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These are the best-rated movies of each year based on an aggregate of the sources at the Ratings and Reviews” page on this site.
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Showing posts with label Everything Everywhere All at Once. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Everything Everywhere All at Once. Show all posts
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Dave’s Movie Database: Best Rated Movies by Year (1913-2024)
Sunday, March 2, 2025
The Oscars: Best Picture Winners
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established its Oscar awards in 1929, designed to recognize various categories in film. The 97th Academy Awards ceremony (acknowledging 2024 nominees) was held on March 2, 2025.
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Originally posted February 24, 2019. Last updated 3/2/2025. |
The Oscars: Best Original Screenplay
 | The Oscars:Best Original Screenplay |
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The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to a screenplay written specifically for the screen.
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Sunday, February 23, 2025
Screen Actors Guild - Awards for Outstanding Cast, 1995-2024
 | Screen Actors Guild:Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, 1995-2024 |
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The Screen Actors Guild formed in 1933 as a union to represent actors in movies and television. In 2012, they merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to form SAG-AFTRA. Since 1995, they have given out an award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The most recent ceremony was held on February 23, 2025.
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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Writers Guild of America: Film Awards
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The Writers Guild of America is a labor union organized to represent writers in film, television, radio, news, and online media. In 1949, they began giving out film awards to writers. Over the years, there have been various categories including awards for drama, comedy, and musicals as well as awards for adapted and original screenplays. The most recent ceremony was February 15, 2025.
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Saturday, February 8, 2025
Producers Guild of America: Best Picture Award, 1989-2024
 | Producers Guild of America:Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, 1989-2024 |
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The Producers Guild of America is a trade association formed in 1950 which represents television and film producers in the United States. Since 1989, they have given out an annual award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. The most recent ceremony was held February 8, 2025.
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Directors’ Guild of America: Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
 | Directors’ Guild of America:Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, 1948-2024 |
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The Directors Guild of America offers annual awards recognizing directorial achievements in feature films, documentaries, television, and commercials. The 77th awards (honoring 2024 nominees) were held on February 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Below are the annual winners since 1948 for feature films.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Top Movies of the 2020s
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This page offers lists of the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by two different metrics. The first list is based on box office and the second is based on critics’ picks. |
 | Box Office:Top 25 of the 2020sThese are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by worldwide box office gross. The first number indicates dollars made in millions. |
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1. 2320.25: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) 2. 1952.71: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 3. 1698.86: Inside Out 2 (2024) 4. 1495.28: Top Gun: Maverick (2022) 5. 1447.04: Barbie (2023)
6. 1338.07: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
11. 969.13: Despicable Me 4 (2024)
16. 845.56: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
21. 727.84: Wicked (2024) |
 | Critics’ Picks:Top 25 of the 2020sThese are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by a combination of the movies’ ratings points and awards points. |
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1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) 2. Nomadland (2020) 3. Oppenheimer (2023) 4. The Power of the Dog (2021) 5. Anora (2024)
6. Coda (2021)
11. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
16. Poor Things (2023)
21. Nickel Boys (2024) |
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Saturday, December 31, 2022
Top 10 Movies of 2022
 | Dave’s Movie Database:Top 10 Movies of 2022These are the top 10 movies of the year based on their overall status in Dave’s Movie Database. |
| #1. Avatar: The Way of WaterThe original 2009 Avatar grossed $3.8 billion and became the biggest movie of all time. 17 years later, this sequel arrived and took in $2.3 billion. IMDB.com: “Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.” 4 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. |
| #2. Everything Everywhere All at OnceIMDB.com: “A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.” Won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert), Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), and Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis). Also won Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Producers Guild of America – Best Picture, Screen Actors Guild – Outstanding Cast, Writers Guild of America – Best Original Screenplay. See DMDB page. |
| #3. Top Gun: MaverickThe long-awaited sequel to Tom Cruise’s 1986 blockbuster Top Gun. IMDB.com: “The story involves Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend, for a dangerous mission.” 2022 box office champ. Winner: National Board of Review. 6 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. |
| #4. Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverAfter the success of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther in 2018, plans were immediately made for a sequel. Unfortunately, the death of Chadwick Boseman (the title character/T’Challa) shuttered the original ideas. In this eventual sequel, Shuri (T’Challa’s sister) steps into the role of Black Panther. IMDB.com: “The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T’Challa.” 5 Oscar nominations. |
| #5. The BatmanRobert Pattison steps into the role of Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler, and Colin Farrell as the Penguin in yet another reboot of the famed superhero franchise. IMDB.com: “When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, the Batman is forced to investigate the city’s hidden corruption and question his family’s involvement.” 3 Oscar nominations. |
| #6. Jurassic World: DominionChris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are back in the sixth installment of the Jurassic Park series. Original Jurassic Park actors Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill also appear. IMDB.com: “Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects.” |
| #7. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessBenedict Cumberbatch returns as Doctor Strange in this sequel to the 2016 Marvel Studios movie. He’s joined by Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch. IMDB.com: “Doctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl who can travel across multiverses, to battle other-universe versions of himself which threaten to wipe out the multiverse. They seek help from the Scarlet Witch, Wong and others.” People’s Choice Award for Movie of the Year. |
| #8. The FabelmansSteve Spielberg directed and co-wrote this story loosely based on his early life and beginnings as a filmmaker. IMDB.com: “Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.” Winner of Golden Globe for Best Drama. 7 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. |
| #9. ElvisAustin Butler delivers a star-making turn as Elvis and Tom Hanks portrays his controlling manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in this musical biopic from director Baz Luhrmann. 8 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. |
| #10. All Quiet on the Western FrontThis is the third adaptation of the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. This epic war drama follows “a young German soldier’s terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I” (IMDB.com). Winner of the British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for Best Picture. 9 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. |
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Friday, March 11, 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once, eventual Best Picture Oscar winner, released
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| Everything Everywhere All at OnceReleased: March 11, 2022 Studio: IAC Films, Gozie AGBO, Year of the Rat, Ley Line Entertainment Genre: drama/absurdist comedy Box Office (numbers in millions):Domestic: 77.19 Worldwide: 143.40 Adjusted for Inflation:Domestic: -- Worldwide: -- |
Directing: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Screenwriting: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis Review:Evelyn Quan Wang (Yeoh) delivers “a stellar performance” LB as a Chinese-American immigrant who runs a laundromat with her husband, Waymond (Quan). Amidst the stress of enduring an IRS audit and her husband trying to serve her divorce papers, Evelyn “discovers that she must connect with parallel versions of herself to prevent a powerful being from destroying the multiverse.” WK “She carries an incredibly complex story without missing a beat.” LB It is “a carefully crafted film, with one of the tightest screenplays you will ever encounter…Nothing you see is a throwaway line, or visual gag.” LB It is “a beautiful story of finding purpose and overcoming intergenerational trauma.” LB In addition to Wang, “amazing work is also done by the rest of the cast, especially Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang…and Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang (Evelyn’s daughter).” LB The movie “explores philosophical themes such as existentialism, nihilism, surrealism, and absurdism, as well as themes such as neurodivergence, depression, generational trauma, and Asian American identity.” WK Wikipedia.org says the film incorporates elements from multiple genres, including “surreal comedy, science fiction, fantasy, martial arts films, immigrant narrative, and animation.” WK It was also inspired by several sources, including the video game Everything, the children’s book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, and contemporary scholars such as philosopher Mary-Jane Rubenstein. WK Sources:
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Oscars:Wins: 7: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Quan), Best Supporting Actress (Curtis), Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing Nominations: 11: Best Supporting Actress (Hsu), Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Costume Design |
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