Here are the top-ranked trivia items by user votes from the IMDb pages of each of the Best Picture Oscar winners from the 2000s and 2010s. Which piece of trivia is your favorite?
In the novel, Sheriff Bell says of the dope-dealers, "Here a while back in San Antonio they shot and killed a federal judge." Cormac McCarthy set the story in 1980. In 1979, Federal Judge Jo…
In the beginning of the scene introducing Mama Morton to the new inmates, Roxie Hart had a brief conversation with a woman smoking a cigarette. That character was played by long-time Broadway actress …
Director Danny Boyle placed the money to be paid to the 3 lead child actors in a trust that is to be released to them upon their completion of grade school at 16 years of age. The production company h…
The pizza scene is drawn from real life: Nick Vallelonga said Tony Lip used to order a whole, unsliced pizza pie, fold it, and eat it. Upon hearing the anecdote, Viggo Mortensen insisted they try to f…
Director Guillermo del Toro said about Sally Hawkins, "Not only was she the first choice, she was the only choice. I wrote the movie for Sally, I wrote the movie for Michael [Shannon]... Sally is…
Paul Haggis holds the distinction of being the only person ever to write the screenplay for two consecutive Best Picture winners. He also wrote the previous year's Best Picture winner, Million Dollar …
Naomie Harris had to shoot her entire role in three days, in between her promotional tour of Spectre (2015), due to a visa problem (Harris is British). The scenes spanned 15 years in the character's l…
Lionel refuses to let Bertie smoke during their speech sessions, saying "sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you." King George VI, who smoked 20 to 25 cigarettes a day, died from complic…
In an interview with Piers Morgan, former President Jimmy Carter said that he believes the film was a "great drama", and it deserved to win an Oscar for best film. However, Carter noted that…
The film is shot with 22 FPS (frames per second). When played at the standard 24 FPS, the action becomes slightly accelerated. Most silent films were shot with 14 to 24 FPS, which makes many of these …
Did Green Book (2018), Oscar-nominated in five categories score an upset Best Picture victory over Roma (2018), Oscar-nominated in ten categories at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony? It has been sugge…
Col Needham, founder and CEO of IMDb, released his choices for the 10 best movies of 2018. Which of his picks do you like the most, or are most interested to see? After voting, you may discuss the pol…
Over the years several actors successfully portrayed musicians that really lived by playing them in biographical movies. Some were so good that they received an Oscar for their role. Which of these po…
Which of these Best Picture Oscar-nominated music movies whose main character(s) are involved in the creation or performance of music* is your favorite? *composers, singers, musicians, conductors, man…
If The Godfather (1972) has emphasized in our consciousness many positive aspects about Italian-American culture... it also generated a few negative ones as far as pop culture and gangster movies are …
In threatening situations, we grab our mobile or cell phone and call the police. Before there were mobiles and cell phones, wired phones had no affordable alternative. In many movies of the 1980s, fir…
The following 2018 films have reached the Top 250 at least once. Which of them do you think is most likely to remain or return to the list within 10 years? Discuss Here Poll by Pencho15
What is your favorite film from the IMDb Top 250 list that won at least three Golden Globe Awards? Discuss here See also: IMDb Top 250 Films With Most Oscars
A word of mouth recommendation or condemnation for a film is worth ten critic reviews to most moviegoers. Based on that principle, Cinemascore was born and Hollywood has listened closely ever since. T…
In 1929 The Academy started to honor the best movies. This is an Oscar view on each decade the Film Academy honoured the best movie from the launch of the Oscars until today. (According to 2022). This…
Which of these select Oscar-nominated Best Picture movies that has a major LGBTQIA+ character or themes central to its plot is your favorite from the genre? After voting, Discuss the topic here.