Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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“WONKA”

THE STORY - The story of how Willy Wonka goes from a young adult selling chocolate in a small shop to an eccentric genius known...

“THE IRON CLAW”

THE STORY - The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who make history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the...
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“TO A LAND UNKNOWN”

THE STORY - A Palestinian refugee living on the fringes of society in Athens gets ripped off by a smuggler and sets out to seek...

Our Final 2025 Oscar Nomination Predictions

After months of deliberating, discussing and dissecting, the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced this Thursday morning, hosted by Rachel Sennott...

The 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival Lineup

The first major announcements for the SXSW Film & TV Festival lineup have been announced. SXSW 2025 will have 96 features in total, including...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 426 – Our Final Oscar Nomination Predictions & “The Ballad Of Wallis Island” Trailer

For Episode 426, Alyssa Christian, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks, Daniel Howat & Giovanni Lago join me for one of our most anticipated episodes every year: Our final Oscar...

The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Wolf Man”

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Cody Dericks & Giovanni Lago to review and discuss the latest film from Leigh Whannell, "Wolf Man"...

The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “The Brutalist” & “The Room Next Door” Star Alessandro Nivola

"The Brutalist" and "The Room Next Door" had their world premieres at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, where they received critical acclaim, with...
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The 2024 USC Scripter Award Nominations

The USC Scripter Nominations honoring the best in Adapted Screenplays and their source material for 2024 have been announced. The winners will be announced...

Trailers

Trailer – “Opus”

A24 has released the trailer for Mark Anthony Green's "Opus" starring Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Rosario Dawson, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder, Young...

Trailer – “Superman”

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The Lists

NBP Top 10 Best Films Of 2024 – Nadia Dalimonte

From body horror fables and an intimate tennis threesome to a gothic tale of obsession and a series of hard truths, 2024 was a...

NBP Top 10 Best Films Of 2024 – Tom O’Brien

It's been one of those years, a chaotic 12 months where we have seen significant changes in politics, culture, and even moviegoing habits. 2024...

NBP Top 10 Best Films Of 2024 – Ryan C. Showers

If you don't know me, I used to be on staff here at Next Best Picture. Looking back, I have some of my happiest...

NBP Top 10 Best Films Of 2024 – Cody Dericks

Like many film obsessives, I always feel as if I haven’t seen enough movies by the time the year ends. But with 2024, I...

NBP Top 10 Best Films Of 2024 – Dan Bayer

There was a lot of chatter in 2024 about how it was a lesser film year, largely due to the strikes that halted many...
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“INHERITANCE”

2023 PRECURSOR WINS

BEST PICTURE
Oppenheimer (15) – AFCC, CACF, CAPRI, DFCA, DFCS, GAFCA, GG, LVFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, NTFCA, UKFCA
Killers Of The Flower Moon (9) – AFCA, BOFCA, CFCA, COFCA, NBR, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, PFCS
Past Lives (6) – DFCC, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, NSFC, OAFFC, PCC, SFCS, UFCA
Poor Things (4) – GG, IFJA, PFCC, VENICE
American Fiction (3) – BFCC, TIFF, WAFCA
The Zone Of Interest (3) – AWFJ, LAFCA, TFCA
Anatomy Of A Fall (2) – CANNES, EFA
Barbie (2) – HCA, MMCG
The Holdovers (2) – BSFC, DFWFCA
All Of Us Strangers – BIFA
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. – SDFCS
The Boy And The Heron – FFCC
On The Adamant – BERLIN

BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan (24) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CACF, CAPRI, CFCA, DFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GAFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, LVFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, PFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA
Jonathan Glazer (5) – BSFC, LAFCA, NSFC, SFBAFCC, TFCA
Martin Scorsese (5) – COFCA, NBR, OFCC, SDFCS, SFCS
Greta Gerwig (3) – AWFJ, MMCG, OAFFC
Yorgos Lanthimos (3) – IFJA, PCC, PFCC
Celine Song (2) – DFCC, UFCA
Philippe Garrel – BERLIN
Matteo Garrone
– VENICE
Andrew Haigh – BIFA
Todd Haynes – FFCC
Tran Anh Hung
– CANNES
Cord Jefferson – BFCC
A.V. Rockwell – GOTHAM
Justine Triet – EFA

