The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

Official Rules
-ANY movie that has been NOMINATED or WON an Academy Award counts

-There is NO time limit, meaning it doesn't matter how long or short the item in question is, as long as it has been nominated or won an Academy Award

-You can watch a movie once then count it again if you watch the same film with a commentary

-There WILL BE a separate thread for LISTS ONLY created shortly before the challenge begins.

-You can count the actual Academy Awards Ceremony to be televised on Sunday March 27, 2022 as an entry if you'd like.

-There will be an "In Memoriam" Wild Card option. You can select up to 10 films to watch featuring a celebrity that died since the last Oscar Ceremony. But only ONE movie per celebrity. For example: You can watch “A Raisin in the Sun” to honor Sydney Poitier but you cannot watch another Poitier movie that did not win or was not nominated for an Oscar unless it stars another eligible celebrity. If that makes sense... The celebrity has to have died since the last ceremony.

-The challenge begins at dawn local time Tuesday, February 8 at and will end at 11:59 pm on Sunday, March 27.

LISTS THREAD

Past Challenges
2021 Rules & Discussion Thread
2021 List Thread
2020 Rules & Discussion Thread
2020 List Thread
2019 Rules & Discussion Tread
2019 List Thread
2018 Rules & Discussion Thread
2018 List Thread
2017 Rules & Discussion Thread
2017 List Thread
2016 Rules & Discussion Thread
2016 List Thread
2015 Rules & Discussion Thread
2015 List Thread
2014 Rules & Discussion Thread
2014 List Thread
2013 Rules & Discussion Thread
2013 List Thread
2012 Rules & Discussion Thread
2012 List Thread
2011 Rules & Discussion Thread
2011 List Thread
2010 Rules & Discussion Thread
2010 List Thread
2009 Rules & Discussion Thread
2009 List Thread
2008 Rules & Discussion Thread
2008 List Thread
2007 Rules & Discussion Thread
2007 List Thread

External Links
This Year's Nominees
TCM's 31 Days of Oscar Schedule
Academy Award Database - to check if a movie has been nominated or won (link still won't work with Safari)
2021 In Memoriam via Entertainment Weekly
2022 In Memoriam via Entertainment Weekly

Checklist
Watch a film winner from the following decades:

• 1927-1939:
• 1940-1949:
• 1950-1959:
• 1960-1969:
• 1970-1979:
• 1980-1989:
• 1990-1999:
• 2000-2009:
• 2010-2019:
• (optional) 2020-

Watch a winner from the following categories:

• Actor in a Leading Role
• Actor in a Supporting Role
• Actress in a Leading Role
• Actress in a Supporting Role
• Animated Feature Film
• Cinematography
• Costume Design
• Directing
• Documentary (Feature)
• Documentary (Short Subject)
• Film Editing
• International Feature Film
• Makeup and Hairstyling
• Music (Original Score)
• Music (Original Song)
• Best Picture
• Production Design
• Short Film (Animated)
• Short Film (Live Action)
• Sound
• Visual Effects
• Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
• Writing (Original Screenplay)

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

We have overlapping Challenges for the next couple months! Let's get this discussion started. Any nomination predictions? Anything you want to change for this year's Challenge?

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

I always meant to ask... when it says watch a film winner from these years.. do we mean any oscar winner from those years, or the a best picture winner from those years?

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

A winner in any category for that decade.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

I'm excited about the challenge this year. Last year, I was in the midst of a COVID plus stressful job depression and watched very few of the Oscar nominees - so few that I could dedicate this challenge to just catching up with all the things that I missed. I'm planning to finally watch Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, and Minari this month.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

Thank you kindly.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

Thanks to HBO Max, which I get for free from AT&T because I have an unlimited data plan, I'm thinking of watching both Superman The Movie ​​​​​​, and the first run of the Batman movies. IIRC, the first three are eligible for the challenge. I remember seeing Batman Forever in the theater. That was the only time I enjoyed Jim Carrey, and I thought Tommy Lee Jones was a very good Two Face.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

The list thread is up

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

It should be another interesting year of watching. On one hand, I’ve been to the theater twice in the last two years. On the other hand, I’ve had more time to watch, and I do have several of the services that content has been split out onto.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

Apparently the database doesn't work on the mobile version of Microsoft Edge either. I put Edge on my phone to be able to look up the database and it wasn't compatible. Just like Safari

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

I do not understand why this is a thing. It makes no sense!

