lisadoris

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 12, 2023 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 “Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier” to honor Nichelle Nichols but you cannot watch another Nichols 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, January 24 at and will end at 11:59 pm on Sunday, March 12.

LISTS THREAD

Past Challenges
2022 Rules & Discussion Thread
2022 List Thread
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)
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)

Darkgod

I just googled when the announcement date is, and came here to say we have 11 days... and bam... Lisadoris is on the top of her game.

lisadoris

I wanted to give the TV-on-DVD Challenge some room to breathe on its own before jumping in. Nothing about this Challenge really changes from year to year so I don't anticipate a lot of discussion before everyone starts their viewing. Though, if there are changes anyone wants to make to the Challenge, just post em.

Indy24LA

My wife was just asking when this challenge starts, since it's her favorite. I think it should be January 24th, not February.

lisadoris

You're right, mad bad.

Mao

Ready for this year!!

lisadoris

Me too. Thanks to the mods for fixing the thread title.

I really hope Everything, Everywhere, All At Once gets nominated for Best Picture.

shadokitty

I just decided to check chrome on my Pixel, and the database does work there. Just not iPhones I guess. But that might help people who can't get on a computer.

Mao

I think you can put money on that!

Travis McClain

Worth sharing: Every Film Ever Nominated for an Academy Award in Any Category, a list on Letterboxd. There's an index to smaller lists of just winners or all nominees for each category and for each year. It's especially handy for identifying what I can stream with my current subscriptions, as well as what's in my own library already. For the curious, here's the breakdown for the following subscription services (US). Of course, these numbers will change once this year's nominations are announced, and again on the 1st when the services update their offerings for the new month. There's also redundancy; some movies may be streaming on half a dozen of these services. In all, 1490 of the 5031 nominated titles are available on at least one of the following:

Premium Services
Amazon Prime - 247
AppleTV+ - 6
Criterion Channel - 223
Disney+ - 191
HBO Max - 367
Hulu - 68
Netflix - 114
Paramount+ - 170
Peacock Premium - 56

Free Services
Crackle - 68
Filmrise - 7
Freevee - 130
Peacock - 31
Plex - 167
The Roku Channel - 168
Shout! Factory TV - 11
Tubi - 390
Vudu Free - 77
YouTube Free - 3

lisadoris

I forgot to mention that I'm going to try to get through this challenge without watching films having to do with Nazis. I'm just not interested this year which sucks because I just bought Casablanca and the Indiana Jones box set in 4k.

davidh777

Nazi-free zone sounds good to me!

lisadoris

I've tried to do it in previous Oscar Challenges but they are damn difficult to avoid in this challenge.

Travis McClain

I would think with this challenge, that would require thorough research. Hell, there's probably a Nazi somewhere in The Wizard of Oz I've somehow never noticed.

lisadoris

Yes, you must do research which is where I typically go wrong. I don't usually check out descriptions of films I haven't seen before; I just watch them. I was chugging along a few years ago and decided to watch A Night the Garden which was nominated that year. Yeah it's an entire short showing a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden. There's nothing in that title that suggested Nazis. Doh. This year, I'm checking imdb before I watch any film I haven't seen before, just in case.

Anyway, tomorrow is the big day. Does anyone have nomination predictions?

shadokitty

^ I’m expecting the new Avatar to get something. Effects if nothing else.

lisadoris

I've updated the first post with a link to this year's nominees. Everything Everywhere All At Once, All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin cleaned up. I'm kinda sad Tom Cruise didn't get nominated for Maverick but at least it got a Best Picture nomination. Shadokitty was right, Avatar got a nom for visual effects and best picture.

Let the viewing begin.

shadokitty

After not finding anything good that was eligible on Dish, I made use of my Roku TV for my first watch. I watched the John Ford Documentary, The Battle of Midway, on YouTube. I expect my TV to be a huge help this challenge.

Travis McClain

Here's the streaming availability right now, though this should change on the 1st when services update their programming for February:

Amazon Prime
Argentina, 1985

AppleTV+
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Causeway

Disney+
Fire of Love
La pupille
Turning Red

HBO Max
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Batman
Elvis
Navalny

Netflix
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Blonde
The Elephant Whisperers
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
The Martha Mitchell Effect
RRR
The Sea Beast

Paramount+
Top Gun: Maverick

Peacock Premium
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

lisadoris

I was just checking out imdb to see what was available where. All I had to do was wait a few minutes and Travis would have hooked me up. I did see that Tar will be available on Peacock on January 27.

shadokitty

I actually bought Top Gun: Maverick when it came out digitally. So I’m good there.

