The Academy Awards are the industry’s greatest acknowledgment for movies.

The 2020s have been surprisingly strong for Best Picture winners.

The cast is brilliant, especiallyTroy Katsurin an Oscar-winning performance.

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However,the narrative remains poignant and affecting, delivering a classic and well-told message about unity and hope.

At its core,Nomadlandis a character study and a look at the long-term consequences of the Recession.

Everything Everywhere All at Onceisdelightfully unhinged, truly groundbreaking, and unlike anything the Academy has ever crowned.

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Fern standing in an open rural field in Nomadland (2020)

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Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan and Mikey Madison as Anora gambling in a casino in Anora

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Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) and Kitty (Emily Blunt) sitting outside in the cold in Oppenheimer

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The Kim family (Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, and Jang Hye-jin) folding pizza boxes in Parasite

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Greed and class discrimination threatens the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

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