They nominated Jimmy Neutron over Waking Life lol

Hamnet is about William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes after their son Hamnet has died. Its a fictional telling of the couple's lives.

The cast will include Oscar Nominees Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves, Hilary and Jackie). Joe Alwyn (The Favourite, The Brutalist) will also star.

The film is directed by Oscar Winner Chloé Zhao, who won Beat Picture and Best Director for Nomadland. Produced by Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg as well!!!!!

Do you think Chloé Zhao will repeat herself and become the first woman to win Best Director twice?

• Gary Oldman- *The Darkest Hour (2017) • Joaquin Phoenix- *Joker (2019) • Forest Whitaker- *The Last King of Scotland (2006) • Philip Seymour Hoffman- *Capote (2005) • Daniel Day-Lewis- **There Will Be Blood (2007)

There's no denying Forrest Gump is a masterpiece and maybe even Tom Hanks' best film, but considering it was running against Shawshank Redemption, which is also one of the greatest films ever made, I'm wondering what if Shawshank won the Best Picture award over Forrest Gump, since it won the most awards that year while Shawshank unfortunately won nothing

I forgot about Noah Baumbach's new movie Jay Kelly. The movie has a huge cast including George Clooney and Adam Sandler as the two leads!!! Its about the friendship of a famous actor and his manager and reflecting on their lives. The choices and relationships they made over the years.

Do you think Jay Kelly could get some nominations? I wouldn't be suprised for Best Picture, Best Actor for Clooney and Best Original Screenplay for Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer. A big suprise would be if Adam Sandler got nominated for Best Supporting Actor!!!! Sandler has proven himself with films like Uncut Gems, Punch Drunk Love and Hustle!!! I hope he gets his first nomination!!!

I've been wondering about the movies that could potentially have gotten an Oscar nomination if the Animated Feature category had been expanded in their respective years, so I decided to make a post speculating on what the Academy may have picked, judging by their usual taste. I'm going by the list of submissions to the category, which also lists the nominees if you want a refresher.

2001

One obvious answer would be Atlantis: The Lost Empire, but that film wasn't submitted. According to the cited article on the Wikipedia page, Disney didn't want any possible vote splitting to harm Monsters, Inc.'s chances to win. Waking Life would probably be safe, since it's the only one to have particularly good reviews and receive actual attention in the States. None of the other options make a lot of sense to me, but I'm going with Osmosis Jones, since it didn't get terrible reviews, seems more accessible than something like Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and wouldn't be completely obscure to the voting body, even if it was a bomb.

2003

Tokyo Godfathers seems like something the Academy would have been open to, even if non-Ghibli anime representation has only happened once. Otherwise, I'm guessing Piglet's Big Movie, since it seems to have had at least above average reception. Maybe Looney Tunes: Back in Action but I'm more confident in the other two. I think we can rule out the TV show movies as well. Also, according to this article from the time, The Animatrix wasn't eligible and Sinbad wasn't submitted because... why? DreamWorks didn't even have another contender that year, so it makes no sense.

2004

This is kind of hard. Even if the voting body seemed to have a thing against motion capture movies, I think The Polar Express could have managed a spot, at least considering it was successful enough to score three noms otherwise. I know a lot of people would have liked to see The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie get nominated but I think the anti-show tie-in bias would prevent it. I feel similarly about the Teacher's Pet movie which got weirdly solid reviews. My other pick would be Home on the Range, which some might find absurd but it did get around the same reception as the nominated Shark Tale and the previous year's Brother Bear, and at a time when the Disney name seems to have helped.

2005

Pretty straightforward in my eyes, Madagascar and Robots were both successful original movies from studios that had done well at the Oscars before. I don't see any of the other movies having a better chance.

2006

Somewhat solid year, I can see several contenders. For one, I'm going with Flushed Away, since it's Aardman and got pretty good reviews. Otherwise, I'm not sure. Maybe Paprika or A Scanner Darkly would be too weird for the Academy to get in over the more standard family fare. I guess I'll just go with Over the Hedge.

2007

Meet the Robinsons makes a lot of sense to me, even if it wasn't super successful. Besides that, Bee Movie feels the most likely to me. Not super well-received, but original and successful and not based on a TV show or a disappointing sequel.

2008

Another pretty straightforward year to me, Waltz with Bashir was very well-received and got an International Feature nomination, and I don't think being too adult would have been a problem in a year like this. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is the only other option that really makes sense to me out of the options.

2010

Tangled not being nominated is already somewhat surprising, although the existing lineup makes sense considering there were only three slots. I can see a case for Megamind, but I think it's Despicable Me.

Considering the options, it's not surprising the lineup was largely limited to three to begin with, but I think it's interesting to imagine what movies were potentially in the top five.

Love to know what y'all think?!

That year’s nominees were:

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow

Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line

David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck

I have a feeling that this will be the year's Conclave. No one predict it will get into the Best Picture until it came in theaters.

1. Emilia Perez
2. Elvis
3. Don’t Look Up
4. Maestro
5. King Richard
6. Mank
7. Belfast

Final Ranking:

1. Sam Rockwell- Vice

2. Max von Sydow- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

3. Kenneth Branagh- My Week with Marilyn

4. Alan Arkin- Argo

5. Robert Duvall- The Judge

6. Mark Ruffalo- The Kids Are All Right

7. Jared Leto- Dallas Buyers Club

8. Bradley Cooper- American Hustle

9. Mark Ruffalo- Spotlight

10. Christoper Plummer- All the Money in the World

11. John Hawkes- Winter’s Bone

12. Mahershala Ali- Green Book

13. Jonah Hill- Moneyball

14. Anthony Hopkins- The Two Popes

15. Christian Bale- The Big Short

16. Mark Ruffalo- Foxcatcher

17. Robert De Niro- Silver Linings Playbook

18. Nick Nolte- Warrior

19. Tom Hanks- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

20. Woody Harrelson- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

21. Tommy Lee Jones- Lincoln

22. Richard Jenkins- The Shape of Water

23. Geoffrey Rush- The King’s Speech

24. Sam Elliott- A Star is Born

25. Michael Shannon- Nocturnal Animals

26. Jeff Bridges- Hell or High Water

27. Jeremy Renner- The Town

28. Jonah Hill- The Wolf of Wall Street

29. Adam Driver- BlacKkKlansman

30. Edward Norton- Birdman

31. Mark Rylance- Bridge of Spies

32. Sylvester Stallone- Creed

33. Tom Hardy- The Revenant

34. Dev Patel- Lion

35. Joe Pesci- The Irishman

36. Lucas Hedges- Manchester by the Sea

37. Christopher Plummer- Beginners

38. Barkhad Abdi- Captain Phillips

39. Richard E. Grant- Can You Ever Forgive Me?

40. Ethan Hawke- Boyhood

41. Al Pacino- The Irishman

42. Christoph Waltz- Django Unchained

43. Brad Pitt- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

44. Christian Bale- The Fighter

45. Sam Rockwell- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

46. Willem Dafoe- The Florida Project

47. Michael Fassbender- 12 Years a Slave

48. Mahershala Ali- Moonlight

49. Phillip Seymour Hoffman- The Master

50. J.K. Simmons- Whiplash

Ranking of Years by Average Placements:

1. 2016: 17.2
2. 2019: 20.6
3. 2017: 22.4
4. 2014: 22.8
5. 2012: 24.4
6. 2013: 25.4
7. 2015: 27
8. 2010: 28.8
9. 2018: 30
10. 2011: 36.4

Miscellaneous Info:

Highest Ranked Oscar Winning Performance: J.K. Simmons- Whiplash

Highest Ranked Non-Oscar Winning Performance: Phillip Seymour Hoffman- The Master

Lowest Ranked Oscar Winning Performance: Jared Leto- Dallas Buyers Club

Lowest Ranked Non-Oscar Winning Performance: Sam Rockwell- Vice

This is just what I think the lineups would be. Feel free to say what you think they would have been! Most of these are probably wrong, so I’d love to hear what you think!

