Bonus #11: Secret Oscars 2023

Secret Film Club

In this long-awaited second marathon meeting, we discuss the last 50 films we've watched, and nominate them for awards in 13 categories.

Nominees

Most imaginative plot (02:17)

• Princess Mononoke
• Jason and the Argonauts
• Big Fish
• My Own Private Idaho

Best adaptation of Mutiny on the Bounty (24:08)

• Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
• The Bounty (1984)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
• In the Wake of the Bounty (1933)

Best antagonist (45:03)

• Lady Eboshi (Princess Mononoke)
• Chloe (The Ugly Dachshund)
• Terence Fletcher (Whiplash)
• Captain Bligh (Mutiny on the Bounty, 1962)

Best animal (01:10:15)

• Moro (Princess Mononoke)
• Mushu (Mulan)
• Yakul (Princess Mononoke)
• Puyi's mouse (The Last Emperor)

The best film in the category of films that made us reflect on our lives and helped us either make some changes to it or feel more comfortable with the lives that we have (01:33:12)

• The Speed Cubers
• Whiplash
• Heartbeats
• So Long My Son

Best soundtrack (01:55:20)

• Mulan
• Highlander
• Star Wars
• Belfast

Best actor (02:15:20)

• Sergey Dreyden (Russian Ark)
• Ryan O'Neal (Barry Lyndon)
• Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I)
• Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight)

Worst picture (02:35:30)

• Babes in Toyland
• Jason and the Argonauts
• Highlander
• A Bad Moms Christmas

Bonus awards (02:57:56)

Best lovesick drama (02:58:28)

• The Bounty
• Heartbeats
• Withnail & I
• My Own Private Idaho

Film that would be most improved if all but one of the cast were Muppets (03:00:49)

• Cromwell
• Shaft
• Jason and the Argonauts
• Macario

Hottest actor (03:05:32)

• Jamie Dornan (Belfast)
• Bobby Kendall (Pink Narcissus)
• Suzanne Pleshette (The Ugly Dachshund)
• Amy Adams (Enchanted)

Coldest actor (03:11:20)

• Christopher Lambert (Highlander)
• Errol Flynn (In the Wake of the Bounty)
• Charles Boyer (Gaslight)
• Keanu Reeves (My Own Private Idaho)

In Memoriam (03:16:08)

Best picture (03:24:03)

• Russian Ark
• Barry Lyndon
• Princess Mononoke
• So Long My Son

Next time, we will be discussing Evil Under the Sun (1982).