20) – Black Dog (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (2 / 20) – Grand Tour (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
