CONTENDERS BY FILM

Best Picture Nominees:
No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men
- Release date: Nov. 9 Distributor: Miramax Films
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There Will Be Blood There Will Be Blood
- Release date: Dec. 26 Distributor: Paramount Vantage
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 Atonement Atonement
- Release date: Dec. 7 Distributor: Focus Features
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Juno Juno
- Release date: Dec. 5 Distributor: Fox Searchlight
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Michael Clayton Michael Clayton
- Release date: Oct. 5 Distributor: Warner Bros.
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Films nominated in other categories:
Into the Wild Into the Wild
- Release date: Sept. 21 Distributor: Paramount Vantage
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Lars and the Real Girl Lars and the Real Girl
- Release date: Oct. 12 Distributor: MGM
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Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd
- Release date: Dec. 21 Distributor: Dreamworks
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The Diving Bell The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Release date: Nov. 30 Distributor: Miramax Films
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The Great Debaters The Great Debaters
- Release date: Dec. 25 Distributor: MGM
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner
- Release date: Dec. 14 Distributor: Paramount Vantage
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The Savages The Savages
- Release date: Nov. 28 Distributor: Fox Searchlight
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 3:10 to Yuma 3:10 to Yuma
- Release date: Sept. 7 Distributor: Lionsgate
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American Gangster American Gangster
- Release date: Nov. 2 Distributor: Universal
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The Assassination Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Assassination Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Release date: Sept. 21 Distributor: Warner Bros.
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Away from Her Away from Her
- Release date: May 4 Distributor: Lionsgate
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Charlie WilsonÕs War Charlie Wilson’s War
- Release date: Dec. 25 Distributor: Universal
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Eastern Promises Eastern Promises
- Release date: Sept. 21 Distributor: Focus Features
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In the Valley of Elah In the Valley of Elah
- Release date: Sept. 14 Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures
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