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2017 Oscar Watch List

The Birth of a Nation (2016)

Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virgina that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

Silence (2016)

In the 17th century two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity.

The Girl on the Train (2016)

A young woman witnesses a murder on her way into work and becomes entangled in the ensuing investigation.

La La Land (2016)

A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.

The Founder (2016)

The story of McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc.

Finding Dory (2016)

Taking place a year after finding Nemo, Dory goes on a journey to reunite with her family.

Passengers (2016)

A spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant colony planet has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger.

Zootopia (2016)

In the animal city of Zootopia, a fast-talking fox who's trying to make it big goes on the run when he's framed for a crime he didn't commit. Zootopia's top cop, a self-righteous rabbit, is hot on his tail, but when both become targets of a conspiracy, they're forced to team up and discover even natural enemies can become best friends.

The Zookeeper's Wife

The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

The Light Between Oceans (2016)

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

The Accountant (2016)

A forensic accountant un-cooks the books for illicit clients

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)

An infantryman recounts the final hours before he and his fellow soldiers return to Iraq.

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Based on Austin Wright's book "Tony & Susan"

Weightless (2016)

Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.

Loving (2016)

Directed by Jeff Nichols. With Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Marton Csokas, Ruth Negga. Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, are sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958 for getting married.

Allied (2016)
  1. After falling in love with a French agent during a dangerous North African mission, an Allied counter-intelligence agent is quietly notified that the woman he has married and had a baby with is likely a Nazi spy.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards 70 years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

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Fences

Fences

An African American father struggles with race relations in the Unites States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events in his life.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis, We're the Millers, Horrible Bosses), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad in his first animated role since Frozen), and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride, This is the End, Eastbound and Down) have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.

Sully (2016)

The story of American pilot Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, who heroically landed a troubled aircraft full of passengers on the Hudson River.

Jason Bourne (2016)

The fifth film in the Bourne franchise, and the first featuring Jason Bourne since The Bourne Ultimatum.

Moana (2016)

The main character will be Moana Waialiki, a sea voyaging enthusiast, and the only daughter of a chief in a long line of navigators. When her family needs her help, she sets off on an epic journey. The film will also include demi-gods and spirits taken from real mythology.

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.