# Which 2015 films will get nominated for the Best Picture Oscar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439 "2016-01-07T20:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/41 "2016-01-14T19:38:21Z")
I voted for The Revanant, and I hope Leo wins as he is a fine actor and has waited too long. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/42 "2016-01-14T20:12:36Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > My “Other”: _The Force Awakens_. No way it doesn’t get a nomination - every movie that has broken the non-adjusted box office record has been nominated, and many of them have won B. Picture: > I also think it’s in contention for Best Picture. It has made a lot of voters a lot of money, everybody loves a happy ending, Disney is a power, it’s a pretty good movie in and of itself, it largely lived up to impossible expectations… yeah, it’s not the most artistic or the most penetrating of the human condition or whatever, but it is _Star Wars_ and if the series is ever going to win B. Picture, this is the movie. > > … Unless the finale is completely stunning, but why take that chance. TFA for 2015! I agree. But it’s popularity means it _wont_ get a Nom. The Academy is made up of people who hate people who see movies. They want 100% artsy crap. Look at the winner for 2011: The Artist - a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama in the style of a black-and-white silent film. It grossed a mere $44MM, placing it 71st. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/43 "2016-01-14T20:15:14Z")
Really? Then explain the Best Picture awards to Rocky, Forrest Gump, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/44 "2016-01-14T20:16:47Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > I voted for The Revanant, and I hope Leo wins as he is a fine actor and has waited too long. I don’t. At all. If you think about it, his obsession with winning one has made him star in plenty of quality films (if a bit oscar-baity). Scorcese can do practically any movie he wants since he’s got a giant movie star backing him. Would you like to see Leo starring in bad romantic comedies? Michael Bay blockbusters? Vanity projects? No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/45 "2016-01-14T20:19:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I agree. But it’s popularity means it _wont_ get a Nom. The Academy is made up of people who hate people who see movies. They want 100% artsy crap. > > Look at the winner for 2011: The Artist - a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama in the style of a black-and-white silent film. It grossed a mere $44MM, placing it 71st. That’s because Academy members just love movies about film-making. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/46 "2016-01-14T20:36:50Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > I don’t. At all. If you think about it, his obsession with winning one has made him star in plenty of quality films (if a bit oscar-baity). Scorcese can do practically any movie he wants since he’s got a giant movie star backing him. Huh. I wonder if we could do a biopic of that relentlessly driven guy, showing his willingness to do whatever it takes and knack for devouring raw bison liver? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/47 "2016-01-14T20:37:05Z")
No actor nods for Hardy/Theron from Mad Max? Mediocre… ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/48 "2016-01-14T20:37:16Z")
Of all those listed, I have only seen The Big Short, The Martian, and Ex Machina. I don’t know why Ex Machina is even on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/49 "2016-01-14T20:54:22Z")
There’s always at least one truly terrible film that gets some kind of minor nod. 50 Shades of Grey is now an oscar nominated movie. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/50 "2016-01-14T21:22:43Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Really? Then explain the Best Picture awards to Rocky, Forrest Gump, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 2003, 1997, 1994, and 1976. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/51 "2016-01-14T23:19:30Z")
I watched ‘The Big Short’ tonight but unless you’d been wandering around in the mid 2000s, looking up to the sky and contemplating the end of the world in your bare feet, you’ll probably not appreciate as much as some do. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/52 "2016-01-15T00:46:04Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Huh. I wonder if we could do a biopic of that relentlessly driven guy, showing his willingness to do whatever it takes and knack for devouring raw bison liver? Oh hey, did you happen to hear how tough it was on the set? They don’t talk about it much. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439/53 "2016-01-15T02:20:08Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 2003, 1997, 1994, and 1976. How is that supposed to explain your theory that the Academy wants “100% artsy crap”? Especially with nominations this year for Mad Max ($153 million domestic, $375 worldwide) and The Martian ($226 million domestic, $597 worldwide)? Inside Out ($356 million, $856 worldwide) was nominated for Best Animated film, though I do think it should have been in the Best Picture category as well. I guess you would prefer the Best Picture nominees to include Jurassic World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Furious 7, Minions, Mockingjay Part 2, Ciderella & Spectre… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2015-films-will-get-nominated-for-the-best-picture-oscar/742439.md?page=2)