“Art College 1994” (Dekanalog)
“Captain Avispa” (Spanglish Movies)
“Chicken for Linda!” (GKIDS)
“The Colors Within” (GKIDS)
“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” (Warner Bros. Animation)
“Despicable Me 4” (Illumination)
“Flow” (Sideshow | Janus Films)
“The Garfield Movie” (Columbia Pictures)
“Ghost Cat Anzu” (GKIDS)
“The Glassworker” (Megacom Film)
“The Imaginary” (Netflix)
“Inside Out 2” (Walt Disney | Pixar)
“Kensuke’s Kingdom” (Blue Fox Entertainment)
“Kung Fu Panda 4” (Dreamworks)
“Living Large” (Barletta)
“Look Back” (GKIDS)
“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” (New Line Cinema)
“Mars Express” (GKIDS)
“Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films)
“Moana 2” (Walt Disney)
“Piece by Piece” (Focus Features)
“Rocket Club: Across the Cosmos” (Icon Creative)
“Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds” (GKIDS)
“Spellbound” (Netflix)
“Sultana’s Dream” (Filmin)
“That Christmas” (Netflix)
“Thelma the Unicorn” (Netflix)
“Transformers One” (Paramount)
“Ultraman: Rising” (Netflix)
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix)
“The Wild Robot” (Dreamworks)

OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS

“FLOW” • Sideshow | Janus Films
Gints Zilbalodis | Director
Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman | Producers

“INSIDE OUT 2” • Pixar Animation | Walt Disney Pictures
Kelsey Mann | Director
Mark Nielsen | Producers

“Memoir of a Snail” • IFC Films
Adam Elliot | Director
Liz Kearney, Adam Elliot | Producers

“WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL” • Netflix
Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham | Directors
Richard Beek | Producer

“THE WILD ROBOT” • DreamWorks Animation | Universal Pictures
Christopher Sanders | Director
Jeff Hermann | Producers

WHY I CHOSE THOSE FIVE?

Having seen a third of these films, I can tell you that most of them are not Oscar-worthy. “Despicable Me 4,” “Kung Fu Panda 4,” and “Moana 2” are just your run-of-the-mill, big-budget sequels. But if there’s one sequel that is going to crack into the top 5, it’s “Inside Out 2.” The Pixar film was a juggernaut at the box office this year and mostly loved, tackling the subject of anxiety in teens. “The Garfield Movie,” “The Imaginary,” “Spellbound,” and “Thelma the Unicorn” were visually pleasing but lacked in the story department. However, “The Wild Robot” has to be the favorite to win the whole thing. Not only was the animation style absolutely killer, but the voice-acting, subject matter, and general overall reception were that of a winner. As far as the films I have yet to see, the three that feel most like Oscar picks are “Flow” (which I’m very excited to see), “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (because the Academy tends to love Aardman animation), and “Memoir Of A Snail.” Never count out wild cards like “Transformers One,” which feels too commercial for the Academy, and “Piece By Piece,” which tend to steer away from the LEGO fare.