The Oscars have announced that 317 feature films are eligible for consideration at the 98th Academy Awards. According to a press releaseIt includes 201 titles that qualify for the Best Picture race. The four Indian films included in the list are Rishabh Shetty’s Kantara: Chapter 1, Anupam Kher’s Tanvi the Great, M Sasikumar’s Tourist Family and the animated epic Mahavatar Narasimha. Radhika Apte’s Sister Midnight has also made a place in this list.
Indian films that have made it to the Oscar list
Other films on the list include Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Superman and Wicked: For Good. According to the Academy, to be eligible for consideration in the general admission categories, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in at least one of six U.S. metropolitan areas between January 1 and December 31, 2025, and meet a minimum qualifying showing of seven consecutive days at the same location. Feature films must have a running time of more than 40 minutes.
The full list of eligible Best Picture contenders is below
Accountant 2
actor
after hunting
You all
that’s all you have left
alto nights
amateur
Americana
Anaconda
anemone
Birthday
Evaluation
audrey’s children
Avatar: Fire and Ashes
bad guys 2
song of a little player
Ballad of Wallis Island
ballerina
baltimoreons
Bau, artist in war
becoming led zeppelin
vines
a big adventure beautiful journey
black bag
black phone 2
blue moon
bob trevino likes this
bone lake
bring him back
Brownsville Bread
Bugonia
carpenter’s son
caught stealing
Coral
christie
water chronology
partner
The Conjuring: Last Rites
dead man’s telegram
death of a unicorn
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
die my love
dog man
let’s not go to the dogs tonight
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
dust bunny
east of the wall
Echo Valley
edington
eden
Ephesus
eleanor the great
Ilio
Ella McKay
eternity
everything is going to be great
f1
Fakeham Hall
fairyland
Fantastic Four: First Steps
father mother sister brother
Final Destination: Bloodlines
five nights at freddys 2
folk tales
40 acres
frankenstein
freaky Friday
strange tales
friends
friendship
Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie
good boy
good fortune
goodbye june
guns and moses
Hamnett
Hedda
summer hell
highest 2 lowest
Him
history of sound
a house of dynamite
home maid
how to Train Your Dragon
I wish you all the best
If I had legs I would kick you
is this thing on?
it was just an accident
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
jane austen ruined my life
jay kelly
jurassic world reborn
Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1
Karate Kid: Legends
keeper
kiss of the spider woman
Knife
la grazia
last breath
left handed girl
Legend of Ochi
chuck’s life
Lily
lilo and stitch
character of little amelie or rain
long walk
lost bus
love hurts
love me
America’s luckiest man
Magazine Dreams
Mahavatar Narasimha
The Man in My Basement
Marty Supreme
materialist
M3GAN 2.0
mickey 17
a minecraft movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Monkey
my dead friend zoe
naked gun
no other choice
nobody 2
Nouvelle Vague
novocaine
Now you look at me: Now you don’t look
nuremberg
Oh, hi!
On becoming a guinea fowl
on swift horses
one fight after another
100 nights of hero
one of those days
One to One: John and Yoko
opus
Orwell 2+2=5
Paddington in Peru
Peter Hujar Day
Phoenician plan
plague
plain clothes
preparation for next life
appearance
Prime Minister
Reconstruction
you are regretting
Riley
rental family
resurrection
roofer
Rosemead
Rose
rule breakers
running man
move
Red
secret agent
sentimental value
she shoots a gun
sheepdog
Shelby Oaks
Shroud
sinners
Sirat
sister midnight
Sisu: Path of Revenge
sketch
The Smashing Machine
sang the song blue
Sorry baby
soul is burning
universal
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
splitsville
Springsteen: Deliver Me Out of Nowhere
steve
The Summer Book
superman
tanvi the great
tatami
Ann Lee’s will
from lightning
Together
tourist family
train dreams
Triphol
truth and treason
after 28 years
twinless
ugly stepsister
naughty boy
hind ki awaaz rajab
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
war
Weapon
wedding banquet
Wicked: for good
Wolf Man
woman in the yard
zootopia 2
How has Anupam reacted to his film being included in the list?
Reacting to Tanvi The Great’s inclusion in the list, actor Anupam Kher, who directed the film, shared an emotional note. Expressing his gratitude, Anupam wrote that being included in the list is “already a big win” for the team. He said, “Oscars… Best Film… Shortlist… Tanvi the Great!!! Every year thousands of films from all over the world are sent for the most prestigious film awards #OSCARS! Millions of people in the film industry work very hard to get the initial nod and appreciation by @theacademy!”
He further added, “This puts one in the league of the best in the business! To be nominated and eventually win would definitely be an absolute feeling. But to be a finalist in the list of the top 200 films in the world by the #98ThAcademyAwards committee is already a huge win for team #TanviTheGreat! We have worked so hard!”
“And completing 100 days in theaters today & being shortlisted by the #Oscars selection committee validates our belief that hard work & honesty always pays off! Thank you @theacademy for this amazing honour! We also love the tag of being an Indian film! Jai Hind!! #KuchBhiHoSaktaHai,” he concluded.
about movies
Apart from Kantara Chapter 1 and Anupam Kher’s directorial debut, the other two Indian productions are the multilingual animated film Mahavatar Narasimha and first-time filmmaker Abhishan Jeevinth’s Tamil title Tourist Family. Radhika’s Sister Midnight is a Hindi-language UK-India co-production film.