Predicting the Oscars is a serious business — some experts make six-figures blogging about the possible winners. It is perhaps no surprise then that film writers have already turned their attention to the competitors of next year's Academy Awards, despite the fact that most of the movies haven't even been seen yet, or are maybe not even finished.
This is what to keep your eyes on, according to The Hollywood Reporter:
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Ang Lee's follow up to 2012's Life of Pi, for which he won best director.
Birth of a Nation
The critical darling of this year's Sundance Film Festival, about a slave uprising.
The Girl on the Train
Tate Taylor's follow-up to 2012 Oscar nominee The Help, based on the wildly popular book by the same name and starring Emily Blunt.
Lion
From the producers of The King's Speech, a story about an Indian kid who is searching for his parents after being adopted by a family in Australia. Stars Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara.
Manchester by the Sea
Could Amazon Studios have an Oscar-nominated picture next year? If so, it would likely be Manchester by the Sea, which got rave reviews at Sundance and stars Casey Affleck.
Read the rest of the predictions in The Hollywood Reporter.
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