Saturday Night Movie Recommendations with Abe (Oscar Edition)

Welcome to a very special edition of a weekly feature here at Movies With Abe. I was beyond excited to realize that I managed to see almost all of the nominees in every category this year for the Oscars. I missed a grand total of four, though I really wouldn’t count “Beyond the Lights” and “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me,” which are nominated for Best Song. I opted not to see “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” since I have no desire to do so and it’s nominated only for Best Sound Editing. The remaining missing nominee is “Tangerines,” a Best Foreign Film contender not yet released in the United States. I haven’t placed the shorts below, but read my Oscar predictions for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short, and Best Documentary Short to see what to see. Enjoy recommendations for all of the films below, with an asterisk denoting that a film is available either on DVD or to stream. Happy watching, and check back tomorrow for final Oscar predictions!

Must-See
Birdman
Interstellar
Wild Tales

Highly Recommended
Big Hero 6
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya*
The Theory of Everything
Wild

Recommended
American Sniper
Begin Again*
The Boxtrolls*
Boyhood*
Captain America: The Winter Soldier*
Finding Vivian Maier*
The Grand Budapest Hotel*
How to Train Your Dragon 2*
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Last Days in Vietnam*
The Lego Movie*
Leviathan
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler
The Salt of the Earth (opening March 27th)
Selma
Still Alice
Two Days, One Night
Unbroken
Virunga*
Whiplash
X-Men: Days of Future Past*

Mixed Bag/Overrated
Citizenfour
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl*
Guardians of the Galaxy*
Ida*
Inherent Vice
The Judge*
Maleficent*
Timbuktu

Did Not See
Tangerines
Beyond the Lights
Glen Campbell I’ll Be Me
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies