Seen them all? If you're not prepared to cast your vote for this year's Best Picture, catch up on what you're missing with the synopses of all nine nominated films.

Best Picture nominee: "Amour" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

Sony Pictures Classics
 

Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) and Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignat) are retired music teachers in their 80s living in Paris. One morning, Anne goes silent. Afterward, she doesn't remember anything.

Sony Pictures Classics
 

Surgery on a blocked artery leaves Anne partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. She makes Georges promise not to send her back to the hospital or put her in a nursing home.

Sony Pictures Classics
 

One morning, as Anne's condition deteriorates, Georges tells her a story of his childhood, and then grabs a pillow and smothers Anne. He cleans and dresses her and leaves her body on the bed, taping up the door to the room.

Sony Pictures Classics
 

In a surreal ending scene, Georges, who has starved himself to near-death, sees Anne again, and she tells him to follow her out of the apartment, apparently joining her in death.

Sony Pictures Classics
 

In a surreal ending scene, Georges, who has starved himself to near-death, sees Anne again, and she tells him to follow her out of the apartment, apparently joining her in death.

Sony Pictures Classics
 

Best Picture nominee: "Argo" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

Warner Bros. Ent.
 

When militants seize control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran during the height of the Iranian Revolution, CIA agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) creates a fake Hollywood film production in order to rescue a group of American diplomats.
 

Warner Bros. Ent.

Mendez infiltrates the country and meets up with the Canadian ambassador (Victor Garber) and the hostages who have taken refuge at his home.

Warner Bros. Ent.
 

The hostages are initially skeptical of his plan, but they eventually realize that along with their lives, Mendez is also risking his to get them out of the country.

Warner Bros. Ent.
 

At the last minute, Mendez is told that the operation has been cancelled, but he pushes forward, forcing his supervisor (Bryan Cranston) to hastily re-obtain authorization for the mission to get tickets on a Swissair flight.

Warner Bros. Ent.
 

Tension rises at the airport, where the escapees' flight reservations are confirmed at the last minute, and a guard's call to the supposed studio in Hollywood is answered at the last second.

Warner Bros. Ent.
 

The group boards the plane just as the Iranian guards uncover the ruse and try to stop their plane from getting off the runway.

Warner Bros. Ent.
 

Best Picture nominee: "Beasts of the Southern Wild" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

Fox Searchlight
 

Hushpuppy and Wink wait out a storm. As they try to rebuild with others, the salt water left behind starts to kill everything. Wink damages part of the levee and the water recedes. Rescue workers sweep in and take everyone to safety. Fox Searchlight

Wink undergoes surgery at the rescue shelter, but his health doesn't return, and at the first possible chance, the evacuees escape back to their homes.

Fox Searchlight
 

That's when Hushpuppy goes in search of her mother, but she ultimately returns to comfort her father in his last moments. After a touching funeral, she vows to stay in the impoverished community.

Fox Searchlight
 

Best Picture nominee: "Django Unchained" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

The Weinstein Company
 

Set two years before the Civil War, a former slave named Django (Foxx) and German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Waltz) become unlikely allies in the battle against tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie (DiCaprio).

The Weinstein Company
 

Schultz is hunting fugitives when he needs Django's help identifying two wanted brothers. They go into business together for a winter, after which Schultz agrees to help Django rescue his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington).

The Weinstein Company
 

Schultz and Django pose as men interested in buying a slave for gladiator-like competitions that Candie deals in, visiting the plantation where Broomhilda is being held.

The Weinstein Company
 

But just as the pair finds Broomhilda and plot a daring escape, Candie's house slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson) learns of their plan and alerts Candie.

The Weinstein Company
 

Schultz shoots Candie, and while Django puts up a fight, he eventually surrenders when Candie's men threaten to kill his wife. He's nearly shipped off to a coal mine, but escapes & returns to the plantation to exact revenge. The Weinstein Company

Django kills Candie's men and sister as they return from Candie's funeral, shooting Stephen in the knees and blowing up the home, riding off victorious with Broomhilda.

The Weinstein Company

Best Picture nominee: "Les Misérables" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

Universal Pictures
 

In 1815, convict Jean Valjean (Jackman) is released on parole by prison guard Javert (Crowe). A bishop offers Valjean shelter, but he steals his silver. The bishop tells police he gave Valjean the silver. He tells him to accept God.

Universal Pictures
 

8 years pass. Valjean broke parole but became an honest man. When it turns out one of his workers, Fantine, (Hathaway) has a daughter out of wedlock, she is dismissed. Valjean later finds her near death, working as a prostitute.

Universal Pictures
 

Valjean learns a man believed to be him is about to be condemned. He reveals his identity, saving the man, sits with Fantine as she dies and promises to take care of her daughter, Cosette (Seyfried), barely escaping Javert's wrath.

Universal Pictures
 

Valjean finds young Cosette, pays off the corrupt innkeepers she has been living with (Bonham Carter, Baron Cohen) and again narrowly escapes Javert with the child.

