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!

Nebraska and Her Lead St. Louis Film Critics Nominations

Heading into the race, it was very clear that there were 2 huge frontrunners for every award this season, you know them better as 12 Years A Slave, and Gravity. They established themselves very early with strong critical acclaim and healthy box office performance, and have been very consistent winners/nominees in the early critics awards.

However, films like Alexander Payne's Nebraska and Spike Jonze's Her have been benefitting from the stigma of not being the frontrunner; slowly and quietly building buzz to eventually become very big players in the later races.

Her especially is getting a nice boost from the critics; it won a joint Best Picture award with Gravity yesterday from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and won top honors from the NBR. This will help its small and unconventional profile when it comes to the top prize; the Oscars.

Nebraska was seen as something of a vehicle for leading man Bruce Dern's performance, but it's been being recognized in various other categories from other awards branches. It's very clear that the people who love this film, really love it.

Anyway, you can take a full list of nominees after the jump