It’s been a fine year for the movies, and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did well to pick out eight significantly diverse films to make up the Best Picture field this year, though they left out several excellent ones.
There is, for example, no Carol in the mix, nor is there Steve Jobs, even as those two films feature the single best acting performances this year.
There is no Creed and there is no Straight Outta Compton, which invariably fuels that #OscarsSoWhite hashtag.
There is no Inside Out or Anomalisa, while an inclusion of either would have electrified the field and instantly made it feel less predictable.
Yet, here are eight diverse films, of which four in particular stand tall.
There is a movie set in frozen wilderness, a movie set in murky Catholic shadows, a movie set around a post-apocalyptic wasteland and a movie about people who saw an apocalypse coming.
These are all strong contenders, and here I rank them in terms of who is best poised to pick up that co veted Best Picture trophy
Bridge Of Spies
The Martian
Brooklyn
Room
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
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