The Complete Oscar Quest
The initial Oscar Quest was me watching six categories: Picture, Director and the four acting categories. Once that was done, I of course said, “I guess I should do the rest of them now.” Because that’s how crazy works, kids. So what I did was set out to watch all the nominees in the Screenplay categories, Cinematography, Editing, Song, Score, the Sound categories, Visual Effects, Production Design, Costumes, Makeup & Hairstyling and Animated Feature. Which would take me from 6 categories to 19 of the total 24.
As I did the first time, I’ve included this page as a reference for myself and those looking to track my progress. It contains a list of every film remaining that I have yet to see. The original list was close to 800 nominees. Currently, we’re approaching 200 (and depending on when you see this, it may even be below that.) My ultimate goal is to essentially have this list finish by the time we hit Memorial Day, which will mean that within a single decade, I’ll have watched essentially every movie ever nominated for an Oscar.
1st Academy Awards (1927-1928)
2nd Academy Awards (1928-1929)
3rd Academy Awards (1929-1930)
4th Academy Awards (1930-1931)
5th Academy Awards (1931-1932)
6th Academy Awards (1932-1933)
Films Left to See:
1927-1928
- Glorious Betsy
- The Noose
- Sorrell and Son
- Tempest
1928-1929
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- The Cop
- Drag (Lloyd)
- The Leatherneck
- Sal of Singapore
- Skyscraper
1930-1931
- The Right to Love
1931-1932
- Á nous la liberté
1936
- The Magnificent Brute
1940
- Women in War
1941
- Mercy Island
1944
- Music in Manhattan
- Three Russian Girls
1945
- Hitchhike to Happiness
- Marie-Louise
1947
- A Cage of Nightingales
- Shoeshine (De Sica)
1949
- Paisan (Rossellini)
1950
- Bitter Rice
1951
- La Ronde (Ophuls) (2)
1954
- Bread, Love and Dreams
- The Gate of Hell
- Le Plaisir (Ophuls)
1955
- The Sheep Has Five Legs
1956
- The Proud and the Beautiful
1957
- I vitelloni (Fellini)
1959
- Wild Strawberries (Bergman)
1960
- The Virgin Spring (Bergman)
1962
- Through a Glass Darkly (Bergman)
1963
- The Four Days of Naples
- Sundays and Cybele (2)
1964
- The Organizer
- That Man from Rio
1965
- Casanova 70
1966
- Juliet of the Spirits (Fellini) (2)
- Mandragora
1967
- The War Is Over
1968
- War and Peace
1970
- I Girasoli (De Sica)
- My Night at Maud’s
1971
- The Conformist (Bertolucci)
- Death in Venice (Visconti)
- The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (De Sica)
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1972
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Bunuel)
- Murmur of the Heart (Malle)
1975
- And Now My Love
- Profumo di donna
1977
- That Obscure Object of Desire (Bunuel)
1980
- Mon Oncle D’Amerique
1983
- The Return of Martin Guerre
1985
- The Official Story
1987
- Au Revoir les Enfants (Malle)
1991
- Europa Europa
1995
- Shanghai Triad (Yimou)
2000
- Malena (Tornatore) (2)
2003
- The Barbarian Invasions
2004
- The Chorus
- The Motorcycle Diaries (2)
- The Sea Inside (Amenabar)
2006
- Curse of the Golden Flower (Yimou)
2009
- Il Divo (Sorrentino)
- Paris 36
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