# Let's cut the Best Picture nominees back to 5!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cut-the-best-picture-nominees-back-to-5/531372>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cut-the-best-picture-nominees-back-to-5/531372 "2010-03-05T03:02:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cut-the-best-picture-nominees-back-to-5/531372/1 "2010-03-05T03:02:01Z")

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Assuming I get the poll right, the title is reasonably self explanatory; this year they nominated ten Best Picture nominees, instead of five, resulting in a much more interesting, broad selection of films.

Well, let’s see what happens if Dopers cut it back to five.

Please pick five - not four, not six. You must pick five.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cut-the-best-picture-nominees-back-to-5/531372/2 "2010-03-05T03:05:15Z")

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Avatar  
Hurt Locker  
Inglorious Basterds  
Precious  
Up in the Air

Winner: Up in the Air

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**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cut-the-best-picture-nominees-back-to-5/531372/3 "2010-03-05T03:40:41Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
>
> Avatar  
> Hurt Locker  
> Inglorious Basterds  
> Precious  
> Up in the Air
> 
> Winner: Up in the Air

Substitute **Up** for **Precious** , and you have it exactly right. 😃