The festival circuit has been abuzz with recent releases and Toronto is the festival most insiders watch to see what could emerge as big Oscar contenders. We learned that Steve Jobs, Room and Truth could be contenders while other films fell quickly by the wayside like Freeheld, Legend and Stonewall may not be cut out for the race.

We now take a look at the landscape after the festival with an eye towards the films that are in competition but have not yet released. While we’re still two months away from critics telling us what they think are the best films of the year, these are our impressions of the Oscar race as it stands.

We start out slow with only the major categories.

KEY:

Best Picture

• Beasts of No Nation (PP T) [New] (TB T) [New]
• Bridge of Spies (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Brooklyn (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Carol (WL J) (PP O) (TB J) (TL O)
• The Danish Girl (PP O)(TL O)
• Demolition (TL O)
• The Hateful Eight (WL O) (TB O)
• Inside Out (WL J) (TB T) [New] (TL J)
• Joy (WL O)(TL O)
• The Martian (WL O) (PP T) [New]
• The Revenant (WL O) (PP O)(TL O)
• Room (TB T) [New]
• Spotlight (WL T) [New] (PP J)
• Steve Jobs (WL T) [New] (PP T) [New] (TB O) (TL O)
• Straight Outta Compton (TB T) [New]
• Suffragette (WL O) (PP T) [New] (TB O) (TL O)

Best Director

• Danny Boyle – Steve Jobs (PP T) [New] (TB O) (TL O)
• John Crowley – Brooklyn (PP O) (TB O)
• Cary Fukunaga – Beasts of No Nation (PP T) [New]
• Sarah Gavron – Suffragette (TB O)
• Todd Haynes – Carol (PP O) (TB J) (TL J)
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – The Revenant (WL J)(TL O)
• Tom McCarthy – Spotlight (WL T) [New] (PP T) [New]
• David O. Russell – Joy (WL O)(TL O)
• Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight (WL O)

Best Actor

• Michael Caine – Youth (TB T) [New] (TL J)
• Johnny Depp – Black Mass (WL O) (PP O) (TB T) [New]
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant (WL J) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs (WL T) [New] (PP T) [New] (TB O) (TL O)
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Demolition (TL O)
• Tom Hanks – Bridge of Spies (WL O)
• Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Will Smith – Concussion (PP T) [New]

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett – Carol (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Brie Larson – Room (WL T) [New] (PP T) [New] (TB T) [New]
• Jennifer Lawrence – Joy (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Julianne Moore – Freeheld (WL O)(TL J)
• Carey Mulligan – Suffragette (WL O) (PP T) [New] (TB O) (TL O)
• Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Maggie Smith – Lady in the Van (PP J)

Best Supporting Actor

• Benedict Cumberbatch – Black Mass (WL O)
• Paul Dano – Love & Mercy (TB T) [New]
• Robert De Niro – Joy (WL O)(TL O)
• Benicio del Toro – Sicario (TL J)
• Joel Edgerton – Black Mass (TB T) [New]
• Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation (PP T) [New] (TB T) [New] (TL O)
• Tom Hardy – The Revenant (WL T) [New] (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Samuel L. Jackson – The Hateful Eight (TB T) [New] (TL O)
• Michael Keaton – Spotlight (WL T) [New] (PP T) [New]
• Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight (WL T) [New] (PP T) [New]
• Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies (PP T) [New]

Best Supporting Actress

• Joan Allen – Room (TB T) [New]
• Helena Bonham Carter – Suffragette (TB O)
• Diane Ladd – Joy (TL O)
• Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight (WL J) (PP T) [New] (TB O) (TL O)
• Rooney Mara – Carol (WL O) (PP J) (TB J) (TL O)
• Helen Mirren – Trumbo (WL O)
• Elisabeth Moss – Truth (WL T) [New]
• Ellen Page – Freeheld (WL O)(TL J)
• Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl (PP T) [New](TL J)
• Julie Walters – Brooklyn (PP O)
• Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs (PP T) [New] (TB T) [New]