Almost Every Academy Award Best Picture Nominee, Reviewed

A last-minute guide to potential winners of the top prize at this year's Oscars.

By Julian Carrington , and Angelo Muredda

The 85th Academy Awards are on Sunday, and while they’ll probably be worth watching just for the sake of hearing host Seth MacFarlane do all the voices from Family Guy, you’ll probably get more out of the broadcast if you’ve actually seen a handful of the films that are up for awards. Today and tomorrow are your last opportunities to catch this year’s Best Picture nominees in theatres, but which ones should you skip? Links to our reviews of all of them (except Les Misérables, which we somehow never got around to seeing—though you can check out the trailer, above) are after the jump.

DJANGO UNCHAINED DIRECTED BY QUENTIN TARANTINO Showtimes

LINCOLN DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG Showtimes

AMOUR DIRECTED BY MICHAEL HANEKE Showtimes

LIFE OF PI DIRECTED BY ANG LEE Showtimes

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK DIRECTED BY DAVID O. RUSSELL Showtimes

ZERO DARK THIRTY DIRECTED BY KATHRYN BIGELOW Showtimes

ARGO DIRECTED BY BEN AFFLECK Showtimes

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD DIRECTED BY BENH ZEITLIN Showtimes