2015 Oscars: 323 Films Eligible for 87th Academy Awards
323 feature films have qualified for the 87th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed on Friday.
The rules are pretty clear for Oscar eligibility. To be eligible, films must have played in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, Dec. 31, and have a run of at least seven consecutive days. Also, the running time must be longer than 40 minutes and must have been shown on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.
REMINDER LIST OF PRODUCTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE 87TH ACADEMY AWARDS
ABOUT LAST NIGHT
ABUSE OF WEAKNESS
ADDICTED
AGE OF UPRISING: THE LEGEND OF MICHAEL KOHLHAAS
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
THE AMAZING CATFISH
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS
AMERICAN SNIPER
ANITA
ANNABELLE
ANNIE
ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE
ARCHAEOLOGY OF A WOMAN
ARE YOU HERE
AS ABOVE/SO BELOW
AT MIDDLETON
ATLAS SHRUGGED: WHO IS JOHN GALT?
AUDREY
AWAKENED
BAD WORDS
BAREFOOT
BEARS
BEGIN AGAIN
BELLE
THE BEST OF ME
THE BETTER ANGELS
BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY
BEYOND THE LIGHTS
BHOPAL: A PRAYER FOR RAIN
BICYCLING WITH MOLIÈRE
BIG EYES
BIG HERO 6
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
BLACK OR WHITE
BLENDED
BLOOD TIES
THE BLUE ROOM
BLUE RUIN
THE BOOK OF LIFE
BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB VS. GRAVITY THE BOXTROLLS
BOYHOOD
BRICK MANSIONS
BRIDGE AND TUNNEL
BRUSH WITH DANGER
BY THE GUN
CAKE
CALVARY
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
THE CASE AGAINST 8
CESAR CHAVEZ
CHEF
CHRISTMAS RIDE
THE CIRCLE
CITIZENFOUR
CLOSED CURTAIN
CONDUCTA
COPENHAGEN
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
DEVIL’S DUE
THE DEVIL’S HAND
DEVIL’S KNOT
DHAG
DIFRET
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: THEM
DIVERGENT
DOLPHIN TALE 2
DOM HEMINGWAY
THE DOUBLE
DRACULA UNTOLD
DRAFT DAY
THE DROP
DUMB AND DUMBER TO
EARTH TO ECHO
EDGE OF TOMORROW
ELSA & FRED
THE EMPTY HOURS
ENDLESS LOVE
THE EQUALIZER
EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS
THE EXPENDABLES 3
THE FACE OF LOVE
FADING GIGOLO
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
FED UP
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
A FIVE STAR LIFE
FORCE MAJEURE
FORT BLISS
FOXCATCHER
FRANK
FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
FREEZER
THE FRONTIER
FURY
THE GAMBLER
GARNET’S GOLD
THE GERMAN DOCTOR
GET ON UP
GIOVANNI’S ISLAND
GIRL ON A BICYCLE
THE GIVER
GLEN CAMPBELL…I’LL BE ME
GOD HELP THE GIRL
GOD’S POCKET
GODZILLA
GONE GIRL
THE GOOD LIE
GOODBYE WORLD
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE GREAT FLOOD THE GREAT INVISIBLE THE GREEN PRINCE
GREENCARD WARRIORS
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
THE GUEST
HAPPY VALLEY
A HAUNTED HOUSE 2
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
HENRY & ME
HERCULES
THE HERO OF COLOR CITY
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
THE HOMESMAN
THE HORNET’S NEST
HORNS
HORRIBLE BOSSES 2
HOT GUYS WITH GUNS
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
HUMAN CAPITAL
THE HUMBLING
THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1
I, FRANKENSTEIN
I ORIGINS
IDA
IF I STAY
THE IMITATION GAME
THE IMMIGRANT
IN FEAR
IN SECRET
IN THE BLOOD
INHERENT VICE
INTERSTELLAR
THE INTERVIEW
INTO THE STORM
INTO THE WOODS
IVORY TOWER
JACK AND THE CUCKOO-CLOCK HEART
JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT
JAL
JERSEY BOYS
JIMI: ALL IS BY MY SIDE
JODOROWSKY’S DUNE
JOE
JOHN WICK
THE JUDGE
KAPUS KONDYACHI GOSHTA (UNENDING STORY)
KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON
KILL THE MESSENGER
KOCHADAIIYAAN
KURMANJAN DATKA QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS
LAND HO!
THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD
LE WEEK-END
THE LEGEND OF HERCULES
LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN
THE LEGO MOVIE
LET’S BE COPS
LEVIATHAN
THE LIBERATOR
LIFE INSIDE OUT
LIFE ITSELF
LIFE OF AN ACTRESS THE MUSICAL
LIFE OF CRIME
LILTING
LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED
LOCKE
LOVE IS STRANGE
LOW DOWN
LUCY
THE LUNCHBOX
MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT
MALEFICENT
THE MAZE RUNNER
MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN
MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
MILLION DOLLAR ARM
A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST
MINUGURULU
MINUSCULE – VALLEY OF THE LOST ANTS
MISS JULIE
MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN
MR. TURNER
MOMMY
MOMS’ NIGHT OUT
THE MONUMENTS MEN
A MOST VIOLENT YEAR
A MOST WANTED MAN
MUPPETS MOST WANTED
MURDER 101
MY OLD LADY
NEED FOR SPEED
NEIGHBORS
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB
NIGHT MOVES
NIGHTCRAWLER
NO GOD, NO MASTER
NO GOOD DEED
NOAH
NON-STOP
THE NOVEMBER MAN
THE NUT JOB
OBVIOUS CHILD
OCCUPY THE FARM OCULUS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS
100 DAYS
THE ONE I LOVE
THE ONE I WROTE FOR YOU
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
THE OTHER WOMAN
OUIJA
PADDINGTON
PALO ALTO
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES
PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR
THE PIRATE FAIRY
PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE
THE PLAYBACK SINGER
POMPEII
THE POSSESSION OF MICHAEL KING
PRIDE
THE PURGE: ANARCHY
THE QUIET ONES
THE RAID 2
THE RAILWAY MAN
REACH ME
RED ARMY
REFUGE
THE REMAINING
RETURN TO NUKE ‘EM HIGH VOLUME 1
RIDE ALONG
RIO 2
ROB THE MOB
ROBOCOP
ROCKS IN MY POCKETS
ROSEWATER
THE ROVER
RUDDERLESS
SABOTAGE
ST. VINCENT
THE SALT OF THE EARTH SELMA
SEX TAPE
THE SIGNAL
SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS
THE SKELETON TWINS
A SMALL SECTION OF THE WORLD SMALL TIME
SNOWPIERCER
THE SONG
SONG OF THE SEA
SPECIAL
STALINGRAD
STEP UP ALL IN
STILL ALICE
STRANGER BY THE LAKE
#STUCK
SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON
SURKHAAB
SWEEPING FORWARD
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA
TAMMY
TASTING MENU
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
THAT AWKWARD MOMENT
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
THINK LIKE A MAN TOO
THIRD PERSON
THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU
3 DAYS TO KILL
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
TOP FIVE
TRACKS
TRANSCENDENCE
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
THE TRIP TO ITALY
TUSK
22 JUMP STREET
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY
TYLER PERRY’S THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB
UNBROKEN
UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY UNDER THE SKIN
VAMPIRE ACADEMY
VERONICA MARS
VIRUNGA
VISITORS
A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
WALKING WITH THE ENEMY
WATCHERS OF THE SKY
THE WAY HE LOOKS
WE ARE THE BEST!
WE ARE THE GIANT
WETLANDS
WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL
WHIPLASH
WILD
WILD TALES
WINTER’S TALE
WISH I WAS HERE
WORDS AND PICTURES
WORK WEATHER WIFE
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
YOUNGISTAAN
YVES SAINT LAURENT
The 87th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at 5:30am PST in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and broadcast live on ABC.
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