Here’s hoping « Best Picture nominee The Blind Side » never happens again.
In 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expanded the number of Best Picture nominees from five to ten, indirectly leading to “Best Picture winner The Blind Side,” before revising the rule again two years later, so that the number of films nominated was between five and ten. There were only nine nominees for the 2020 ceremony, and eight the year before. But guess what? They’re changing the rule again.
Beginning with the 94th Academy Awards (held in 2022), the number of Best Picture nominees will be set at exactly 10.