Universal Pictures
 

9 years later, revolutionaries are plotting in Paris. Young leader Marius (Redmayne) spots a grown Cosette and falls in love. Éponine (Barks), leads him to her. It turns out Éponine was raised with Cosette as a girl.

Universal Pictures

The revolt begins, Valjean and Cosette flee the city. Éponine saves Marius. Javert poses as a rebel, but is exposed and held. When Valjean intercepts a letter from Marius, he goes to the barricades to protect him.

Universal Pictures

Valjean confronts Javert, pretending to execute him but letting him go free. The army overtakes the rebels and everyone is killed except for Marius, who is saved by Valjean. Javert confronts Valjean again. Javert commits suicide.

Universal Pictures
 

Marius and Cosette decide to marry. Valjean reveals his past to Marius and tells him he must leave. On the wedding day, Marius discovers Valjean was the one who saved him, so he and Cosette go the convent where Valjean is dying.

Universal Pictures
 

Valjean confesses his life to Cosette and perceives the spirit of Fantine appearing to take him to Heaven. The movie ends in a rousing musical number at the barricades.

Universal Pictures
 

Best Picture nominee: "Life of Pi" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

Twentieth Century Fox
 

Pi Patel (Sharma) tells a fantastical tale of traveling on a freighter with his parents and the family's zoo animals when he was 16. A storm takes out the ship and Pi is left in a lifeboat alone with some of the animals.

Twentieth Century Fox
 

Eventually, Pi and a tiger named Richard Parker are left. They live on separate rafts before learning to trust and fend for each other.

Twentieth Century Fox
 

After 227 days at sea, the lifeboat reaches the coast of Mexico. Parker stops at the edge of the jungle. Pi expects that the tiger will turn toward him and acknowledge him, but he looks into the jungle for a while and goes in.

Twentieth Century Fox
 

Pi is rescued, and at the hospital, insurance agents for the freighter come to hear his account. They don't believe the story, so he makes up another, parallel tale about being on the lifeboat with a wounded cook and his mother.

Twentieth Century Fox
 

At the end, the tale's author asks the audience to pick the story they prefer. A copy of the insurance report shows the agents chose Pi's original, fantastical tale.

Twentieth Century Fox
 

Best Picture nominee: "Lincoln" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox
 

The film recounts President Abraham Lincoln's (Daniel Day-Lewis) efforts during 1865 to pass the Thirteenth Amendment in the U.S. House, formally abolishing slavery.

DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox
 

Expecting the Civil War to end within a month but concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves will be thrown out, Lincoln wants to pass the measure by the end of January.

DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox
 

Expecting the Civil War to end within a month but concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves will be thrown out, Lincoln wants to pass the measure by the end of January.

DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox
 

Republican Rep. Stevens (Jones) moderates his statements about racial equality, while Lincoln denies that Confederate representatives are in Washington to discuss peace. The amendment passes by 2.

DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox

On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln is in a late-night meeting with his cabinet when he is reminded that Mrs. Lincoln (Fields) is waiting to take them to their evening at Ford's Theater.

DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox
 

After Lincoln's assassination, the film ends with a flashback to Lincoln delivering his second inaugural address.

DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox
 

Best Picture nominee: "Silver Linings Playbook" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

The Weinstein Company
 

Pat Solatano (Cooper), a bipolar man from Philadelphia, finds himself living back with his mother (Weaver) and father (De Niro) after spending eight months in a state institution after he assaulted his wife's lover.

The Weinstein Company
 

Pat wants to get back together with his wife, even though she has a restraining order. He befriends a depressed young woman named Tiffany (Lawrence), who is mourning the death of her husband by engaging in compulsive sex.

The Weinstein Company
 

Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife, but only if he acts as her partner in a local dance competition. Things go well until Pat Sr. loses his life savings betting on an Eagles game.

The Weinstein Company
 

The family agrees that if the Eagles win their next game and Pat and Tiffany score at least 5 at the dance competition, he'll win his money back.

The Weinstein Company
 

The Eagles win, Pat and Tiffany score a 5, getting Pat Sr. back his money, and Pat confesses his love for Tiffany.

The Weinstein Company
 

Best Picture nominee: "Zero Dark Thirty" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!

Driven CIA operative Maya (Chastain) heads up the hunt for Osama bin Laden in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, following false leads and running into several dead ends over the course of a decade.

Columbia Pictures
 

But just when it seems the trail of clues has gone dry, an old piece of evidence leads Maya to a man believed to work directly for bin Laden, who the CIA traces to a large suburban compound in Pakistan.

Columbia Pictures
 

A U.S. Navy SEAL team is assembled and, after months of surveillance, they move on the compound on May 2, 2011.

Columbia Pictures
 

The operation is complicated when one of the helicopters crashes, but the SEALs raid the building and find bin Laden on the top floor, killing him.

Columbia Pictures
 

They bring his body back to a U.S. base in Afghanistan, where Maya is waiting and confirms it is bin Laden.

Columbia Pictures
 

The movie ends with Maya boarding a military plane as its only passenger. As the loading ramp closes and the plane prepares for takeoff, she begins to cry.

Columbia Pictures