It seems kind of crazy to be picking movies to be in the running for Best Picture in 2023- even the nominations for the Academy Awards are still months away! But we are in that particular time of year when things start to take shape. The prestigious summer film festivals are over, the reviews are in, and we know what prestige films will be released the rest of the year. While October is full of horror films, November and December will see the release of the movies that the studios think have a good chance at an Oscar. That's when family holiday moviegoing happens, and those movies will still be fresh in academy member's memories when the ballots go out.
The biggest films of the year still top come include Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, Avatar: The Way Of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Nope, RRR, Top Gun: Maverick, and a bunch of movies you've not heard of yet. The A.V. Club has a slideshow that will introduce you to twenty of them with release dates and trailers. If you don't care at all who wins Best Picture next year, you'll want to get a taste of what will be in theaters for the rest of the year so you can plan your cinema schedule.