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Yeah, this just seems like the Oscar committee showcasing their “taste.” Moonlight? Brokeback? The movies you mentioned like the LOTR trio and some animated movies or Casino Royale had a far greater impact on the culture and merit a place on someone’s shelf of movies to rewatch.

And I say this as someone who really liked Boyhood and City of God. I can’t do the artsy movies all the time, but sure, some deserve to be there.

Kinda interesting that it wasn’t just the Oscar winners that got on the list, but the ones that explicitly signal leftist politics. What about the King’s Speech? Or Dunkirk? Or Amelie? I guess I’ll have to see the rest of the list to think of more misses.

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