2024

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Emilia Perez

2023

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

2022

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Fablemans

Tar

2021

Belfast

CODA

Dune

Drive My Car

The Power of the Dog

2020

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Sound of Metal

Who do you think was the worst winner for best actress? Comment with most upvotes will determine the rankings.

RANKING:

1. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

2. Frances McDormand - Nomadland

3. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

4. Kate Winslet - The Reader

Placements:

20th - Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)

19th - Annette Bening (Nyad)

18th - Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez)

17th - Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)

16th - Ana de Armas (Blonde)

15th - Andra Day (The People vs. Billie Holiday)

14th - Carey Mulligan (Maestro)

13th - Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)

12th - Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)

11th - Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

10th - Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)

9th - Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) & Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

7th - Demi Moore (The Substance)

6th - Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Something to sing about was nominated for best score, and the girl said no was nominated for best sound, and they were both made by Grand National Pictures

Does anyone know who owns the rights to the films made by them? Or are they in the public domain? Cuz there’s some dvd releases of STSA by different companies, which usually means it’s in the PD

Continuing this series of polls focusing on the ‘biggest loser’ from each year (meaning the movie with the most nominations that went home completely empty handed).

What’s your favorite biggest loser from 1962-1966? Do you wish any of these movies had won something?

In case you missed it, here’s the poll for 1967-1971: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/qlIN9GKvs1

For 1972-1976: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/5vx97TRxgP

For 1977-1980: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/T0zMiyTZQ5

For 1981-1985: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/K0CFmPWtzi

The results for 1986-1990: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/db6ImW7wL5

The results for 1991-1995: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/ryZUHXFQlV

The results for 1996-1999: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/LjvX2OjdHq

The results for 2000-2003: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/9KSvADq3AH

The results for 2004: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/ZatEod8IUN

The results for 2005-2009: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/nCBx2y5hiz

The results for 2010-2014: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/Lbhze2nBcJ

The results for 2015-2019: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/1dpvkRwQAR

And the results for the 2020s: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/cbx1WEopEQ

Who do you think was the worst winner for best actress? Comment with most upvotes will determine the rankings.

RANKING:

1. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

2. Frances McDormand - Nomadland

3. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Inspired by The Awards Contender's videos and the best and worst line-ups, I wanted to ask what are your favorite/least favorite line-ups for Best VFX.

NOTE: DO NOT ANSWER BASED ON THE QUALITY OF FILMS AS A WHOLE, JUST THEM BEING NOMINEES FOR BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS.

For instance, I don't care for a lot of the 2012 nominees as movies on their own. However in terms of recongizing their special effects, I have no problem. They're all impressive effects and I'd have a hard time replacing one of them.

For the worst line-up, 2018 has to be one of the most baffling. Infinity War I'm fine being there - yes there is a lot of green screen and CGI and some of it doens't always look great, but the motion-capture on Thanos has always been really seemless. And First Man is a pretty interesting choice for winner. But the other nominees, ugh.

I understand Star Wars is an institution in and of itself for awards bodies but nothing about Solo looks impressive compared to Force Awakens, Rogue One, or Last Jedi. Christopher Robin is an odd choice - even putting aside there's a better movie about adults talking to a CGI bear that got more acclaim that year, and Ready Player One is not only one of Spielberg's worst movies this century, it's one of the worst nominees period. The CGI designs for the avatars look dated and unappealing, the textures feel paperthin, and even just going by visuals, it's an ugly, colorless film to watch.

And there were perfectly great candidates to replace them right there with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Paddington 2, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Aquaman (which may look fake, at least had a lot of creativity in the designs), and Annihilation, which I think actually should've won the award that year.

As for the best, I wanna shotout 2009. Obviously Avatar is a game-changer and even though the effects in Way of Water are better, I did rewatch Avatar a few weeks ago and it's still holds up visually. But District 9 is a good example of good effects on a small budget (though it helps this was done by Weta Digital) and Star Trek is also a good update on the look for the series for a new audience and with effects and production that are still impressive 15 years later.

My only criticism is that they capped the nominee list at 3. While the shortlist had Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and 2012, I think to make it 5 they could've nominated Watchmen and Sherlock Holmes.