2020s Oscar Nominations that I need to watch
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1. Writing with Fire (2021)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.
Directors: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas | Stars: Meera Devi, Shyamkali Devi, Suneeta Prajapati
Votes: 1,663
3. The Zone of Interest (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War
Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte
Votes: 82,981
4. The Color Purple (2023)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, Musical
A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Director: Blitz Bazawule | Stars: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo
Votes: 15,557
5. Napoleon (2023)
R | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
An epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett
Votes: 139,226
6. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Sakura Andô, Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yuki Yamada
Votes: 48,905
7. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary, War
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
Director: Mstyslav Chernov | Stars: Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Liudmyla Amelkina, Roman Golovanov
Votes: 20,123
8. Four Daughters (2023)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Olfa Hamrouni, Eya Chikhaoui, Tayssir Chikhaoui, Nour Karoui
Votes: 2,748
9. Robot Dreams (2023)
Not Rated | 102 min | Animation, Drama, Music
The adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in New York City during the 1980s.
Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Ivan Labanda, Albert Trifol Segarra, Rafa Calvo, José García Tos
Votes: 9,393
10. The Boy and the Heron (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon
Votes: 50,979
11. Letter to a Pig (2022)
17 min | Animation, Short
A traumatic memory from a Holocaust survivor transports a young schoolgirl on an inner journey.
Director: Tal Kantor | Stars: Moriyah Meerson, Alexander Peleg, Ayelet Margalit, Indra Maharik
Votes: 1,440
12. Our Uniform (2023)
7 min | Animation, Short
An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories on the wrinkles and fabrics of her old uniform.
Director: Yegane Moghaddam
Votes: 1,052
13. War Is Over! (2023)
11 min | Animation, Short, War
At a World War I front, a carrier pigeon delivers moves messages between two soldiers playing a chess game, unaware they are on opposite sides.
Director: Dave Mullins | Star: Jake McLean
Votes: 1,213
14. Invincible (II) (2022)
30 min | Short, Drama
Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom.
Director: Vincent René-Lortie | Stars: Léokim Beaumier-Lépine, Élia St-Pierre, Isabelle Blais, Pierre-Luc Brillant
Votes: 1,585
15. Red, White and Blue (2023)
23 min | Short, Drama
A poor single mother must go out of state for a necessary abortion.
Director: Nazrin Choudhury | Stars: Brittany Snow, Juliet Donenfeld, Redding Munsell, Mo Collins
Votes: 1,445
16. Io Capitano (2023)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo, Hichem Yacoubi
Votes: 10,044
17. Perfect Days (2023)
PG | 124 min | Drama
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Miyako Tanaka
Votes: 36,733
18. The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama
When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
Director: Ilker Çatak | Stars: Leonie Benesch, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Rafael Stachowiak, Michael Klammer
Votes: 15,817
19. The Red Suitcase (2022)
18 min | Short, Drama
Luxembourg Airport. Late in the evening. A veiled 16-year-old Iranian girl is frightened to take her red suitcase on the automatic carpet. She keeps pushing back the moment to go through the arrival gate and seems more and more terrified.
Director: Cyrus Neshvad | Stars: Nawelle Evad, Sarkaw Gorany, Anne Klein, Céline Camara
Votes: 1,372
20. Ivalu (2023)
16 min | Short, Drama
Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. The search for Ivalu is on.
Directors: Anders Walter, Pipaluk K. Jørgensen | Stars: Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann, Nivi Larsen, Angunnguaq Larsen, Tuperna Mette Larsen
Votes: 1,337
21. An Irish Goodbye (I) (2022)
23 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
In rural Northern Ireland, a pair of estranged brothers reunite following their mother's untimely death.
Directors: Tom Berkeley, Ross White | Stars: Seamus O'Hara, James Martin, Paddy Jenkins, Michelle Fairley
Votes: 3,400
22. A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Directors: Kris Bowers, Ben Proudfoot | Stars: Kris Bowers, Horace Bowers Sr., Jim Burke, Brian Hayes Currie
Votes: 1,407
24. BoksBalet (2020)
15 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A massive boxer and a graceful ballerina face moral dilemmas: she spurns her ballet master; he rejects dishonest victory. The romance defies odds, leading to an unpredictable future as they leave their worlds behind.
Director: Anton Dyakov
Votes: 964
25. Colette (I) (2020)
24 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In Nazi-occupied France, resistance took courage. Seventy-five years later, facing one's ghosts may take even more.
Director: Anthony Giacchino | Stars: Colette Marin-Catherine, Lucie Fouble
Votes: 1,574
26. Do Not Split (2020)
35 min | Documentary, Short
The story of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protesters that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.
Director: Anders Sømme Hammer | Stars: Joey Siu, Rocky S. Tuan
Votes: 1,725
27. Yes-People (2020)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
One morning an eclectic mix of people face the everyday battle - such as work, school and dish-washing. As the day progresses, their relationships are tested and ultimately their capacity to cope.
Director: Gísli Darri Halldórsson | Stars: Helga Braga Jónsdóttir, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Jón Gnarr, Kristján Franklin Magnúss
Votes: 1,393
28. Genius Loci (2020)
16 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
One night, Reine, a young loner, sees the urban chaos as a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.
Director: Adrien Merigeau | Stars: Nadia Moussa, Georgia Cusack, Jina Djemba
Votes: 1,285
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