2016 Oscar Cheat Sheet
This Is Everything You Need to Know to Cheat Your Way Through the Oscars
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The Oscars are on Sunday, so there's definitely still time to watch each and every movie nominated for a big award. Then again, you're an important person. You have meetings to get to! And happy hours to attend! And those six seasons of TV shows rotting away in your Netflix queue! Listen, we get it — you don't have time to sit through every supposed "bear rape" or triumph of cinematography that comes down the Hollywood pipeline. Luckily for you, oh busy pop culture consumer, we've rounded up the buzziest movies of the year and narrowed down the bare minimum of facts you'll need to impress all of your friends at their Oscar-viewing parties.
1 The Martian
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2 Brooklyn
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3 The Danish Girl
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4 Mad Max: Fury Road
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5 The Big Short
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6 Bridge of Spies
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7 Creed
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8 The Revenant
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9 Carol
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10 Spotlight
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11 Room
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12 Joy
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13 Fifty Shades of Grey
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