Contenders: June Update

For our June 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 one film 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.

Kinds of Kindness (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Moving to Stage 3

There are a further four 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).

Ezra (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
We Grown Now (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 two films that have arrived in Stage 4.

Challengers (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
Civil War (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.

One film have moved into Stage 5 as of this update. They are below:

Dune: Part Two (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

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. (78 / 100) – Dune: Part Two (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (26.2 / 40) – Lee (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (23.8 / 40) – Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (22.5 / 25) – Megalopolis (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (20 / 25) – Gladiator 2 (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (15 / 25) – Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (17.5 / 25) – Conclave (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (17.5 / 25) – Joker: Folie à Deux (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (12.5 / 25) – Wicked (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (7.5 / 25) – The Nightingale (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
**. (7.5 / 25) – Nosferatu (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Narrow

1. (65.2 / 100) – Hit Man (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (59.7 / 100) – Drive-Away Dolls (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (56.1 / 85) – Challengers (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (34.2 / 55) – Ezra (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (31.9 / 40) – Kinds of Kindness (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (24.4 / 40) – White Bird (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
7. (23.3 / 40) – The Bikeriders (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (20.3 / 55) – We Grown Now (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (20 / 25) – Hard Truths (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
10. (17.5 / 25) – Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Acting

1. (60.3 / 100) – Shirley (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (54 / 100) – Bob Marley: One Love (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (39 / 60) – Fancy Dance (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (15 / 30) – Nightbitch (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
5. (12 / 30) – The Brutalist (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (9 / 30) – Dìdi (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (9 / 30) – Sing Sing (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Craft

1. (26.2 / 70) – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (18 / 30) – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Effects

1. (41.5 / 75) – Civil War (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (40.6 / 75) – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (29 / 65) – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Stage 3 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (10 / 25) – Deadpool & Wolverine (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (10 / 25) – Mufasa: The Lion King (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (7.5 / 25) – Kraven the Hunter (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (7.5 / 25) – Twisters (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (5 / 25) – Alien: Romulus (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)

Best of Animation

1. (45.8 / 85) – Kung Fu Panda 4 (Stage 4 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
2. (18.9 / 50) – Mars Express (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
3. (12 / 20) – Inside Out 2 (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (12 / 20) – Moana 2 (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
4. (10 / 20) – The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (10 / 20) – Transformers One (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
6. (8 / 20) – Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
*. (8 / 20) – The Wild Robot (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
8. (6 / 20) – Despicable Me 4 (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)
9. (4 / 20) – The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Stage 1 of 5; Pending Eligibility)