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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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“AFTER DREAMING”

THE STORY – In an Armenia after war, yet before peace, an itinerant well-digger is mistaken for an enemy and killed by villagers. Wanting...

“SAUNA”

“CACTUS PEARS”

“DREAMS”

Predict The 97th Academy Awards Contest

​The 97th Academy Awards are this Sunday. After reading and listening to our predictions, all that's left now is for you to tell us...

Predict The 97th Academy Awards Contest

​The 97th Academy Awards are this Sunday. After reading and listening to our predictions, all that's left now is for you to tell us...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Pre-2025 Oscar Thoughts & Feelings With The NBP Film Community

'Twas the night before Oscar, and over in Los Angeles, I'm having some last-minute thoughts and hesitations about my winner predictions for the 97th Academy...

The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Last Breath”

For this week's main podcast review, Sara Clements, Tom O'Brien, and I are here to discuss and review the latest film from Alex Parkinson, "Last Breath,"...

The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Last Breath” Director/Co-Writer Alex Parkinson

"Last Breath" is a survival thriller film based on a true story, directed and co-written by Alex Parkinson, about a group of deep-sea divers...
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The 2025 Cesar Award Winners

The Cesar Awards (France's Oscars) have announced their winners for the best in film for 2024. Here are this year's winners... Best Film “The Count of...

Trailers

Trailer – “The Actor”

NEON has released the trailer for Duke Johnson's "The Actor" starring André Holland, Gemma Chan, May Calamawy, Olwen Fouéré, Toby Jones, Simon McBurney, Joe...
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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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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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