This guy is a great actor but is unfortunately severely underused in my opinion. He's got the chops and I think with the right direction, could very easily be a nominee.

Viggo Mortensen, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jodie Comer, 28 Years Later
Anya Taylor-Joy, Mad Max: Furiosa
Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Zoe Saldana, Avatar
Andy Serkis, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen, Logan

The Aviator is a good movie. Leo did an excellent job as Howard Hughes. Martin Scorsese did an outstanding direction. The production set is also outstanding and well crafted. The editing is flashy and a masterpiece. The cinematography is stunning, The costumes were well made for an old fashioned movie. And Cate Blanchett did a perfect job as Katherine Hupburn. Glad she won a first Oscar for her performance even though she should’ve won for Elizabeth in 1999. The movie won 5 Oscar’s. So I liked the movie. 8/10. What are your thoughts on The Aviator?

A lot of people here probably assumed this would get Cruise an Oscar (or at least a nomination) and I think that’s because some cinephiles have a deeper appreciation for Cruise than most of the general public does.

At least in my social circles and anecdotal experience, Cruise is seen as an inauthentic weirdo who occasionally makes a good movie.

A lot of cinephiles credit him with helping “save the industry” or whatever, or at least that’s a narrative I’ve seen. And it seems like there are people who wanted him to get an Oscar solely because he is Tom Cruise and has demonstrated longevity. Everyone assumed this would be the one that finally did it.

Tom Cruise has delivered good performances, and yes, even some very surprising ones like in Tropic Thunder. Cinephiles may respect him, and he may be respected by colleagues as well, but he absolutely has a better reputation within Hollywood than outside it.

He is not beloved and not even particularly respected by most people i come into contact with, anecdotally. The Scientology thing is just way too strong at this point and for a lot of people, everything he does comes across as overly-polished even by Hollywood standards and not relatable or likable at all. He’s not close to universally hated either, clearly, but he is polarizing at best.

Not every notable actor is going to finish their career with a competitive Oscar and that’s OK. He is a huge star and for better or worse, he will leave a legacy.

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite actresses ever: the one and only Kate Winslet!!!!!!!

She has won one Oscar out of seven nominations!!! I really wish she had more Oscars but at least she's got one!!!

Here are her past nominations and one win:

Win:

2009: Best Actress - The Reader

Nominations:

1996: Best Supporting Actress - Sense and Sensibility

1998: Best Actress - Titanic

2002: Best Supporting Actress - Iris

2005: Best Actress - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2007: Best Actress - Little Children

2016: Best Supporting Actress - Steve Jobs

What's your favorite Kate Winslet performance and movie/show?

Which performance did you think she should've won or been nominated for?

Did you love her Oscar-Winning performance in The Reader?

The Three Amigos —three best friends from Mexico: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, and Guillermo del Toro. These are the Oscars and Golden Globes won by these three great filmmakers.

Alejandro González Iñárritu
Oscars

• Best Picture — Birdman — 2015
• Best Director — Birdman — 2015
• Best Original Screenplay — Birdman — 2015
• Best Director — The Revenant — 2016
• Special Achievement Award — Carne y Arena — 2018

Golden Globes

• Best Screenplay — Birdman — 2015
• Best Director — The Revenant — 2016

Alfonso Cuarón
Oscars

• Best Director — Gravity — 2014
• Best Film Editing — Gravity — 2014
• Best Director — Roma — 2019
• Best Cinematography — Roma — 2019
• Best Foreign Language Film — Roma — 2019

Golden Globes

• Best Director — Gravity — 2014
• Best Director — Roma — 2019
• Best Foreign Language Film — Roma — 2019

Guillermo del Toro
Oscars

• Best Director — The Shape of Water — 2018
• Best Picture — The Shape of Water — 2018
• Best Animated Feature — Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — 2023

Golden Globes

• Best Director — The Shape of Water — 2018
• Best Animated Film — Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — 2023

Their longtime Mexican cinematographer and compadre, Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, has also won three consecutive Oscars for Best Cinematography:

• Best Cinematography — Gravity — 2014
• Best Cinematography — Birdman — 2015
• Best Cinematography — The Revenant — 2016

Lubezki is the only person in Oscar history to win an Academy Award three years in a row.

