48 Hilarious Academy Award For Best Picture Puns

Close Encounters wins 1978 Academy Award for Best Picture

Looking at the bonus features for FAM on AppleTV, there is a mention that Close Encounters of the Third Kind wins big at the 1978 Academy Awards including Best Picture. But the interesting thing is that Steven Spielberg has said that he was a big UFO aficionado at the time and he originally wrote the film to be about a Watergate type situation. But in the universe of FAM, Watergate never happened so the film could be markedly different or perhaps similar despite the exclusion of the conspiracy elements. Which also begs an intriguing question about other UFO properties like The X-Files. Without the paranoia conspiracy thrillers of the 1970s, does that mean the public is not only more trusting of government but also less inclined to conspiratorial thinking?

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👤︎ u/Psyfyman81

📅︎ May 27 2021

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News: Joker receives 11 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling hollywoodreporter.com/lis…

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👤︎ u/chanma50

📅︎ Jan 13 2020

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Women's voices versus men's voices in 25 years of films winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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👤︎ u/UnjustNation

📅︎ Feb 22 2019

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Top 10 highest grossing films worldwide nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture

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👤︎ u/chanma50

📅︎ Jan 15 2020

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TIL that the Godfather II (1974) was the first movie sequel in history to win the academy award for best picture. Only 2 other sequels have ever won the award: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and LOTR: Return of the King (2003). mentalfloss.com/article/7…

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👤︎ u/crakkk_n_cheese

📅︎ Mar 21 2020

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Academy Award winner for Best Picture

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👤︎ u/HaoieZ

📅︎ Feb 10 2020

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Rejection letter sent by Warner Bros to Clint Eastwood in 1984 for his script for “Unforgiven.” The movie would go on to win multiple awards, including Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. (Originally shared on Instagram by his son, Scott Eastwood).

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👤︎ u/lattesbitches

📅︎ Dec 04 2019

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TIL John Cazale (Fredo Corleone from "The Godfather") appeared in only five films during his lifetime. All five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Three of them won. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.…

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👤︎ u/garglemymarbles

📅︎ Dec 22 2014

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‘Spotlight’, a movie about exposing child sex abuse in the Catholic Church, Wins Oscar For Best Picture at the 2016 Academy Awards deadline.com/2016/02/spot…

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👤︎ u/helpmeredditimbored

📅︎ Feb 29 2016

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TIL that the Walt Disney Company has never released a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture in all of it's 95 year history. disney.wikia.com/wiki/Aca…

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👤︎ u/Terrell2

📅︎ Apr 03 2018

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On the eve of the Academy Awards ceremony: New York Times’ Wesley Morris complains that eight of the films nominated for Best Picture “are about white people” wsws.org/en/articles/2020…

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👤︎ u/DrogDrill

📅︎ Feb 08 2020

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The Academy handing out the award for Best Picture, 2020

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👤︎ u/RubberbandShooter

📅︎ Feb 10 2020

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I want to recommend the movie "Marty", a great little romantic movie that won both the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture

This is one of my favorite pictures from all time (is in my top 10). I love both main characters but i love the Clara character the most.

Here is the imdb trivia for the movie:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048356/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

I want to recommend this movie for people that haven't seen it.

It's a great little romantic movie, its one of my favorite movies from all time nex with the movie "Fatso" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080724/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_94 ) which i also recommend with the great Dom DeLouise.

Marty is a movie starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. And the movie "Fatso" stars Dom DeLuise and Candice Azzara as the main protagonists and the lead in the romantic aspect.

Edit to add that "Fatso" is on you tube in this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjOOqjplprk I dont know if this is in the public domain or not, if it is a copyright violation please let me know to delete this.

And here is the trailer for the movie "Marty" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeGnytI_KU

Here is the clip from you tube of the movie Marty winning the Best Picture Award https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ylwA-6-GU

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👤︎ u/axido

📅︎ Nov 11 2019

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[US] The Big Short (2015) Based on the true story of four outsiders who saw what the big banks, media and government refused to: the global financial collapse 2007-2008. Great film that was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. netflix.com/title/8007556…

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👤︎ u/kdanson

📅︎ Jul 06 2016

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[Film/TV] Joker receives 11 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling hollywoodreporter.com/lis…

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👤︎ u/Justyouknowwhy

📅︎ Jan 13 2020

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Collection member Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth) has won Best Director and Best Picture for The Shape of Water at the 2018 Academy Awards.

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👤︎ u/charliebrown13

📅︎ Mar 05 2018

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Do you think Parasite deserved the accolades it won; specifically, the Academy Award for the Best Picture ?

Edit : could you please elaborate on your opinions ?

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👤︎ u/pradyumnahatwar

📅︎ Feb 23 2020

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TIL Victor Fleming directed both Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz in the same year, 1939. Both films were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Gone with the Wind taking home the award. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/193…

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👤︎ u/literally12sofus

📅︎ Nov 20 2019

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Parasite (2019), Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, is re-released in select Philippines cinemas, starting on January 29, 2020.

