Parasite 2019
No precedent for a film like this getting this close to a Best Picture win, unimaginable even in September.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Awards
Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show
February 5, 2020/ 104 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Wesley Morris
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins hand the ballot to Wesley Morris and rebuild the Oscars from scratch: nine invented categories, then all-new nominees in the six biggest races. Atlantics, Rob Morgan, and American Factory go home with statues that don't exist.
84 films across 3 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
The State of the 2020 Oscarsbefore the alternate ceremony
The Irishman 2019
One of a couple of expensive, studio-defying swings that pushed this year's slate up.
Marriage Story 2019
The other one: money no other studio would have spent.
Joker 2019
A highly unusual movie to have been made, marketed, and rewarded the way it was.
1917 2019
Loved but the definition of an 'Oscar movie'; a win would feel like a message being sent.
New Categories We're Addinginvented awards, hosts' consensus picks marked
Best First Feature
- Honey Boy Alma Har'el
- Booksmart Olivia Wilde
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot
- Atlantics Mati Diop Winner
- The Peanut Butter Falcon Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz
Breakthrough Performance
- Plus One Maya Erskine
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco Jonathan Majors Winner
- The Souvenir Honor Swinton Byrne
- Richard Jewell Paul Walter Hauser
- Uncut Gems Julia Fox
Best Cameo
- Always Be My Maybe Keanu Reeves
- Avengers: Endgame Gwyneth Paltrow
- Spider-Man: Far From Home J.K. Simmons
- Uncut Gems The Weeknd
- Long Shot Boyz II Men
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Sharon Stone Winner
Best Kid Performance
- Jojo Rabbit Archie Yates
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Julia Butters Winner
- Honey Boy Noah Jupe
- Good Boys Jacob Tremblay
- Dumbo Nico Parker
Best Casting
Best Action Sequence
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw the helicopter drag race
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum the dogfight Winner
- 6 Underground the Italian car chase
- Gemini Man the motorcycle duel
- Alita: Battle Angel the motorball brawl
Best Ending
Best Trailer
The 'It's Time' Oscar
- Marriage Story Laura Dern Winner
- Little Women Laura Dern
The Big Six, Reimaginedall-new nominees, ceremony's key races
Best Supporting Actor
- Parasite Song Kang-ho
- The Lighthouse Willem Dafoe
- Waves Sterling K. Brown
- Honey Boy Shia LaBeouf
- Just Mercy Rob Morgan Winner
Best Supporting Actress
- Hustlers Jennifer Lopez
- The Farewell Zhao Shuzhen
- Parasite Cho Yeo-jeong Winner
- Booksmart Kaitlyn Dever
- Waves Taylor Russell
Best Actor
- Uncut Gems Adam Sandler
- Richard Jewell Paul Walter Hauser Winner
- Ad Astra Brad Pitt
- The Beach Bum Matthew McConaughey
- High Flying Bird André Holland
Best Actress
- Us Lupita Nyong'o Winner
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire Adèle Haenel
- Midsommar Florence Pugh
- Long Shot Charlize Theron
- Her Smell Elisabeth Moss
Best Director
- Little Women Greta Gerwig Winner
- Waves Trey Edward Shults
- Midsommar Ari Aster
- Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
- American Factory Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar
Also mentioned raised along the way
Oscar-history touchstones The DepartedMoonlightThe Blind SideDistrict 9Shakespeare in LoveHowards EndGet Out
Clip-reel and career highlights Shirley ValentinePretty WomanRambling RoseWild at HeartInland EmpireJurassic ParkCaptain PhillipsMudboundCan't Hardly WaitHome AloneA Quiet Place
Also mentioned YesterdayMiss AmericanaCatsHarrietWidowsGloria BellThe NightingaleThe Witch25th HourMission: Impossible - FalloutBrickThe Brothers BloomLooperMatadorThe Ice StormEat Drink Man WomanCall Me by Your NameHeat
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