Black Panther, Roma, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Widows, A Star is Born and Eighth Grade all made NPR's favorite-movie list. (Top) Marvel Studios/Netflix/Universal Pictures; (bottom) 20th Century Fox/Warner Bros./A24 hide caption
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An Oscar statue is pictured at the press preview for the 91st Academy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary RGB. Magnolia Pictures/CNN Films hide caption
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The Academy Awards will have four award categories not aired live in the broadcast this year, which is drawing criticism from members of the movie industry. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
Jeremy Comte's live-action short film "Fauve" took home a Special Jury prize at Sundance. It's nominated now for an Oscar at the 91st Academy Awards. H264 Distribution hide caption
Alita: Battle Angel leaves the Uncanny Valley behind to map the Uncanny Canyon. Eye-yi-yi. Twentieth Century Fox hide caption
Ki Joo-bong stars in Hotel By The River, the latest from South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo. The Cinema Guild hide caption
Rapayet (José Acosta) and Zaida (Natalia Reyes) perform a public dance in Birds of Passage. The Orchard hide caption
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An Indigenous Community Is Drawn Into The Drug Trade In 'Birds Of Passage'
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An Indigenous Community Is Drawn Into The Drug Trade In 'Birds Of Passage'
Aleta Dignard-Fung says she battled her ex-boyfriend for control of what music would play on her Spotify account. Courtesy of Aleta Dignard-Fung hide caption
Glenn Close plays Joan, the titular wife in The Wife. The role has earned her an Academy Award nomination for best actress. Graeme Hunter/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
"You can't tell me that a movie that I'm doing about a story that involves black culture is not going to reach other corners of the world," Taraji P. Henson says. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
'What Men Want' Actor Taraji P. Henson Talks Fighting 'Like A Girl'
The Netflix series Travelers uses video footage from an oil train disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec for its fictional series about time-travelers. The use of the footage has angered Canadians. Netflix/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Video Clips Of Oil Train Disaster Used In Netflix Sci-Fi Films Anger Canadians
Albert Finney as Tom Jones in the 1963 movie Tom Jones. Woodfall/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock hide caption
Penélope Cruz stars as Laura and Javier Bardem as Paco in Asghar Farhadi's Everybody Knows. Teresa Isasi/Focus Features hide caption
Melvin Gregg as Erick Scott and André Holland as Ray Burke in High Flying Bird, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Peter Andrews/Netflix hide caption
In The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Batman (Will Arnett) and Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) team up to fight a new enemy. Warner Bros. hide caption
A dumpling springs to life in the Oscar-nominated Pixar Studios short Bao. Pixar Studios hide caption
When she gains the power to read men's thoughts, Ali (Taraji P. Henson) gains an edge over her sexist colleagues in What Men Want. Paramount Pictures hide caption
In The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot, Sam Elliott stars as an esteemed war veteran who helped kill Hitler. Years later, he's on a new mission — to kill Bigfoot. Epic Pictures hide caption
Emmet (Chris Pratt) is tasked with bringing peace to the LEGO universe once again in The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. Warner Bros. hide caption
Oscar statue watches over the 91st Oscars Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images hide caption