Frontrunners
1. The Odyssey (Universal, July 17, THR review) — Christopher Nolan & Emma Thomas
2. La Bola Negra (Netflix, Oct. 16, THR review) — Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo CANN, TELL, TIFF, NYFF, SANS, ZURI, LOND
3. You Can See Everything (A24, Oct. 16, THR review) — Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim TELL, NYFF, CCDA
4. Elsinore (Focus, Nov. 20, THR review) — Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Mickey Liddell, Stefano Massenzi, Andrea Occhipinti, Andrew Scott, Pete Shilaimon & Gabrielle Tana TELL, TIFF, LOND, AFI
5. Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight, Nov. 6, THR review) — Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh & Anita Overland VENI, TELL, TIFF, SANS, ZURI, LOND, AFI
6. Artificial (Neon, Dec. 25, THR review) — Jeffrey Clifford, Jennifer Fox, Luca Guadagnino, David Heyman & Simon Rich NYFF, LOND
7. Project Hail Mary (Amazon/MGM, March 20, THR review) — Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood & Andy Weir
8. Club Kid (A24, Nov. 6, THR review) — Alex Coco, Galen Core & Ryan Heller CANN, TELL, TIFF, NYFF, SANS, ZURI, LOND
9. Obsession (Focus, May 15, THR review) — James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri & Roman Viaris-de-Lesegno TIFF
10. The Invite (A24, June 26, THR review) — Ben Browning, Megan Ellison & David Permut SUND, SANS
Major Threats
11. I Play Rocky (Amazon/MGM, Nov. 13, THR review) — Christian Baha, Toby Emmerich & Peter Farrelly TIFF, ZURI, AFI
12. Fjord (Neon, Oct. 9, THR review) — Dyveke Bkørkly Graver, Cristian Mungiu, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar & Tudor Reu CANN, KARL, TELL, TIFF, NYFF, SANS
13. Possible Love (Netflix, Oct. 23, THR review) — Lee Joon-dong, David Levine & Chadwick Prichard VENI, TIFF, NYFF, SANS, ZURI, LOND, AFI
14. Michael (Lionsgate, 4/24, THR review) — John Branca, Graham King & John McClain
15. Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street, Dec. 4, THR review) — Georgina Lowe TELL, TIFF, NYFF, SANS, LOND, AFI
16. All of a Sudden (Neon, Nov. 25, THR review) — Renan Artukmaç, Bettina Brokemper, Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Hiroko Matsuda, Jean-Luc Ormières, Kôsuke Oshida, Joseph Rouschop & Yûji Sadai CANN, KARL, TIFF, NYFF, SANS, LOND, AFI
17. NAZA (self-distributed, TBD, THR review) — Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor VENI, NYFF, SANS, ZURI, CCDA
Possibilities
18. Wildwood (Laika, Oct. 23) — Travis Knight LOND, AFI, AFI
19. Tenzing (Apple, Oct. 9, THR review) — Iain Canning, Luke Davies, Jennifer Peedom, Emile Sherman & Liz Watts TELL, TIFF, ZURI
20. The Debut (A24, Dec. 11, THR review) — Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McNary & Emma Stone TELL, TIFF, NYFF, SANS, ZURI, LOND
21. Paper Tiger (Neon, Nov. 13, THR review) — James Gray, Anthony Katagas & Rodrigo Teixeira CANN, KARL, NYFF, LOND
22. Being Heumann (Apple, Nov. 6, THR review) — John W. Beach, Kevin Cleary, Sian Heder, David Permut & Kevin Walsh TIFF, LOND, AFI
23. Minotaur (MUBI, Nov. 20, THR review) — Charles Gillibert & Andrei Zvyagintsev CANN, TELL, TIFF, NYFF, SANS, ZURI, LOND
Long Shots
24. Mr. Irrelevant (Paramount, Dec. 25) — Gillian Bohrer, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Jonathan Levine & Nick Santora
25. Tuner (Black Bear, 5/22, THR review) — Michael Heimler, Teddy Schwarzman, JoAnne Sellar & Lila Yacoub TIFF, SUND
26. Sense and Sensibility (Focus, Oct. 16, THR review) — Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, India Flint & Jo Wallet
27. Rose (MUBI, Dec. 11, THR review) — Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter, Tobias Walker & Philipp Worm BERL, KARL, TELL, NYFF, LOND, AFI
28. Backrooms (A24, May 29, THR review) — ori Adelson, Peter Chernin, Michael Clear, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Robert Patino, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping & James Wan
29. Josephine (Sumerian, Nov. 20, THR review) — Jesse Hope, Josh Peters & Max Walker-Silverman SUND, BERL, SANS, ZURI, LOND, AFI
30. The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Sony Classics, Oct. 16, THR review) — Leopold Hughes, Ben LeClair & Katie McNeill SUND, BERL, TELL, TIFF, NYFF, ZURI
Still to See or Under Embargo
Dune: Part Three (Warner Bros., Dec. 18) — Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, Mary Parent & Denis Villeneuve
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth (Netflix, Nov. 25) — Ceán Chaffin & Brad Pitt
Madden (Amazon/MGM, Nov. 18) — Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Matthew Budman, David O. Russell, Jonathan Shukat, Steve Tisch & Colin Wilson
Werwulf (Focus, Dec. 25) — Tim Bevan, Garrett Bird, Robert Eggers, Eric Fellner & Sjón Sigurdsson
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