Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design 
Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle) has wanted to make movies since he first saw The Greatest Show on Earth. He has devoted himself to this end, recording his family, making his siblings perform in skits, anything and everything to get the perfect shot and see it on screen. His mother (Michelle Williams) loves and encourages Sammy's creativity. His father (Paul Dano) appreciates the work but still views it as a hobby, not a money-maker. Sammy struggles to balance the love he feels for his family and the love he feels for film-making.
This is a mostly autobiographical film by and about Steven Spielberg. It's not his best work, but I suppose it would have to be his most personal by default. I think it's really mid-tier. Williams is good but Dano is better and probably should have got the nomination. Judd Hirsch is in it for less than five minutes and I am utterly baffled at this nomination. I found the story boring and not really original because one of these comes out pretty much three times a year. Production design was good, but not mind-blowing. All in all, this feels like a legacy pick, not one on merit.
Currently, it is only in theaters.
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