Post-Oscar Fever in West Des Moines? Not So Much Based on Redbox Rentals

Hugo was the only Oscar-winning film on the list of the top 10 Redbox rentals in West Des Moines. It was No. 3, behind Puss In Boots, a story about the sword-fighting cats meeting with Shrek and his friends, and The Rum Diary, a tale of a journalist struggling for balance in Puerto Rico the 1950s.

Hugo led the list of Oscar-nominated films with five honors:  best cinematography, best art direction, best sound editing, best sound mixing and best visual effects.

You be the critic: What's the best movie to rent this weekend that's not on this list?

But, as Oscar presenters say to move things along, enough about that. The winners are:

1. Puss In Boots – Still a childhood favorite, Puss in Boots teams with mastermind Humpty Dumpty and street-savvy Kitty Southpaws to steal the famed goose that lays the golden eggs.
Rated PG for some adventure action and mild rude humor. Play the trailer.

2. The Rum Diary – Journos, can you relate? Paul Kemp finds rum, obsession and an ethical dilemma when he goes to Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper. Rated R for languge, brief drug use and sexuality.  Play the trailer.

3. Hugo – The resourceful Hugo discovers his father’s secret, unlocking a mystery that will transform those around him and offer him a loving place to call home. Rated PG for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking. Play the trailer.

4. 50/50 – Adam Lerner has it all – a cool job with NPR and a great life with a talented, sexy, artist girlfriend – before the discovery that he has a rare and possibly fatal form of cancer turns his entire life to chaos. His world unraveling, Adam finds himself dealing with the well-meaning but totally outrageous attempts by his friends and family to make it all better. Rated R for language throughout, sexual content and some drug use. Play the trailer.

5. Drive (2011) – Driver is a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for armed heists by night. A loner by nature, Driver can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene, a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of her ex-convict husband Standard. Rated R for strong brutal, bloody violence, language and some nudity Play the trailer.

6. Moneyball –  Despite having the lowest payroll in major league baseball, the 2002 Oakland Athletics were led to an excellent season by general manager Billy Beane, who upset traditionalists by using statistics and mathematical analysis in player evaluation. Rated PG-13 for some strong language. Play the trailer.

7. The Twlight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – In the fourth installment of The Twilight Saga, a marriage, honeymoon and the birth of a child bring unforeseen and shocking developments for Bella and Edward and those they love, including new complications with young werewolf Jacob Black.
Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements. Play the trailer.

8. In Time – In the near future, people are immortal because the aging gene has been deactivated. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency. The rich can live forever, and the rest have to negotiate for their immortality. When a young man comes into a fortune of time, he ends up on the run from a corrupt force known as "time keepers." Rated PG-13 for violence, some sexuality and partial nudity, and brief strong language. Play the trailer.

9. What’s Your Number? – Ally Darling embarks on a quest to find the best "ex" of her life, by any means necessary, when she reads a magazine article warning that people who have had 20 or more relationships have missed their chance at true love. Rated R for sexual content and language. Play the trailer.

10. Contagion – A lethal airborne virus that kills within days becomes a fast-moving, worldwide epidemic. As the medical community races to find a cure and control the panic, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society that is coming apart. Rated PG-13 for disturbing content and some language. Play the trailer.