2020 Best Picture Lineup: The Greatest Lineup Ever?

[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 68 Posts: 3009 View Predictions]

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I am revisiting the 2020 (films released in 2019) lineup for Best Picture. Looking at the nominees, this has to be the best lineup that I’ve seen.

Do you agree?
Do you agree with the winner?
Were there any snubbed films?
Did any film not belong in the BP lineup?
What are your thoughts?

Parasite
Ford v Ferarri
The Irishman
JoJo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 245 Posts: 37595 View Predictions]

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More like the most overrated lineup ever.

FYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.

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[forwardswill Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 26 Posts: 3679 View Predictions]

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I would have nominated 4 out of the 9 (Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Little Women and 1917). My main snubs were Knives Out and Booksmart. Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, and Joker would not be close for me. Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit were just outside my top 9.

To compare to other recent years:
– 2021: 4/8
– 2019: 2/8
– 2018: 7/9
– 2017: 4/9
– 2016: 2/8

So yeah 2018 was the peak by a mile for me.

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[Flickchick Joined: Oct 16th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 82 View Predictions]

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For me, 2020 was Parasite and then a huge gap to everyone else.

My favorite year in recent memory was 2011.  Social Network (robbed), Inception, Black Swan, King’s Speech.

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[crabbie Joined: Feb 26th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 4729 View Predictions]

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Keep Parasite, Little Women, and Marriage Story. The rest can goooo.

Michelle (Yeoh, Williams) Oscar campaign manager.

FYC:
Best Picture: Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Decision to Leave
Best Director: Park Chan-Wook Todd Field
Best Original Screenplay: Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actor: Colin Farrell
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, Tang Wei
Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, Ke Huy Quan
Best Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, Nina Hoss

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[Eve Harrington Joined: Nov 11th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 267 View Predictions]

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1941, 1951, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1986, 2007, and 2011 (year of ceremony) would ALL like a word.

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[Miss Joined: Apr 1st, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 167 View Predictions]

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For me, the 90th Academy Awards had one of the better Best Picture lineups in recent memory:

Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

I mean CMBYN, Get Out, Lady Bird and Phantom Thread all in one year? Divine!

Plus, A Fantastic Women winning International Film was the cherry on top of it all

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[Eve Harrington Joined: Nov 11th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 267 View Predictions]

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Miss wrote:

For me, the 90th Academy Awards had one of the better Best Picture lineups in recent memory: Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri I mean CMBYN, Get Out, Lady Bird and Phantom Thread all in one year? Divine! Plus, A Fantastic Women winning International Film was the cherry on top of it all

Okay, yes, but TSOW and The Post kinda ruined it for me.

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[JV Joined: Dec 31st, 2019 Topics: 9 Posts: 5264 View Predictions]

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[crabbie Joined: Feb 26th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 4729 View Predictions]

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Eve Harrington wrote:

Okay, yes, but TSOW and The Post kinda ruined it for me.

But not The Darkest Hour? or Three Billboards

Michelle (Yeoh, Williams) Oscar campaign manager.

FYC:
Best Picture: Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Decision to Leave
Best Director: Park Chan-Wook Todd Field
Best Original Screenplay: Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actor: Colin Farrell
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, Tang Wei
Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, Ke Huy Quan
Best Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, Nina Hoss

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[Eve Harrington Joined: Nov 11th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 267 View Predictions]

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crabbie wrote:

But not The Darkest Hour? or Three Billboards

The Darkest Hour is not great but Gary Oldman saves it completely, I can’t hate on that movie just because of him. Three Billboards… not my cup of tea, but I can’t say it’s bad.

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[kamila Joined: Dec 6th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 1856 View Predictions]

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Flickchick wrote:

For me, 2020 was Parasite and then a huge gap to everyone else. My favorite year in recent memory was 2011. Social Network (robbed), Inception, Black Swan, King’s Speech.

2011 was a fantastic year and highlighted what the top 10 could do at its best. Great mix of movies across a lot of genres and even had an animated film in the lineup (Toy Story 3). I could’ve argued for The Town to slip in over Winter’s Bone but it’s nice that a smaller movie was even able to make it in. The regular moviegoer was bound to have seen at least half of them without trying too hard.

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[Flickchick Joined: Oct 16th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 82 View Predictions]

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kamila wrote:

2011 was a fantastic year and highlighted what the top 10 could do at its best. Great mix of movies across a lot of genres and even had an animated film in the lineup (Toy Story 3). I could’ve argued for The Town to slip in over Winter’s Bone but it’s nice that a smaller movie was even able to make it in. The regular moviegoer was bound to have seen at least half of them without trying too hard.

Town should have been in there.  What a great movie year.

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[Bassett Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 1 Posts: 2645 View Predictions]

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wolfali wrote:

More like the most overrated lineup ever.

Right ??? Fffff

And the fact that this lineup was entirely white (and mostly male) outside of Parasite just doesn’t sit right with me, idc. Thankfully the right movie won without a doubt

And I think 2017 and 2018 cleared

FYC

AOTY - Renaissance

Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Brian Tyree Henry.

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