30 Movies You May Want to Watch Before the Oscars

Here is a list of 30 movies you may -- or may not -- want to see before Oscar night, according to early award nominees and winners, and my semi-outrageous predictions. Also, I've included how/where you can watch them.

1. 12 Years a Slave -- now playing
2. Gravity -- now playing
3. Captain Phillips -- now playing
4. All is Lost -- now playing
5. Inside Llewyn Davis -- now playing
6. American Hustle -- in theatres 12/13
7. Dallas Buyers Club -- now playing
8. Nebraska -- now playing
9. Her -- in theatres 12/18
10. The Wind Rises -- now playing
11. Saving Mr. Banks -- in theatres 12/13
12. Blue Jasmine -- on DVD 1/20
13. Fruitvale Station -- on DVD 1/14
14. Lee Daniels' The Butler -- DVD release date TBD
15. Prisoners -- on DVD 12/10
16. Frozen -- now playing
17. Stories We Tell -- on DVD
18. Before Midnight -- on DVD
19. Philomena -- now playing
20. The Past -- in theatres 12/20
21. Enough Said -- now playing
22. Blue is the Warmest Color -- now playing
23. The Wolf of Wall Street -- in theatres 12/25
24. Mud -- on DVD
25. The Act of Killing -- on DVD
26. Frances Ha -- on DVD
27. Short Term 12 -- in theatres 1/14
28. Rush -- on DVD 1/28
29. The Spectacular Now -- on DVD 1/14
30. 42 -- on DVD

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