From O.J. to Benghazi: All 62 Oscar nominees ranked

Two years running now, I have seen every nominated film. In a fun bit of symmetry, the earliest nominated film I saw this year was Production Design nominee Hail, Caesar!, which I saw in theaters Feb. 24, 2016, and the last one I saw was Animated Feature nominee My Life as a Zucchini, which I saw Feb. 24, 2017, the day of its release. One full year to the day to watch the 62 nominated films – 47 features and 15 shorts – and the reasonable question one might ask is: Why?

I spend a lot of time thinking about that. As a person who loves film, I would see movies anyway, but why these movies? I don’t know that I have a complete answer for that other than pointing to the collective quality of the group. The power of the Oscars is and always has been their power to draw attention to movies, be they good or bad. So, take an entirely subjective list like this with a grain of salt, but if it can be useful in any way guiding you to movies you might not otherwise see, then that is what it is here to do.

Here they are, then, all 62 2017 Academy Award nominated films, ranked for your amusement:

1. O.J.: Made in America

2. Silence

3. Moonlight

4. Fences

5. The Lobster

6. Land of Mine

7. Moana

8. Jackie

9. I Am Not Your Negro

10. 13th

11. Loving

12. Fire at Sea

13. 4.1 Miles

14. The Salesman

15. La La Land

16. Lion

17. Hell of High Water

18. Toni Erdmann

19. Sing

20. The White Helmets

21. Elle

22. 20th Century Women

23. Arrival

24. Piper

25. Watani: My Homeland

26. Hidden Figures

27. The Jungle Book

28. Manchester by the Sea

29. My Life as a Zucchini

30. Timecode

31. Hacksaw Ridge

32. Zootopia

33. Sully

34. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

35. La Femme et le TGV

36. Joe’s Violin

37. Deepwater Horizon

38. Tanna

39. A Man Called Ove

40. Kubo and the Two Strings

41. Borrowed Time

42. Life, Animated

43. Nocturnal Animals

44. The Red Turtle

45. Hail, Caesar!

46. Extremis

47. Doctor Strange

48. Pearl

49. Ennemis Intérieurs

50. Jim: The James Foley Story

51. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

52. Pear Cider and CIgarettes

53. Silent Nights

54. Allied

55. Blind Vaysha

56. Florence Foster Jenkins

57. Captain Fantastic

58. Star Trek Beyond

59. Trolls

60. Passengers

61. Suicide Squad

62. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi