Thought - Oscar Predictions

Of course it's too early to make Oscar predictions; the nominees are months away from being announced.  Some of what may be the best films of the year haven't even come out yet.  But that doesn't mean we can't talk about it anyway and make guesses based on almost nothing.  At the very least, here is a list of movies that deserve a watch, as they might be in the Oscar conversation soon.

This is the Indiewire.com ranking of top possible Academy Award contenders:

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. Rush
5. August: Osage County
6. Saving Mr. Banks
7. American Hustle
8. The Wolf of Wall Street
9. The Monuments Men
10. Captain Phillips
11. The Butler
12. Blue Jasmine
13. Nebraska
14. Fruitvale Station
15. All Is Lost
16. Prisoners
17. Foxcatcher
18. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
19. Her
20. Philomena
21. Labor Day
22. Mud
23. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
24. Before Midnight
25. Ain't Them Bodies Saints