As outlined in the FAQ, films are eligible up to a three-year period, starting with their first theatrical release, but with three limiting factors:
1) Once a film gains a wide theatrical release in the US (playing simultaneously on more than 100 or so screens), it cannot be eligible again in subsequent years.
2) Once a film debuts on DVD or TV in the US, it cannot be eligible again in subsequent years.
3) Once a film earns a Filmspot nomination, it cannot be eligible again in subsequent years.
Note: US made-for-television movies are only eligible in the year in which they first air.
(See
here for the origin of these guidelines.)
I'll keep track of films with questionable eligibility below.
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ELIGIBLE
17 Girls
5 Broken Cameras
The Angels' Share
Antiviral
The Apple Pushers
The Awakening
Barbara
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Berberian Sound Studio
Bestiaire
Beyond the Hills
Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
Bobby Yeah
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Camion
The Central Park Five
The Color Wheel
The Comedy
Compliance
Cosmopolis
Crazy Horse
Eat Sleep Die
Electrick Children
Farewell, My Queen
Fresh Guacamole
The Gatekeepers
Girl Walk // All Day
Head Games
The House I Live In
House of Tolerance
How to Survive a Plague
The Hunt
The Impossible
In Another Country
It Was the Son
Jiseul
Keep the Lights On
A Late Quartet
Laurence Anyways
Leviathan
London: The Modern Babylon
The Loneliest Planet
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Memories Look at Me
A Monster in Paris
Motorway
Neighboring Sounds
Nightfall
Nobody Walks
Not Fade Away
Not Suitable for Children
Nuit #1
Once Upon a Time Was I, Veronica
The Paperboy
Pusher
Romancing in Thin Air
A Royal Affair
Samsara
Sexy Baby
Shadow Dancer
Shanghai
Side by Side
Sightseers
Silence
Sister
Starlet
Stories We Tell
Tabu
This Must Be the Place
Undefeated
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Wadjda
War Witch
West of Memphis
Whores' Glory
Wuthering Heights
You Ain't Seen Nothin' YetINELIGIBLE
21 Jump Street
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Alps
The Amazing Spider-Man
American Reunion
Amour
Anna Karenina
The Announcement
Arbitrage
Argo
Arnold's Blueprint
Aurora
The Avengers
Barfi!
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Bernie
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Beyond the Black Rainbow
The Bourne Legacy
Brave
Bullhead
The Cabin in the Woods
The Campaign
Carnage
Casa de Mi Padre
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Chronicle
Cloud Atlas
Cocktail
Coriolanus
Crazy Eyes
Damsels in Distress
A Dangerous Method
Dark Horse
The Dark Knight Rises
Dark Shadows
The Day He Arrives
The Deep Blue Sea
Detachment
Detention
The Dictator
Django Unchained
The Do-Deca-Penthalon
Dredd
Elena
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
End of Watch
Even the Rain
Film Socialisme
The Five-Year Engagement
Flight
Footnote
Frankenweenie
Friends with Kids
God Bless America
Goon
Grandma, a Thousand Times
The Grey
Haywire
Headhunters
Hell and Back Again
Hick
Higher Ground
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Holy Motors
Hope Springs
Hotel Transylvania
How to Die in Oregon
The Hunger Games
I Wish
I Wish I Knew
The Imposter
Indie Game: The Movie
Into the Abyss
The Intouchables
The Invisible War
Iron Sky
Jack Reacher
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Jo Pour Jonathan
John Carter
Justice League Doom
The Kid with a Bike
Kill List
Killer Joe
Killing Them Softly
Lawless
Le Havre
Leave It on the Floor
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Life Without Principle
Lincoln
Lockout
Looper
The Lorax
The Loved Ones
Magic Mike
Margaret
Marina Abramovich: The Artist Is Present
Marley
The Master
Me Too
Men in Black 3
Michael
Miss Bala
Monsieur Lazhar
Moonrise Kingdom
Mysteries of Lisbon
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Oslo, August 31st
Paperman
ParaNorman
Pariah
People Like Us
Perfect Sense
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Pitch Perfect
Polisse
Premium Rush
Project Nim
Project X
Prometheus
The Queen of Versailles
The Raid: Redemption
Rampart
Resident Evil: Damnation
Resurrect Dead
Rise of the Guardians
Robot & Frank
Rock of Ages
Ruby Sparks
Rust and Bone
Safe House
Safety Not Guaranteed
Savages
Searching for Sugar Man
The Secret World of Arrietty
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
The Sessions
Seven Psychopaths
Shut Up and Play the Hits
Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Tongues
Sinister
Skyfall
Sleepless Night
Sleepwalk with Me
The Snowtown Murders
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
Sound of My Voice
Step Up: Revolution
Strange Powers
Sunny
Take This Waltz
Ted
That's My Boy
This Is 40
This Is Not a Film
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Tiny Furniture
Tomboy
Total Recall
The Turin Horse
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Tyrannosaur
Vamps
Wanderlust
Weekend
Woody Allen: A Documentary
The Words
Wreck-It Ralph
Your Sister's Sister
Zero Dark Thirty