If there were ten?

[lime]

It’s an simple thread. For the past two years, the Best Picture Oscar has 10 spots, rater the 5 there were before that.

Question is, if there were ten spots before, what movies were going to get a spot?

The 2009 Oscars had:

Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Milk

I think that the 100% sure if there were 10 spots were going to be:

The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Doubt

With these fighting for the last two:

The Wrestler
Revolutionary Road

So if there were 10 spots in 2009, they were going to be:

Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Doubt
The Wrestler
Revolutionary Road

What do you think? It’s not needed to post all 5 other movies. You can named 2-3 movies you think were going to be nominated for sure.

 

[lime]

In 2008 Oscars the 5 BP were:

Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

If there were 10, I would add:

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sweeney Todd
The Assassination of Jesse James
American Gangster
Into the Wild

 

[Tacit Ronin]

In 2008 Oscars the 5 BP were:

Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

If there were 10, I would add:

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sweeney Todd
The Assassination of Jesse James
American Gangster
Into the Wild

Zodiac still gets snubbed huh?

 

[dude stannis]

2004 would certainly have Collateral in the best picture list. Possibly Spider-Man 2.

 

[Drizzle]

If the Academy always had 10 nominees for Best Picture, then I wouldn't be surprised if most, if not all of these got nominated:

1980 - The Empire Strikes Back (if Star Wars could get a Best Picture nom, this could have too), The Shining
1985 - Back to the Future (If blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T. could get Best Picture noms, this could have also if there were ten nominees)
1987 - Full Metal Jacket
1992 - Aladdin
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - The Lion King
1995 - Toy Story
1998 - American History X, maybe The Big Lebowski
1999 - Fight Club, The Matrix, Toy Story 2
2001 - Shrek
2003 - Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (critically acclaimed box office hit, Depp was nominated for Best Actor)
2005 - King Kong (mainly cause of Peter Jackson), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe (critically acclaimed box office hit)

I still wouldn't expect any of them to win, of course.