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2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE – May 2015

The top five films in the race for Best Picture, according to the Gold Rush Gang, haven’t changed since last month but the placements for some of the films have. Joy maintains its #1 status, increasing its lead on the unmoved #2 film, Bridge of Spies. But Carol stumbles from #3 to #5 this month, letting both The Revenant and The Danish Girl move up one slot each. Suffragette and Demolition also swap spots with the former seeing a healthy boost in point totals for May. Our Brand is Crisis is bumped out of the top 10, switching spots with Beasts of No Nation. That’s film ultimate release and eligibility is still up in the year due to its purchase by Netflix but we’re keeping it here until we know otherwise. This month sees one debut with Paolo Sorrentino’s English-language debut Youth, which will premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and stars Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, Harvey Keitel, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda.

For the rest of the May 2015 Oscar predictions from the Gold Rush Gang, including the expanded Best Picture chart, click below.

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.