Are you willing to fight for "Conclave" or arm wrestle for "Anora"? USA TODAY's movie experts make the case for all 10 films up for Oscar's top prize.

Where Sunrise would come to typify the sort of film that usually wins Best Picture — a serious artistic statement from a major director — In Old Arizona typifies the sort of film that would ...

And, as in so many of the previous century’s editions: WTF, Oscars!? We’ve gone back and rewatched every Best Picture winner since the year 2000, and the result has been eye-opening.

Just as Edward Berger’s film juggles various candidates for the papacy, the race for best picture at the Academy ... became ensnarled by a scandal over old tweets. I’m not completely counting ...

Little Bill,” he tells old rival Gene Hackman. This brutal and elegiac film was always a shoo-in for its Oscar. The first non-English language film to win a Best Picture Oscar was significant on ...

"Titanic" and "All About Eve" top the list as the most-nominated movies to win best picture, with 14 nods each. LOS ANGELES -- In the Oscars' nearly 100-year history, the Academy has nominated 611 ...

With Anora and other recent winners in the rearview, independently made films aren't gaining ground on the awards playing ...