Oscar movies to watch for in 2016
Before and after we watch the 88th Academy Awards on February 28. Let us see what new films in 2016 may be worthy for next year's Academy Awards race. Post any movie in the comments and I will put it on this list. Rows 1-26: Picture to Acting Rows 27-36: Animated Feature Rows 37-50: Visual and Annual
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- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.Whiplash's Damien Chazelle directs his first musical film that looks like an original musical film idea that could get a nomination for Best Original Song.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.Newcomer famous film maker Denis Villeneuve makes a instating alien invasion movie with Amy Adams and Forest Whithker could be his fourth Academy Award nominated film for it's visual effects to cinematography if he can work good with producer Shawn Levy on this film.
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsMichael KeatonNick OffermanJohn Carroll LynchThe story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.John Lee Hancock of The Blind Side and Saving Mr. Banks makes a promising biography film of the founder and foundation of the biggest fast food company McDonalds that could get some nominations for picture, original screenplay and actor for Michael Keaton and maybe could win it if he can make a great performance playing McDonald's founder Ray Kroc.
- DirectorMorten TyldumStarsJennifer LawrenceChris PrattMichael SheenA malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.The Imitation Game's Morten Tyldum makes his first American film of two passengers who have waking up in a spacecraft filled with lots of people asleep in the capsules and have a hard time waking up due to the ship's malfunction when going in a meteor field has got my eyes for Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Acting for Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence and Laurence Fishburne and of course Visual Effects due to it been a movie in a spaceship. Let's hope Morten Tyldum can make it a great original sci-fi film with producer Neal H. Moritz if they can work together on it.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsTom HanksAaron EckhartLaura LinneyWhen pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.Clint Eastwood is back to direct another bio film where Tom Hanks plays Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger who save passengers of a crash airplane. That can get a nomination for Best Picture, Screenplay and maybe Acting for Tom Hanks.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsMark RylanceRuby BarnhillPenelope WiltonAn orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.Steven Spielberg re-teams up with E.T. script writer Melissa Mathison on her now final film of a movie based on a classic Roald Dahl story of the Big Friendly Giant making friends with a little girl and how they save the children of the world from monstrous giants could get some attention for Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Score and maybe visual effects if the giants won't be ugly like and horribly made like the Michael Bay Ninja Turtles.
- DirectorDerek CianfranceStarsMichael FassbenderAlicia VikanderRachel WeiszA lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
- DirectorJonathan JakubowiczStarsEdgar RamírezUsherRobert De NiroThe legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.A boxing movie about a boxer and his trainer, could get Robert De Niro a nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- DirectorAntonio CamposStarsRebecca HallMichael C. HallTracy LettsThe story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.An original movie of the story of 1970's reporter Christine Chubbuck could get Rebecca Hall nominated for that role.
- DirectorMike MillsStarsAnnette BeningElle FanningGreta GerwigThe story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.
- DirectorDon CheadleStarsDon CheadleEmayatzy CorinealdiEwan McGregorAn exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.Don Cheadle directs a original movie of the life, times and music of Miles Davis that could get Don Cheadle and his co-writers nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
- DirectorWarren BeattyStarsLily CollinsHaley BennettTaissa FarmigaThe unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.Warren Beatty finally returns to his director chair after many long breaks and years to direct a actress' romance between her driver and the famous legend Howard Hughes could make a surprise for the nominations for this year's Oscars if Warren can get his directing style back from the ground.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsMeryl StreepHugh GrantSimon HelbergThe story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.Meryl Streep could get yet a another nomination for Best Actress playing famous opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins from the director of The Queen and Philomena.
- DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsCasey AffleckMichelle WilliamsKyle ChandlerA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
- DirectorDavid FrankelStarsWill SmithEdward NortonKate WinsletRetreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time, and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
- DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsMahershala AliNaomie HarrisTrevante RhodesA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsRuth NeggaJoel EdgertonWill DaltonThe story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
- DirectorDenzel WashingtonStarsDenzel WashingtonViola DavisStephen McKinley HendersonA working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsBlake JennerTyler HoechlinRyan GuzmanIn 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
- DirectorGarth DavisStarsDev PatelNicole KidmanRooney MaraA five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBrad PittMarion CotillardJared HarrisIn 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsJesse EisenbergKristen StewartSteve CarellIn the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man.
- DirectorNate ParkerStarsNate ParkerArmie HammerPenelope Ann MillerNat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.This Sundance Film Festival hit film of a famous slave revolution in 1831 might get some Oscar attention for Best Picture and Director. If it gets more good reviews and if the Academy get's it nominated after that stupid Oscar Diversity problem said by those dumbass people from Oscars are so White Tumbler page.
- DirectorTate TaylorStarsEmily BluntHaley BennettRebecca FergusonA divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAndrew GarfieldAdam DriverLiam NeesonIn the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.Martin Scorsese returns to film to direct a promising film of Two Jesuit priests trying to survive in Japan while finding their mentor and bring Christianity can be worth some nominations for Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay and maybe some Acting for Adam Driver and Andrew Garfield.
- DirectorTom FordStarsAmy AdamsJake GyllenhaalMichael ShannonA wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale.A Single Man's Tom Ford directs his second movie based on the book Tony and Susan about a man's family vacation turns violent and dangerous when the wife's ex-husband comes back after she left him for 20 years before could get some acting nominations for Jake Gyllenhaal, Armie Hammer and Amy Adams.
- DirectorAndrew StantonAngus MacLaneStarsEllen DeGeneresAlbert BrooksEd O'NeillFriendly but forgetful blue tang Dory begins a search for her long-lost parents and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.A squeal to the 2003 animated hit Finding Nemo could get nominated for Best Animated Feature if Pixar can recover after The Good Dinosaur's failure.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerDon HallStarsAuli'i CravalhoDwayne JohnsonRachel HouseIn ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.A Disney animated musical about old New Zealand featuring the voice of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and directed by animated feature Oscar legends Ron Clements and John Musker can get some nominations for Best Animated Feature and Original Song if it can be good.
- DirectorTravis KnightStarsCharlize TheronArt ParkinsonMatthew McConaugheyA young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.Laika makes it's 5th film about a boy in ancient Japan battling spirits and demons that pays tribute to those classic anime shows set in ancient Japan may get nominated for Best Animated Feature if this won't be more weaker than The Boxtrolls.
- DirectorAlessandro CarloniJennifer Yuh NelsonStarsJack BlackBryan CranstonDustin HoffmanContinuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to home.Po is back in the third Kung Fu Panda movie of him not only meeting his long lost father, but training his people kung fu to battle a ancient evil that has awaken is in a lock for a Best Animated Feature nomination if there is not an animated feature that can beat it in reviews.
- DirectorMark OsborneStarsJeff BridgesMackenzie FoyRachel McAdamsA little girl lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of the Little Prince.Mark Osborne of the first Kung Fu Panda makes his second animated film that is probably his best of the story of the little prince might get this film a lock for the Best Animated Feature nomination.
- DirectorJean-Loup FelicioliAlain GagnolStarsEdouard BaerJean-Pierre MarielleAudrey TautouA super-powered boy helps a wheelchair-bound policeman in his attempt to bring down a mob kingpin.The creators of A Cat in Paris team up once again with famous company GKIDS to tell a tale of a hospital boy with a super power teaming up with a injured cop to stop a madman in New York City is in my lock for a nomination for Best Animated Feature.
- DirectorKeiichi HaraStephanie ShehMichael SinterniklaasStarsYutaka MatsushigeAnne WatanabeErica LindbeckThe life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.Production I.G could be the fourth major anime studio to be nominated for an Academy Award for a interesting bio film where Hayao Miyazkai's films meet Mr. Turner could make a surprising nomination at the 89th Academy Awards seeing how anime films have gotten nominated back to back these years.
