Every year since 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has held an event to honor the best movies of the previous year. Members of the Academy vote to select winners for a variety of categories related to filmmaking, from costume design to cinematography. The official name for the golden statue given to Academy Award winners is the Academy Award of Merit, but most people call it the Oscar. Although , the true origin of the statuette's moniker remains unknown. Regardless of the truth, the nickname was officially adopted by the Academy in 1939 and has since become ubiquitous.
Whether you're a fan of prestige cinema or a lover of red carpet glam, the Oscars offers a bit of classic Hollywood style for viewers of all tastes. In preparation for the 爆料TV has compiled the films nominated for the 91st听Academy Awards and ranked them from worst to best. Rankings were determined by averaging the films' IMDb user rating times 10 with their Metascores. Ties were broken by IMDb ratings.
Click through this slideshow to find out which films are up for an Academy Award of Merit this February.
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爆料TV score: 62.5
IMDb rating: 6.5
Metascore: 60
Runtime: 124 min.
Director: Josie Rourke
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie team up in this historical drama about the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and her cousin Queen Elizabeth I. The film received two Oscar nods, for Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
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爆料TV score: 66.0
IMDb rating: 7.0
Metascore: 62
Runtime: 135 min.
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke
and "Solo: A Star Wars Story鈥� could add a 10th: It鈥檚 nominated for Best Visual Effects. This film has another record to its name;
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爆料TV score: 66.0
IMDb rating: 7.1
Metascore: 61
Runtime: 132 min.
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell
In "Vice,鈥� Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States. The film received eight nominations including Best Director and Best Picture;听according to certain movie critics, . Director Adam McKay鈥檚 previous offering, "The Big Short,鈥� won the Oscar Best Adapted Screenplay in 2016.
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爆料TV score: 66.0
IMDb rating: 8.3
Metascore: 49
Runtime: 134 min.
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee
Rami Malek is nominated for his first Academy Award for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the band Queen. "Bohemian Rhapsody鈥� is also nominated for Best Picture. The nomination is not without controversy:听The film鈥檚 , which could affect its chances of winning.
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爆料TV score: 67.0
IMDb rating: 7.4
Metascore: 60
Runtime: 104 min.
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael
A live-action version of the Disney classic, this film follows an adult Christopher Robin who receives a visitor in the form of his childhood friend Winnie the Pooh. Ewan McGregor stars as the title character while Jim Cummings reprises his role as Pooh. "Christopher Robin" is nominated for Best Visual Effects.
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爆料TV score: 69.0
IMDb rating: 7.2
Metascore: 66
Runtime: 130 min.
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw
Emily Blunt stars as the titular character in the sequel to 1964鈥檚 "Mary Poppins.鈥� The film received four nominations, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Composer Marc Shaiman and his songwriting partner Scott Wittman have worked together for years and were especially eager to
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爆料TV score: 69.5
IMDb rating: 7.5
Metascore: 64
Runtime: 140 min.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn
Ernest Cline鈥檚 2011 science-fiction novel is the basis for "Ready Player One.鈥� The听 earned the film one nomination for Best Visual Effects.
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爆料TV score: 70.5
IMDb rating: 7.3
Metascore: 68
Runtime: 188 min.
Directors: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Starring: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer
"Never Look Away鈥� is inspired by the life of German painter Gerhard Richter. , which has been nominated for Best Foreign Feature and Best Cinematography.
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爆料TV score: 72.0
IMDb rating: 7.3
Metascore: 71
Runtime: 112 min.
Directors: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore
Starring: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot
"Wreck-it Ralph鈥� came out in 2012 and was nominated for, but did not win, Best Animated Feature. Its sequel "Ralph Breaks the Internet鈥� is nominated in the same category. John C. Reilly reprised his role voicing the titular character.
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爆料TV score: 73.0
IMDb rating: 7.6
Metascore: 70
Runtime: 99 min.
Director: Talal Derki
Starring: Abu Osama, Ayman Osama, Osama Osama
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature, "Of Fathers and Sons" focuses on a Jihadist family living in Syria. Director Talal Derki earned a rare look into this radical Muslim lifestyle .
