The amount of intel I would usually get from my contacts has also dried up due to this comatose state. I’m sure it’ll eventually pick up soon, but a fun little game is to be had in the meantime. The Oscars started their expansion of Best Picture nominees back in 2009, right after the backlash that resulted in “The Dark Knight” being snubbed the year prior. On June 24, 2009, the AMPAS announced that the number of films to be nominated for Best Picture category would be increased from five to ten. At the same time, the voting system was switched to preferential voting. The rule was revised again in 2011 so that the number of films nominated was between five and ten; nominated films would have to earn either 5% of first-place rankings or 5% after an abbreviated variation of the single transferable vote nominating process. Ever since then, we’ve had anywhere between 7-10 nominees in the category. This new rule change made for a much tougher time for pundits to predict every single nominated film. So, what if this rule change had never happened? What would have been the final five films for every given year post-2009? While we’re at it, this year’s Best Picture race would be a little easier to predict. Right now we’re headed towards the six leading contenders being “The Power of the Dog,” “Belfast,” “West Side Story,” “King Richard” “Dune,” and “CODA.” I’ve ardently followed the Oscars during the last three decades and would say that the below have, more or less, 90% accuracy rate in truthfulness (semi-kidding). After much deliberation, I came up with these theoretical “what ifs…” 2009 The Hurt LockerInglourious BastetdsUp in the AirAvatarPrecious 2010 The King’s SpeechThe Social NetworkThe FighterTrue GritInception 2011 The ArtistHugoMidnight in ParisThe DescendantsThe Help 2012 ArgoZero Dark ThirtyLife of PiLincolnSilver Linings Playbook 2013 12 Years A SlaveGravityThe Wolf of Wall StreetAmerican HustleDallas Buyers Club 2014 BirdmanBoyhoodThe Imitation GameThe Grand Budapest HotelThe Theory of Everything 2015 SpotlightThe Big ShortMad Max: Fury RoadThe RevenantThe Martian 2016 MoonlightLa La LandManchester By the SeaHacksaw RidgeHidden Figures2017 The Shape of WaterThree Billboards Outside Ebbing MissouriGet OutLady BirdDunkirk 2018 Green BookRomaA Star is BornBlackkklansman The Favourite 2019 Parasite1917The IrishmanOnce Upon A Time in HollywoodJojo Rabbit 2020 NomadlandThe Trial of the Chicago 7The FatherMankMinari Contribute Hire me
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