An anonymous voter recently revealed that they haven't seen one of the Best Picture contenders, despite new rules in place mandating watching.
Voting for the Academy Awards officially ended this week, and an anonymous voter recently revealed that they haven’t seen one of the Best Picture contenders, despite new rules in place mandating voters watch.
In a recent report from THR profiling an anonymous female member of the Academy’s 719-documentary branch who is voting on the awards, the member revealed some of their votes for the upcoming award show, which takes place on March 15, 2026.“I put Frankenstein at number 10 because I haven’t seen it, which is unfair, but I ran out of time and decided to check the box indicating that I had so that I could support other films,” said the voter. The remark is notable, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made it a rule last year that Academy members had to watch all nominated films in each category in order to be able to vote in the final round of voting for the awards., another nominee for Best Picture, was something they barely watched as well. “F1 was not for me — I watched about 45 minutes of it, and I didn’t need to watch more,” the voter said. In the end, the voter ranked Sentimental Value as their top choice for Best Picture, while also voting for While it’s unlikely the AMPAS will ever be able to properly vet each and every voter, it still is noteworthy to see voters already not sticking to the rules. This year’s show is set to feature some very close races as well, which will undoubtedly make for even more controversy should more voters acknowledge they didn’t watch many of the movies.Anthony Nash has been writing about games and the gaming industry for nearly a decade. When he’s not writing about games, he’s usually playing them. You can find him on Twitter talking about games or sports at @_anthonynash.Ben Stiller recently took to social media to demand that the U.S. government take down a video it used that…Steven Yeun, who was originally cast as Sentry in Thunderbolts*, has addressed whether or not he still wants to be…2026 is a big year for the Highlander franchise. It marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary fantasy film about…Prime Video has officially added one of 2019’s underrated action comedy movies starring action veterans Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan…A 2013 dystopian sci-fi film starring Matt Damon is leaving Netflix’s content library soon. Set in a futuristic world divided…Regal has officially partnered with Focus Features to bring back 31 Best Picture-nominated movies to theaters, including previous Oscar winners…Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, recently shared why Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners should win Best Picture. What did Marvel’s…
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