Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios): Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers The Substance (MUBI): Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Producers ...

It’s the most uncertain the category has been since 2019 when Pixar’s Toy Story 4 ended up taking home the Golden Statue, leaving many animation fans wondering who is going to come out victorious.

Ranking all the Oscar best picture years, worst to first, since the category expanded The best picture Oscar category used to see just five nominees. It expanded 15 years ago, for better or worse.