2021 Pre-Oscar Ranking -- 132 Films

132 minutes before this year’s Oscars, here’s a ranking of the 132 films seen since last year’s Oscars. Next year, the count will probably be a lot lower. A rare advantage of the Covid year has been all the quarantine time to see films...

[Note: Titles I've seen since the end-of-2020 ranking are 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝. Documentary Shorts [DS], Animated Shorts [AS], and Live Action Shorts [LAS] are identified by those initials.]

F+: The Doors: Break on Thru

D+: 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗶 [𝗔𝗦], Tom Jones [1963], The Seven-Year Itch [1955]

C-: Emma, Buffy the Vampire Slayer [1992]

C: 𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 [𝗔𝗦], Father of the Bride [1950], Around the World in 80 Days [1956], 7 Plus Seven [1970]

C+: 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝟮, Wonder Woman 1984

B-: The Way Back, Stalag 17 [1953], Mrs. Miniver [1942]

B: 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 [𝗔𝗦], 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 [𝗟𝗔𝗦], 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗱 𝟮 [𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟲], 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 28 Up [1984], Hamlet [1948], Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am? [2019], How Green Was My Valley [1941], Easy Rider [1969], Oliver! [1968], The Greatest Show on Earth [1952], News of the World, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [1969], The Lost Weekend [1945], The Godfather: Part 3 [1990]

B+: 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 [𝗗𝗦], 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 [𝗔𝗦], 𝗗𝗼 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁 [𝗗𝗦], 𝗔 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮 [𝗗𝗦], 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 [𝗟𝗔𝗦], 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 [𝗟𝗔𝗦], 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 [𝗟𝗔𝗦], 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗻, 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗭𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗻𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶, 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗶, The Cabin in the Woods [2011], An American In Paris [1951], Sabrina [1954], Breakfast at Tiffany's [1961], 21 Up [1977], 35 Up [1991], 42 Up [1998], 56 Up [2012], All the King's Men [1949], Rebecca [1940], From Here to Eternity [1953], Going My Way [1944], Patton [1970], Midnight Cowboy [1969], The French Connection [1971], Safety, Da Five Bloods, Seven Samurai [1954], Citizen Kane [1941]

A-: 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 [𝗗𝗦], 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗱 [𝗗𝗦], 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝘆𝗲 [𝗟𝗔𝗦], 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗱 𝟯 [𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟵], 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗵, 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, A Streetcar Named Desire [1951], Saint Frances, Onward, 49 Up [2005], My Fair Lady [1964], The Third Man [1949], The Godfather [1972], Marty [1955], Singin' in the Rain [1952], Sunset Boulevard [1950], Ace in the Hole [1951], The Apartment [1960], Palm Springs, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner [1967], To Sir With Love [1967], Soul, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, West Side Stories [1996]

A: 𝗜𝗳 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗜 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 [𝗔𝗦], 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗱 [𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰], 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲, The Lives of Others [2006], The Interrupters [2011], Ip Man [2008], Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Ben-Hur [1959], The Sound of Music [1965], Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles, The Trial of Chicago 7, Corpus Christi, The Godfather: Part Two [1974], Some Like It Hot [1959], 7 Up! [1964], 63 Up [2019], High Noon [1952], Dating Amber, The Half of It, Lilies of the Field [1963], The Night of the Hunter [1955], Mank

A+: 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽, 𝗤𝘂𝗼 𝗩𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗶𝗱𝗮?, 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝘆𝗮, 𝗠𝘆 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, Witness for the Prosecution [1957], Fiddler on the Roof [1971], Gentleman's Agreement [1947], Roman Holiday [1953], The Best Years of Our Lives [1946], Come As You Are, Sound of Metal, Promising Young Woman, On the Waterfront [1954], A Man for All Seasons [1966], In the Heat of the Night [1967], All About Eve [1950], Casablanca [1943], West Side Story [1961]