Surprised there hasn't been one made yet today.

BEST PICTURE

"The Father"
"Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Mank"
"Minari"
"Nomadland"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7


ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Maria Bakalova, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"
Glenn Close, "Hillbilly Elegy"
Olivia Colman, "The Father"
Amanda Seyfried, "Mank"
Youn Yuh-jung, "Minari"


ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Sacha Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
Daniel Kaluuya, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
Leslie Odom Jr., "One Night in Miami"
Paul Raci, "Sound of Metal"
Lakeith Stanfield, "Judas and the Black Messiah"


INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

"Another Round" - Denmark
"Better Days" - Hong Kong
"Collective" - Romania
"The Man Who Sold His Skin" - Tunisia
Qu Vadis, Aida? - Bosnia and Herzegovina


DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)

"Colette"
"A Concerto Is a Conversation"
"Do Not Split"
"Hunger Ward"
"A Love Song For Latasha"


DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

"Collective"
"Crip Camp"
"The Mole Agent"
"My Octopus Teacher"
"Time"


ORIGINAL SONG

"Fight For You" from "Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Hear My Voice" from "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
"Husavik" from "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga"
"lo S (Seen)" from "The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)"
"Speak Now" from "One Night in Miami..."


ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Onward"
"Over the Moon"
"A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon"
"Soul"
"Wolfwalkers"


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"Borat Subsequent MovieFilm"
"The Father"
"Nomadland"
"One Night in Miami"
"The White Tiger"


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

"Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Minari"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7"


ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Riz Ahmed, "Sound of Metal"
Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Anthony Hopkins, "The Father"
Gary Oldman, "Mank"
Steven Yeun, "Minari"


ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Andra Day, "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
Vanessa Kirby, "Pieces of a Woman"
Frances McDormand, "Nomadland"
Carey Mulligan, "Promising Young Woman"


DIRECTOR

Thomas Vinterberg, "Another Round"
David Fincher, "Mank"
Lee Isaac Chung, "Minari"
Chloe Zhao, "Nomadland"
Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman"


PRODUCTION DESIGN

"The Father"
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
"Mank"
"News of the World"
"Tenet"


CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sean Bobbitt, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
Erik Messerschmidt, "Mank"
Dariusz Wolski, "News of the World"
Joshua James Richards, "Nomadland"
Phedon Papamichael , "The Trial of the Chicago 7"


COSTUME DESIGN

"Emma"
"Ma Rainey's Blackbottom"
"Mank"
"Mulan"
"Pinocchio"


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

"Greyhound"
"Mank"
"News of the World"
"Soul"
"Sound of Metal"


ANIMATED SHORT FILM

"Burrow"
"Genius Loci"
"If Anything Happens I Love You"
"Opera"
"Yes-People"


LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

"Feeling Through"
"The Letter Room"
"The Present"
"Two Distant Strangers"
"White Eye"


ORIGINAL SCORE

"Da 5 Bloods"
"Mank"
"Minari"
"News of the World"
"Soul"


VISUAL EFFECTS

"Love and Monsters"
"The Midnight Sky"
"Mulan"
"The One and Only Ivan"
"Tenet"


FILM EDITING

"The Father"
"Nomadland"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7"


MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

"Emma"
"Hillbilly Elegy"
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
"Mank"
"Pinocchio"

I think the closest race will be the Actor in a Supporting Role category.

Ionno. I liked a lot of the movies that have been nominated this year. Devoid of big blockbusters, sure, but that's not necessarily an automatic L. Still better than some normal years (looking at you, 2011).

I've only seen Nomadland. In the past few years, I had tried to watch every BP nominee by the time of the awards. Crazy that I've only seen 1 this year.

Responses definitely interesting in this thread and, really, as an indicator of watching habits during COVID/quarantine. A majority if not all of these are available on streaming services (many on Netflix). I guess we all didn't watch as many movies while we were stuck in the house as I thought.

Promising Young Woman will be 5.99 starting tomorrow, I believe. Been waiting for it to drop before I watch it.

Only category I have any interest in at all is animated picture. Soul and Wolfwalkers were both awesome and are in regular rotation at the house.

GiveEmHellBill said:

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I have a feeling this will be the lowest rated telecast ever.

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More people will watch an episode of "Big Bang Theory" on TBS that day than will watch this award show....

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Article on last year's.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/oscars-hit-all-time-low-tv-ratings-sunday-feb-9-2020-1278364#:~:text=ABC's%20Oscar%20telecast%20reached%20all,weeks%20later%20in%20the%20year.

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ABC's Oscar telecast reached all-time lows in the ratings, falling sharply from last year.

The three-hour-plus kudocast averaged about 23.6 million viewers and a 5.3 rating among adults 18-49, well below the 29.56 million and 7.7 for 2019's awards ceremony which aired two weeks later in the year. The Oscars were down 20 percent year-over-year in viewers and 31 percent in the key ad-sales demo of adults 18-49.

Last year's Oscars stopped a four-year ratings slide, growing the audience for the first time since 2014.
Sunday's awards show also falls well short of previous ratings lows for the Oscars, set in 2018. That year the telecast averaged 26.54 million viewers and a 6.8 rating in the demo; Sunday was down 11 percent in viewers and 22 percent in adults 18-49 from prior lows.

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I don't see any reason why it would increase. Last year it was already almost the lowest ever.

I like that Borat got a nomination. As for the best picture nominees, Chicago 7 is the only one I've even heard of, and that's because of a thread here.

That and I just don't think the shows are as good as they once were. Maybe it's just romanticizing the past.

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The serialized scripted content was more entertaining or compelling vs the limited dramatic movie content.

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Exactly this.

This past year we had stuff like The Queen's Gambit, The Crown, The Mandalorian, Dark, Better Call Saul, Ozark, Westworld, The Last Dance, all of which was amazing television.

I can't think of a single movie I watched in 2020 which would rival any of these as far as level of anticipation for me.

Hell, even quality-wise. Soul and Nomadland were both good, but FAR exceeded by most of the shows I mentioned above.

Concur.

Just like "Won't You Be my neighbor," "Boys' State" got shafted in the Documentary nominations

Tanya 93 said:

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Just like "Won't You Be my neighbor," "Boys' State" got shafted in the Documentary nominations

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I wish they would bring Boy's State to another service. I wont do business with Apple, but I found the concept intriguing and really wanted to watch it.

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Tanya 93 said:

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Just like "Won't You Be my neighbor," "Boys' State" got shafted in the Documentary nominations

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I wish they would bring Boy's State to another service. I wont do business with Apple, but I found the concept intriguing and really wanted to watch it.

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I don't have it.

But can you do like a week free with Apple tv?

I saw it last March at the True/False film festival right before everything was shut down

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Not surprised but still sad to see. I thought this was one of the better produced Grammys in a while - I really enjoyed it even if I didn't like a lot of the particular songs being performed