Overall, the 2014 Academy Awards may represent one of the most crowded fields for quality film making in recent memory. This year's selections are filled with moving and memorable performances, from the enchanting Frozen to Matthew McConaughey's stunning turn in The Dallas Buyer's Club . At least the Motion Picture Academy casts a wider net with nine Best Picture nominations; the rest of the categories are capped at five. The nominations represent the official kickoff of the Oscars Awards season. From this moment forward, every name and film mentioned will be repeated countless times on TV talk shows and in commercials, tweets, Facebook posts and movie posters. Now that we have the full list (see the major award nominees below) you can start handicapping the winners (and catching all the films you missed) and then we can all watch together on March 2 when the academy hands out all those gold statuettes. Best Picture American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas B