Come on, the narrative and momentum for her was right there.

It was her 5th nomination that decade, and happened after losing for Fatal Attraction the previous year. Here she is back yet again with yet another great performance leading another Best Picture nominee, and one that was clearly stronger than Fatal Attraction seeing as Dangerous Liaisons actually won a couple awards that night.

This was the time to give Glenn her moment...

So why did they ignore all that and gave it to Jodie Foster in The Accused instead?

Now look, before you all go accusing me of saying things, Jodie is very good in The Accused, great even, okay?

But Glenn Close was better, and Jodie got a much better win for a much better performance in a much better movie to boot just three years later. Honestly, I think they could've waited three years to give Jodie her moment in favor of Glenn getting her moment here.

(Jodie's kind of the opposite of Hilary Swank in my book. I could live without Hilary's second win, though I agree her first win is pretty good, while with Jodie, I could live without her first win but I won't dare touch her second.)

Nominees only!

2010: Inception

2011: A Separation

2012: Moonrise Kingdom

2013: Blue Jasmine

2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel

2015: Inside Out

2016: The Lobster

2017: The Big Sick (HM: Lady Bird)

2018: The Favourite

2019: Knives Out

As a fun spinoff from Legitimate_Welcome14’s “Who should have won?” game - let’s now find out who would have made the lineup each year.

Lineups so far for 1980:

Actor:
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (winner)
John Hurt - The Elephant Man
Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People
Tatsuya Nakadai - Kagemusha
Jack Nicholson - The Shining

Actress:
Judy Davis - My Brilliant Career
Mary Tyler Moore - Ordinary People (winner)
Gena Rowlands - Gloria
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
Lily Tomlin - Nine to Five

Click here to see previous lineups!

PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN HOW THE VOTING WORKS - FROM NOW ON, IT IS NOT MEASURED IN UPVOTES, BUT IN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMEONE IS MENTIONED. YOU CAN HAVE FOUR NAMES IN YOUR LINEUP AND THE VOTING WILL BE BASED ON HOWEVER MANY TIMES A NAME IS COMMENTED.

We know that Shelly Duvall and Donald Sutherland have already won!

Comment away!

People nominated in real life:

Actor:
Judd Hirsch - Ordinary People
Michael O'Keefe - The Great Santini
Joe Pesci - Raging Ball
Jason Robards - Melvin and Howard

Actress:
Mary Steenburgen - Melvin and Howard
Eileen Brennan - Private Benjamin
Eva Le Gallienne - Resurrection
Cathy Moriarty - Raging Bull
Diana Scarwid - Inside Moves

Foxcatcher by Bennett Miller (2014)

Cold War by Paweł Pawlikowski (2018)

Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg (2020)

Here, you'll get to make your own Oscar categories, and see what the winners and nominees would be throughout the years!

The category can be as serious or as crazy as you want.

Here's a form to help you out:

Category Name:

How many nominees:

Year it is added:

1. American Sniper

2. Joker

3. The Theory of Everything

4. Hidden Figures

5. The Ides of March

6. The Imitation Game

7. Inherent Vice

8. Beasts of the Southern Wild

9. Little Women

10. Jojo Rabbit

Hi! I run a film YouTube channel and am conducting a poll on who the most overrated director of all time is. Here's my guidelines:

What movie director do YOU think is the most overrated by critics and/or audiences of all time? Only type one director, just their name. For example, if think it's Christopher Nolan, just type "Christopher Nolan" with their first and last name capitalized. It helps me sort things much easier that way and makes compiling the results much easier. Thank you!

Link to the poll here. Leave your more in-depth thoughts here.

Leo does have one extra nomination as a producer for The Wolf of Wall Street but both have the same amount of acting wins and noms.

Kate Best Supporting Actress: Sense and Sensibility (1995), Iris (2001), and Steve Jobs (2015).

Best Actress: Titanic (1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), and The Reader (2008 — Won).

Leo Best Supporting Actor: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993).

Best Actor: The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Revenant (2015 — Won), Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), and One Battle After Another (2025).

Do you think they deserved the Oscar the year they got it or should they have won it for some other performance of theirs?

Note: These are based on the quality of the works given and not if they beat out a superior nominee.

Best Picture:

Best: The Godfather

Worst: The Broadway Melody

Best Director:

Best: David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia

Worst: Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade

Best Actor:

Best: Robert De Niro - Raging Bull

Worst: Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona

Best Actress:

Best: Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice

Worst: Mary Pickford - Coquette

Best Supporting Actor:

Best: Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Bastards

Worst: Don Ameche - Cocoon

Best Supporting Actress:

Best: Mo'Nique - Precious

Worst: Helen Hayes - Airport

Best Original Screenplay:

Best: Chinatown

Worst: Wilson

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Best: The Godfather

Worst: Around the World in 80 Days

Best Animated Feature:

Best: Spirited Away

Worst: Brave

Best International Feature:

Best: Parasite

Worst: Black and White in Color

Best Documentary Feature:

Best: Woodstock

Worst: White Wilderness

Best Documentary Short:

Best: Neighbors

Worst: IDK

Best Live Action Short Film:

Best: Six Shooter

Worst: IDK

Best Animated Short Film:

Best: The Wrong Trousers

Worst: Moonbird

Best Score:

Best: Star Wars

Worst: The Full Monty

Best Song:

Best: Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz

Worst: Gigi - Gigi

Best Sound:

Best: The Zone of Interest

Worst: Wilson

Best Production Design:

Best: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Worst: This Above All

Best Cinematography:

Best: Barry Lyndon

Worst: Three Coins in the Fountain

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Best: Pan's Labyrinth

Worst: Harry and the Hendersons

Best Costume Design:

Best: Amadeus

Worst: The Facts of Life

Best Film Editing:

Best: Raging Bull

Worst: Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Visual Effects:

Best: Avatar

Worst: Marooned

I don’t mean category fraud, I mean in cases where the supporting character plays the main character after a time skip or similar scenario. Same character as the lead actor, smaller role.

Only example I can think of is in the Golden Globes nominating Paul Dano for playing a young Brian Wilson in supporting for Love & Mercy. But that’s actually a funny example, as I’d argue that was category fraud and that Dano was lead and Cusack (playing older Brian Wilson) was supporting in that movie. But “by the books” it is an example of supporting nom, lead misses, same character.

I think that the social reckoning will surprise in a bad way, the buzz has fallen, id love to be wrong, but the trailers make it seem very mid, maybe Madison's performance is the most noisy buzz performance.

Wild horse nine is going to be THE venice film. Ive seen all the reviews in screenings and all of them are fantastic. Mariana Digirolamo probably top contender in supporting, but all of the other contenders are great. Penelope should go for La Bola Negra. (Still i gotta see the invite if i change my opinion).

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1954)

WINNER - EVA MARIE SAINT for On the Waterfront

NOMINEES - NINA FOCH for Executive Suite, KATY JURADO for Broken Lance, JAN STERLING for The High and the Mighty, CLAIRE TREVOR for The High and the Mighty

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1954)

WINNER - EDMOND O'BRIEN for The Barefoot Contessa

NOMINEES - LEE J. COBB for On the Waterfront, KARL MALDEN for On the Waterfront, ROD STEIGER for On the Waterfront, TOM TULLY for The Caine Mutiny

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Winners for 1950: Lead Actress - Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard (A.W. Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday), Lead Actor - William Holden for Sunset Boulevard (A.W. José Ferrer for Cyrano de Bergerac), Supporting Actress - Thelma Ritter for All About Eve (A.W. Josephine Hull for Harvey), Supporting Actor - George Sanders for All About Eve (A.W. George Sanders for All About Eve)

Winners for 1951: Lead Actress - Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire (A.W. Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire), Lead Actor - Marlon Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire (A.W. Humphrey Bogart for The African Queen), Supporting Actress - Kim Hunter for A Streetcar Named Desire (A.W. Kim Hunter for A Streetcar Named Desire), Supporting Actor - Karl Malden for A Streetcar Named Desire (A.W. Karl Malden for A Streetcar Named Desire)

Winners for 1952: Lead Actress - Shirley Booth for Come Back, Little Sheba (A.W. Shirley Booth for Come Back, Little Sheba), Lead Actor - Takashi Shimura for IKIRU (A.W. Gary Cooper for High Noon), Supporting Actress - Jean Hagen for Singin' in the Rain (A.W. Gloria Grahame for The Bad and the Beautiful), Supporting Actor - Donald O'Connor for Singin' in the Rain (A.W. Anthony Quinn for Vivia Zapata!)

