2013 Oscar Best Picture

Here are the nine nominees for the Academy Award's top honor, Best Picture. Which would get your vote?





Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

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I have some serious catching up to do between now and the ceremony. I've only seen Beasts of the Southern Wild.

I can see it being Pi, Django or Les Mis... more than likely Les Mis...

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Amour should get it without a doubt, but probably Lincoln will grab the main prize.

Lincoln will get it, and it deserves best screenplay but not picture, but out of this very safe list, I'd have to choose Amour. By the way, why does everyone call it Amour instead of Love?

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I don't think Les Mis will get Best Picture. Lincoln seems like a safe bet, because it's a classic American hero.

Without a Best Director nomination, not likely.

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Seeing Les Mis tomorrow. Do you think Hooper should have been nominated?

Seems a lot of the 'favourites' can statistically be discounted without corresponding Director nods, which makes this year pretty interesting as eliminates what would have said are the 3 frontrunners, statistically of course.

I'd love to see Amour grab it, just because Haneke is such a talented filmmaker and it shows a whole opposite side to his oeuvre. Would assume that's the black horse of the noms. And two French(ish) winners in 2 years??

Hope it's not a predictable choice of Pi or Lincoln and didn't think Beasts was quite at the calibre of the other nominations, which i've seen.

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Lincoln for me. Was tempted to say either Argo or Zero Dark Thirty but neither directors appear for Best Director unlike Spielberg.

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I haven't seen Lincoln yet, but it's definitely going to win. I would be very surprised if it doesn't.

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Should we put a poll up for best foreign language film just as a joke?

You jest but that's often the most surprising one in some years. Have you seen all the nominees?

I'd be happy if it's anything other than Lincoln or Les Miserables. I haven't seen Beasts of the Southern Wild yet though.

Life of Pi should win.

Only thing I've seen so far is Lincoln and Django Unchained. In my opinion, Lincoln doesn't even deserve the nomination for best picture.

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Argo.

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I haven't seen any of these! I voted for Argo because it's a Ben Affleck movie, but now I really want to see Silver Linings Playbook.

Lincoln looks like the winner, but I voted for Silver Linings Playbook. I loved that movie! Plus, it has a big chance of winning since David Russell is also nominated.

Unless Steven Spielberg pulls some evil strings, I think SLP will win.