Current score: Oscars 0, Sarah 61; 24 categories completed
[EDITOR'S NOTE: It's over! With her inclusion of Best Documentary Shorts in this series, Sarah D. Bunting of Tomatonation.com has succeeded in watching every single film nominated for an Oscar this year. Congratulations, Sarah, for winning the Oscars Death Race. You can catch her down at the local bar treating herself to a pleasant alcoholic beverage, celebrating her hard-won victory. For more on how the Oscars Death Race began, click here. And you can follow Sarah through this quixotic journey here. ]For more on how the Oscars Death Race began, click here. The adventure begins.
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- The Help
- Hugo
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- The Tree of Life
- War Horse
- Demian Bichir, A Better Life
- George Clooney, The Descendants
- Jean Dujarin, The Artist
- Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Brad Pitt, Moneyball
- Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
- Viola Davis, The Help
- Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
- Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
- Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
- Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
- Jonah Hill, Moneyball
- Nick Nolte, Warrior
- Christopher Plummer, Beginners
- Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- Berenice Bejo, The Artist
- Jessica Chastain, The Help
- Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
- Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
- Octavia Spencer, The Help
- Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
- Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
- Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
- Alexander Payne, The Descendants
- Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Best Foreign Language Film:
-
Bullhead (Belgium) - Footnote (Israel)
- In Darkness (Poland)
- Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
- A Separation (Iran)
- Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
- John Logan, Hugo
- George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
- Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
- Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
- Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
- J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
- Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
- Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Best Animated Feature Film:
Best Art Direction:
Best Sound Mixing:
Best Sound Editing:
Best Original Score:
- The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
- The Artist, Ludovic Bource
- Hugo, Howard Shore
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
-
War Horse, John Williams
Best Original Song:
- "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
- "Real in Rio" from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett
- Hell and Back Again
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
- Pina
- Undefeated
Best Documentary (short subject):
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The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement - God is the Bigger Elvis
- Incident in New Baghdad
- Saving Face
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Best Film Editing:
Best Makeup:
Best Costume Design:
- Lisy Christl, Anonymous
- Mark Bridges, The Artist
- Sandy Powell, Hugo
- Michael O'Connor, Jane Eyre
- Arianne Phillips, W.E.
- Dimanche/Sunday
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- La Luna
- A Morning Stroll
- Wild Life
Best Visual Effects:
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Hugo
- Real Steel
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sarah D. Bunting co-founded Television Without Pity.com, and has written for Seventeen, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Salon, Yahoo!, and others. She's the chief cook and bottle-washer at TomatoNation.com.







I think your score card needs to be updated up there – unless you're now working against another Sarah who has only 27 films watched.
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Yay! I do this every year too!!!
Just finished Anonymous…Ugh.
Keep it up! (even Transformers!)
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As per my comment on the "Rules" page you seem to be at 29 to my 24.
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Good for you. I wish I could do that. Sort of did that back in 1999 when I was trying to predict the winners for Oscar contest(s).
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