10 Days til Oscar... The Past 10 Years of Stats

Happy Valentine's Day y'all ❤️. It's officially 10 days until the Oscars so it's a perfect time to go list crazy and look at the past 10 years of Oscar honors (2008-2017) for multiple top tens, don't you think? Not that we need excuses to go list-crazy. We make them up when they don't present themselves!  How have the past ten years been for you? We hope you'll share in the listing fun. In addition to ranking the Oscar winners we've notated whether the same achievements medalled in our own annual film bitch awards that year.

PAST TEN BEST PICTURE WINNERS RANKED 

1. Moonlight (2017) *silver medal
2. The Hurt Locker (2009) *gold medal
3. Birdman (2014) *silver medal...
4. 12 Years a Slave (2013) *gold medal
5. The Artist (2011) *silver medal
6. Spotlight (2015)
7. The Shape of Water (2016)
8. The King's Speech (2010)
9. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
10. Argo (2012) 

The order of that top five would change if you ask me again tomorrow but the rest is set in stone accurate. For rankings of the current nominees for Best Picture, check out its Oscar chart and vote on your favourite.

PAST TEN BEST ACTRESS WINNERS RANKED

1. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (2013) *gold
2. Brie Larson, Room (2015)
      ...this is where I'd put Glenn Close in the Wife OR Olivia Colman in The Favourite whoever wins 
3. Emma Stone, La La Land (2016)
4. Natalie Portman, Black Swan (2010)
5. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards (2017) *bronze
6. Julianne Moore, Still Alice (2014)
7. Kate Winslet, The Reader (2008)
8. Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady (2011)
9. Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side (2009)
10. Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

PAST TEN BEST ACTOR WINNERS RANKED

1. Sean Penn, Milk (2008) *silver
        ... this is where I'd put Bradley Cooper if he miraculously wins. 
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (2012) *gold
3. Jean DuJardin, The Artist (2011) *silver
4. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea (2016) *bronze
5. Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart (2009) *silver
6. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
7. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour (2017)
8. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything (2014)
        ... this is where I'd put Christian Bale if he wins 
9. Colin Firth, The King's Speech (2010)
10. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant (2015)
        ...this is where I'll have to put Rami Malek if he wins -HEAVY SIGH

Don't forget to vote on the current Best Actor chart. 

PAST TEN SUPPORTING ACTRESS WINNERS RANKED

1. Mo'Nique, Precious (2009) *gold
2. Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) *gold
3. Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables (2012) *silver
4. Melissa Leo, The Fighter (2010) *silver
5. Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave (2013) *gold
6. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood (2014) *silver
        ... this is where I'd put Regina King if she wins 
7. Allison Janney, I Tonya (2017)
8. Octavia Spencer, The Help (2011)
   Unranked because they're actually leads:
   Viola Davis, Fences (2016) *bronze but in lead
           ...this is where I'd put Rachel Weisz if she wins (but I love the performance)
   Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl (2015)

The Supporting Actress Smackdown is coming this weekend so send in your votes.  

PAST TEN SUPPORTING ACTOR WINNERS RANKED

1. Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds (2009) *gold
      .... this is where I'll put Richard E Grant if he miraculous upsets on Oscar night 
2. Christopher Plummer, Beginners (2011) *gold
3. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (2008)
   (I have since regretted that I designated Ledger as a leading man in The Dark Knight-- I was feeling beaten down by the rampant Category Fraud of the mid Aughts so was definitely overcorrecting a bit. Little did I know that it would get much much worse just a decade later. Now Category Fraud is not only accepted but both expected AND encouraged by many film fans and critics. Shame on everyone. Sigh)
4. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight (2016)
5. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies (2015)
6. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
7. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards (2017)
   Unranked because they're actually leads:
   Christian Bale, The Fighter (2010) *gold but in lead
   JK Simmons, Whiplash (2014) 
      ...this is where I'll have to put Mahershala Ali if he wins 
   Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained (2012)

PAST TEN CINEMATOGRAPHY WINNERS RANKED
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1. Birdman - Emmanuel Lubezki (2014) *gold
2. Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins (2017) *gold
   ... this is where I'd put either Roma or Cold War whichever wins
3. Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki (2013) *silver
4. La La Land - Linus Sandgren (2016)
5. Avatar - Mauro Fiore (2009) 
6. Inception - Wally Pfister (2010) 
7. Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle (2008)
8. The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki (2015)
9. Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda (2012)
10. Hugo - Robert Richardson (2011) 

 PAST TEN MAKEUP & HAIR WINNERS RANKED
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1. Mad Max Fury Road (2015) *gold
         ...this is where I'd put Border if it wins 
2. Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) *gold
3. Darkest Hour (2017) *gold
4. Les Miserables (2012) *gold
5. The Iron Lady (2011) *gold
       ... this is where I'd put Vice or Mary Queen of if they win 
6. Dallas Buyers Club (2013) *silver
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
8. Star Trek (2009) 
9. Suicide Squad (2016)
10. The Wolfman (2010)

PAST TEN FILM EDITING WINNERS RANKED
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1. Mad Max Fury Road (2015) *gold
2. The Hurt Locker (2009) *gold
3. The Social Network (2010) *gold
          ....this iswhere I'd put BlacKkKlansman or The Favourite if they win  
4. Gravity (2013)
5. Whiplash (2014) 
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
7. Dunkirk (2017)
8. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
9. Argo (2012)
          this is where I'd put Green Book or Vice or Bohemian if they win... 
10. Hacksaw Ridge (2016) 

HOW ABOUT YOU? HAVE SOME LISTING FUN OR JUST JUDGING IN THE COMMENTS. And while you're at it, vote on each category on their respective Oscar charts. 

Comments

[BlueMoon02]

With regards to JLaw's Oscar- nominated performances: Joy>Winter's Bone>American Hustle>Silver Linings Playbook. I agree with the low-ranking but I might place Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side at no.10 instead and JLaw at 10.

Patricia Arquette's Boyhood is ranked abit low...would have placed it at no.4 or 3.

I'm conflicted about whether Colman or Close should get the Oscar. The former is more showy and is in a more superior film. But we don't want to deny Glenn Close her 7th bid.

[BlueMoon02]

Oh I meant Jlaw at 9 and Bullock at 10.

[Charlea]

Nathaniel, HOW is this not podcast-worthy?????

[Emma]

Totally agreed with you ranking JLaw last - the worst Oscar win of all time. All Harvey's bad work.

[Eric]

Woah, my rankings would be surprisingly similar. Though I'd rank Cruz slightly above Mo'Nique (glad you also appreciate both performances).

I'd also rank Lawrence at the bottom, though I'd have Portman, Streep, & McDormand well above Emma Stone (though let's be real, none of them should've won).

My favorite winners from the last 10 years:

...uh, The Artist? What a bland list.
Dujardin
Blanchett
Plummer
Cruz

Roma will easily top my list if it wins.

[G.ShaQ]

Sean Penn - that performance just brings me joy everytime I think of it. And so unexpected.

Mahershala Ali is the new Chistoph Waltz. What a lazy choice if he wins again.

[Bruno]

They should change the category names to Best Actress in a Good Film, Best Supporting Actor in a Good Film, etc.

[Lee]

Jennifer Lawrence in dead last for 'Silver Linings Playbook'--exactly where she deserves to be! That Oscar win is one of the least deserved in the history of the Academy. And she was even worse the following year in 'American Hustle.'

Love that Sean Penn is #1 in Best Actor. He was superb.