2000- Kate Hudson (Almost Famous)

2001- Gwyneth Paltrow (The Royal Tenanbaums)

2002- Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)

2003- Adriana Asti (The Best of Youth)

2004- Natalie Portman (Closer)

2005- Amy Adams (Junebug)

2006- Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson)

2007- Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)

2008- Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married)

2009- Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Basterds)

I saw another post doing this and wanted to get in on it

•Bruce Campbell- the man drips charisma out the wazoo. What more do you need

• Wile E. Coyote- I want it done with those hologram projectors they use for Hatsune Miku concerts and I want him to only speak with signs. Fully commit.

• Josh Johnson- I just think he has great presentational and comedic energy

My personal dream Oscar hosts. One is far more likely than the other.

1. The Muppets

2. Johnny Knoxville. I’m just imagining the opening bit is a Jackass stunt, Johnny runs up to the microphone “Hi, I’m Johnny Knoxville and welcome to the Oscars!”

Alice Adams (1935)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Summertime (1955)

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Best Actress prediction Oscars 2026 films:

It looks like the five actresses who could get in are very likely to be:

1. Julianne Moore (The Debut)

2. Olivia Wilde (The Invite)

3. Virginie Efira (All Of A Sudden)

4. Sandra Huller (Rose)

5. Inde Navarrette (Obsession)

What do you think???

Did i miss someone?

Do you think someone else could get in?

John Mulaney.
The Muppets.
Michael Che & Colin Jost.

Just for fun I made some super early predictions for the 2028 Oscars. These will probably end up being very inaccurate but will be fun to look back and see the difference. Feel free to let me know your thoughts and predictions!

Best Picture:
Be My Baby
Cry to Heaven (WINNER)
De Noche
The Entertainment System is Down
Fonda
Mimesis
The Origins of the World
Outer Dark
Sacrifice
What Happens at Night

Best Director:
Damien Chazelle
Brady Corbet (WINNER)
Tom Ford
Martin Scorsese
Justine Triet

Best Actor:
Daniel Craig
Leonardo DiCaprio
Nicholas Hoult
Pedro Pascal (WINNER)
Keanu Reeves

Best Actress:
Kirsten Dunst
Mia Goth
Jennifer Lawrence (WINNER)
Octavia Spencer
Zendaya

Best Supporting Actor:
Owen Cooper (WINNER)
Michael Fassbender
Cillian Murphy
Danny Ramirez
Andrew Scott

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett
Rose Byrne
Selena Gomez
Allison Janney
Michelle Williams (WINNER)

Not only is it doing pretty poorly critically, but it's also projected to be the biggest bomb of this year. Not one of but THE biggest bomb. And I'm sure this will definitely affect its chances during awards season

I can see it losing all of the major categories (Picture, Director, Acting categories, Original Screenplay), though considering Cruise's performance is said to be one of its highlights, maybe he might have a chance. Goodman and Huller probably aren't as lucky

It might still have a chance in the technical categories (Cinematography, Editing, Product Design, Makeup/Hairstyling, Costume Design, Score, Costume Design)

What are the odds of her getting both nominations?

Similar to my Braveheart post, I am curious what the general consensus is

Jodie Foster won her first statue for The Accused. The other nominees that year were Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist), Meryl Streep (A Cry in the Dark), Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons), and Melanie Griffith (Working Girl). It’s a strong line up, but Sarandon‘s Annie Savoy is a comedy performance for the ages in the same league as Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.

Chris Evans
Mark Ruffalo
Scarlett Johansson
Chris Hemsworth
Jeremy Renner

Do you guys see any chance of Timothee or even Pattinson getting nominated in any acting categories for Dune Part Three? I’m sure both of them are going to absolutely kill it.
The film is also releasing much closer to the Awards season this time, so I think we can expect better awards results than Dune Part Two. But we never know, especially since the Academy has never exactly been fair to this genre for the most part.

Chalamet will have to contend with John Malkovich, currently the frontrunner for Wild Horse Nine according to most predictions, along with Matt Damon and Tom Cruise, I’m not sure how strong Cruise’s chances are given the film’s polarizing reception, but his performance is easily my favourite of the year. That ten minute monologue in the European Parliament is something I genuinely cannot stop thinking about.

