323 Feature Films Eligible for the 97th Academy Awards

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled its list of 323 feature films eligible for the 97th Academy Awards®, set to take place in 2024. This list includes 207 films vying for the Best Picture category, which has additional eligibility requirements.

To qualify for general entry, films must have been released in a commercial theater in at least one of six major U.S. metropolitan areas—Los Angeles, New York, the Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, or Atlanta—between January 1 and December 31, 2024. They must also meet the minimum duration requirement of over 40 minutes and complete a qualifying seven-day theatrical run.

Films aiming for Best Picture consideration must meet all general entry requirements and adhere to expanded criteria. These include submission of the Academy Representation and Inclusion Standards (RAISE) entry form and fulfillment of two out of four inclusion standards. Furthermore, an expanded theatrical run in 10 of the top 50 U.S. markets within 45 days of initial release is required. Productions that fail to meet these conditions by January 24, 2025, will lose eligibility for Best Picture consideration.

The Academy’s “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 97th Academy Awards” also identifies performers eligible for acting categories. This comprehensive guide ensures transparency and adherence to eligibility standards.

Nominations voting for the 97th Oscars will commence on January 8, 2025, and conclude on January 12, 2025. The official nominations announcement will follow on January 17, 2025. The Oscars ceremony will be held on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre in Ovation Hollywood, broadcast live on ABC, streamed on Hulu, and aired in over 200 territories worldwide.

Best Picture List for the 97th Academy Awards

• "Aadujeevitham – The Goat Life"
• "Abigail"
• "The Absence of Eden"
• "Albany Road"
• "Alien: Romulus"
• "All We Imagine as Light"
• "Am I Racist?"
• "The American Society of Magical Negroes"
• "American Star"
• "Anora"
• "The Apprentice"
• "Argylle"
• "Arthur the King"
• "Babes"
• "Babygirl"
• "Back to Black"
• "Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme"
• "Band of Maharajas"
• "The Beast"
• "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"
• "Better Man"
• "Between the Temples"
• "The Bikeriders"
• "Black Dog"
• "Blink Twice"
• "Blitz"
• "Bob Marley: One Love"
• "Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin."
• "The Book of Clarence"
• "The Brutalist"
• "Bull Street"
• "Cabrini"
• "Challengers"
• "City of Dreams"
• "Civil War"
• "Close to You"
• "A Complete Unknown"
• "Conclave"
• "The Count of Monte Cristo"

• "The Critic"
• "Cuckoo"
• "Daddio"
• "Dandelion"
• "Day of the Fight"
• "The Dead Don't Hurt"
• "Deadpool & Wolverine"
• "The Deliverance"
• "Despicable Me 4"
• "Dìdi"
• "A Different Man"
• "Drive-Away Dolls"
• "Dune: Part Two"
• "Elton John: Never Too Late"
• "Emilia Pérez"
• "The End"
• "Evil Does Not Exist"
• "Exhibiting Forgiveness"
• "Ezra"
• "The Fall Guy"
• "Fancy Dance"
• "The Fire Inside"
• "Firebrand"
• "Flow"
• "Fly Me to the Moon"
• "The Forge"
• "Fresh Kills"
• "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga"
• "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"
• "Ghostlight"
• "Gladiator II"
• "Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire"
• "Good One"
• "Goodrich"
• "The Greatest Hits"
• "Green Border"
• "Handling the Undead"
• "Hard Truths"
• "Here

• "Heretic"
• "His Three Daughters"
• "Hit Man"
• "The Hopeful"
• "Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1"
• "How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies"
• "I Saw the TV Glow"
• "The Idea of You"
• "IF"
• "I'll Be Right There"
• "I'm Still Here"
• "Imaginary"
• "The Imaginary"
• "Immaculate"
• "In the Land of Saints and Sinners"
• "In the Summers"
• "Inside Out 2"
• "The Instigators"
• "It Ends with Us"
• "Janet Planet"
• "Joker: Folie à Deux"
• "Juror #2"
• "Kanguva"
• "The Keeper"
• "Kensuke's Kingdom"
• "Kinds of Kindness"
• "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"
• "Kneecap"
• "Kraven the Hunter"
• "Kung Fu Panda 4"
• "La Cocina"
• "The Last Front"
• "The Last Showgirl"
• "Last Summer"
• "Late Night with the Devil"
• "Lee"
• "Lisa Frankenstein"
• "Longing"
• "Longlegs"

• "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim"
• "Los Frikis"
• "Love Lies Bleeding"
• "Maria"
• "MaXXXine"
• "Megalopolis"
• "Memoir of a Snail"
• "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare"
• "Moana 2"
• "Monkey Man"
• "Mufasa: The Lion King"
• "My Old Ass"
• "My Penguin Friend"
• "National Anthem"
• "Never Let Go"
• "Nickel Boys"
• "Night Swim"
• "Nightbitch"
• "1992"
• "Nosferatu"
• "Oh, Canada"
• "One Life"
• "The Order"
• "Ordinary Angels"
• "The Outrun"
• "The People's Joker"
• "The Performance"
• "The Piano Lesson"
• "Piece by Piece"
• "Porcelain War"
• "Problemista"
• "Putul"
• "Queens"
• "Queer"
• "A Quiet Place: Day One"
• "A Real Pain"
• "Red One"
• "The Return"
• "The Room Next Door"

• "Rumours"
• "Santosh"
• "Sasquatch Sunset"
• "Saturday Night"
• "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
• "Seeking Mavis Beacon"
• "September 5"
• "Shirley"
• "Sing Sing"
• "The Six Triple Eight"
• "Skincare"
• "Small Things like These"
• "Sometimes I Think about Dying"
• "Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot"
• "Spaceman"
• "Speak No Evil"
• "Strange Darling"
• "The Strangers – Chapter 1"
• "Stress Positions"
• "The Substance"
• "Sugarcane"
• "Suncoast"
• "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story"
• "Swatantrya Veer Savarkar"
• "Thelma"
• "The Thicket"
• "Tokyo Cowboy"
• "Touch"
• "Transformers One"
• "Trap"
• "Tuesday"
• "Twisters"
• "Ultraman: Rising"
• "Unstoppable"
• "Venom: The Last Dance"
• "Vermiglio"
• "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"
• "The Watchers"
• "We Grown Now"

• "We Live in Time"
• "White Bird"
• "Wicked"
• "Wicked Little Letters"
• "Widow Clicquot"
• "The Wild Robot"
• "Wildcat"
• "Will & Harper"
• "William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill"
• "Wolfs"
• "Young Woman and the Sea"
• "Your Monster"