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In this episode, Dylan, Rob and Glenys revisit the films of 2000 which were nominated for Best Picture at the 73rd Academy Awards, where epic adventures, unforgettable true stories, and groundbreaking international cinema competed for Hollywood's highest honor. Ridley Scott’s Gladiator claimed the Best Picture Oscar with its thrilling action, sweeping scale, and Russell Crowe's iconic performance....

In this episode of …and the Oscar Shoulda Gone To , Dylan, Rob and Glenys dive into Best Picture lineup from the 98th Academy Awards. We’re not gonna sugarcoat it: 2025 was a tough year for movies, but we’re going to talk about all the nominees for Best Picture  — from the eventual winner, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another to the other front-runners, Ryan Coogler’s genre-bending...

In this episode of …and the Oscar Shoulda Gone To , Dylan, Rob and Glenys dive into the wildly varied movies of 1973 that were nominated for Best Picture at the following year’s Oscars  — from the slick, star-powered con of The Sting to George Lucas’s sun-drenched ode to youth American Graffiti , Ingmar Bergman’s stark and haunting chamber piece Cries and Whispers , the genre-defining horror...

In this episode of …and the Oscar Shoulda Gone To , Dylan, Rob and Glenys look back at the films of 2011 — but with a twist: *instead of tackling the Academy’s expanded Best Picture lineup, they narrow the field to the five nominees they believe truly deserved the honor (because nine was just way too many). Focusing on the silent-era homage and eventual winner The Artist , the heartfelt family dra...

In this episode of …and the Oscar Shoulda Gone To , Dylan, Rob and Glenys revisit the the films of 1990 that were nominated for Best Picture: the sweeping frontier epic and eventual winner Dances with Wolves , the mob landmark Goodfellas , the moving medical drama Awakenings , the romantic fantasy Ghost , and the operatic crime sequel The Godfather Part III — exploring which of these iconic films...

In this episode of …and the Oscar Shoulda Gone to , Rob, Glenys and Dylan head back to the 50th Academy Awards — the ceremony where Annie Hall charmed its way to Best Picture. But was Woody Allen’s neurotic love story truly the pinnacle of 1977 cinema, or did the Academy overlook something more timeless? We’re revisiting the rest of the contenders: the galactic game-changer Star Wars , the bitters...

In this episode, Dylan, Rob and Glenys head back to 1988, when Rain Man took home Best Picture gold. But was the Academy right to hand the hugely popular hit the keys to victory? They’re stacking it up against the rest of the nominees from the 61st Academy Awards: the lush period drama Dangerous Liaisons , the quirky romantic-comedy The Accidental Tourist , the civil rights thriller Mississippi Bu...

The 44th Academy Awards served up one of the more diverse Best Picture lineups in history: the pulse-pounding French Connection , Kubrick’s shocking A Clockwork Orange , the show-stopping musical Fiddler on the Roof , the aching nostalgia of The Last Picture Show , and the royal spectacle Nicholas and Alexandra . In this episode, Dylan, Glenys and Rob go head-to-head over the great Oscar-nominated...

Dylan, Rob and Glenys break down some of the most iconic movies of the 21st Century that also happened to be nominated for Oscar Best Picture at the 74th Academy Awards. Did A Beautiful Mind ’s emotional portrayal of John Nash’s brilliance and struggles with schizophrenia deserve its victory, or did the Academy overlook bolder cinematic achievements? While Gosford Park charmed critics with its lay...

In this episode, we revisit the movies of 1984 that were nominated for best picture at the 57th Annual Academy Awards. The night’s top honor went to Amadeus , Milos Forman’s opulent and audacious portrait of Mozart’s genius and Salieri’s envy. It dominated the ceremony with eight Oscars—but was it truly the year’s best film? The competition was fierce, with The Killing Fields , a harrowing depicti...

In this episode of …And the Oscar Shoulda Gone To, Dylan, Rob and Glenys the movies of 1967 that were nominated for Best Picture at the 40th Academy Awards. While In the Heat of the Night was considered groundbreaking for the time, did the Academy’s pick for best picture hold up over time? Equally groundbreaking in different ways, could Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner or The Graduate have been better...

It's a two "Really?!" episode as Dylan, Rob and Glenys discuss the movies of 2007 that were nominated for Best Picture at the 80th Academy Awards. Did the Academy get it right when they awarded No Country for Old Men the best picture honors? While Atonement brought us lush period scenes and solid acting, was that enough to make it a serious contender? Was Juno’s plucky title character and quirky d...

