We may only be halfway through 2023, but thoughts are already turning to the 2024 Academy Awards.
The coming weeks will see two of the most eagerly-anticipated films of the year released – Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ and Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’.
Both are expected to be in the hunt when it comes to awards season, as well as becoming big box office hits, along with a host of other movies coming to screens over the next seven months.
Here are the 10 that are tipped to win the award for Best Picture.
5. Dune: Part 2
The first part of Denis Villeneuve's epid science fiction saga based on the Frank Herbert books was nominated for Best Picture. Now Dune: Part Two is 9/1 to go a step further and win the prize. Much of the cast from the first film returns, with a few new faces added to the mix - it stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, and Léa Seydoux. | Contributed
6. Blitz
Not a huge amount is known about Blitz, the newest film from Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Widows) but such is the stature of the British director it's already an early favourite for the Oscars, with odds of 9/1. Expected in cinemas at the start of 2014, it follows a group of people in London during the Blitz in World War 2 and stars Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Erin Kellyman and Stephen Graham. | Getty Images
7. Lee
Oscar-winner Kate Winslet stars in Lee, the story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II. It's directed by Ellen Kuras, who previously worked with Winslet on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and co-stars Josh O'Connor and Alexander Skarsgård. There's no release date yet but it's expected by the end of the year. It's 10/1 for Best Picture. | AFP via Getty Images
8. Anatomy of a Fall
Another 10/1 shot for Best Picture is French thriller Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet. It premiered at Cannes where it won the Palm d'Or and stars Sandra Hüller playing a writer trying to prove her innocence in her husband's death. It has a distribution deal for the UK and will be released in cinemas later this year. | Contributed