Parasite 2019
South Korea had never had a film nominated for Best Foreign Language/International Feature before this, let alone Best Picture. The hosts call it the first genuine break from Oscar precedent they've seen in years.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Awards
The 2020 Oscars: Holy S***, ‘Parasite’ Won! | The Big Picture
February 10, 2020/ 64 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda are still buzzing over Parasite's Best Picture and Best Director sweep, then pick through a bloated, 14-musical-performance telecast, rank the night's presenters, and start guessing next year's field.
69 films across 12 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.
Parasite Wins Best Pictureand Bong Joon Ho takes Best Director
1917 2019
The guild-anointed frontrunner all season; the hosts had leaned on precedent all year and had no reason to think it would lose.
Moonlight 2016
The last small, unlikely Best Picture winner, but its win was clouded by the envelope mix-up. Parasite got the clean victory lap Moonlight never had.
The Opening NumberJanelle Monae, minus a host
Won't You Be My Neighbor? 2018
Monae opened on a set styled after the film before launching into a Cab Calloway-style freakout.
Midsommar 2019
One of several films represented by dancers during the number.
Us 2019
Joker 2019
Also up for Best Actor tonight; see below.
Little Women 2019
Greta Gerwig's Best Picture nominee.
Queen & Slim 2019
Jojo Rabbit 2019
Fourteen Musical Performancesa new category on the show: the Al Pacino Godfather Part 3 (It Was Not What I Wanted) Award
Breakthrough 2019
Chrissy Metz performed its nominated song; Diane Warren lost Best Original Song yet again.
8 Mile 2002
Eminem finally performed “Lose Yourself” live, 18 years after skipping the ceremony the year it won.
Cats 2019
James Corden and Rebel Wilson showed up in character to present, which Sean called a low point of the broadcast.
The 92nd Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Actor
- Joker Joaquin Phoenix Winner
Best Actress
- Judy Renée Zellweger Winner
- Marriage Story Scarlett Johansson
- Little Women Saoirse Ronan
Best Supporting Actor
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Brad Pitt Winner
- The Irishman Joe Pesci
- The Two Popes Anthony Hopkins
Best Supporting Actress
- Marriage Story Laura Dern Winner
- Jojo Rabbit Scarlett Johansson
Best International Feature
- Parasite Winner
Best Original Screenplay
- Parasite Winner
Best Animated Feature
- Toy Story 4 Winner
Best Animated Short
- Hair Love Winner
Best Cinematography
- 1917 Roger Deakins Winner
Best Film Editing
- Ford v Ferrari Winner
Best Visual Effects
- 1917 Winner
- Avengers: Endgame
Best Sound Mixing
- 1917 Winner
Best Production Design
Best Documentary Feature
- American Factory Winner
Best Documentary Short
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Bombshell Kazuhiro Tsuji Winner
Best Actor and Best Actresstwo coronations, not competitions
Joker 2019
Joaquin Phoenix's speech veered from artificial insemination to a tribute to his late brother River Phoenix; sincere, but tonally scattered next to his sharper BAFTA speech.
Judy 2019
Renée Zellweger's win baffled both hosts: a little-seen film, a fifth Daffy speech, and a category that felt decided back in August.
The Also-RansThe Irishman, Marriage Story, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood combined for three Oscars
The Irishman 2019
Went 0 for 10, the second time in history a Scorsese film has done that.
Gangs of New York 2002
The first time Scorsese went 0 for 10, cited as the comparison.
Marriage Story 2019
Won Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern but otherwise faded during the season.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019
Won Production Design and Brad Pitt's Best Supporting Actor, but nothing bigger despite the pedigree.
Brad Pitt Rulesa pro-Pitt pod since roughly the dawn of time
Legends of the Fall 1994
Cited as the movie that made a young Amanda a lifelong Brad Pitt fan.
The Visual Effects FightSean goes to bat for a movie no one asked him to defend
Avengers: Endgame 2019
Lost Best Visual Effects to 1917, which sent Sean into an extended, sincere defense of the hammer-to-Cap's-hands shot.
1917 2019
Won Visual Effects for what Sean argues is one long, comparatively simple take.
Ford v Ferrari 2019
Picked up its second Oscar of the night around this point, muddying the idea of a clean 1917 sweep.
Best Presentersa ranked, entirely unofficial award
Something's Gotta Give 2003
Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves's presenting bit riffed on their own film (spoiler: she still doesn't pick him).
Hollywood's Shrinking Star Powerno Rock, no Clooney, and a plug for an alligator movie
The Popular Oscar DebateAmanda's ratings-anxiety monologue, illustrated with a broken Box Office Mojo
Avengers: Endgame 2019
Amanda's hypothetical no. 1 seed for a popular-Oscar category she doesn't actually want.
Dumbo 2019
A guess at the year's no. 2 box office film; wrong.
Joker 2019
The actual no. 2 grosser of 2019.
The Lion King 2019
Shut out at the ceremony despite a massive box office.
Next Year's Contendersguesses for the 93rd Academy Awards
Black Widow 2020
Top Gun: Maverick 2020
No Time to Die 2020
Tenet 2020
Dune 2020
The French Dispatch 2020
Amanda's pick, more or less by process of elimination.
Mank 2020
David Fincher's next film, which Sean nearly forgot was coming.
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