336 films eligible for Best Picture Oscar in 2016

336 films eligible for Best Picture Oscar in 2016

PanARMENIAN.Net - A whopping 336 feature films are eligible for the top prize at the 89th Academy Awards — a spike from last year’s list of 305 movies, Variety said.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the list of films in contention for the best picture Oscar on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The movies (organized in alphabetical order) range from “The Abolitionists” to “Zootopia.” They include awards season favorites “La La Land,” “Moonlight,” “Manchester by the Sea,” “Silence,” “Arrival,” and “Hacksaw Ridge.” Superhero pics “Deadpool,” “Suicide Squad,” “Captain America: Civil War,” and “X-Men: Apocalypse” also made the cut.

There were 323 films in the running in 2014 and 289 in 2013.

To have been eligible for the 2016 Academy Awards, feature films must have played in a commercial theater in Los Angeles County between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 for at least seven consecutive days.

The pics, which have to be exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format, must have a running time of more than 40 minutes. Feature films publicly exhibited or distributed in any manner that’s not a theatrical motion picture release (i.e. on TV or on a streaming service) are not eligible for Academy Awards. Click here for the full eligibility rules.

Nominations for the 2017 Oscars will be announced on Jan. 24. The 89th Academy Awards will be held on Feb. 26 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, and will be televised live on ABC at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET.

Here’s the full list of contenders for the 2016 Academy Awards:

