The Academy Awards are months away, but it’s shaping up to be a very Boston-looking Oscar night.

Three made-in-Boston flicks, “Black Mass,” “Joy,” and “Spotlight,” could pick up best picture nominations, and pundits are predicting a slew of nominations for their casts. And Matt Damon is looking to score his third acting nomination for his turn in “The Martian.”

A win could finally bring the Cambridge homey’s Oscar tally even with BFF Ben Affleck, who picked up his second statuette for “Argo.” (The boys both won one for their “Good Will Hunting” script.)

Here’s the rundown:

•?“Black Mass”: The Whitey Bulger pic is in the running for best picture, best actor for Johnny Depp and best supporting actor for Joel Edgerton, who played rogue FBI agent John Connolly. Julianne Nicholson could score a best supporting actress nod for her role as Connolly’s wife, and Scott Cooper’s a long shot for a best director nom. The flick also could pick up best adapted screenplay props.

•?“Joy”: David O. Russell’s made-in-Mass. flick based on the life of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano reunites “Silver Linings Playbook” stars Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. Hollywood loves them some JLaw, so look for her to score yet another best actress nod. The flick’s in the running for best picture, Russell will probably get another best director nomination, De Niro and/or Cooper could score best supporting actor nods, and you can throw best original screenplay in there too.

•?“Spotlight”: about the Archdiocese of Boston’s sex-abuse scandal, looks to pick up nominations for Michael Keaton and possibly Mark Ruffalo (best supporting actor), Rachel McAdams (best supporting actress), Tom McCarthy (best director) and best original screenplay.

Damon’s “The Martian” is also in the mix for best picture and best director for Ridley Scott. And Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea,” a saga about Nantucket whalers based on the best-seller by island writer Nathaniel Philbrick, is also a contender for best picture, best director, best supporting actor (Cillian Murphy) and best adapted screenplay.

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