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitStarsEmmanuel GarijoTom HudsonBaptiste GoyA man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a big red turtle, which changes his life.This France animated film co-produced by Studio Ghibli could get nominated for it's dialogue free, Studio Ghibli co-making it (seeing how their previous films were nominated for Best Animated Fetaure in three years back to back) and if it has a limited LA and NY release for this Oscar season.
- DirectorConrad VernonGreg TiernanStarsSeth RogenKristen WiigJonah HillA sausage leads a group of supermarket products on a journey to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they are picked off the shelf.Early reviews for this animated film that is being declared the first R-Rated CGI animated film are great. Lets hope that it can get a nomination for Best Animated Feature or maybe song if there is one or others by the legendary Alan Menken.
- DirectorByron HowardRich MooreJared BushStarsGinnifer GoodwinJason BatemanIdris ElbaIn a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.Early reviews for Zootopia are great, which means that this film has a hard lock for the Best Animated Feature nomination due to also it has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsChris EvansRobert Downey Jr.Scarlett JohanssonPolitical involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.This new Captain America movie looks shocking and better than the first film and The Winter Solider. Lets hope it gets great reviews so it can be a lock for Best Visual Effects, because the visual effects look awesome and great.
- DirectorDavid AyerStarsWill SmithJared LetoMargot RobbieA secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.The only DC Comics film that I am looking forward for (Batman vs. Superman is going to suck by the way) because any movie with The Joker in it can be a good film. Lets hope it can get some good reviews for a lock on it's interesting make up effects of The Joker, Harley Quinn, Enchantress, Killer Croc and El Diablo.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceIn the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world.Finally a X-Men movie that shows one of the greatest Marvel villains ever is made. Let's hope it gets great reviews so this can be the second X-Men movie nominated for an Academy Award.
- DirectorTim MillerStarsRyan ReynoldsMorena BaccarinT.J. MillerA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.Being declared one of the greatest comic book movies of all time and the highest grossing R-Rated comic book movie (which is both a good and bad thing). This comic book movie could get some nominations for Make-Up and maybe visual effects if it makes it to the final round.
- DirectorGarth JenningsChristophe LourdeletStarsMatthew McConaugheyReese WitherspoonSeth MacFarlaneIn a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.The second Illumination Entertainment animated film to come out this year about a showman Koala trying to save his childhood theater by hosting a musical contest. Might be worthy for Best Original Song if their will ever be one or two in here despite it having songs from the 1940's to present day.
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsFerdia Walsh-PeeloAidan GillenMaria Doyle KennedyA young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention.John Carney of original music films like Once and Begin Again is making a original musical film set in Ireland of the 1980's is deferentially worthy of a Best Original Song nomination if it can keep it's good reviews and get some more.
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsJosh BrolinGeorge ClooneyAlden EhrenreichA Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.
- DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsFelicity JonesDiego LunaAlan TudykIn a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.A Star Wars film that takes place between Episode III and Episode IV about Rebels stealing plans to the Death Star and how they gave them to Princess Leia could get a lock for a nomination on it's visual effects, but mostly it's sound and music score by Alexander Deslpat (AKA the next John Williams) if this film will get great reviews and have that old Star Wars magic in it.
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsEddie RedmayneKatherine WaterstonAlison SudolIn 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.The world of Harry Potter is back in a prequel/spin off that could get some Oscar attention for its costumes, production design and maybe effects. If this can be good as the other Harry Potter films.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergKurt RussellDouglas M. GriffinA dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsEva GreenAsa ButterfieldSamuel L. JacksonWhen Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.
- DirectorShane BlackStarsRussell CroweRyan GoslingAngourie RiceIn 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsMatt DamonTommy Lee JonesAlicia VikanderThe CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.
- DirectorJustin LinStarsChris PineZachary QuintoKarl UrbanThe crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.While the first trailer for this new Star Trek film was bad, the new ones showed us that this film could get nominated for it's make up if this film or the make up will be any good.