Excited to join this year's Oscars History Challenge for the first time! I'll be starting it sometime in July after I wrap up this year's Criterion Challenge.
Original list: letterboxd.com/kendoval/list/oscar-history-challenge-2025/
3 REWATCHES: Taxi Driver, 12 Years a Slave, Interstellar
STARTED: 7/6/25
COMPLETED: 12/2/25
Top 5:
1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
2. The Times of Harvey Milk
3. Eat Drink Man Woman
4. Primary
5. Secrets & Lies
As for the rules:
1. Please tag the lists and reviews with either "oscars history challenge 2025" or "ohc25".
2. The films must have been nominated for Oscars. Being shortlisted doesn't count. They can be nominated in any category, including if they won any Honorary Awards, unless the criteria specifically names a…
Excited to join this year's Oscars History Challenge for the first time! I'll be starting it sometime in July after I wrap up this year's Criterion Challenge.
Original list: letterboxd.com/kendoval/list/oscar-history-challenge-2025/
3 REWATCHES: Taxi Driver, 12 Years a Slave, Interstellar
STARTED: 7/6/25
COMPLETED: 12/2/25
Top 5:
1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
2. The Times of Harvey Milk
3. Eat Drink Man Woman
4. Primary
5. Secrets & Lies
As for the rules:
1. Please tag the lists and reviews with either "oscars history challenge 2025" or "ohc25".
2. The films must have been nominated for Oscars. Being shortlisted doesn't count. They can be nominated in any category, including if they won any Honorary Awards, unless the criteria specifically names a category.
3. If the criteria says "features an Oscar nominated person", it means they had to have been nominated for that film.
4. The films can be watched in any order.
5. The films do not have to be first time watches but the more first time watches, the better!
List of all Academy Nominees
And the Challenges!
1. A film nominated at the Fourth Academy Awards
2. A film nominated at the Ninety-Sixth Academy Awards
3. A 1930's film
4. A 1940's film
5. A 1950's film
6. A 1960's film
7. A 1970's film
8. A 1980's film
9. A 1990's film
10. A 2000's film
11. A 2010's film
12. A 2020's film
13. A film used by anyone for last year's challenge
14. A film with a write in nomination
15. A film featuring an Oscar nominated performance from Robert De Niro
16. A film featuring an Oscar nominated performance from Jodie Foster
17. A film which earned Dede Gardner a nomination for producing
18. A film with Oscar nominated songs from Diane Warren
19. A film with Oscar nominated music from John Williams
20. A film with Oscar nominated sound recording from John P. Livadary
21. An Oscar nominated Fisher Family Film
22. A film nominated for Best Story
23. A film nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
24. An Oscar nominated film produced or distributed by Annapurna Pictures Film
25. An Oscar nominated film depicting Hispanic/Latino lives
26. An Oscar nominated film about civil rights
27. An Oscar nominated film about organized labor
28. An Oscar nominated about filmmaking
29. A Kaiju movie
30. A Vampire movie
31. An Apocalypse movie
32. A Disaster movie
33. An AI movie
34. An Alien movie
35. A Soviet movie
36. A Hungarian movie
37. A Taiwanese movie
38. An Irish movie
39. An Australian movie
40. A Greek movie
41. A film based off a stage play or musical
42. A film based off a comic book or strip
43. Any feature film that was the most nominated of its year without a BP nomination
44. Any feature film that was the least nominated of the BP nominees of its year
45. Preserved in the Academy Film Archive - National Film Registry Collection
46. Featured during the Academy Museum Branch Selects Series
47. Hopelessness at the Oscars
48. Comfort at the Oscars
49. A film that won an Emmy
50. A film that won a Grammy
51. A film that won a Razzie
52. Any film off your watchlist
