The Best Picture Race: Favorable Facts and Fences to Climb

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was the last big-ticket film of 2019 to release towards the end of December and the expectations for Episode IX ran high, given it was marketed as the end of the Skywalker saga. However, when the movie did release, it was met with mixed reactions, similar to the ones received by Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). Many argued over the fact that the ending was hasty and the character arcs were not justified.

It was a moment of pride for the South Korean film industry after Parasite bagged the highest number of awards at the 92nd Academy Awards over the weekend. The Korean drama film not only won Best International Film but also bagged the Oscar for Best Directing and Best Picture. Soon enough, the internet was flooded with congratulatory messages addressing director Bong Joon Ho and the team of Parasite. BTS joined social media users to congratulate Parasite for their historic win. 

Parasite made history at the 2020 Academy Awards on Sunday (February 9, 2020) as it became the first non-English language film to be crowned Best Picture.

The Academy Award for Best Picture is the most coveted statue in moviemaking. Here are the Best Pictures from the past 30 years, from Dances With Wolves to Parasite. Do you remember them all?

First of all, you should definitely see Parasite as soon as possible. Cancel your plans and spend $3.99 to if you have to. But if you need a quick run-down because you don't have 2 hours and 12 minutes to spend on a cinematic experience right now, we've got it below—with and without spoilers about the ending. 'Cause honestly, get you a plot summary that can do both.

At the 2020 Oscars tonight, Bong Joon Ho’s film Parasite picked up the Oscar for Best Picture. It’s the first non-English-language film ever to win the prestigious honor. Watch the historic moment happen below.

Parasite won best original screenplay at the 2020 Oscars on Sunday, picking up itsfirst win of the evening and making history by being the first South Korean film to win an Oscar in any category.In claiming the top prize, the South Korean satirebeat out Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns' 1917, Rian Johnson's Knives Out, Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.The category was presented by Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves.As Bong Joon Ho and Han

This weekend will see the 92nd Academy Awards take place, celebrating the best films of the year that was 2019. To mark the build-up to the occasion, we take a look at the past winners of the 2010s, with a personal ranking of the winners of the Best Picture races of their respective years!

Putting all of the cynicism and bad vibes aside, it's worth noting that there are tons of really good movies that have won Best Picture! (Does that make me sound like I'm saying The Beatles surprisingly have some pretty catchy tunes, or that Shakespeare's decent at playwriting? Sorry about that.) Before 2020 crowns the latest entry, here is every single film that has ever won Best Picture over the 91 years that the Academy Awards have been a thing.

Ryan Reynolds is currently busy promoting his gin while sharing friendly banter with his "rival" Hugh Jackman. His last release was the Netflix film, Six Underground, which received mixed reviews but was still watched by millions, thanks to his charming, witty screen presence.

We here at Cosmopolitan are absolutely obsessed with movies, but we get that you’re a busy person and it’s hard to see all the films that are going to be “important” in any given year. In this series, , we’re giving you the basic gist on every one of those pictures you probably should have seen but never got around to. When your friend inevitably throws that Oscars watch party, we’re here to help you scam your way into sounding like the smartest person in the room.

We here at Cosmopolitan are absolutely obsessed with movies, but we get that you’re a busy person and it’s hard to see all the films that are going to be “important” in any given year. In this series, , we’re giving you the basic gist on every one of those pictures you probably should have seen but never got around to. When your friend inevitably throws that Oscars watch party, we’re here to help you scam your way into sounding like the smartest person in the room.

We here at Cosmopolitan are absolutely obsessed with movies, but we get that you’re a busy person and it’s hard to see all the films that are going to be “important” in any given year. In this series, , we’re giving you the basic gist on every one of those pictures you probably should have seen but never got around to. When your friend inevitably throws that Oscars watch party, we’re here to help you scam your way into sounding like the smartest person in the room.

It all comes down to this. On Sunday night, the 92nd Academy Awards will be held.

If Oscars voters cast their ballots in line with YouTube movie fans, Joaquin Phoenix-starrer “Joker” will be the winner on Sunday.

Celebrities can rehearse for the Oscars all they want, but when the big night finally arrives and the cameras start rolling, no one is completely prepared.

We here at Cosmopolitan are absolutely obsessed with movies, but we get that you're a busy person, and it's hard to see all the films that are going to be "important" in any given year. In this series, , we're giving you the basic gist on every one of those pictures you probably should have seen, but never got around to. When your friend inevitably throws that Oscars watch party, we're here to help you scam your way into sounding like the smartest person in the room.