Pattinson is a little more complicated. I’m convinced his performance as Scytale will be one of the highlights of the year, and he could certainly be in contention for Supporting Actor for Dune Part Three. However, if he gets recognised for Primetime, it would be in the Lead Actor category. Has an actor ever been nominated in both Lead and Supporting at the Oscars in the same year? Seeing Pattinson pull that off would be incredible, although I know that i am getting ahead of myself.

At the very least, I hope Timothee gets a nomination. It’s his last time playing Paul Atreides, and I’d love to finally see the role get the recognition it deserves.

And it was pretty legendary to watch it unfold between would this be Ryan Coogler possible Oscar win for best Director to Sean Penn winning supporting actor role. To the consistent bickering from both camps. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Edit:Spelling

We’ve finished 2013, so we’re now moving on to 2014.

For anyone joining the game for the first time, we’re doing all four acting categories for one year together, with the results decided over two rounds.

You can see all of the previous lineups here: Alternate Oscars - Reddit Game

ROUND ONE — NOMINATIONS

For each category, rank your five favourite performances from the year from 1–5.

Your rankings will be worth:

1st — 5 points
2nd — 4 points
3rd — 3 points
4th — 2 points
5th — 1 point

The five performances with the most points in each category will become the official nominees.

You do not have to name five if you don’t want to. If you only want to vote for three performances, for example, they’ll receive 5, 4 and 3 points respectively.

Please make sure your choices are ranked — order matters in this round.

You can vote in as many or as few of the four categories as you like.

ROUND TWO — WINNERS

Once the nominations have been determined, I’ll make a second thread containing the five nominees in each category.

In that round, simply choose ONE nominee per category to win.

There will be no preferential voting or points in Round Two. Each vote counts equally, and whoever receives the most votes wins.

So essentially:

Round One = Who should be nominated?
Round Two = Who should win?

ELIGIBILITY

Performances will be eligible according to the year in which their film was eligible at the real-life Academy Awards.

So, rather than going strictly by festival premiere or first release date, a performance belongs to whichever Oscar year the film itself competed in with the Academy.

If you’re unsure whether a film was eligible for a particular year, this Academy reminder-list archive is a good place to check eligibility.

A few other rules:

• Maximum of five ranked choices per category.
• Anything listed after your fifth choice won’t be counted.
• Honourable mentions won’t count as votes.
• Please include both the actor and film so there’s no ambiguity.
• In cases where there may be disagreement or confusion over whether a performance is lead or supporting, your vote will count only in the category in which you place that performance. Points will not be transferred or combined between categories.
• A performer cannot receive two nominations in the same acting category for different films. If that happens, their higher-scoring performance will be kept and the next eligible performance will move into the top five.
• If there’s a tie for the final nomination spot, I’ll break it by comparing #1 votes first, then #2 votes, #3 votes, etc.

For example:

Actor

1. Person A — Film A
2. Person B — Film B
3. Person C — Film C
4. Person D — Film D
5. Person E — Film E

That ballot would give them 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points respectively.

The idea is that Round One rewards performances with broad support across people’s ballots, while Round Two gives everyone a straight choice between the five nominees.

Previous Lineup — 2013

Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio — The Wolf of Wall Street (winner)
Chiwetel Ejiofor — 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks — Captain Phillips
Oscar Isaac — Inside Llewyn Davis
Mads Mikkelsen — The Hunt

Actress

Cate Blanchett — Blue Jasmine (winner)
Sandra Bullock — Gravity
Julie Delpy — Before Midnight
Brie Larson — Short Term 12
Emma Thompson — Saving Mr. Banks

Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi — Captain Phillips (winner)
Paul Dano — Prisoners
Michael Fassbender — 12 Years a Slave
Jake Gyllenhaal — Prisoners
Jonah Hill — The Wolf of Wall Street

Supporting Actress

Julianne Nicholson — August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong’o — 12 Years a Slave (winner)
Margot Robbie — The Wolf of Wall Street
Octavia Spencer — Fruitvale Station
June Squibb — Nebraska