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4 days ago · Top Gun: Maverick tops the list of the 2023 Oscar Best Picture nominees ranked by Tomatometer — makes sense since the Tom Cruise joyride was declared the best-reviewed movie of 2022 in our...
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Jan 27, 2024 · 10 Best Picture Nominees From 2023 Ranked From Worst To Best. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on January 23, with Christopher Nolan’s WWII biopic “Oppenheimer” heading into the final stretch of the Oscar race as the assumed Best Picture frontrunner with very little sign of it slowing down over the next six weeks ...
- 10 Triangle of Sadness
- 9 Elvis
- 8 Women Talking
- 7 Tár
- 6 Avatar: The Way of Water
- 5 The Banshees of Inisherin
- 4 Everything Everywhere All at Once
- 3 The Fabelmans
- 2 All Quiet on The Western Front
- 1 Top Gun: Maverick
Ruben Östlund's class satire, Triangle of Sadness, held its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it received an eight-minute standing ovation and ultimately won the Palme d'Or, the festival's most prestigious award. Hotly anticipated following the Cannes Film Festival, Triangle of Sadness satirizes the world of the wealthy and the...
Baz Luhrmann tells the story of the legendary singer Elvis Presley in a way only he can. Full of flashy imagery, memorable montages, and fast cuts, Elvis rockets through the star's life at a million miles an hour, with very little room to breathe in its 159-minute runtime. Austin Butler dazzles as the titular singer (he's deservedly nominated for B...
In stark contrast to the flashy Elvis, Sarah Polley's Women Talking is a somber drama about the women of an isolated Mennonite community who debate the pros and cons of leaving their colony. Polley's film, based on the novel of the same name, tackles horrific themes with deft and showcases the talents of a brilliant ensemble cast. The film's title ...
Todd Field's first film in sixteen years, Tár, is anchored by one of Cate Blanchett's greatest performances. Blanchett portrays Lydia Tár, a fictional composer and conductor who acts as a reluctant trailblazer for women in the world of classical music. However, Tár's life slowly unravels as her darkest secrets are exposed to the world. Not just a s...
James Cameron's follow-up to the highest-grossing film ever made is one of the few sequels that can claim to be better than the original. Early claims that Avatar has no cultural impact were swiftly put to rest byAvatar: The Way of Water's immense success, both critically and commercially. While Avatar: The Way of Water's colossal 192-minute runtim...
It's no wonder that Martin McDonagh's dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin is a favorite for not only acting categories but for the top prize of Best Picture itself. The cast members assembled for the film are all at the top of their game, playing some of the residents of the fictional Irish isle of Inisherin. Set during the Irish Civil War, The B...
Everything Everywhere All At Once, the second feature film collaboration from directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, is a genre-defying joy for the ages. At once a family drama, a comedy, and a science-fiction adventure, the film lives up to every single word in its title. Everything Everywhere All At Once manages to be something incredibly or...
In The Fabelmans, director Steven Spielberg turns the camera on himself as he explores the impact that filmmaking had on his childhood through the lens of the fictional Sammy Fabelman, a child with dreams of making movies. Spielberg began working on the fictionalized The Fabelmansnearly 25 years ago, and it has been worth every minute of waiting. T...
2022's All Quiet on the Western Front may just be the second adaptation of the novel to win Best Picture, especially as it is armed with nine total nominations. Set in 1917, All Quiet on the Western Front follows a teenage boy as he enlists in the Imperial German Army in search of honor and glory, only to discover the horrific realities of trench w...
It is incredibly difficult for any summer blockbuster, let alone a sequel, to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, no matter how well-received it is. The fact that Top Gun: Maverick has achieved this rare feat truly captures how special it is. Telling the story of Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell as he trains a group of hotshot pilo...
Jan 25, 2023 · All the 2023 best picture Oscar nominees ranked, from worst to best. Cate Blanchett in the movie “Tár.”. This year’s best picture Oscar nominees include two literary adaptations, two...
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- 'The Banshees of Inisherin' Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97% Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin deservedly earns the highest score of all the Best Picture nominees on the Tomatometer.
- 'Top Gun: Maverick' Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% The sequel to 80s classic Top Gun was highly anticipated, especially after almost forty years since the release of the original, but nobody expected it to be one of the most exciting and acclaimed movies of 2022 - or the highest-grossing second to Avatar: The Way of Water.
- 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95% Of all the films released in 2022, Everything Everywhere All At Once was the one that was able to unite both critics and audiences in their love for this uniquely brilliant sci-fi comedy.
- 'The Fabelmans' Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% With The Fabelmans, legendary director Steven Spielberg directs the story of his own life, and proves there’s no better person to do so.
2 days ago · Best Picture Oscar Nominees of 2022, Ranked by Tomatometer. For 2022, the Oscars are going for the full tilt 10 nominees in the Best Picture race, featuring Jane Campion’s The Power of the...
5 days ago · Best Picture Nominees 2020, Ranked by Tomatometer. From comic-book movies to international arthouse black comedies to a movie without any letters in its title, the 2020 Oscars Best Picture...
