The Oscars Got It Wrong

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A podcast where we watch the Best Picture nominees from a randomly selected year and decide whether or not the Oscars got it wrong.
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The 69th Academy Awards (Films of 1996) - Part I
Episode 86
Friday, 21 November, 2025

We're covering the 69th Academy Awards (nice) or the films of 1996. This was a 5 nominee year, but we've added 3 additional films and are two Fun Oscars winners. We'll be talking about the losers from the matchups in this episode.The nominees were: The English Patient, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, and ShineThe films we added were: Big Night, Chungking Express, and Lone Star.Our two Fun Oscars winners are: The Rock and That Thing You Do!.Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate:5:50 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and LosersLosers Discussion11:40 - Big Night19:40 - Secrets & Lies 29:25 - Chungking Express36:00 - Shine45:10 - The English Patient59:30 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst1:00:15 - Next Time--------------------------Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.Enjoying the podcast? Please leave us a rating or review on your podcast app of choice