Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Ranking the Oscar Winners

I'm doing the top 8 for the past 10 years.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
1. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
2. No Country For Old Men (2007)
3. The Departed (2006)
4. The Social Network (2010)
5. Sideways (2004)
6. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)
7. The Descendants (2011)
8. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
9. Argo (2012)
10. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
2. Her (2013)
3. Midnight In Paris (2011)
4. The Hurt Locker (2009)
5. Django Unchained (2012)
6. Milk (2008)
7. Juno (2007)
8. The King's Speech (2010)
9. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
10. Crash (2005)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
1. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds (2009)
2. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (2008)
3. Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men (2007)
4. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (2011)
5. Christian Bale - The Fighter (2010)
6. Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
7. Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained (2012)
8. Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
9. Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
10. George Clooney - Syriana (2005)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
1. Mo'nique - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)
2. Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
3. Cate Blanchett - The Aviator (2004)
4. Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton (2007)
5. Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener (2005)
6. Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables (2012)
7. Octavia Spencer - The Help (2011)
8. Melissa Leo - The Fighter (2010)
9. Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave (2013)
10. Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls (2006)

BEST ACTOR:
1. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood (2007)
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote (2005)
3. Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart (2009)
4. Sean Penn - Milk (2008)
5. Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln (2012)
6. Colin Firth - The King's Speech (2010)
7. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (2011)
8. Jamie Foxx - Ray (2004)
9. Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
10. Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland (2006)

BEST ACTRESS:
1. Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose (2007)
2. Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine (2013)
3. Helen Mirren - The Queen (2006)
4. Natalie Portman - Black Swan (2010)
5. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
6. Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
7. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (2005)
8. Kate Winslet - The Reader (2008)
9. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady (2011)
10. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side (2009)

BEST DIRECTING:
1. Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men (2007)
2. Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
3. Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker (2009)
4. Martin Scorsese - The Departed (2006)
5. Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity (2013)
6. Ang Lee - Life of Pi (2012)
7. Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
8. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (2011)
9. Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
10. Tom Hooper - The King's Speech (2010)

BEST PICTURE:
1. No Country For Old Men (2007)
2. The Hurt Locker (2009)
3. The Departed (2006)
4. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
5. The Artist (2011)
6. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
7. The King's Speech (2010)
8. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
9. Argo (2012)
10. Crash (2005)

Personal Winners of the Nominees - Top 8 Categories
2004: The Aviator / Martin Scorsese / Leonardo DiCaprio / Kate Winslet / Clive Owen / Cate Blanchett / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / Before Sunset
2005: Brokeback Mountain / Ang Lee / Heath Ledger / Keira Knightley / Jake Gyllenhaal / Amy Adams / Good Night and Good Luck / Brokeback Mountain
2006: The Queen / Martin Scorsese / Ryan Gosling / Helen Mirren / Jackie Earl Haley / Rinko Kikuchi (LOL - this category is a disaster this year) / The Queen / The Departed
2007: Atonement / Joel and Ethan Coen / Daniel Day-Lewis / Marion Cotillard / Casey Affleck / Amy Ryan / Lars and the Real Girl / No Country For Old Men
2008: Milk / Gus Van Sant / Mickey Rourke / Anne Hathaway / Heath Ledger / Penelope Cruz / In Bruges / Slumdog Millionaire (another disaster category)
2009: Inglourious Basterds / Kathryn Bigelow / Jeff Bridges / Carey Mulligan / Christoph Waltz / Mo'nique / Inglourious Basterds / In the Loop
2010: Inception / David Fincher / Jesse Eisenberg / Natalie Portman / Christian Bale / Amy Adams / Inception / The Social Network
2011: The Tree of Life / Terrence Malick / Jean Dujardin / Viola Davis / Christopher Plummer / Melissa McCarthy / Bridesmaids / Moneyball
2012: Zero Dark Thirty / Ang Lee / Bradley Cooper / Jessica Chastain / Philip Seymour Hoffman / Sally Field / Moonrise Kingdom / Lincoln
2013: Gravity / Alfonso Cuaron / Leonardo DiCaprio / Amy Adams / Jared Leto / Sally Hawkins / Her / Before Midnight

Amy Adams would have three Oscars if it was my decision. 

So...
2004 - 2 my personal preference of the nominees match the Oscar winner
2005 - 2
2006 - 3
2007 - 4
2008 - 3
2009 - 4
2010 - 3
2011 - 2
2012 - 1
2013 - 3

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