Gurus o’ Gold: Holiday Contender Watch Guide
| Rank | Last Chart | Best Picture | Breznican | Ellwood | Hammond | Harris | Howell | Karger | Olsen | Poland | Pond | NathanielR | Stone | Tapley | Thompson | Wloszczyna | Whipp | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
12 Years A Slave |
1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 136 | |
| 2 | 2 |
Gravity |
2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 123 | |
| 3 | 3 |
American Hustle |
3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 117 | |
| 4 | 4 |
Captain Phillips |
7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 83 | |
| 5 | 5 |
Nebraska |
5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 79 | |
| 6 | 6 |
Inside Llewyn Davis |
9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 59 | ||
| 7 | 7 |
Her |
4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 56 | ||
| 8 | 8 |
Saving Mr. Banks |
6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | ||
| 9 | 9 |
The Wolf of Wall Street |
8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 39 | |
| t10 |
Dallas Buyers Club |
10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||
| t10 | 10 |
Lee Daniels' The Butler |
10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||
| t10 |
Philomena |
7 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
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Fruitvale Station |
10 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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August Osage County |
10 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Returning To The Chart: August: Osage County
| Rank | Last Chart | Screeners Voters Should Pull Out From The Pile | Breznican | Ellwood | Hammond | Harris | Howell | Karger | Olsen | Poland | Pond | NathanielR | Stone | Tapley | Thompson | Wloszczyna | Whipp | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Short Term 12 |
* | * | * | * | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
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Before Midnight |
* | * | * | * | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
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Enough Said |
* | * | * | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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All Is Lost |
* | * | * | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Her |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Stories We Tell |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Mud |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
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12 Years A Slave |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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Fruitvale Station |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Way Way Back |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Past |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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Frances Ha |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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Philomena |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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Blue Is The Warmest Color |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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Dallas Buyers Club |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Last Chart | See It On A BIG Screen | Breznican | Ellwood | Hammond | Harris | Howell | Karger | Olsen | Poland | Pond | NathanielR | Stone | Tapley | Thompson | Wloszczyna | Whipp | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gravity |
* | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1 | * | * | * | 11 | 12 | ||||||
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12 Years A Slave |
* | * | * | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Nebraska |
* | * | * | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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All Is Lost |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Inside Llewyn Davis |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Her |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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The Wolf of Wall Street |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
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Captain Phillips |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Great Beauty |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Last Chart | Screeners We\'ll Watch Again Over The Holiday | Breznican | Ellwood | Hammond | Harris | Howell | Karger | Olsen | Poland | Pond | NathanielR | Stone | Tapley | Thompson | Wloszczyna | Whipp | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Her |
* | * | * | * | * | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
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American Hustle |
* | * | * | * | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
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The Wolf Of Wall Street |
* | * | * | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Inside Llewyn Davis |
* | * | * | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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August: Osage County |
* | * | * | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Lee Daniels' The Butler |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Nebraska |
* | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
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Dallas Buyers Club |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Wind Rises |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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Blue Jasmine |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Great Beauty |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Way Way Back |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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20 Feet From Stardom |
* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Previous Gurus Charts:
Gurus o’ Gold: Have Yourself A Merry Little Oscar
Gurus o’ Gold: After SAG & Golden Globes Nods
After Awards Week One
Gurus o’ Gold: Welcome To December!
What if…
We Would Be Thankful For…
Only Two Films Still Waiting To Be Seen
Let The Games Begin!!!
Post New York Film Festival
Post-Venice/Telluride/Toronto
Pre-Fall-Fest Edition
If the 9 films in the guru list were all nominated the wolf of Wall Street would finish 8th on my ballet ahead of Saving Mr. Banks. Wolf is way to long . Not in a class with Goodfellas.
BEST MOTION PICTURE:
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Nebraska
Inside Llewyn Davis
Her
The Wolf of Wall Street
Saving Mr. Banks
> The Butler
>> Dallas Buyers Club
BEST DIRECTING
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
> Spike Jonze, Her
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Robert Redford, All is Lost
> Forest Whitaker, The Butler
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
> Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks, Saving Mr. Banks
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
> James Gandolfini, Enough Said
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
June Squibb, Nebraska
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
> Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
American Hustle, David O. Russell & Eric Singer
Her, Spike Jonze
Nebraska, Bob Nelson
Inside Llewyn Davis, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
> Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón & Rodrigo García
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen & John Ridley
Before Midnight, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater
Philomena, Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter
> August: Osage County, Tracy Letts
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin & Beverley Dunn
12 Years a Slave, Adam Stockhausen & Alice Baker
Gravity, Andy Nicholson & Rosie Goodwin
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Dan Hennah & Ra Vincent
Saving Mr. Banks, Michael Corenblith & Susan Benjamin
> Her, K.K. Barrett & Gene Serdena
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis, Bruno Delbonnel
12 Years a Slave, Sean Bobbitt
Prisoners, Roger Deakins
To the Wonder, Emmanuel Lubezki
> Nebraska, Phedon Papamichael
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin
12 Years a Slave, Patricia Norris
The Invisible Woman, Michael O’Connor
Saving Mr. Banks, Daniel Orlandi
American Hustle, Michael Wilkinson
> Oz the Great and Powerful, Gary Jones
BEST FILM EDITING:
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón & Mark Sanger
12 Years a Slave, Joe Walker
American Hustle, Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers
Captain Phillips, Christopher Rouse
Rush, Dan Hanley & Mike Hill
> The Wolf of Wall Street, Thelma Schoonmaker
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING:
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
The Great Gatsby
> The Lone Ranger
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
12 Years a Slave, Hans Zimmer
Gravity, Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman
The Book Thief, John Williams
Philomena, Alexandre Desplat
> The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Theodore Shapiro
BEST SOUND MIXING:
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Rush
Inside Llewyn Davis
All is Lost
> The Great Gatsby
BEST SOUND EDITING:
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Rush
All is Lost
Man of Steel
> Elysium
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
> Elysium
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“Let It Go”, Frozen
“Young and Beautiful”, The Great Gatsby
“Ordinary Love”, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
“The Moon Song”, Her
“Amen”, All is Lost
> “So You Know What It’s Like”, Short Term 12
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
The Wind Rises
Frozen
Monsters University
Ernest & Celestine
The Croods
> Despicable Me 2
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Grandmaster (Hong Kong)
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
> Omar (Palestine)