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1973 : winner : Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger as Harry Stoner Other nominees: Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris as Paul Al Pacino - Serpico as Frank Serpico Robert Redford - The Sting as Johnny Hooker 1974 winner: Art Carney - Harry and Tonto as Harry Coombes other nominees: Jack Nicholson - Chinatown as Jake 'J.J.' Gittes Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II as Don Michael Corleone 1985 winner: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina other nominees: Harrison Ford - Witness as Detective Captain John Book Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor as Charley Partanna 1990 winner: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune as Claus von Bülow other nominees: Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves as Lieutenant John J. Dunbar Robert De Niro - Awakenings as Leonard Lowe Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac 1992 winner: Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman as Lieutenant Colone...

Best Animated Feature Most likely winner : Up- Pete Docter. Pixar Studios maintains a standard. These are the people who made Finding Nemo , The Incredibles ,Ratatouille & Wall-E (all previous winners of the award). It's safe to say they have pedigree.Up is also one of the best films of the last year, animated or not. A winner at the Golden Globes and the first animated nominee sinc e Beauty and the Beast for the Best Picture Oscar. Backup Pick : Fantastic Mr. Fox- Wes Anderson. The best stop motion film to be released in a long time. You could even say it brought back a dying style. Huge all-star cast and a highly acclaimed director, with the story adapted from a Roald Dahl children's classic. If not for Up it was a sure win. Most deserving (My pick): Up - Pete Docter. A great story, totally original. A completely unlikely premise and an equally unlikely cats of characters. Another win for the imagination of the men from Pixar. Best Foreign Language Film Most likely wi...

Best Director Most likely winner : James Cameron for Avatar . Big scale, big budget and the academy loves James Cameron.Also won at the Golden Globes. Apart from that, directing interaction fictional characters and actors set in an generated world couldn't have been easy. Backup Pick : Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker . War dramas traditionally do well and this is one of the best about the Iraq war thus far. The intensity and tension is kept up through the entire film. The director never goes into criticism of the war but always remains focused on the people who are fighting. Most deserving (My pick): Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds . Directing a movie with so much storylines and characters can be daunting but by now we're used to Tarantino pulling it off. I think there should be some recognition for a director who never fails to disappoint and blends (critically) good cinema with popular acclaim. Best Adapted Screenplay Most likely winner : Up in the Air ...

Best Actor Most likely winner : Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake in 'Crazy Heart'. A boring movie, so slowly paced that it's effort to watch any scene that Bad Blake isn't in. Jeff Bridges portrayal of an aging, alcoholic country singer drives the entire movie. Backup Pick : Colin Firth as George Falconer in 'A Single Man'. A convincing and moving portrayal a college professor dealing with the death of his gay lover.Set through one day, the idea of a man who sees nothing to live for is accurately conveyed. Most deserving (My pick): Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in 'Invictus'. I always think portrayals of real life people are more difficult, especially when they're world renowned figures because every tries to pick up flaws. Freeman comes close to Mandela not just in looks but in the personality and more importantly the attitude prevalent at that time. Best Actress Most Likely Winner : Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy in 'The Blind Side'. San...

Since everybody else is doing a list- here's mine 25.The Messenger-Oren Moverman- USA -Drama 24.Julie & Julia - Nora Ephron- USA- Comedy/Drama 23.Drag Me to Hell- Sam Raimi - USA- Horror 22.Food, Inc. -Robert Kenner- USA- Documentary 21.The Informant!- Stephen Soderbergh-USA - Comedy-Drama 20.In the Loop-Armando Iannucci-UK- Comedy 19. Sin Nombre-Cary Joji Fukunaga- Mexico- Drama/Crime 18. Coraline - Henry Selick- USA- Animated 17.The Hangover- Todd Phillips - USA- Comedy 16.District 9 -Neill Blomkamp - New Zealand/USA - Sci-Fi/Drama 15.Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) -Pedro Almodóvar- Spain - Drama/Romance 14.Zombieland- Ruben Fleischer-USA- Action/Comedy/Horror 13.(500) Days of Summer-Marc Webb-USA -Romance-Comedy 12.Un prophète-Jacques Audiard-France- Crime/Drama 11.Avatar- James Cameron- USA- Sci-Fi 10.Up in the Air- Jason Reitman-USA -Comedy/Drama 9.An Education- Lone Scherfig -UK- Drama 8.The Lovely Bones - Peter Jackson - New Zealand/USA/UK- Crime/Drama/Fantasy 7.A ...

30. Le Pacte des loups( Brotherhood of the Wolf )-2001-Christophe Gans -France 29 . Bon Voyage -2003- Jean-Paul Rappeneau- France 28.La graine et le mulet (the Secret of The Grain) -2007-Abdellatif Kechiche- France/Tunisia 27.8 femmes(8 Women) -2002-Francois Ozon-France 26.Maelstrom-2000-Denis Villeneuve -Canada 25.Rachida -2002-Yamina Bachir -Algeria 24.Paris Je T'aime- 2006- Various- France 23.Inch'Allah Dimanche -2001-Yamina Benguigu- Algeria 22. Je rentre à la maison (I'm Going Home)-2001- Manoel de Oliveira- France/Portugal 21.Un long dimanche de fiancailles( A Very Long Engagement) - 2004-Jean-Pierre Jeunet-France/USA 20.. Le Fils ( The Son)- 2002- Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne-Belgium 19. De battre mon cœur s'est arrete(The Beat that My Heart Skipped) - 2005-Jacques Audiard-France 18.La Mome (La Vie en Rose)- 2007-Olivier Dahan - France/UK 17.Joyeux Noel-2005-Christian Carion- France 16.Rois et reine ( Kings and Queen) -2004-Arnaud Desplechin -France 15. ...

19.Nueve reinas (nine Queens) - Fabián Bielinsky - 2000- Argentina 18. Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucia) - Julio Medem - 2001- Spain 17.Plata quemada ( Burnt Money) -Marcelo Pineyro - 2000 - Argentina/Spain/France/Uraguay 16.Kamchatka - Marcelo Pineyro - 2002 - Argentina/Spain 15. Rudo y Cursi (Rude and Vulgar) - Carlos Cuaron -2008 - Mexico 14.Taxi para tres ( A Cab for Three) - Orlando Lubbert-2001 - Chile 13.La niña santa ( The Holy Girl) - Lucrecia Martel - 2004 - Argentina/Spain /Italy 12. Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) - Pedro Almodovar - 2009- Spain 11.Los Lunes al Sol(Mondays in the Sun ) - Fernando León de Aranoa - 2002-Spain 10.El crimen del padre Amaro (The Crime of Padre Amaro) - Carlos Carrera - 2002- Mexico 9.La Mala Educacion (Bad Education - Pedro Almodovar - 2004- Spain 8. Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) - Alejandro Amenabar- 2004- Spain 7. El Laberinto del Fauno ( Pan's Labryinth) - Guillermo del Toro - 2006- Mexico 6.Volver -Pedro Almodovar - 2006- Spain 5.Marí...