Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
I watched the 2026 Best Picture nominees, and for once the Oscars actually included some movies normal people might want to see.
That said, there’s still plenty of pretentious nonsense to go around. So in this video, I rank all 10 Best Picture nominees from worst to best, including Sinners, F1, Marty Supreme, Hamnet, Frankenstein, Bugonia, The Secret Agent, Train Dreams, and One Battle After Another. Some of these are gorgeous, moving, and genuinely worth your time. Others are two-and-a-half-hour lectures disguised as cinema.
This is my full Oscar ranking, with spoilers, sarcasm, and a defense of something the Academy often forgets: craftsmanship matters.
And yes, Kpop Demon Hunters deserved better.
If you want to see @DespotofAntrim review more movies, you just click his name there.
00:00 Intro
01:09 Number 10
07:48 Number 9
11:06 Number 8
15:58 Number 7
22:20 Number 6
25:51 Number 5
31:56 Number 4
37:37 Number 3
42:52 Number 2
47:30 Number 1
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I watched the 2026 Best Picture nominees, and for once the Oscars actually included some movies normal people might want to see.
That said, there’s still plenty of pretentious nonsense to go around. So in this video, I rank all 10 Best Picture nominees from worst to best, including Sinners, F1, Marty Supreme, Hamnet, Frankenstein, Bugonia, The Secret Agent, Train Dreams, and One Battle After Another. Some of these are gorgeous, moving, and genuinely worth your time. Others are two-and-a-half-hour lectures disguised as cinema.
This is my full Oscar ranking, with spoilers, sarcasm, and a defense of something the Academy often forgets: craftsmanship matters.
And yes, Kpop Demon Hunters deserved better.
If you want to see @DespotofAntrim review more movies, you just click his name there.
00:00 Intro
01:09 Number 10
07:48 Number 9
11:06 Number 8
15:58 Number 7
22:20 Number 6
25:51 Number 5
31:56 Number 4
37:37 Number 3
42:52 Number 2
47:30 Number 1
======Channel Membership======
You can support the channel by becoming a Gregular, or be a Share Owener to get access to a monthly private stream where YOU get to give input on a video we make together. Sign up here: youtube.com/channel/UC3SyoB0UuS2rsLWcU37eQ2w/join
Do you need an editor, or do you just want to tell my editor how amazing his work is? Let him know at anaximandersshadow@gmail.com
