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2014 Oscars: Grading All Nominated Films

12 Years a Slave: A
20 Feet From Stardom: B
The Act of Killing: B
All is Lost: B-
American Hustle: A-
August: Osage County: B+
Before Midnight: A-
Blue Jasmine: A-
The Book Thief: B
The Broken Circle Breakdown: B
Captain Phillips: A-
CaveDigger: B+
The Croods: B-
Cutie & the Boxer: A
Dallas Buyers Club: B+
Despicable Me 2: B
Dirty Wars: B
Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?: C
Ernest & Celestine: B+
Facing Fear: B
Feral: A-
Frozen: A-
Get a Horse!: A
The Grandmaster: C+
Gravity: A
The Great Beauty: B
The Great Gatsby: C
Helium: A-
Her: B+
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: B-
Inside Llewyn Davis: B-
The Invisible Woman: B
Iron Man 3: B+
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa: C+
Just Before Losing Everything: B+
Karama Has No Walls: B+
The Lady in Number Six: Music Saved My Life: A
The Lone Ranger: C-
Lone Survivor: B
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom: B
The Missing Picture: B+
Mr. Hublot: A-
Nebraska: B+
Omar: B+
Philomena: A- 
Possessions: B
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall: B+
Prisoners: A-
Room on the Broom: B+
Saving Mr. Banks: B+
The Square: B
Star Trek: A-
That Wasn't Me: B
The Voorman Problem: A-

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