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Finally, we reach the number one film (according to Jason, who has impeccable taste).

This mystery promises to stay in your mind long after you leave the cinema, and years from now I can imagine people still writing their theories on what really happened...

We hope you've enjoyed this countdown of all the Best Picture Oscar Nominees.

🥈 The runner-up...

The Holdovers is a heartwarming tale. Set in the 1970s, it really feels like a film from that time, the characters, the way the story is told. I'm sure this will become a future Christmas classic. And it really rests of the perfect performances from the actors.

🥉 The bronze medal goes to

🎥 Wow, what an amazing experience this film is. I highly recommend you catch it on the big screen, to really take advantage of the gorgeous sets and truly unique filmmaking from

🎭 The tale of Bella Baxter, played with so much energy from , is both funny and touching.

Vocabulary:
- transfix = make the viewer unable to look away through amazement
- quirky = unusual, strange in an appealing way
- smutty = offensive (related to s*x)

🎥 Professor Jason has ranked all 10 of the Best Picture Nominees from this year's Oscars. 🎥

In 4th place is

📖 Vocabulary :
- harrowing = distressing, upsetting
- dread = great fear
- banal = ordinary, boring
- depicted = shown or represented through art

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🎥 Professor Jason has ranked all 10 of the Best Picture Nominees from this year's Oscars. 🎥

In 5th place is

📖 Vocabulary :
- linger = be slow to disappear
- simmering = controlled, but with potential to burst out in excitement at any time
- forego = do without, choose to not have

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🎥 Professor Jason has ranked all 10 of the Best Picture Nominees from this year's Oscars. 🎥

In 6th place is

📖 Vocabulary :
- visionary = a person with original ideas
- timeline = a chronological arrangement of events
- titular character = the character who shares a name with the title of a film

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🎥 Professor Jason has ranked all 10 of the Best Picture Nominees from this year's Oscars. 🎥

In 7th place is

📖 Vocabulary :
- concept = idea
- plot = the sequence of events of a story
- muddled = in a state of disorder or confusion

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🎥 Professor Jason has ranked all 10 of the Best Picture Nominees from this year's Oscars. 🎥

In 8th place is

📖 Vocabulary :
- product placement = a practice of advertising a product by paying for it to feature in a movie
- satire = a way of criticising ideas through humour

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🎥 Professor Jason has ranked all 10 of the Best Picture Nominees from this year's Oscars. 🎥

In 9th place is

📖 Vocabulary :
- heartbreaking = very sad, causing great distress
- pacing = the speed of the development of the story
- runtime = how long a film lasts

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🎥 Professor Jason has ranked all 10 of the Best Picture Nominees from this year's Oscars. 🎥

In 10th place is

📖 Vocabulary :
- vanity project = an artistic project that is just a showcase for a single person with the aim of getting praise
- Oscar bait = a film that is made specifically to appeal to Oscar Academy voters and to win awards
- biopic = a movie dramatizing the life of a real person

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