Best Picture Race: Students cast their votes

With the Academy Awards March 2, we asked students which Best Picture Nominee they would vote for

nebraska 2% Nebraska

An aging and alcoholic father travels with his estranged son to claim a sweepstakes prize he thinks he’s won. Starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte.

 

 


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Philomena

A disgraced journalist travels with an older Irish woman in search of the son she was forced to give up as a teenager.  Starring Judy Dench and Steve Coogan.

 

 

131031_MOV_DallasBuyersClub.jpg.CROP.promo-mediumlarge4% Dallas Buyers Club

Ron Woodroof helps AIDS patients after he is diagnosed with the terminal disease in 1985. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto.

 

 

 

her-movie-2013-screenshot-theodore-twombly4% Her

A lonely man dealing with divorce falls in love with his artificial intelligence operating system. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and Scarlett Johansson.

 

 

12-years-a-slave8.5% 12 Years a Slave

Based on a true story, a free black man is kidnapped from New York and sold into slavery where he endures the harshness of slave life. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender and Sarah Paulson.

 

 

 

Gravity still (2)18% Gravity

During what should have been a routine spacewalk, an accident destroys the space shuttle and leaves two astronauts alone and trapped in outer space. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.

 

1368195119_captain_phillips-oo819% Captain Phillips

In 2009, Somali pirates hijacked a US container ship. This film recalls the standoff and how Captain Richard Phillips survived the event. Starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener and Barkhad Abdi.

 

hero_AmericanHustle-2013-119.5% American Hustle

Set in the ’70s and inspired by real events, a con man and his sultry assistant unwillingly team up with the FBI to take down politicians. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.

 

the wolf on wall street22% WINNER! The Wolf of Wall Street

This true story features Jordan Belfort’s wild ride to wealth in this Wall Street corruption story. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey.