Every 2018 Oscar-Nominated Feature Film Summed Up in One Sentence
Forty-four feature films are nominated for Oscars this year, and let’s be honest, no one really has time to watch them all. Alas, we have a solution. From The Shape of Water to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, here is every 2018 Oscar-nominated movie summarized in one sentence.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail: This documentary tells the surprising tale of the single financial institution (Abacus) criminally indicted in the wake of the 2008 American mortgage crisis.
All the Money in the World: This Ridley Scott-directed drama revisits the 1973 kidnapping of J. Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and his mother’s (Michelle Williams) desperate attempt to get his billionaire granddad, Jean Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer), to pay his exorbitant ransom.
Baby Driver: A talented getaway driver named Baby (Ansel Elgort) meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James) and decides to leave his life of crime behind, but not before completing one last job.
Beauty and the Beast: It’s a tale as old as time: A monstrous prince is trapped by his anger and greed until a beautiful bookish woman arrives to show him there’s more to life.
The Big Sick: A Pakistani comedian (Kumail Nanjiani) is forced to reckon with his feelings, identity and culture when his grad student ex-girlfriend (Zoe Kazan) falls into a coma.
Blade Runner 2049: A young blade runner (Ryan Gosling) uncovers a secret that leads him to track down his OG counterpart, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who has been missing for 30 years.
The Boss Baby: An animated film in which a businessman (who also happens to be a baby) teams up with his 7-year-old brother to investigate why little ones are losing their market share of love.
The Breadwinner: A young Afghani girl disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family in this heartwarming animated feature.
Call Me by Your Name: Set against the backdrop of beautiful Northern Italy, Call Me by Your Name tells the story of a 17-year-old boy (Timothée Chalamet) who finds solace in his father’s research assistant (Armie Hammer) as he explores his burgeoning sexuality.
Coco: A powerful animated feature about an aspiring musician who enters the Land of the Dead to find out more about his great-grandfather, who was a legendary singer.
Darkest Hour: Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) struggles to decide if he will negotiate with Adolf Hitler or keep calm and fight on in the early days of World War II.
The Disaster Artist: Based on Greg Sestero’s memoir about making the cult-classic film The Room, The Disaster Artist remembers the strange artistic passion of Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) and his quest to make the greatest movie ever.
Dunkirk: Allied troops are covertly evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk by any available civilian vessel as Germany descends on France in WWII.
Faces Places: Director Agnès Varda and photographer and muralist J.R. journey through rural France and strike an unlikely bond.
A Fantastic Woman: Marina (Daniela Vega), a transsexual woman who is a singer, is devastated by the death of her older boyfriend.
Ferdinand: An animated film about a bull with a big heart who enlists a group of misfits to help him return home after being captured.
The Florida Project: An honest and moving look at childhood, The Florida Project tells the story of a 6-year-old girl, Moonee (Brooklynn Prince), who lives just outside the walls of Walt Disney World.
Get Out: A young African American man (Daniel Kaluuya) notices something is amiss when he meets his Caucasian girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) parents for the first time.
The Greatest Showman: A musical retelling of the man who invented the Barnum & Bailey circus.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and his band of Guardians fight to keep their group together when he learns a big secret about his ancestry.
I, Tonya: Margot Robbie stars in this biopic about disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding.
Icarus: Director Bryan Fogel goes on a mission to uncover the truth about the Russian doping scandal.
The Insult: A Lebanese Christian man and a Palestinian refugee face off in court after a minor incident escalates into something much larger.
Kong: Skull Island: Scientists and soldiers explore an uncharted island in the Pacific and find themselves in King Kong’s territory.
Lady Bird:The coming-of-age story of an outspoken teenager (Saoirse Ronan) in Sacramento, California, who tries to navigate her turbulent relationship with her mother (Laurie Metcalf) before graduating high school.
Last Men in Aleppo: Three members of a volunteer group called White Helmets offer aid and save the lives of hundreds of victims tangled in the Syrian civil war.
Logan: Logan ( Hugh Jackman’s human version of Wolverine from X-Men) cares for Professor X (Patrick Stewart) somewhere on the Mexican border until his whereabouts are compromised by a young mutant (Dafne Keen) being pursued by some serious bad guys.
Loveless: A couple immersed in divorce proceedings must team up when their son goes missing during one of their arguments.
Loving Vincent: This retelling of Vincent van Gogh’s life from beginning to end is beautifully accented by its vivid oil-painting animation.
Marshall: Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman), the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, faces one of his most poignant challenges in a case that ultimately defines his career.
Molly’s Game: The true story of Molly Bloom, a former Olympic skier who ran the world’s most exclusive poker ring and became a major FBI target.
Mudbound: Two WWII soldiers return to rural Mississippi after their tour and struggle to readjust to life amidst racism and family unrest.
On Body and Soul: A man and woman working at a slaughterhouse learn they share the same dreams at night and, against all odds, decide to make them come true.
Phantom Thread: A celebrated dressmaker’s (Daniel Day-Lewis) life is turned upside down when a strong-willed young woman (Vicky Krieps) becomes his muse.
The Post: A hard-hitting editor at The Washington Post discovers a decades-long government cover-up that threatens to put the paper out of business or catapult it to the next level, depending on who you ask.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Eccentric defense attorney Roman J. Israel (Denzel Washington) is driven to extreme measures after a chaotic series of events.
The Shape of Water: A sea creature captures the heart of a lonely janitor (Sally Hawkins) working at a research facility in the ’60s.
The Square: Starring Elisabeth Moss, The Square paints the picture of an art curator who puts his career on the line to bring a controversial new exhibit to life.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Rey (Daisy Ridley) works with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to hone her new abilities as the Resistance prepares to battle the First Order.
Strong Island: Filmmaker Yance Ford investigates his brother’s 1992 murder and the racial tensions that allowed his killer to go free.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: A mother (Frances McDormand) challenges local police when they fail to solve her daughter’s murder.
Victoria & Abdul: Dame Judi Dench stars in this film about Queen Victoria’s unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal).
War for the Planet of the Apes: Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ape brethren avenge the deaths of their family and friends after an epic war.
Wonder: Based on the New York Times best-selling book of the same title, Wonder tells the incredible story of a boy with facial differences (Jacob Tremblay) who decides to enter elementary school for the first time despite the challenges it brings.
Put your Oscar knowledge to work when the 90th annual Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, March 4, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
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