Toronto film festival 2019: The 10 movies that could win an Oscar in 2020
At the Toronto International Film Festival there are many movies set to get their premiere or second showing. And of these, many have already been tipped for Oscars. Here is a pick of 10 films to look out for in awards season.
Parasite
Parasite is a 2019 black comedy thriller film from Bong Joon-ho.
The film has had major critical acclaim after it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and has already been selected as the South Korean entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.
Films making the list will be announced next year, but this could be an early contender for Oscar glory.
Parasite is the story of jobless and penniless family who become involved with a wealthy and glamorous family, the Parks, to try and earn some money.
Parasite will hit UK cinemas on February 7, 2020
Sun-kyun Lee and Yeo-jeong Jo in Parasite (Image: Curzon Artificial Eye)
Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory (Image: Sony Pictures)
Pain and Glory
Another international film, Pain and Glory won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor for Antonio Banderas and Best Soundtrack.
The autobiographical film follows director Salvado Mallo, who is a version of real life Pedro Almodóvar, as it chronicles his life in flashback.
Other than its festival awards, Pain and Glory is also the Spanish selection for Best International Feature film and, if shortlisted, could go up against Parasite.
Pain and Glory is in cinemas now
The Report
The Report, starring Adam Driver and Annette Being, follows real-life US Senate investigator Daniel J Jones, who led the investigation into the CIA’s use of torture in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The film gained favourable reviews after it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is tipped for awards due to its real-life subject matter and Adam Driver’s performance.
The Report comes out in UK cinemas on November 15, before being released on Amazon Prime from the end of November
Adam Driver in The Report (Image: Amazon Studios)
Harriet
This is the first film of the list so far which will have its premiere at TIFF.
Harriet is another real-life story, based on the tale of Harriet Tubman.
Harriet was a slave who escaped to become an abolitionist, and led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom through her extraordinary acts.
Cynthia Erivo is leading the cast, having risen to fame since her Tony Award-winning role in the musical of The Color Purple.
For this role she has also won an Emmy and a Grammy, meaning an Oscar to complete her EGOT collection of winning four of the most coveted Hollywood awards.
Harriet comes out in UK cinemas on January 24, 2020
Cynthia Erivo in Harriet (Image: TIFF)
Jojo Rabbit
Director Taika Waititi’s latest film, Jojo Rabbit, will also have its premiere at TIFF.
The New Zealand director took the world by storm since his indie flicks like Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, when he directed Marvel trump Thor: Ragnarok.
He will play an idiotic Hitler, the invisible friend of a young Hitler Youth who is forced to question his morals when his mother takes in a Jewish girl.
Jojo Rabbit will be out in cinemas on January 3, 2020
Taika Waititi as Hitler in Jojo Rabbit (Image: 20th Century Fox)
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Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker in Joker (Image: Warner Bros)
Joker
Joker has been talked about a great deal since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where critics lauded star Joaquin Phoenix.
Phoenix will play the Joker, the Batman super villain in an origin story, seeing him as a failed stand up comedian who turns to a life of crime.
Many are suggesting this is the film for which Phoenix will win an Oscar, having been nominated three times before.
Joker comes out in UK cinemas on October 4
Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (Image: Sony Pictures)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
Another film to have its premiere at TIFF, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood follows an award-winning cynical journalist who is forced to write an Esquire profile on beloved real-life TV icon Fred Rogers.
Fred Rogers is played by Tom Hanks, in what some are suggesting will be his next Oscar win, as well as a potential nomination for director Marielle Heller after her 2018 film Can You Ever Forgive Me? gained Oscar attention.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood will come out in cinemas on December 6
Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland in Judy (Image: Pathe)
Judy
The hotly anticipated Judy Garland topic will have its second outing at TIFF, starring Renee Zellweger and rising star Jessie Buckley.
This film of her life follows Judy Garland as she arrives in London in 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Renee Zellweger has received a huge amount of praise for her role, and it may become her second Oscar win.
Judy will open in UK cinemas on October 4
Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse (Image: A24)
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
It received critical acclaim for the actors and technical aspects, while director Robert Eggers won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award for film making.
The film follows two lighthouse keepers and their gritty lives as they struggle with loneliness, friendship and their fears.
The Lighthouse comes out in UK cinemas on January 7
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in Marriage Story (Image: Netflix)
Marriage Story
The second Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson movie in the list, the film follows a stage director and actor struggling through a coast-to-coast divorce which pushes them to their limit.
The film, directed by Noah Baumbach, is said to be almost biographical Baumbach has ever done.
It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and Baumbach’s writing and direction gained a great deal of praise, along with Johansson’s performance.
Marriage Story will have a limited release before it is available to stream on Netflix
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