248 Films Eligible For 2010 Best Picture

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have announced that 248 feature films are eligible for best picture at the 2010 Academy Awards.  The number is down from previous years — According to THR, 274 films were eligible in 2009, and 281 in 2008.

The list of 248 eligible films have been sent with a nominations ballot to all active and life members of the Academy "who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than ten pictures." The ten films receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Best Picture award. The nominations will be announced live on January 25th 2011 at 5:30am psd.

The rules for eligibility is as follows:

  • Films must be feature length (defined as over 40 minutes)
  • Publicly exhibited by means of 35mm or 70mm film, or in a 24- or 48-frame progressive scan Digital Cinema format with a minimum projector resolution of 2048 by 1080 pixels
  • For paid admission in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County for a qualifying run of at least seven consecutive days, advertised and exploited during their Los Angeles County qualifying run in a manner considered normal and customary to the industry.
  • Films that, in any version, receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release will not be eligible for Academy Awards in any category. (This includes broadcast and cable television as well as home video marketing and Internet transmission.) However, ten minutes or ten percent of the running time of a film, whichever is shorter, is allowed to be shown in a nontheatrical medium prior to the film's theatrical release.
  • Here is the list of qualifying films:

    THE A-TEAM

    AGORA

    ALICE IN WONDERLAND

    ALL GOOD THINGS

    ALPHA AND OMEGA

    THE AMERICAN

    ANIMAL KINGDOM

    ANOTHER YEAR

    ANTON CHEKOV'S THE DUEL

    APAPORIS

    APPLAUSE

    BABIES

    BARNEY'S VERSION

    BIUTIFUL

    BLACK SWAN

    BLACK TULIP

    BLUE VALENTINE

    THE BOOK OF ELI

    THE BOUNTY HUNTER

    BROOKLYN'S FINEST

    BURIED

    BURLESQUE

    CAIRO TIME

    CASE 39

    CASINO JACK

    CATFISH

    CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE

    CHARLIE ST. CLOUD

    CHLOE

    THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER

    CITY ISLAND

    CLASH OF THE TITANS

    COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY

    THE COMPANY MEN

    THE CONCERT

    CONVICTION

    COP OUT

    COUNTRY STRONG

    CRAYON

    THE CRAZIES

    CYRUS

    DATE NIGHT

    DAYBREAKERS

    DEAR JOHN

    DEATH AT A FUNERAL

    DEFENDOR

    DESPICABLE ME

    DEVIL

    DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

    DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

    DREAMKILLER

    THE DREAMS OF JINSHA

    DROOL

    THE DRY LAND

    DUE DATE

    EASY A

    EAT PRAY LOVE

    EDGE OF DARKNESS

    ESSENTIAL KILLING

    EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

    EXPECTING MARY

    THE EXPENDABLES

    THE EXTRA MAN

    FAIR GAME

    THE FIGHTER

    FLIPPED

    FOR COLORED GIRLS

    FOUR LIONS

    FRANKIE & ALICE

    FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

    FURRY VENGEANCE

    GET HIM TO THE GREEK

    GET LOW

    THE GHOST WRITER

    THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

    THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEXT

    THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

    THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

    GOING THE DISTANCE

    GREEN ZONE

    GREENBERG

    GROWN UPS

    GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

    HAPPY TEARS

    THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE

    HARRY BROWN

    HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1

    HEARTBREAKER

    HEAVEN'S RAIN

    HEMINGWAY'S GARDEN OF EDEN

    HEREAFTER

    HIDEAWAY (LE REFUGE)

    HOLY ROLLERS

    HOW DO YOU KNOW

    HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

    HOWL

    HUBBLE 3D

    I AM LOVE

    I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS

    IDIOTS AND ANGELS

    THE ILLUSIONIST

    INCEPTION

    INSIDE JOB

    IRON MAN 2

    IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

    JACK GOES BOATING

    JACKASS 3D

    JOHN RABE

    JONAH HEX

    THE JONESES

    JUST WRIGHT

    THE KARATE KID

    KICK-ASS

    THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

    KILLERS

    THE KING'S SPEECH

    KNIGHT AND DAY

    THE LAST AIRBENDER

    THE LAST EXORCISM

    THE LAST SONG

    LEAP YEAR

    LEBANON

    LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE

    LEGION

    LET ME IN

    LETTERS TO GOD

    LETTERS TO JULIET

    LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

    LIFE DURING WARTIME

    LIKE DANDELION DUST

    LITTLE FOCKERS

    THE LOSERS

    LOTTERY TICKET

    LOUIS

    LOVE & OTHER DRUGS

    LOVE RANCH

    MACGRUBER

    MACHETE

    MADE IN DAGENHAM

    MAO'S LAST DANCER

    MARMADUKE

    MEGAMIND

    MICMACS

    MIDDLE MEN

    MISCONCEPTIONS

    MONSTERS

    MORNING GLORY

    MOTHER AND CHILD

    MY DOG TULIP

    MY NAME IS KHAN

    MY SOUL TO TAKE

    NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS

    NEVER LET ME GO

    THE NEXT THREE DAYS

    NIGHT CATCHES US

    A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

    NOWHERE BOY

    THE NUTCRACKER IN 3D

    OSS 117 – LOST IN RIO

    OCEANS

    ONDINE

    127 HOURS

    THE OTHER GUYS

    OUR FAMILY WEDDING

    PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2

    PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF

    THE PERFECT GAME

    PICTURE ME: A MODEL'S DIARY

    PIRANHA 3D

    PLEASE GIVE

    PREACHER'S KID

    PREDATORS

    PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME

    PURE COUNTRY 2: THE GIFT

    QUEEN OF THE LOT

    RABBIT HOLE

    RAMONA AND BEEZUS

    RED

    RED HILL

    REMEMBER ME

    REPO MEN

    RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE

    RESTREPO

    ROBIN HOOD

    ROZYCZKA

    THE RUNAWAYS

    SALT

    SAW 3D

    SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD

    SECRETARIAT

    SEQUESTRO

    SEX AND THE CITY 2

    SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE

    SHREK FOREVER AFTER

    SHUTTER ISLAND

    THE SICILIAN GIRL

    SIX DAYS IN PARADISE

    SKYLINE

    THE SOCIAL NETWORK

    SOLITARY MAN

    SOMEWHERE

    THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE

    SPLICE

    THE SPY NEXT DOOR

    STEP UP 3D

    STONE

    SUMMER WARS

    THE SWITCH

    TAKERS

    TAMARA DREWE

    TANGLED

    THE TAQWACORES

    THE TEMPEST

    3 BILLION AND COUNTING

    THE TILLMAN STORY

    TINKER BELL AND THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE

    TOOTH FAIRY

    TOUCHING HOME

    THE TOURIST

    THE TOWN

    TOY STORY 3

    TRASH HUMPERS

    TRON: LEGACY

    TRUE GRIT

    THE TWLIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE

    TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?

    UNBEATEN

    UNSTOPPABLE

    VALENTINE'S DAY

    VAMPIRES SUCK

    THE VIRGINITY HIT

    WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN"

    WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY

    WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS

    THE WARRIOR'S WAY

    WATERCOLORS

    THE WAY BACK

    WELCOME TO THE RILEYS

    WHEN IN ROME

    WILD GRASS

    WINTER'S BONE

    THE WOLFMAN

    A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP

    WRETCHES & JABBERERS

    YOGI BEAR

    YOU AGAIN

    YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER

    YOUTH IN REVOLT