Netflix could break huge Oscars Best Picture record

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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Netflix could potentially break an 85-year-🍒old record at next year’s Oscar🍬s, with the most Best Picture nominations from one studio.

The record is ♈currently held by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which scored five nominations at the ninth Academy Awards in 1937: The Great Ziegfeld – a fictionalised tribute to Broadway legend Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. – went🔥 on to pick up the top prize. This was back when the Academy was nominating 10 movies in the Best Picture category – now, there’s usually eight or nine nominees in this category. 

Netflix has missed out in the past, with Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma and Martin Scorsese’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Irishman both losing out on the Best Picture award in 2018 and 2019. But 2021 could be the year the streamer finally scores its bi🐼g win.

predicts that David Fincher’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mank and Aaron Sorkin’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Trial of the Chicago 7 are in a safe position to make the cut, with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (featuring Chadwick Boseman’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:last performance before his death) also standing a good chance. The publication also thinks George Clooney’s upcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Midnight Sky is in with a shot, which would mean the streamer would only need one more nomination to tie with MGM’s previous record and another to beat it. Chances are, that movie would be 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Da 5 Bloods, which scored positive reviews across the board.

With cinemas closed around the world, it’s no wonder that streaming platforms are set to dominate the upcoming awards season. Despite a lot of major studio releases such as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:No Time to Die being p♐ushed into 2021 due to the pandemic, there are actually a record number of Oscar contenders this year. 

Make sure you’re up to date with all the new streaming releases before awards season rolls around – we’ve compiled a list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix movies to watch right now.

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