51 Movies to See Before the 2012 Oscars

Rank Movie Pts. +/-
1 The Artist 35 -
2 Moneyball 32 -
3 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 26 -
4 The Help 26 -
5 J. Edgar 25 -
6 The Descendants 25 -
7 War Horse 25 -
8 The Tree of Life 20 -
9 Hugo 17 -
10 Midnight in Paris 17 -
11 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 17 -
12 Albert Nobbs 13 -
13 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 13 -
14 Take Shelter 12 -
15 My Week With Marilyn 10 -
16 The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Uniform 10 -
17 The Iron Lady 9 -
18 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 9 -
19 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 9 -
20 Shame 8 -
21 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 8 -
22 Anonymous 8 -
23 Drive 7 -
24 We Need to Talk About Kevin 7 -
25 Super 8 7 -
26 Happy Feet 2 6 -
27 Winnie the Pooh 6 -
28 Captain America: The First Avenger 6 -
29 Beginners 5 -
30 Coriolanus 5 -
31 Rango 5 -
32 The Ides of March 4 -
33 Jane Eyre 4 -
34 50/50 3 -
35 A Separation 3 -
36 Bill Cunningham New York 3 -
37 Buck 3 -
38 In Darkness 3 -
39 Le Havre 3 -
40 Martha Marcy May Marlene 3 -
41 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 3 -
42 Senna 3 -
43 Tabloid 3 -
44 The Interrupters 3 -
45 Where Do We Go Now? 3 -
46 Young Adult 3 -
47 The Muppets 3 -
48 Rio 2 -
49 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2 -
50 A Dangerous Method 2 -
51 Footloose 2 -

** There are 28 films tied at 1 point each. **

The points were based on the Film Misery Oscar Predictions and they are determined as follows:

- 5 pts for being a frontrunner in a Big Eight category
- 3 pts for being a frontrunner in Other categories
- 1 pt for being an alternate in any category

View the entire list of Movies to See by category (Excel File).

Last Updated: November 2, 2011