2023 Pre-Oscar Ranking -- 136 Films

6 hours before this year’s Oscars, here’s a ranking of the 136 films seen since last year’s Oscars.

[Note: Titles I've seen since the end-of-2022 ranking are 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝. Documentary Shorts [DS], Animated Shorts [AS], and Live Action Shorts [LAS] are identified by those initials.]

D: Babylon

D+: Barry Lyndon [1975], 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫 [𝐀𝐒]

C-: Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022, Ghostbusters [2016], All Quiet on the Western Front

C: 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮 [𝐋𝐀𝐒]

C+: 𝐄𝐎, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥, Lightyear, Rurouni Kenshin [2021], The Last Duel [2021]

B-: The French Dispatch [2021], A Love Song, 𝐋𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 [𝐋𝐀𝐒]. 𝐌𝐲 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 [𝐀𝐒], 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, The Good Boss

B: 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 [𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏], 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 [𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕], 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐧 𝐎𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐈𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐭 [𝐀𝐒], 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, Thirteen Lives, American Underdog, Nope, Eyes Wide Shut [1999], Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, Top Gun [1986], Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 [𝐃𝐒], 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐭 [𝐃𝐒], National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation [1989], Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, After Sun, Decision to Leave

B+: The Harder They Fall, 𝐓𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐄𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬, 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐨’𝐬 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐨, 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, Aliens [1979], The Inspection, Pig [2021], Bodies Bodies Bodies, Ghostbusters II [1989], The Phantom of the Open, You Resemble Me, The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlisle, The Woman King, Tar, Bo Burnham: Inside, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, A Christmas Story [1983], Avatar [2008], Banshees of Inisherin, Munich [2005], The Survivor, The Duke, Free Guy [2021], Turning Red, Benediction

A-: 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞 [𝐋𝐀𝐒], 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 [𝐋𝐀𝐒], 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 [𝐋𝐀𝐒], 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 [𝐃𝐒], Aliens [1986], The Territory, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Ghostbusters [1984], Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar [2021], Crime of the Century, Fire of Love, Love Actually [2003], The Little Mermaid [1989], The Whale, The Shining [1980], The Adam Project, Bros, The Menu, Home Alone [1990], Avatar: The Way of the Water, Barbarian, The Exorcist [1974], Jurassic Park [1993]

A: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫? [𝐃𝐒], 𝐀 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐛, 𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 [𝐀𝐒], The Terminator, Top Gun: Maverick, Vengeance, Emily the Criminal, She Said, Till, 𝐑𝐑𝐑, 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓, The Fallout, The Green Knight [2021], The Batman, The Fablemans, Jaws [1975], Everything Everywhere All At Once, Aladdin [1992]

A+: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐧𝐲, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞 [𝐃𝐒], Ghostbusters: Afterlife [2021], Hit The Road, Prince of Egypt [1998], Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Bones and All, Spoiler Alert, Louis Armstrong: Black and Blues, Moonage Daydream, 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, Wildcat, Good Night Oppy, Free Chol Soo Lee, My Old School, Hustle, 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞, Schindler’s List [1993], Beauty and the Beast [1991], 1982, Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Terminator 2: Judgment Day [1991], Good Will Hunting [1997], E.T. [1982], 12 Angry Men [1957], Memento [2000]