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👤︎ u/Ghibli214

📅︎ Jan 29 2020

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Nothing but respect for MY Academy Award Best Picture winner

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👤︎ u/shelbygloom

📅︎ Feb 10 2020

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TIL in 1980 there was such an uproar that the film, The Elephant Man was not nominated for it effects by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that the Academy Award for Best Makeup category was created the following year as response. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…

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👤︎ u/goyablack

📅︎ Sep 24 2018

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Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water wins the Academy Award for Best Picture tor.com/2018/03/05/the-sh…

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👤︎ u/JW_BM

📅︎ Mar 05 2018

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[US] Spotlight (2015) True Story of the Boston Globe's investigation into the abuse scandal and cover-up within the Catholic Church. Great film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. netflix.com/title/8006134…

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👤︎ u/kdanson

📅︎ Jun 22 2016

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TIL actor John Cazale only ever appeared in 5 movies over a period of 6 years (1972-1978) and all 5 films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He died while filming his last movie, 'The Deer Hunter'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh…

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👤︎ u/weber76

📅︎ Oct 22 2016

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[US] American Beauty (1999): While struggling to endure his tightly wound wife, an unfulfilling job and a surly teen, a man becomes obsessed with one of his daughter's friends. Winner of the 2000 Academy Award for Best Picture. netflix.com/title/6000040…

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👤︎ u/RubiksSugarCube

📅︎ Dec 02 2015

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Oscars : Black Panther is nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. hollywoodreporter.com/lis…

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👤︎ u/Justyouknowwhy

📅︎ Jan 22 2019

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Joker receives 11 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling hollywoodreporter.com/lis…

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👤︎ u/CheckOut_R_DCFilm

📅︎ Jan 13 2020

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r/moviescirclejerk reacts to Green Book winning the Academy Award for Best Picture (2019, All Colorized Matters)

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👤︎ u/Sp_Gamer_Live

📅︎ Feb 25 2019

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BREAKING NEWS: Reprisal nominated for 10 newly created academy awards, including: “Best Lock”, “Best Use of Old, Steel, Heavy Locks”, “Best Stunt Double”, “Best Use of Expo Markers”, “Best Scene of Two Characters Googling Pictures of Locks”, and much more!

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👤︎ u/MyFriendsArePeaches

📅︎ Aug 02 2019

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TIL that "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is the first and ONLY fantasy film EVER to win an Academy Award for "Best Picture". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…

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👤︎ u/Enleat

📅︎ Aug 09 2012

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Since the Joker has been nominated for Best picture for the Academy Awards, What would you like to see happen if it won this award? Also, what Social outcomes do you hope this movie might bring to light?

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👤︎ u/Hyplosion720

📅︎ Dec 04 2019

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BREAKING NEWS: Reprisal nominated for 10 newly created academy awards, including: “Best Lock”, “Best Use of Old, Steel, Heavy Locks”, “Best Stunt Double”, “Best Use of Expo Markers”, “Best Scene of Two Characters Googling Pictures of Locks”, and much more!

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👤︎ u/MyFriendsArePeaches

📅︎ Aug 02 2019

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[Academy Awards] Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' and Guillermo del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' Nominated for Best Picture! bloody-disgusting.com/mov…

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👤︎ u/VillainMedia

📅︎ Jan 23 2018

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Despite being a great movie, Saving Private Ryan (1998) did not win the 69th Academy Award for Best Picture. Because it got released 1.25 years after the 69th Academy Awards.

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👤︎ u/RayInRed

📅︎ Mar 17 2020

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Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" the winner for Best Picture at the 1961 Academy Awards.

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👤︎ u/Admiral37

📅︎ Feb 12 2020

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r/movies, what do you think is the worst movie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?

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👤︎ u/gordo1893

📅︎ Apr 20 2013

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Wrong movie announced as winner for Best Picture academy award streamable.com/flqwm

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👤︎ u/8bitremixguy

📅︎ Feb 27 2017

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How would you react if the last YouTube video you've seen won the Academy Award for Best Picture?

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👤︎ u/whosozymandias

📅︎ Dec 28 2019

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1917 has been nominated for best picture and director at the academy awards. Thank the kaiser ww1 is getting so much love & attention.

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👤︎ u/BloodAngel_44

📅︎ Jan 14 2020

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TIL That the Hurt Locker is the lowest grossing film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (adjusted for inflation of course) fortune.com/2017/02/27/mo…

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👤︎ u/northernexposure4

📅︎ Aug 06 2017

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'The Shape of Water' wins Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards hollywoodreporter.com/lis…

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👤︎ u/AtlasFink

📅︎ Mar 05 2018

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And the academy award for best picture goes to: