Oscars: Feinberg on the State of the Race Now That All Contenders Have Screened for Pundits

Story by Scott Feinberg

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With the Oscars just 100 days away, Hollywood insider Scott Feinberg breaks down the state of the best picture race, pinpointing the frontrunners and dark horses vying for the coveted Academy Awards.

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There is no clear best picture frontrunner this year, unlike last year's Oppenheimer. Instead, six films are seen as near-locks for the 10 nomination slots, including Neon's Anora, A24's The Brutalist, and Netflix's Emilia Pérez - a unique Spanish-language musical about a Mexican cartel leader's gender transition.
Feinberg believes the directors branch will likely nominate several international filmmakers, including France's Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Switzerland's Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), and Germany's Edward Berger (Conclave), along with potential veteran nominees like Ridley Scott (Gladiator II) and Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two).

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Scott Feinberg, Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, Brady Corbet, Adrien Brody, Edward Berger, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Sean Penn, Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jim McKay, Sean McManus, Jon M. Chu, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Paul Mescal, Ridley Scott, Denis Villeneuve, Mohammad Rasoulof, Walter Salles, Tim Fehlbaum, Coralie Fargeat, Halina Rijn, Payal Kapadia, Sebastian Stan, Jude Law, Jesse Eisenberg, Daniel Craig, John David Washington, Richard Gere, Joaquin Phoenix, Angelina Jolie, Renée Zellweger, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Saoirse Ronan, Cynthia Erivo, Zendaya, Renate Reinsve, Pamela Anderson, Denzel Washington, Guy Pearce, Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong, Edward Norton, Zoe Saldaña, Felicity Jones, Danielle Deadwyler, Margaret Qualley, Leonie Benesch, Joan Chen, Monica Barbaro, Neon, A24, Focus, Netflix, Paramount, Universal, MUBI, Searchlight, Universal/DreamWorks, Disney/Pixar, Amazon/MGM, Janus/Sideshow, Apple, Sony Classics, Bleecker Street, Magnolia, Roadside, Vertical, Oscilloscope, Greenwich, Metrograph, Nat Geo, MTV, Level Ground, Warners, Picturehouse, SDG Releasing, Submarine, Disney, IFC, Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, September 5, Wicked, Sing Sing, Gladiator II, Dune: Part Two, The Substance, A Real Pain, A Complete Unknown, The Wild Robot, Inside Out 2, Nickel Boys, All We Imagine as Light, Blitz, I'm Still Here, The Room Next Door, Juror No. 2, Oppenheimer, Joker: Folie à Deux, Maria, Babygirl, Hard Truths, The Outrun, Challengers, Presumed Innocent, The Last Showgirl, Succession, The Apprentice, The Piano Lesson, Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fatal Attraction, Tár, Vice, Don't Look Up, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Triangle of Sadness, May December, Sugarcane, Daughters, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, Will & Harper, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Black Box Diaries, No Other Land, Porcelain War, Union, Queendom, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Piece by Piece, Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid, I Am: Celine Dion, Music by John Williams, ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!, Elton John: Never Too Late, Martha, The Bibi Files, Separated, War Game, Am I Racist?, Bad Faith, Zurawski v Texas, Invisible Nation, October H8te: The Fight for the Soul of America, Gonzo for Democracy, The Greatest Night in Pop, Jim Henson Idea Man, Girls State, Merchant Ivory, William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill, Happy Clothes: A Film about Patricia Field, Remembering Gene Wilder, Skywalkers: A Love Story, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Moana 2, Kung Fu Panda 4, Piece by Piece, The Lego Movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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