For this competition, there will be 24 groups randomly generated. Groups 1 until 20 feature 4 movies each; Groups 21 up to 24 include 3 movies each. For the groups with 4 movies (1 until 20), please select 2 movies as your vote to progress to the next round. In groups with 3 movies (21-24), please select 1 movie from each group as your nomination.
So, here are the rules in brief:
- 2 movies advance to the next round from Group 1 until 20;
- 1 movie advances to the next round from Group 21 until 24;
- If you haven't watched a movie, pick among those you've watched, or if not any - you could ignore that group and move to the next group;
- 44 movies will qualify for the next round - the knock-out rounds.
In the group stages, we have 92 movies:
2001
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Traffic
2002
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge!
2003
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
2004
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
2005
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways
2006
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich
2007
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
2008
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
2010
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
2011
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
2012
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
2013
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
2014
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
2015
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
2016
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martia
The Revenant
Room
The groups to be posted soon. Just post your picks in bold.
Best of luck!
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And... Ladies and Gentlemen, the best Oscar runner-up movie (2001 - 2016) is..
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The remaining movies to make it into the top-5:
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Inglourious Basterds
4. Black Swan
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Picture Winners From 2001 - 2017, in chronological order:
A Beautiful Mind
Chicago
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Million Dollar Baby
Crash
The Departed
No Country for Old Men
Slumdog Millionaire
The Hurt Locker
The King's Speech
The Artist
Argo
12 Years a Slave
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Spotlight
Moonlight