Oscars Spotlight: Trailers for Best Picture Nominees

by IMDb-Editors | created - 12 Feb 2015 | updated - 12 Feb 2015 | Public

Trailers for this year's nominees for Best Picture.

American Sniper (2014)

Theatrical Trailer | 2:18

Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

American Sniper

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

International Trailer | 2:53

A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.

Birdman

Boyhood (2014)

Trailer #2 | 1:46

Filmed over short periods from 2002 to 2013, Boyhood is a ground-breaking cinematic experience covering 12 years in the life of a family. At the centre is Mason, who with his sister Samantha, is taken on an emotional and transcendent journey through the years, from childhood to adulthood.

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

International Trailer | 2:26

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game (2014)

Official Trailer | 2:31

English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.

The Imitation Game

Selma (2014)

Trailer #1 | 2:33

Selma is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.

Selma

The Theory of Everything (2014)

Trailer #2 | 2:30

At Cambridge, Stephen Hawking falls deeply in love with fellow student Jane Wilde. At the age of 21, Hawking receives the earth-shattering health diagnosis as he embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of - time. Together with Jane, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed.

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash (2014)

Trailer #2 | 2:09

Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young man's life. Andrew's passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to push him to the brink of both his ability -- and his sanity.

Whiplash



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