  • THE ABOLITIONISTS
  • ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS THE MOVIE
  • THE ACCOUNTANT
  • ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
  • ALLIED
  • ALMOST CHRISTMAS
  • ALWAYS SHINE
  • AMERICAN HONEY
  • AMERICAN PASTORAL
  • AMERICAN WRESTLER: THE WIZARD
  • THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE
  • ANTHROPOID
  • APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD
  • ARMENIA, MY LOVE
  • ARRIVAL
  • ASSASSIN’S CREED
  • AUDRIE & DAISY
  • AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY
  • AUTUMN LIGHTS
  • THE BFG
  • BAD MOMS
  • BAD SANTA 2
  • BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT
  • BARRY
  • BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
  • BEAUTIFUL PAIN
  • BEFORE THE FLOOD
  • BEING 17
  • BELIEVE
  • BEN-HUR
  • A BIGGER SPLASH
  • BILAL
  • BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK
  • THE BIRTH OF A NATION
  • BLEED FOR THIS
  • BORN TO BE BLUE
  • THE BOSS
  • THE BOY
  • BRIDGET JONES’S BABY
  • THE BRONZE
  • BROTHER NATURE
  • THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY
  • CAFE SOCIETY
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
  • CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
  • CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR
  • CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
  • CERTAIN WOMEN
  • THE CHARNEL HOUSE
  • CHEVALIER
  • CHIEF ZABU
  • THE CHOICE
  • CHRISTINE
  • CITIZEN SOLDIER
  • CITY OF GOLD
  • CLOSET MONSTER
  • COLLATERAL BEAUTY
  • THE COMEDIAN
  • COMPLETE UNKNOWN
  • CONFESSIONS OF A WOMANIZER
  • THE CONJURING 2
  • CREATIVE CONTROL
  • CRIMINAL
  • CROSSCURRENT
  • CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON: SWORD OF DESTINY
  • DANCER
  • DARK HORSE
  • DEADPOOL
  • DEEPWATER HORIZON
  • DEMOLITION
  • DENIAL
  • DESIERTO
  • DOCTOR STRANGE
  • DOG EAT DOG
  • DON’T BREATHE
  • DON’T THINK TWICE
  • DREAMLAND
  • THE DRESSMAKER
  • THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
  • EAT THAT QUESTION – FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS
  • ECHO PARK
  • EDDIE THE EAGLE
  • THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
  • EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
  • ELLE
  • ELVIS & NIXON
  • EQUITY
  • EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
  • EVERYTHING IS COPY – NORA EPHRON: SCRIPTED & UNSCRIPTED
  • EYE IN THE SKY
  • FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
  • FENCES
  • THE 5TH WAVE
  • FINDING DORY
  • THE FINEST HOURS
  • FIRE AT SEA
  • THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY
  • THE FITS
  • FIVE NIGHTS IN MAINE
  • FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
  • FLOYD NORMAN: AN ANIMATED LIFE
  • THE FOREST
  • THE FOUNDER
  • FREE STATE OF JONES
  • FROM AFAR
  • FRONT COVER
  • THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CARING
  • GENIUS
  • GHOSTBUSTERS
  • GIMME DANGER
  • GIRL ASLEEP
  • THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
  • GLEASON
  • GOLD
  • GREATER
  • GREEN ROOM
  • HACKSAW RIDGE
  • HAIL, CAESAR!
  • THE HANDMAIDEN
  • HANDS OF STONE
  • HARDCORE HENRY
  • HELL OR HIGH WATER
  • HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
  • HIDDEN FIGURES
  • HIGH-RISE
  • HILLSONG – LET HOPE RISE
  • THE HOLLARS
  • A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING
  • HOW TO BE SINGLE
  • HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE
  • HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE
  • THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR
  • I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
  • I, DANIEL BLAKE
  • I SAW THE LIGHT
  • ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE
  • IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE
  • INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE
  • INDIGNATION
  • INFERNO
  • THE INVITATION
  • IS THAT A GUN IN YOUR POCKET?…
  • ITHACA
  • JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK
  • JACKIE
  • JASON BOURNE
  • JIM: THE JAMES FOLEY STORY
  • JULIETA
  • THE JUNGLE BOOK
  • KEANU
  • KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
  • KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW?
  • KICKS
  • THE KIND WORDS
  • KINGSGLAIVE FINAL FANTASY XV
  • KNIGHT OF CUPS
  • KRISHA
  • KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
  • KUNG FU PANDA 3
  • LA LA LAND
  • LAND OF MINE
  • LANDFILL HARMONIC
  • LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT
  • L’ATTESA
  • THE LEGEND OF BEN HALL
  • THE LEGEND OF TARZAN
  • THE LENNON REPORT
  • LIFE, ANIMATED
  • LIFE ON THE LINE
  • THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
  • LIGHTS OUT
  • LION
  • LITTLE MEN
  • THE LITTLE PRINCE
  • LIVE BY NIGHT
  • THE LOBSTER
  • LONDON HAS FALLEN
  • LONDON ROAD
  • LONG WAY NORTH
  • LOUDER THAN BOMBS
  • LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
  • THE LOVE WITCH
  • LOVING
  • MS DHONI – AN UNTOLD STORY
  • MA MA
  • MAGGIE’S PLAN
  • THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
  • A MAN CALLED OVE
  • MAN DOWN
  • THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY
  • MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
  • MASCOTS
  • MAX ROSE
  • ME BEFORE YOU
  • THE MEASURE OF A MAN
  • THE MEDDLER
  • MEN & CHICKEN
  • MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE
  • MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
  • MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI
  • MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES
  • MILES AHEAD
  • MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN
  • MISS HOKUSAI
  • MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
  • MISS SHARON JONES!
  • MISS SLOANE
  • MR. CHURCH
  • MOANA
  • MONEY MONSTER
  • MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK
  • THE MONKEY KING 2
  • A MONSTER CALLS
  • MOONLIGHT
  • MORGAN
  • MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
  • MUNE
  • THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
  • MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2
  • MY GOLDEN DAYS
  • MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
  • NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING
  • THE NEON DEMON
  • NERUDA
  • NEVER SURRENDER
  • THE NICE GUYS
  • NINA
  • NO LETTING GO
  • NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
  • NOW YOU SEE ME 2
  • O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA
  • OFF THE RAILS
  • OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY
  • OLYMPIC PRIDE, AMERICAN PREJUDICE
  • 100 YEARS: ONE WOMAN’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
  • ORDINARY WORLD
  • OTHER PEOPLE
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR
  • THE OTTOMAN LIEUTENANT
  • OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL
  • OUR KIND OF TRAITOR
  • OUR LAST TANGO
  • OUR LITTLE SISTER
  • OUTLAWS AND ANGELS
  • PASSENGERS
  • PATERSON
  • PATRIOTS DAY
  • PEE-WEE’S BIG HOLIDAY
  • PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND
  • PETE’S DRAGON
  • PHANTOM BOY
  • THE PHENOM
  • PO
  • POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING
  • PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW
  • PRICELESS
  • PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
  • THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR
  • QUEEN MIMI
  • QUEEN OF KATWE
  • RACE
  • THE RED PILL
  • THE RED TURTLE
  • THE REMAKE
  • REPARATION
  • RIDE ALONG 2
  • RISEN
  • ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
  • RULES DON’T APPLY
  • THE SALESMAN
  • SARBJIT
  • SAUSAGE PARTY
  • THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS
  • SHADOW WORLD
  • THE SHALLOWS
  • THE SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE
  • SILENCE
  • SILICON COWBOYS
  • SILVER SKIES
  • SING
  • SING STREET
  • SNOWDEN
  • SNOWTIME!
  • SOLD
  • SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU
  • SOUTHWEST OF SALEM: THE STORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOUR
  • SPA NIGHT
  • STAR TREK BEYOND
  • STORKS
  • SUICIDE SQUAD
  • SULLY
  • SUMMERTIME
  • SUNSET SONG
  • SWISS ARMY MAN
  • SWORN VIRGIN
  • A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS
  • TALLULAH
  • TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS
  • 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
  • 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE
  • THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST – MALIAN MUSIC IN EXILE
  • THINGS TO COME
  • 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI
  • 13TH
  • 37
  • TONI ERDMANN
  • TOO LATE
  • TOUCHED WITH FIRE
  • TOWER
  • TROLLS
  • 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
  • 25 APRIL
  • TWO WEEKS TO GO
  • THE UNCONDEMNED
  • VALLEY OF LOVE
  • VEERAM-MACBETH
  • VIGILANTE DIARIES
  • WAR DOGS
  • WARCRAFT
  • WE ARE X
  • WEINER
  • WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT
  • WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
  • WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
  • WHITE GIRL
  • WHY HIM?
  • WIENER-DOG
  • THE WITCH
  • WITHIN
  • WOLVES AT THE DOOR
  • X-MEN: APOCALYPSE
  • THE YOUNG MESSIAH
  • YOUR NAME.
  • ZERO DAYS
  • ZOOLANDER 2
  • ZOOTOPIA

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