Binodon desk:

It’s hard to talk about film right now without mentioning Covid. The virus has had a significant impact on cinema audiences as well as release patterns.

But as always in showbiz, the award-giving must go on in some shape or form, and there is a crop of exceptional pieces of film-making in possible contention for this year’s Oscars.

So here are 15 movies worth keeping an eye on in the run up to the Academy Awards at the end of March.

1. Belfast

2. No Time to Die

3. Being The Ricardos

4. The Tragedy of Macbeth

5. Coda

6. Don’t Look Up

7. The Lost Daughter

8. Spencer

9. House of Gucci

10. Tick, Tick… Boom!

11. Dune

12. King Richard

13. Licorice Pizza

14. The Power of the Dog

15. West Side Story