The movie that wins the Best Picture Award from any American Critics Group (NBR, LAFCA, NYFCC, NSFC, BFCA, Satellites, OFCS, SFCA, and the Critics Associations from San Diego, Florida, Dallas, Chicago) (Awards for Best Comedy, Best Family Film, Best Animated Film, Best Foreign Film, .... do not count) and has a Golden Globe nomination for screenplay must win a major Golden Globe (picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay) otherwise, the film is considerd to be a Too Early Front Runner. The scores of the Too Early Front Runners will stay divided by 2.5 in the best picture and best director categories! See the Formula's Most Important Rule Note: A Foreign Language Film can't be a Too Early Front Runner!

The Too Early Front Runners from the past: 2008 None. 2007 None. 2006 None. 2005 Crash Good Night and Good Luck 2004 Finding Neverland 2003 None. 2002 Adaptation 2001 Memento 2000 None. 1999 Being John Malkovich The Insider 1998 None. 1997 L.A. Confidential 1996 Fargo