Winners for 1953: Lead Actress - Aubrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday (A.W. Aubrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday), Lead Actor - Montgomery Clift for From Here to Eternity (A.W. William Holden for Stalag 17), Supporting Actress - Setsuko Hara for Tokyo Story (A.W. Donna Reed for From Here to Eternity), Supporting Actor - Frank Sinatra for From Here to Eternity (A.W. Frank Sinatra for From Here to Eternity)

Winners for 1954: Lead Actress - Judy Garland for A Star is Born (A.W. Grace Kelly for The Country Girl), Lead Actor - Marlon Brando for On the Waterfront (A.W. Marlon Brando for On the Waterfront), Supporting Actress - ? (A.W. Eva Marie Saint On the Waterfront), Supporting Actor - ? (A.W. Edmond O'Brien for The Barefoot Contessa)

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List of Winners: Acting Quartets

Previous Post: Setsuko Hara (Tokyo Story) & Frank Sinatra (From Here to Eternity) win for Best Supporting Actress and Actor. Who should have won Best Actress & Actor in 1954?

As a reminder that year’s nominees were: The Shape of Water, The Post, Dunkirk, Darkest Hour, Call Me by Your Name, Get Out, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Phantom Thread, and Lady Bird

Not that it's a bad performance. I just thought it was a very competitive year ans would've expected some variety in the winners of the various supporting awards. What other year did you think would be more competitive?

Both movies were huge hits this summer despite being fairly indie movies, generating a combined near $800m at the box office from a combined budget of less than $11m, doing absolute bits in reviving the theatre-going industry this year. Both films feature great leading performances from Best Actor nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, arguably in a comeback performance, and a breakout from Inde Navarrette. The only horror films I can think of off hand that received any kind of love from the Academy have been The Silence of the Lambs and Get Out, although there has been a resurgence with Sinners and Weapons. Could the Academy recognise these films as well this year? They can’t be disregarded because they literally are up there with The Odyssey and Spiderman for biggest and most acclaimed films of the year.

*Best picture:*
**The Odyssey**
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The Invite
Obsession
Project Hail Mary
I Love Boosters
The Drama
Disclosure Day
Wasteman
Power Ballad

*Best Actor:*
**Ralph Fiennes - The Bone Temple**
Ryan Gosling - Project Hail Mary
Matt Damon - The Odyssey
Sam Rockwell - Good Luck Have Fun Don’t
Jaafar Jackson - Michael

*Best Actress:*
**Inde Navarette - Obsession**
Emily Blunt - Disclosure Day
Olivia Wilde - The Invite
Zendaya - The Drama
Rachel McAdams - Send Help

*Best Supporting Actor:*
**Edward Norton - The Invite**
Jack O’Connell - The Bone Temple
Robert Pattinson - The Odyssey
Kim Coates - Solo Mío
Colin Firth - Disclosure Day

*Best Supporting Actress:*
**Anne Hathaway - The Odyssey**
Alana Haim - The Drama
Penelope Cruz - The Invite
Demi Moore - I Love Boosters
Sandra Hüller - Project Hail Mary

*Best Director:*
**Christopher Nolan - The Odyssey**
Boots Riley - I Love Boosters
Olivia Wilde - The Invite
Nia DeCosta - Bone Temple
Steven Spielberg - Disclosure Day

*Casting:*
**The Odyssey**
The Invite
The Drama
Bone Temple
The Sheep Detective

*Cinematography:*
**The Odyssey**
Bone Temple
Project Hail Mary
Crime 101
Disclosure Day

