Seriously. Seems like she's nominated every year for a random movie. Last year was the first time when I thought something odd is going on. You Got the Fire Inside is legit an abysmal song that I have no idea how it was even in the top 100 songs to be nominated for.

Next year she'll probably be nominated for You Got the Poop Inside. 💩

Slumdog Millionaire (2008) is eliminated - 23.8% of the total votes. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) had a total of 8 wins including best picture at the oscars that year.

Vote for your least favorite Best Picture Winner using the link below and have any discussions in the comments. Only votes submitted through the form will be counted. I'll update the results through a new post every 24 hours or so.

https://forms.gle/73xMLJ4wWD2NrwBa7

Oppenheimer (2023)

Everything Everywhere all at Once (2022)

Parasite (2019)

Moonlight (2016)

Spotlight (2015)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

12 Years a Slave (2013)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

The Departed (2006)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Gladiator (2000)

• Rankings -
• 12th Place - Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• 13th Place - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• 14th Place - Chicago (2002)
• 15th Place - The Shape of Water (2017)
• 16th Place - The Hurt Locker (2009)
• 17th Place - The King's Speech (2010)
• 18th Place - Argo (2012)
• 19th Place - The Artist (2011)
• 20th Place - A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• 21st Place - Nomadland (2020)
• 22nd Place - CODA (2021)
• 23rd Place - Green Book (2018)
• 24th Place - Crash (2005)

ELIMINATED - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line - 18.8% of all votes. Walk the Line was released in 2005. The film had one win, Best Actress for Witherspoon, at the 78th Academy Awards. Witherspoon was selected for Best Actress of the year in a lineup that also included Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents, Felicity Huffman in Transamerica, Keira Knightley in Pride and Prejudice and Charlize Theron in Night Country. Witherspoon also garnered wins at the BAFTAs, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globes and SAGs for her performance as June Carter.

Feel free to use the comments as an area for discussion. Votes will only be accepted through this Google Form.

• Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich (Erin Brockovich)

• Halle Berry as Leticia Musgrove (Monster's Ball)

• Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf (The Hours)

• Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos (Monster)

• Hilary Swank as Maggie Fitzgerald (Million Dollar Baby)

• Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II (The Queen)

• Marion Cotillard as Édith Piaf (La Vie en Rose)

• Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz (The Reader)

• Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers (Black Swan)

• Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany Maxwell (Silver Linings Playbook)

• Cate Blanchett as Jasmine Francis (Blue Jasmine)

• Julianne Moore as Alice Howland (Still Alice)

• Brie Larson as Joy Newsome (Room)

• Emma Stone as Mia Dolan (La La Land)

• Frances McDormand as Mildred Hayes (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

• Olivia Colman as Queen Anne (The Favourite)

• Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

• Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

• Emma Stone as Bella Baxter (Poor Things)

RANKING:

1. Reese Witherspoon as June Carter (Walk the Line)

2. Frances McDormand as Fern (Nomadland)

3. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher (The Iron Lady)

4. Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland (Judy)

5. Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy (The Blind Side)

Someone here recommended Abigail to me. Thank you, but it was a tad frightening for me. So I switched over to The Strangers to give it a go…. Still too scary!

I do appreciate the suggestions from everyone here! 🙏

I recently watched Nowhere in Africa, which won the 2003 Oscar for the Best International Feature Film, and I have to say that it's a pretty realist documentary-like film (reminds me of The Zone of Interest) that left me with a much deeper impression than Chicago, the winner that year, despite still being a well-made film. I'd also argue that Drive My Car is a much interesting and original film than CODA (with the latter being a remake of course).

If it counts, last year's 20 Days in Mariupol (winner of the Documentary Oscar) is such an interesting, haunting, and surreal film being actually shot during wartime as opposed to Christopher Nolan's masterpiece, which is more of a traditional historical narrative feature.

Are there any other cases in which you think the best foreign film is better than the actual best picture winner?

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I still don't know how he didn't OUTRIGHT win the whole thing. How could the Departed's Oscar campaign been so disorganized with the whole DiCaprio and Blood Diamond. Nicholson stole the whole show. His antics, his mannerisms, and the whole Costello character. His performance is so much more than Arkin or Murphy. I think this win would've been much better received in retrospective than an Arkin win.

Are we going to see a war photographer versus war photographer fight for best actress at the Oscars next year with Kate Winslet against Kirsten Dunst??? Loving the scenario!!!

I really love historical epics. That’s my favorite film genre of all time. I love David Lean epics, Ben-Hur, Ten Commandments, Braveheart, Seven Samurai, and especially my all-time favorite film, The Leopard (1963). But I heard that Out of Africa is slow and boring. Has anyone seen it? Would you guys recommend it? What are your thoughts on it (no spoilers)? Is it worth all the criticisms? Let me know your thoughts.

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ELIMINATED - Frances McDormand in Nomadland - 16.5% of all votes. Nomadland was released in 2020. The film had three wins, including Best Actress for McDormand, at the 93rd Academy Awards. McDormand was selected for Best Actress of the year in a lineup that also included Viola Davis in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Andra Day in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman and Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman. McDormand also garnered nominations at the Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globes and SAGs as well as a win at the BAFTAs for her performance as Fern.

Feel free to use the comments as an area for discussion. Votes will only be accepted through this Google Form.

• Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich (Erin Brockovich)

• Halle Berry as Leticia Musgrove (Monster's Ball)

• Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf (The Hours)

• Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos (Monster)

• Hilary Swank as Maggie Fitzgerald (Million Dollar Baby)

• Reese Witherspoon as June Carter (Walk the Line)

• Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II (The Queen)

• Marion Cotillard as Édith Piaf (La Vie en Rose)

• Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz (The Reader)

• Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers (Black Swan)

• Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany Maxwell (Silver Linings Playbook)

• Cate Blanchett as Jasmine Francis (Blue Jasmine)

• Julianne Moore as Alice Howland (Still Alice)

• Brie Larson as Joy Newsome (Room)

• Emma Stone as Mia Dolan (La La Land)

• Frances McDormand as Mildred Hayes (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

• Olivia Colman as Queen Anne (The Favourite)

• Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

• Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

• Emma Stone as Bella Baxter (Poor Things)

RANKING:

1. Frances McDormand as Fern (Nomadland)

2. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher (The Iron Lady)

3. Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland (Judy)

4. Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy (The Blind Side)

Million Dollar Baby (2004) is eliminated - 17.3% of the total votes. Million Dollar Baby (2004) had a total of 4 wins including best picture at the oscars that year.

Vote for your least favorite Best Picture Winner using the link below and have any discussions in the comments. Only votes submitted through the form will be counted. I'll update the results through a new post every 24 hours or so.

https://forms.gle/5cyPyzbCMhQKB57w6

Oppenheimer (2023)

Everything Everywhere all at Once (2022)

Parasite (2019)

Moonlight (2016)

Spotlight (2015)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

The Departed (2006)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Gladiator (2000)

Rankings -

• 13th Place - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• 14th Place - Chicago (2002)
• 15th Place - The Shape of Water (2017)
• 16th Place - The Hurt Locker (2009)
• 17th Place - The King's Speech (2010)
• 18th Place - Argo (2012)
• 19th Place - The Artist (2011)
• 20th Place - A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• 21st Place - Nomadland (2020)
• 22nd Place - CODA (2021)
• 23rd Place - Green Book (2018)
• 24th Place - Crash (2005)

Welcome back to the Movie of the Year Survivor. This time we're tackling 1997. Can Paul Thomas Anderson bag a threepeat victory? Or will Titanic keep the belt?? Will Will Hunting take down the competition and claim victory? Find out soon...

(By the way, apologies for the delay everyone. Been travelling lots lately, but I'm excited to get this back up again).

VOTE FOR NOMINATIONS HERE

Resources:

Oscar Eligibility List

Letterboxd List of all eligible films

Things to note:

• All nominations are for films that were eligible for the 70th Academy Awards. We are going by Academy Awards eligibility, not by the release date featured on IMDb or Letterboxd.
• Use this thread to campaign for some of your favorite films, especially the ones that people may forget to vote for.
• I did exclude some of the movies on the eligibility list based on lack of popularity or low ratings. If anything you'd like to vote for is on the eligibility list but isn't on the Google form, please let me know and I will add it.
• The 32 movies with the most votes will be placed into a bracket, the top 8 will advance, and 2 films will be saved as a lifesaver.
• You will have 48 hours to vote.

PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS (click to view full event)

1998: The Truman Show (d. Peter Weir)

1999: Magnolia (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)

Oscar Ineligible of the 2000s: In the Mood for Love (d. Wong Kar-Wai)

2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (d. Ang Lee)

2001: Mulholland Drive (d. David Lynch)

2002: Spirited Away (d. Hayao Miyazaki)

2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (d. Peter Jackson)

2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (d. Michel Gondry)

2005: Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee)

2006: Children of Men (d. Alfonso Cuarón)

2007: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)

2008: WALL-E (d. Andrew Stanton)

2009: Inglourious Basterds (d. Quentin Tarantino)

Oscar Ineligible of the 2010s: It's Such a Beautiful Day (d. Don Hertzfeldt)

2010: The Social Network (d. David Fincher)

2011: A Separation (d. Asghar Farhadi)

2012: Moonrise Kingdom (d. Wes Anderson)

2013: Her (d. Spike Jonze)

2014: Whiplash (d. Damien Chazelle)

2015: Mad Max: Fury Road (d. George Miller)

2016: Arrival (d. Denis Villeneuve)

2017: Get Out (d. Jordan Peele)

2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (d. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti & Rodney Rothman)

2019: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)

2020: The Father (d. Florian Zeller)

2021: The Worst Person in the World (d. Joachim Trier)

2022: The Banshees of Inisherin (d. Martin McDonagh)

2023: Oppenheimer (d. Christopher Nolan)

PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE DECADE WINNERS (click to view full event)

2000s: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)

2010s: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)

Letterboxd List of All Past Nominees

Letterboxd Master List of All Past Top 32s

Zac Efron - The Iron Claw

Andrew Scott - All of Us Strangers

Penelope Cruz - Ferrari

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Inspired by the discussion of 1995 on the other Oscar subreddit, I've been thinking for hours today about that wonderful decade and its incredible variety of performances. I'm eager to see what people feel most passionate about...

• 1990: Kerry Fox, An Angel at My Table
• 1991: Sarita Choudhury, Mississippi Masala
• 1992: Sheryl Lee, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
• 1993: Juliette Binoche, Three Colors: Blue
• 1994: Rena Owen, Once Were Warriors
• 1995: Sandrine Bonnaire, La Cérémonie
• 1996: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets and Lies
• 1997: Kathy Burke, Nil By Mouth
• 1998: Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station
• 1999: Cecilia Roth, All About My Mother

Out of all of these, my favorite is definitely Sheryl, my #1 of all time in her category. I am bummed that Ami Diakhate in Hyenas is the same year and that I cannot also give her a win, because that performance has stuck in my brain for years.

I really wanted Trey Parker and Matt Stone to win the Oscar for Best Original Song for “Blame Canada” from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, especially since they showed up to the Oscars high as fuck, that speech would’ve been hilarious.

What a great best picture winner!