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爆料TV score: 73.5
IMDb rating: 7.6
Metascore: 71
Runtime: 98 min.
Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
Starring: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton, Sharron Frontiero
Acting Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the subject of "RBG,鈥� nominated for Best Documentary Feature. While she recovered from a recent surgery, . The film also received a Best Original Song nomination for "I鈥檒l Fight,鈥� .
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爆料TV score: 74.0
IMDb rating: 7.3
Metascore: 75
Runtime: 110 min.
Director: Ali Abbasi
Starring: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, J枚rgen Thorsson
"Border鈥� is about a strange-looking woman named Tina, an equally strange-looking man named Vore, and their unique relationship. This film was chosen as the Swedish entry for Best Foreign Film and did not get the nomination, but it did earn a nod for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
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爆料TV score: 76.0
IMDb rating: 6.8
Metascore: 84
Runtime: 76 min.
Director: RaMell Ross
Starring: Latrenda 'Boosie' Ash, Quincy Bryant, Daniel Collins
This documentary depicts snapshots of the lives of African-Americans living in Hale County, Ala. and shot footage for the film over several years. "Hale County This Morning, This Evening鈥� is nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
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爆料TV score: 76.5
IMDb rating: 7.2
Metascore: 81
Runtime: 98 min.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Starring: Rebecca Hall, John Cho, Daniel Dae Kim
Mamoru Hosoda鈥檚 latest film focuses on Kun, a 4-year-old boy whose life is changed with the arrival of his baby sister Mirai. upon hearing that "Mirai鈥� was nominated for Best Animated Feature.
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爆料TV score: 76.5
IMDb rating: 7.4
Metascore: 79
Runtime: 133 min.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown
The Coen brothers wrote, directed, and produced "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," which is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. The , which is evident in the movie's unique composition of six entirely separate chapters.
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爆料TV score: 76.5
IMDb rating: 8.3
Metascore: 70
Runtime: 130 min.
Director: Peter Farrelly
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
"Green Book鈥� depicts the friendship between an African-American musician and his white bouncer as they tour the Deep South in the 1960s. The film is nominated for Best Picture, and actors Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen both received acting nods. Despite its success at award shows, .
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爆料TV score: 76.5
IMDb rating: 8.5
Metascore: 68
Runtime: 149 min.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo
, "Avengers: Infinity War鈥� is nominated for Best Visual Effects. In this Marvel film, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy work together to try and defeat villain Thanos before he wipes out half of all life in the universe.
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爆料TV score: 77.5
IMDb rating: 8.1
Metascore: 74
Runtime: 126 min.
Director: Nadine Labaki
Starring: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole
"Capernaum鈥� is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, . It follows Zain as he sues his parents for giving him life when they did not have the means to provide him with adequate care.
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爆料TV score: 78.0
IMDb rating: 7.1
Metascore: 85
Runtime: 113 min.
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer
Paul Schrader, who also directed the film, received his first nomination in the Original Screenplay category for "First Reformed.鈥� Star Ethan Hawke was not nominated for his role as Rev.听Ernst Toller,
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爆料TV score: 79.0
IMDb rating: 7.6
Metascore: 82
Runtime: 90 min.
Director: John Krasinski
Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
In "A Quiet Place," John Krasinski and his real-life wife Emily Blunt play a married couple who must exist in silence, along with their children, to survive the alien predators hunting them. Although Blunt received Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for this role and her role in "Mary Poppins Returns," . The film received one nod for Best Sound Editing.
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爆料TV score: 79.0
IMDb rating: 7.8
Metascore: 80
Runtime: 118 min.
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell
Nominated for Best Animated Feature, "Incredibles 2鈥� catches up with the Parr family as they team up to fight a new villain. You still have time to catch this film before the Oscars;
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爆料TV score: 79.5
IMDb rating: 7.5
Metascore: 84
Runtime: 141 min.
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke
"First Man鈥� nabbed four Oscar nominations,听. Ryan Gosling was also overlooked for his starring performance as Neil Armstrong.
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爆料TV score: 79.5
IMDb rating: 7.6
Metascore: 83
Runtime: 135 min.
