Awards season isn't for a few months but already a number of movies are vying for attention. Not that that's a bad thing. Several film festivals are now done and more than a handful of individual performances have emerged deserving of praise although there was no clear frontrunner.

It's still anyone's ball game at this point but below is a list of movies that can stake claims for best picture and other awards:

1.Woman in Gold (The Weinstein Co; Release Date: Apr. 1)

2.Ex Machina (A24; Release Date: April 10)

3.I'll See You in My Dreams (Bleecker Street; Release Date: May 15)

4.Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros; Release Date: May 15)

5.Love & Mercy (Roadside Attractions; Release Date: June 5)

6.Inside Out (Disney/Pixar; Release Date: June 19)

7.Tangerine (Magnolia: Release Date: July 10)

8.Mr. Holmes (Roadside Attractions; Release Date: July 17)

9.Trainwreck (Universal; Release Date: July 17)

10.The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Aug. 7)

11.Straight Outta Compton (Universal; Release Date: Aug. 14)

12.Grandma (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Aug 21)

13.Black Mass (Warner Bros; Release Date: Sept. 18)

14.Sicario (Lionsgate; Release Date: Sept. 18)

15.99 Homes (Broad Green; Release Date: Sept. 25)

16.The Walk (Sony; Release Date: Sept. 30)

17.The Martian (Fox; Release Date: Oct. 2)

18.Steve Jobs (Universal; Release Date: Oct. 9)

19.Beasts of No Nation (Bleecker Street/Netflix; Release Date: Oct. 16)

20.Bridge of Spies (Disney/DreamWorks; Release Date: Oct. 16)

21.Room (A24; Release Date: Oct. 16)

22.Truth (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Oct. 16)

23.Suffragette (Focus; Release Date: Oct. 23)

24.Our Brand Is Crisis (Warner Bros; Release Date: Oct. 30)

25.Brooklyn (Fox Searchlight; Release Date: Nov. 4)

26.Spectre (Sony; Release Date: Nov. 6)

27.Spotlight (Open Road; Release Date: Nov. 6)

28.Trumbo (Bleecker Street; Release Date: Nov. 6

29.By the Sea (Universal; Release Date: Nov. 13)

30.Carol (The Weinstein Co; Release Date: Nov. 20)

31.Legend (Universal; Release Date: Nov. 20)

32.Creed (Warner Bros; Release Date: Nov. 25)

33.The Danish Girl (Focus; Release Date: Nov. 27)

34.The Lady in the Van (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Dec. 4)

35.Youth (Fox Searchlight; Release Date: Dec. 4)

36.In the Heart of the Sea (Warner Bros; Release Date: Dec. 11)

37.The Big Short (Paramount; Release Date: Dec. 11)

38.Son of Saul (Sony Pictures Classics; Release Date: Dec. 18)

39.Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Disney; Release Date: Dec. 18)

40.45 Years (Sundance Selects; Release Date: Dec. 23)

41.Concussion (Sony; Release Date: Dec. 25)

42.Joy (Fox; Release Date: Dec. 25)

43.The Hateful Eight (The Weinstein Co; Release Date: Dec. 25)

44.The Revenant (Fox; Release Date: Dec. 25)

45.Anomalisa (Paramount; Release Date: Dec. 30)

Any of your own bets made the list?

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