Travis McClain

Like a zillion other people, I made a list on Letterboxd of this year's nominees. If you have a Patron or Pro account, you can filter by your streaming services. Also, thanks for mentioning TÁR coming to Peacock. I was certain I'd seen it advertised on the app, but hadn't taken notice of when it was going up. I gotta say, I feel more interested in this year's group as a whole than I felt about the last few years. I'm most excited to finally watch Everything Everywhere All at Once. I picked it up during Walmart's Black Friday sale and held off on it until this challenge. Also snagged The Batman during that same sale. That one, I did catch at the drive-in but I'm keen to revisit it anyway. A friend of mine has been pleading with me to watch The Banshees of Inisherin. I'm hopeful I might catch The Fabelmans at the theater. Hadn't heard about Fire of Love but it sounds intriguing. (Doc about a volcanologist couple who died during an eruption in 1991). I meant to see Turning Red by now, but kinda forgot about it. And I'm automatically interested in anything with a title like An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It.

The only other nominees I've seen are Glass Onion and Top Gun: Maverick. I liked the former, though it doesn't necessarily sound like it to listen to me talk about it, and I loved the latter. I think it's high time the Academy revisited their definition of originality, because neither of those two have any business being nominated for Adapted Screenplay. They seriously need to distinguish between an actual adaptation of an existing work and a new story using existing characters. The only Academy category issue I feel more strongly about is that it is way past time to present an award for stunt work.

Mao

How To See The 2022 Oscar Nominees At Home Before The Big Night:


Feature Films:

Aftersun (Digital Rental / Purchase)

All Quiet On The Western Front (2022) (Netflix)

All That Breathes (HBO Max)

All The Beauty And The Bloodshed (Digital Rental / Purchase)

Argentina, 1985 (Amazon Prime)

Babylon (Digital Rental / Purchase / Paramount+)

The Banshees Of Inisherin (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental / Purchase / HBO Max)

Bardo, False Chronicles Of A Handful Of Truths (Netflix)

The Batman (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental / Purchase / HBO Max)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental / Purchase / Disney+)

Blonde (Netflix)

Causeway (AppleTV+)

Close (Digital Purchase)

Elvis (2022) (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental / Purchase / HBO Max)

Empire of Light (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental / Purchase / HBO Max)

EO (Digital Rental / Purchase / The Criterion Channel)

Everything Everywhere All At Once (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Purchase / Showtime)

The Fabelmans (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental / Purchase)

Fire Of Love (Disney+)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (Netflix)

A House Made Of Splinters (Digital Rental / Purchase)

Living (Digital Premium Rental / Purchase)

Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (Digital Purchase / Showtime)

Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental / Purchase) / Peacock)

Navalny (HBO Max)

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Purchase / Peacock)

RRR (Netflix)

The Sea Beast (Netflix)

Tár (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental / Purchase / Peacock)

Tell It Like A Woman (Digital Rental / Purchase)

To Leslie (Digital Rental / Purchase)

Top Gun: Maverick (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Rental / Purchase / MGM+ / Paramount+)

Triangle Of Sadness (Digital Rental / Purchase / Hulu)

Turning Red (DVD/Blu/4K / Digital Purchase / Disney+)

The Whale (Digital Purchase)

Women Talking (DVD/Blu / Digital Rental / Purchase / Amazon Prime)


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Documentary Short Subject:

The Elephant Whisperers (Netflix)

Haulout:

The Martha Mitchell Effect (Netflix)

Stranger At The Gate:

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Animated Short Film:

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse (AppleTV+)

The Flying Sailor:

Ice Merchants:

My Year Of Dicks: Also Streaming on (Hulu)



An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It:



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Live Action Short Film:

Ivalu (Digital Rental / Purchase) or (Digital Rental / Purchase)

Le Pupille (Disney+ / Hulu)

Night Ride:

davidh777

Glad I can finally stop waiting to watch Banshees. I did watch Tar last week because I didn’t feel like waiting. It was worth the watch, though.

Mao

Updated viewing options and bumping this up a bit, lol