In this follow-up episode, Rob, Dylan, and Glenys continue their spirited discussion of the 2025 Academy Awards Best Picture race, turning their attention to the remaining 2024 contenders. Dune: Part Two continued Denis Villeneuve's sweeping sci-fi saga — but does a sequel deserve to win when its first part didn't? Emilia Pérez blurred genre lines with its musical crime drama twist, earning critic...

In this episode, our hosts Rob, Dylan, and Glenys dive into the first half of the 2025 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees, breaking down the biggest stories behind 2024’s most talked-about films. Was Wicked ’s dazzling adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical the cultural moment everyone anticipated — or did it fall short of expectations? Did The Substance , with its provocative body horror an...

In this episode, Dylan, Rob and Glenys dive into the 1983 movies nominated for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Best Picture and debate whether Terms of Endearment truly earned its Best Picture win — or if one of its formidable contenders deserved the golden statue instead. Was The Big Chill 's ensemble of old friends and bittersweet nostalgia the real cultural touchstone of the ye...

Welcome to season 2 of And the Oscar Should Have Gone To… We hope you are as excited for Oscar season as we are, and while we’re all waiting to hear who will win Best Picture this year, we start off this season with a controversial year in Oscars – 1998. It was a year where three movies were about World War II and two movies were set in the Elizabethan era. Shakespeare in Love was the winner that...

In part 2 of the Best Picture great debate of 2013 movies, Dylan, Rob and Glenys may never agree, but you'll enjoy hearing their reasons why! Best Picture Nominees 12 Years a Slave - winner American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena The Wolf of Wall Street

Dylan, Rob and Glenys were excited to argue over every single one of these 2013 Best Picture-nominated movies, which ran the gamut from characters noble to depraved and everything in between. Were you enchanted by the long, artful shots of 12 Years a Slave, or disgusted by the shamelessness of the Wolf of Wall Street? Won over by the virtuosity of Philomena or the bravery of Captain Phillips? As a...

Chariots of Fire won best picture at the 54thAcademy Awards…but who actually remembers anything about this movie besides the ubiquitous Vangelis title track? In this episode, Dylan, Rob and Glenys discuss and debate the merits of three great and two not-so-stellar nominees. It was a gametime decision (again!) for at least one of us with one surprise pick. If you haven’t seen these movies from 1981...

1996 was the year that independent films broke through to the Oscars, but should they actually have been nominated, or did Hollywood just want to believe they were intellectuals that year? And was The English Patient even that good? Do we agree with Elaine Benis when she said “ Those sex scenes. I mean, please. Give me something I can use! ” or do we think it’s on par with Lawrence of Arabia? Afte...

Are the sequels ever as good as the first one? Find out with Part II of our 2009 podcast! We promise no prequels...this time. 2009 Best Picture Nominees Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker – winner Inglorious Bastards Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire A Serious Man Up Up in the Air

The best picture category finally expanded to more than 5 nominees for the 2009 movies, but was that a mistake? Were there 10 worthy nominees? That was certainly enough to split our podcast into two parts! Tune in to Part I as we dispatch with the unworthies and then find out who we picked in Part II - even we were surprised. 2009 Best Picture Nominees Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education...

Divorce, war or union busting? But also bikes and dancing! 1979 was the year that awarded Kramer vs Kramer Best Picture, but 6 decades later (wow!) does it still hold up? This was a tough one for some of us, folks – you’ll have to tune in to see how this cliff hanger resolves! Best Picture Nominees All that Jazz Apocalypse Now Breaking Away Kramer vs Kramer (winner) Norma Rae

OOFAH! Dylan, Rob and Glenys ponder how the Acadamy got 2005 so wrong. This year was loaded with talent, from directors to actors, and loaded with controversy, too, with the final winner Crash edging out what we think could have been better picks. But do we all agree on who should have won? You'll have to listen to find out.  Best Picture Nominees: Brokeback Mountain Capote Crash Good Night,...

It’s 1989 and all the Best Picture nominees…kind of sucked. The Baby Boomers had their last gasp of nostalgia in 1989 and these movies exemplify that like nothing else! Dylan, Rob and Glenys hash out why the Academy got not just the winner wrong, but all the nominees, too. But we gotta pick one, so take a listen and see if you agree! Best Picture Nominees: Born on the Fourth of July Dead Poets Soc...