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∙ 12y agoUnder new guidelines approved by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, there can be between five and 10 Best Picture nominees, depending on overall quality.
For the 2011 film year, there are nine competing pictures: "The Artist," "The Descendants," "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," "The Help," "Hugo," "Midnight in Paris," "Moneyball," "The Tree of Life" and "War Horse."
The Best Picture winner of 2011 will be announced on Sunday, February 26, 2012.
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∙ 11y agoArgo directed by Ben Affleck
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What were the top movies in the year 1970?
Patton, Airport, Five Easy Pieces, Love Story and M.A.S.H. were the five movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar for 1970
What are the only animated movies to be nominated for Best Picture?
Three animated films have been nominated for Best Picture.Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture. It lost to The Silence of the Lambs.Pixar's Up (2009) lost to The Hurt Locker.Pixar's Toy Story 3 (2010) lost to The King's Speech.
What movie got the Oscar for Best Picture the year Atonement was nominated?
No Country for Old Men.
What movies were nominated for picture of the year in 2008?
The Academy Award nominees for Best Picture of 2008 were: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; "Frost/Nixon"; "Milk"; "The Reader"; and "Slumdog Millionaire." The Oscar went to "Slumdog Millionaire."
When did The Sixth Sense win an Oscar for best picture?
It didn't. American Beauty won in 1999, the year that The Sixth Sense was nominated.
What were the top movies in the year 1970?
Patton, Airport, Five Easy Pieces, Love Story and M.A.S.H. were the five movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar for 1970
When did the motion picture academy start nominating 10 movies for best picture?
In the 1930s and early 1940s, between eight to 12 movies per year were nominated for Best Picture. But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reduced the number of nominations to five from 1944 to 2008. In 2009, the Academy reversed its field and announced it would increase the number of Best Picture nominations to 10.
What five movies won Best Picture in 2010?
Only one film -- "The King's Speech" -- won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture. But there were nine other movies nominated for Best Picture that year: "127 Hours," "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right," "The Social Network," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit" and "Winter's Bone."
What are the only animated movies to be nominated for Best Picture?
Three animated films have been nominated for Best Picture.Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture. It lost to The Silence of the Lambs.Pixar's Up (2009) lost to The Hurt Locker.Pixar's Toy Story 3 (2010) lost to The King's Speech.
Did taxi driver win best picture Oscar?
No. in 1976 it was nominated but Rocky won that year.
What movie got the Oscar for Best Picture the year Atonement was nominated?
No Country for Old Men.
Did The Shawshank Redemption receive an Academy Award for Best Picture?
Seven. In 1994, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Morgan Freeman), Cinematography, Film Editing, Best Original Score, Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay (it was adapted from the novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King). It did not win anything.
Did bad and the beautiful win Oscar for best picture?
No. Although it won five Oscars{R}, it was not even nominated for Best Picture. The winner that year was _The Greatest Show on Earth_.
What movies were nominated for picture of the year in 2008?
The Academy Award nominees for Best Picture of 2008 were: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; "Frost/Nixon"; "Milk"; "The Reader"; and "Slumdog Millionaire." The Oscar went to "Slumdog Millionaire."
What was the first movie to lead the pack with the most Oscar nominations in a given year but without being nominated for Best Picture?
Dreamgirls
When did The Sixth Sense win an Oscar for best picture?
It didn't. American Beauty won in 1999, the year that The Sixth Sense was nominated.
What movie won Oscar over color purple?
Out of Africa (1985) won Best Picture the year The Color Purple was nominated.