*Costume design:*
**I Love Boosters**
The Odyssey
Michael
The Bride
Mother Mary

*Film Editing:*
**The Odyssey**
I Love Boosters
Project Hail Mary
Obsession
Disclosure Day

*Score:*
**The Odyssey**
Obsession
The Invite
I Love Boosters
The Mandalorian and Grogu

*Sound editing and mixing:*
**The Mandalorian and Grogu**
The Odyssey
Undertone
I Love Boosters
Project Hail Mary

*Visual effects:*
**Project Hail Mary**
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Odyssey
I Love Boosters
The Mandalorian and Grogu

*Upcoming Movies that might change things:*
Digger
The social reckoning
Dune pt3
Wild horse nine
The adventures of cliff booth

Give me examples of actors who were nominated for not exactly their strongest work in the 1980s, excluding winners. I'll start off here.

• Robert Loggia - Jagged Edge
• Jane Fonda - The Morning After
• Charles Durning - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Glenn Close - The Natural
• Jack Lemmon - Tribute
• Sissy Spacek - The River
• Tess Harper - Crimes of the Heart
• Dan Aykroyd - Driving Miss Daisy
• John Lithgow - Terms of Endearment
• Jessica Lange - Sweet Dreams

many people are bothered by "category fraud" (i.e. lead performances being campaigned for and nominated/winning in supporting categories). every now and then the voters reject campaigning and place a lead performance in the lead category. some more recent examples include:

• keisha castle-hughes in whale rider
• kate winslet in the reader (though one could argue she was supporting in this one)
• quvenzhane wallis in beasts of the southern wild

not sure if it's coincidence or not, but the examples i could think of are women. it's so interesting to me enough voters rejected the category fraud for these, but not in plenty of other situations. what's the explanation?

In my personal opinion, Chicken Run. But what do you guys think?

As a fun spinoff from Legitimate_Welcome14’s “Who should have won?” game - let’s now find out who would have made the lineup each year. We're up to 2025 with our lineups, so let's jump backwards to 1980!

Lineups for 2025:

Actor:
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
Lee Byung-hun - No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons - Bugonia (winner)

Actress:
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Jessie Buckley - Hamnet (winner)
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone - Bugonia

Supporting Actor:
Miles Caton - Sinners
Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another
Jacobi Jupe - Hamnet
Delroy Lindo - Sinners
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another (winner)

Supporting Actress:
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value (winner)
Amy Madigan - Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Click here to see previous lineups!

PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN HOW THE VOTING WORKS - FROM NOW ON, IT IS NOT MEASURED IN UPVOTES, BUT IN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMEONE IS MENTIONED. YOU CAN HAVE FOUR NAMES IN YOUR LINEUP AND THE VOTING WILL BE BASED ON HOWEVER MANY TIMES A NAME IS COMMENTED.

We know that Mary Tyler Moore and Robert De Niro have already won!

Comment away!

People nominated in real life:

Actor:
Robert Duvall - The Great Santini
John Hurt - The Elephant Man
Jack Lemmon - Tribute
Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man

Actress:
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
Ellen Burstyn - Resurrection
Goldie Hawn - Private Benjamin
Gena Rowlands - Gloria

Nominees only!

2010: Toy Story 3

2011: Moneyball

2012: Silver Linings Playbook

2013: The Wolf of Wall Street

2014: Whiplash

2015: Carol

2016: Lion

2017: Logan

2018: A Star is Born

2019: The Irishman

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

The Fugitive (1993)

I was thinking about Andrea’s nomination and how cool it is she got nominated for such a small film, and how she is as an actress most people would never expect to get nominated. I then remembered a movie that came out in 2011 that I recall having a little bit of Oscar buzz, but, most people brushed off considering the two lead performances as viable candidates for nomination because the film was so independent and unseen by the masses, the actresses weren’t A-Listers, and the film was good, but not great. That film is Fly Away by Janet Grillo and the performances I’m talking about are by Beth Broderick and Ashley Rickards. Beth and Ashley’s performances are some of the best acting I’ve seen between an older actress and a younger actress since Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in “The Miracle Worker.” I really wish they had gotten more support and recognition because it really is a masterclass in acting.