Bonus #11: Secret Oscars 2023 Secret Film Club

In this long-awaited second marathon meeting, we discuss the last 50 films we've watched, and nominate them for awards in 13 categories.


Nominees

Most imaginative plot (02:17)

Princess Mononoke
Jason and the Argonauts
Big Fish
My Own Private Idaho


Best adaptation of Mutiny on the Bounty (24:08)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
The Bounty (1984)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933)


Best antagonist (45:03)

Lady Eboshi (Princess Mononoke)
Chloe (The Ugly Dachshund)
Terence Fletcher (Whiplash)
Captain Bligh (Mutiny on the Bounty, 1962)


Best animal (01:10:15)

Moro (Princess Mononoke)
Mushu (Mulan)
Yakul (Princess Mononoke)
Puyi's mouse (The Last Emperor)


The best film in the category of films that made us reflect on our lives and helped us either make some changes to it or feel more comfortable with the lives that we have (01:33:12)

The Speed Cubers
Whiplash
Heartbeats
So Long My Son


Best soundtrack (01:55:20)

Mulan
Highlander
Star Wars
Belfast


Best actor (02:15:20)

Sergey Dreyden (Russian Ark)
Ryan O'Neal (Barry Lyndon)
Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I)
Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight)


Worst picture (02:35:30)

Babes in Toyland
Jason and the Argonauts
Highlander
A Bad Moms Christmas


Bonus awards (02:57:56)

Best lovesick drama (02:58:28)

The Bounty
Heartbeats
Withnail & I
My Own Private Idaho


Film that would be most improved if all but one of the cast were Muppets (03:00:49)

Cromwell
Shaft
Jason and the Argonauts
Macario


Hottest actor (03:05:32)

Jamie Dornan (Belfast)
Bobby Kendall (Pink Narcissus)
Suzanne Pleshette (The Ugly Dachshund)
Amy Adams (Enchanted)


Coldest actor (03:11:20)

Christopher Lambert (Highlander)
Errol Flynn (In the Wake of the Bounty)
Charles Boyer (Gaslight)
Keanu Reeves (My Own Private Idaho)


In Memoriam (03:16:08)

Best picture (03:24:03)

Russian Ark
Barry Lyndon
Princess Mononoke
So Long My Son


Next time, we will be discussing Evil Under the Sun (1982).