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone (26) – AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, DFCA, DFCC, DFWFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, NBR, NCFCA, NTFCA, NYFCC, OAFFC, OFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA
Emma Stone (16) – CACF, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, GG, IFJA, LAFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, NFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SFBAFCC, UFCA, WFCC
Sandra Hüller (5) – EFA, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCO, TFCA
Mia McKenna-Bruce – BIFA
Merve Dizdar – CANNES
Lily Gladstone – GOTHAM
Carey Mulligan – CAPRI
Sofia Otero – BERLIN
Margot Robbie – HCA
Cailee Spaeny – VENICE
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – BFCC

BEST ACTOR
Cillian Murphy (20) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CACF, DFCA, DFCC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GAFCA, GG, NCFCA, NYFCO, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA, WFCC
Paul Giamatti (10) – BSFC, CFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, MMCG, NBR, NTFCA, OAFFC, OFCC
Jeffrey Wright (6) – AWFJ, BFCC, MMCG, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS
Bradley Cooper (2) – LVFCS, NFCS
Franz Ragowski (2) – FFCC, NYFCC
Andrew Scott (2) – NSFC, UFCA
Colman Domingo – CAPRI
Mads Mikkelsen – EFA
Koji Yakusho – CANNES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (35) – AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CACF, CFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GAFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, LAFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, NBR, NCFCA, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, WAFCA, WFCC
Rachel McAdams (5) – DFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, SDFCS, UKFCA
Danielle Brooks – BFCC
Thea Ehre – BERLIN
Jodie Foster – COFCA
Julianne Moore – NFCS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr. (15) – AFCA, AFCC, CACF, DFWFCA, GAFCA, GG, LVFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC
Ryan Gosling (11) – AFCC, AWFJ, BSFC, DFCS, HCA, MMCG, OFCC, PFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, UKFCA
Charles Melton (11) – BOFCA, CFCA, DFCA, FFCC, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, OAFFC, SFCS, WAFCA
Mark Ruffalo (3) – IFJA, NBR, NYFCO
Sterling K. Brown – BFCC
Glenn Howerton – NTFCA
Paul Mescal – BIFA
Peter Sarsgaard – VENICE
Dominic Sessa – UFCA
Shaun Thomas – BIFA

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Oppenheimer (11) – AFCA, AFCC, BFCC, CACF, DFCA, GAFCA, GWNYFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA
American Fiction (7) – AWFJ, BFCC, HCA, LVFCS, OAFFC, SFBAFCC, WAFCA
Poor Things (5) – DFCS, FFCC, IFJA, NBR, PFCC
Killers Of The Flower Moon (4) – CFCA, OFCC, PFCS, TFCA
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (3) – COFCA, SDFCS, UFCA
All Of Us Strangers (2) – BIFA, LAFCA
Music – BERLIN
The Zone Of Interest – BSFC

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Holdovers (14) – BOFCA, BSFC, COFCA, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, NBR, NFCS, NTFCA, OFCC, PCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS
Past Lives (9) – AFCA, BFCC, FFCC, GWNYFCA, OAFFC, SFBAFCC, UFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA
Barbie (7) – AWFJ, DFCS, HCA, NCFCA, SDFCS, StLFCA, TFCA
Anatomy Of A Fall (6) – DFCC, EFA, GG, GOTHAM, MMCG, NYFCO
May December (5) – BOFCA, CFCA, DFCA, NSFC, NYFCC
El Conde – VENICE
Maestro – LVFCS
Monster
– CANNES

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