Thanks to COVID I haven't been to a theater since the summer so I doubt I've seen anything that's been nominated. Hopefully some of the nominees are on streaming services.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

I know it's awfully late to bring up, but I didn't realize how the decades were organized on the checklist until just now. Wouldn't it be easier to just throw the 1920's in with the 1930's (as 1927-1939) and leave the rest of the year intervals as standard decades (1940-1949, etc.)? I don't see the harm in casting a bit wider net for those early years. The rules and categories were in flux. Only 78 total films were nominated for anything from 1927-1929/1930, and of them only 25 of them won anything. We'd just leave the 2020's as optional until we're a bit further into the decade, though honestly given how readily available recent nominees are, I wouldn't even mind if it was just made part of the checklist proper.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

I'm cool with that change. Does anyone have an objection?

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

There were no objections to Travis' suggestion so I changed the checklist.

I will be late posting the link to the nominations because I have a doctor's appointment at that time.

Happy viewing everyone!

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

So I managed to see 17 of the nominees before they were announced. I need to see 21 more (not counting shorts, that I'll see when one of our film festivals shows them all in theatre this month).

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

I've seen 7 of the nominees so I've got some work to do.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

I did not get my money’s worth out of my recently expired Regal Unlimited Pass. Have only seen six films with nominations, and only one film with a nomination in the big four categories.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

I was just watching my local news when they were talking about the nominations. Nightmare Alley was filmed in my backyard.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

How To See The 2021 Oscar Nominees At Home Before The Big Night:


Feature Films:

Ascension (Paramount+)

Attica (Digital Purchase / Amazon Prime / Fubo / DirectTV / Roku Channel / Showtime / Spectrum On Demand)

Being The Ricardos (Amazon Prime)

Belfast (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental / Purchase)

CODA (AppleTV+)

Coming 2 America (DVD/Blu / (Amazon Prime)

Cruella (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase / Disney+)

Cyrano (Premium Digital Rental)

Don't Look Up (Netflix)

Drive My Car (Digital Rental/Purchase / HBOMax)

Dune (DVD/Blu/3D Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase) / Direct TV / HBO / HBO Max / Spectrum On Demand)

Encanto (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase / Disney+)

The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental/Purchase / Direct TV / HBO / HBO Max / Spectrum On Demand)

Flee (Blu / Digital Rental/Purchase / Hulu)

Four Good Days (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental/Purchase / Hulu / Kanopy)

Free Guy (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase) / Disney+ / HBO / HBO Max / Spectrum On Demand)

The Hand Of God (Netflix)

House Of Gucci (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental/Purchase)

King Richard (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase)

Licorice Pizza (Digital Rental/Purchase / Spectrum On Demand)

The Lost Daughter (Netflix)

Luca (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Purchase / Disney+)

Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom - (Digital Rental/Purchase) / Kanopy)

The Mitchells Vs. The Machines (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental/Purchase / Netflix)

Nightmare Alley (2021) (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Purchase / (DirectTV / HBO / HBO Max / Hulu / Spectrum On Demand)

No Time To Die (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase)

Parallel Mothers (Premium Digital Rental)

The Power Of The Dog (Netflix)

Raya And The Last Dragon (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase / Disney+)

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase / Disney+)

Spencer (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental/Purchase / Hulu)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (Digital Purchase)

Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Digital Rental/Purchase / Disney+ / Hulu)

tick, tick...BOOM! (Netflix)

The Tragedy Of Macbeth (AppleTV+)

West Side Story (2021) (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental/Purchase / (Disney+ / Direct TV / HBO / HBO Max / Spectrum On Demand)

The Worst Person In The World (Digital Rental/Purchase / Spectrum On Demand)

Writing With Fire (Digital Rental / Purchase / Spectrum On Demand)

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Documentary Short Subject:

Audible (Netflix)

Lead Me Home (Netflix)

The Queen Of Basketball


Three Songs For Benazir (Netflix)

When We Were Bullies


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Animated Short Film:

Affairs Of The Art


Bestia (Vimeo Rental/Purchase)

Boxballet - starts at 2:26 in this compilation



Robin Robin (Netflix)

The Windshield Wiper


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Live Action Short Film:

Ala Kachuu - Take and Run (Vimeo Purchase)

The Dress (Vimeo Purchase)

The Long Goodbye


On My Mind


Please Hold (HBO Max)


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Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

There's some fodder for b-movie month!

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

That is hysterical! :lol:

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

There's a lot of the nominated short films easy to find on-line (there's a ton on YouTube), so this challenge I've decided to pair each movie I watch with a nominated short from that same year, sort like it's the opening feature at the theatre.

Re: The 16th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (February 8 - March 27 2022)
 

CODA was quite good. For a few minutes I thought it was going to be some kind of Mean Girls high school romance film but it quickly got off that track, thank goodness. Ended up being much different and really kind of dropped the high school drama for much more interesting territory. Highly recommended and is available on AppleTV+, as indicated by Mao.