I like the Oscars. Say what you will, they’re usually pretty good at pegging the best movies of the year. I’ve seen every single Best Picture winner so far and, since 2011, I’ve managed to watch every Best Picture Nominee for their respective years. Some years, I agree with the outcome. Other years…not so much. The following linked reviews are my rankings of the Best Picture Oscar Nominees by star rating, with the actual winner noted in bold. Click through to each review to see why I rated the movie the way I did. Since I’ve only started reviewing movies more thoroughly in the last few years, I’ll fill in the gaps as I get back to watching the nominees and winners again. Movies in italics I haven’t seen recently enough to have a full review (star average might change).
Oscar Years from Best to Worst:
2015 [4.50-star average]
2014 [4.44-star average]
2013 [4.39-star average]
2017 [4.28-star average]
2011 [4.28-star average]
2019 [4.17-star average]
2020 [4.06-star average]
2012 [4.06-star average]
2023 [4.05-star average]
2021 [3.95-star average]
2022 [3.95-star average]
2018 [3.94-star average]
2016 [3.78-star average]
2023 [4.05-star average]
- Oppenheimer [5 Stars]
- The Holdovers [5 stars]
- American Fiction [4.5 stars]
- The Zone of Interest [4.5 stars]
- Poor Things [4 stars]
- Anatomy of a Fall [4 stars]
- Barbie [4 stars]
- Past Lives [3.5 stars]
- Killers of the Flower Moon [3.5 stars]
- Maestro [2.5 stars]
Bonus! 2023 Best Animated Feature Films:
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [4.5 stars]
- Elemental [4.5 stars]
- Nimona [4 stars]
- The Boy and the Heron [3.5 stars]
- Robot Dreams [haven’t seen yet]
2022 [3.95-star average]
- Triangle of Sadness [5 stars]
- Everything, Everywhere All at Once [4.5 stars]
- Elvis [4.5 stars]
- Avatar: The Way of Water [4 stars]
- The Fabelmans [4 stars]
- Women Talking [4 stars]
- Top Gun: Maverick [4 stars]
- Tár [3.5 stars]
- All Quiet on the Western Front [3 stars]
- The Banshees of Inisherin [3 stars]
Bonus! 2022 Best Animated Feature Films:
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio [4 stars]
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On [4 stars]
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish [4 stars]
- Turning Red [3.5 stars]
- The Sea Beast [3.5 stars]
2021 [3.95-star average]
- CODA [5 stars]
- Nightmare Alley [4.5 stars]
- Don’t Look Up [4.5 stars]
- West Side Story [4 stars]
- King Richard [4 stars]
- Dune: Part One [4 stars]
- Drive My Car [4 stars]
- Licorice Pizza [3.5 stars]
- Belfast [3 stars]
- The Power of the Dog [3 stars]
Bonus! 2021 Best Animated Feature Films:
- Encanto [4 stars]
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines [4 stars]
- Luca [4 stars]
- Raya and the Last Dragon [3.5 stars]
- Flee [haven’t seen yet]
2020 [4.06-star average]
- Trial of the Chicago 7 [5 stars]
- Sound of Metal [4.5 stars]
- Promising Young Woman [4.5 stars]
- Nomadland [4 stars]
- Minari [4 stars]
- Judas and the Black Messiah [3.5 stars]
- The Father [3.5 stars]
- Mank [3.5 stars]
Bonus! 2020 Best Animated Feature Film:
- Soul [4 stars]
2019 [4.17-star average]
- 1917 [5 stars]
- Joker [5 stars]
- Parasite [4.5 stars]
- Little Women [4.5 stars]
- Ford v Ferrari [4.5 stars]
- The Irishman [4 stars]
- Once Upon a time in Hollywood [3.5 stars]
- Jojo Rabbit [3.5 stars]
- Marriage Story [3 stars]
Bonus! 2019 Best Animated Feature Films:
- Toy Story 4 [5 stars]
- Klaus [4.5 stars]
- I Lost My Body [4 stars]
- Missing Link [3 stars]
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World [3 stars]
2018 [3.94-star average]
- Green Book [5 stars]
- Black Panther [4.5 stars]
- Bohemian Rhapsody [4 stars]
- BlacKkKlansman [4 stars]
- Vice [4 stars]
- The Favourite [4 stars]
- Roma [3 stars]
- A Star is Born [3 stars]
Bonus! 2018 Best Animated Feature Films:
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- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse [5 stars]
- Ralph Breaks the Internet [4.5 stars]
- Isle of Dogs [3.5 stars]
- Incredibles 2 [3.5 stars]
- Mirai [haven’t seen yet]
2017 [4.28-star average]
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [5 stars]
- Darkest Hour [5 stars]
- Get Out [5 stars]
- The Shape of Water [4.5 stars]
- Lady Bird [4.5 stars]
- Dunkirk [4.5 stars]
- The Post [4 stars]
- Phantom Thread [3.5 stars]
- Call Me by Your Name [2.5 stars]
2016 [3.78-star average]
- La La Land [5 stars]
- Arrival [5 stars]
- Hidden Figures [4 stars]
- Hell or High Water [4 stars]
- Hacksaw Ridge [3.5 stars]
- Lion [3.5 stars]
- Manchester by the Sea [3 stars]
- Moonlight [3 stars]
- Fences [3 stars]
2015 [4.50-star average]
- Spotlight [5 stars]
- The Martian [5 stars]
- The Revenant [4.5 stars]
- Mad Max: Fury Road [4.5 stars]
- Room [4.5 stars]
- Bridge of Spies [4.5 stars]
- The Big Short [4 stars]
- Brooklyn [4 stars]
2014 [4.44-star average]
- Birdman [5 stars]
- Whiplash [4.5 stars]
- Boyhood [4.5 stars]
- The Grand Budapest Hotel [4.5 stars]
- American Sniper [4.5 stars]
- Selma [4.5 stars]
- The Imitation Game [4 stars]
- The Theory of Everything [4 stars]
2013 [4.39-star average]
- Gravity [5 stars]
- Captain Phillips [5 stars]
- 12 Years a Slave [5 stars]
- Her [4.5 stars]
- Nebraska [4.5 stars]
- Dallas Buyers Club [4 stars]
- American Hustle [4 stars]
- Philomena [4 stars]
- The Wolf of Wall Street [3.5 stars]
2012 [4.06-star average]
- Argo [5 stars]
- Silver Linings Playbook [4.5 stars]
- Lincoln [4.5 stars]
- Amour [4.5 stars]
- Django Unchained [4 stars]
- Life of Pi [4 stars]
- Zero Dark Thirty [3.5 stars]
- Les Misérables [3.5 stars]
- Beasts of the Southern Wild [3 stars]
2011 [4.28-star average]
- The Artist [5 stars]
- Hugo [5 stars]
- Midnight in Paris [4.5 stars]
- The Help [4.5 stars]
- War Horse [4.5 stars]
- The Descendants [4 stars]
- Moneyball [4 stars]
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [4 stars]
- The Tree of Life [3 stars]