How the 5 Oscar Front-Runners Can Win

When the Oscars moved from five to 10 Best Picture nominations in 2009, and then two years later to a variable number of nominees, it raised one obvious question every time the slate of nominees was unveiled: Under the old system, what would the top five have been? Some years, that’s not an easy question to answer. But this year it is. In a world in which the Academy had never expanded the number of nominees, this year’s Best Picture contenders would have been “The Irishman,” “Joker,” “1917,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Parasite.” The first four of those films received the most nominations – 11 for “Joker,” 10 for the other three – and their directors landed all-important Best Director nominations. “Parasite,” meanwhile, received the fifth directing nom for Bong Joon Ho, and was also recognized in the key writing and film editing categories. Also Read: Oscars 2020: Fewer Movies (and Nonwhite Actors) Get More Nominations, and That's No Joke While some people have theorized that “Ford v Ferrari” could be the compromise candidate that scores an upset victory because of the Academy’s preferential system of counting votes, its four nominations suggest that scenario is a real...

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