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
Spike Lee directed this film, which follows the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs police department as he attempts to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. After its six Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture,
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爆料TV score: 80.5
IMDb rating: 7.9
Metascore: 82
Runtime: 101 min.
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton
In Wes Anderson鈥檚 latest film, a Japanese boy searches for his dog after an outbreak of canine flu leads to the species being banished from the country. Some critics questioned "Isle of Dogs鈥� received nominations for Best Original Score and Best Animated Feature.
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爆料TV score: 81.0
IMDb rating: 7.4
Metascore: 88
Runtime: 134 min.
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o
"Black Panther" made history as the . It's also the ninth highest-grossing movie ever. A sequel is slated to begin shooting in 2019.
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爆料TV score: 81.5
IMDb rating: 7.6
Metascore: 87
Runtime: 106 min.
Director: Marielle Heller
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells
Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant both earned acting nominations for their roles in this biographical film. , "Can You Ever Forgive Me?鈥� follows Israel as she turns to forging letters after struggling to make ends meet as an author.
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爆料TV score: 82.5
IMDb rating: 7.8
Metascore: 87
Runtime: 119 min.
Director: Barry Jenkins
Starring: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King
Barry Jenkins earned a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for "If Beale Street Could Talk,鈥� based on a James Baldwin novel of the same name. The story is set in 1970s Harlem and sees a pair of lovers challenged by institutional racism. Jenkins did not earn a nomination for Best Director,
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爆料TV score: 84.0
IMDb rating: 8.0
Metascore: 88
Runtime: 136 min.
Director: Bradley Cooper
Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott
This Bradley Cooper-directed offering earned nominations for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Lead Actor, but was overlooked for Best Director. Cooper鈥檚 costar Lady Gaga is nominated for Best Lead Actress and in the Best Original Song category for "Shallow.鈥� 鈥�
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爆料TV score: 84.5
IMDb rating: 7.8
Metascore: 91
Runtime: 89 min.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc
A Best Foreign Language Film nominee, "Cold War鈥� follows the love story between a musical director and young singer in 1950s Poland. Director Pawel Pawlikowski is nominated for Best Director, an award he won
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爆料TV score: 84.5
IMDb rating: 7.9
Metascore: 90
Runtime: 119 min.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz
"The Favourite" has a total of 10听nominations, Olivia Colman plays the ailing Queen Anne while Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz play underlings fighting for her attention. The three leads are all nominated for acting awards听while the film has been nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
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爆料TV score: 84.5
IMDb rating: 8.6
Metascore: 83
Runtime: 100 min.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Starring: Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold
This documentary captures Alex Honnold鈥檚 unprecedented free climb of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot rock formation in Yosemite National Park. The film is up for Best Documentary Feature, it has received from various festival and critics.
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爆料TV score: 87.0
IMDb rating: 8.1
Metascore: 93
Runtime: 121 min.
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Lily Franky, Sakura And么, Mayu Matsuoka
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, this Japanese drama is about a family who shoplifts as a means of survival. "Shoplifters鈥� already and was even a
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爆料TV score: 87.0
IMDb rating: 8.7
Metascore: 87
Runtime: 117 min.
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey
Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse鈥� is not only nominated for Best Animated Feature, but it鈥檚 also a . This animated film follows teenage Spider-Man fan Miles Morales who gets bitten by a radioactive spider and finds himself face-to-face with a gaggle of alternate universe Spider-heroes.
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爆料TV score: 88.0
IMDb rating: 8.3
Metascore: 93
Runtime: 93 min.
Director: Bing Liu
Starring: Keire Johnson, Bing Liu, Zack Mulligan
Currently streaming on Hulu, this documentary captures the lives of three friends growing up in Rockford, Ill., a city northwest of听Chicago. "Minding the Gap鈥� is director Bing Liu鈥檚 first full-length nonfiction film and is nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
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爆料TV score: 88.5
IMDb rating: 8.1
Metascore: 96
Runtime: 135 min.
Director: Alfonso Cuar贸n
Starring: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey
"Roma" tied with "The Favourite" for most Oscar nominations and, according to critics, . If it does, It is currently streaming on Netflix.
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