7 Days Till Oscar: Rating the Best Picture Nominees' Trailers

That's right ladies and gentlemen, we're 7 days away from the biggest night in film: the 88th Academy Awards. Oscar season always seems like a never-ending circus, and it certainly feels like this season especially has been going on forever. Bur fret not! Soon I'll be able to officially move into the 2014 film season once this madness is over (and once 2014 delivers me a movie worth seeing, though admittedly I have not seen The Lego Movie yet, and probably should).

In any event, until that time comes, I've got to keep you interested in the dog and pony show currently coming to its much needed end: 2013's awards season. Next weekend, I'll be publishing my acting ballot, complete with my personal choices and winners if I were to have the ability to cast a vote. Today, however, I've decided I would rank the Best Picture nominees by their trailers (which in some cases are better than the actual movies themselves).

So, without further adieu, your 2013 Best Picture nominees ranked by yours truly!

Her and Captain Phillips are Triumphant at the WGA

The Writer's Guild announced their slew of winners last night, awarding the Best Screenplays of the year. Spike Jonze's Her continued its winning streak and won in the Original Screenplay category, while Captain Phillips won Adapted Screenplay.

Like SAG, DGA and PGA, WGA is made up of voters in the writer's branch of the Academy (though there are more in the branch than they're are in the guild), so who they vote for is important. However, it's also important to remember that when choosing winners, the entire Academy votes, not just the respective categories.

So then, does this mean Her and Captain Phillips win screenplay Oscars as well?

Oscar Hopefuls: Those That Didn't Make the Cut (Video)

All of the Oscar hopefuls who didn't make the cut. From Oprah, to Pacific Rim. See who was snubbed and who never had a fighting chance.

DGA Nominations

Gravity, Wolf of Wall Street, 12 Years A Slave & American Hustle all received support from the Directors Guild.

Good news for Captain Phillips and Wolf of Wall Street; the Directors Guild awarded both Paul Greengrass and Martin Scorsese with nominations amongst Oscar frontrunners Steve McQueen, Alfonso Cuaron and David O. Russell. Both Greengrass' and Scorsese's films received support from the PGA, which strengthens their bid to break into the competitive Best Picture race.

The Coens could've used a nomination here, also missing is Nebraksa's Alexander Payne and Spike Jonze. Unlike the Coens, however, both Payne and Jonze's films were included in the PGA lineup; it seems like Inside Llewyn Davis is on the outside looking in.

Not all is lost though; last year Kathryn Bigelow and Ben Affleck were both nominated for the DGA, with Affleck winning, and were not nominated for the Academy Award. Instead, Michael Hanake and Benh Zeitlen, 2 unseen nominees, were nominated for smaller films. This not only provides a small glimmer of hope for Jonze, the Coens and Payne, but also Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée, whose film is receiving a ton of indistry and guild support (PGA+SAG+WGA).

The full list of nominees is below: