Every 2018 Oscar Nominee Ranked From Worst To Best

3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri Trailer
Fox Searchlight

Nominations: 7 - Best Picture, Best Actress (Frances McDormand), Best Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell), Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing

What a relief it is when the probable Best Picture winner is also one of the best films of the year. Three Billboards may raise some taxing questions about the nature of justice and redemption, but it's also an hilarious black comedy with a barn-storming, career-best performance from Frances McDormand, who is very clearly a lock for a Best Actress win.

Everybody in the ensemble cast delivers, though, and while it would've been easy for Three Billboards' barbed quips to overpower the character drama, it is a supremely measured film with unexpected emotional depth and a number of sneaky narrative twists.

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