That, however, is a phenomenal film.

That’s not always the case with these kinds of movies.

As such,The Theory of Everythingwas tailor-made for Academy Gold.

Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking leaning on a window in The Theory of Everything (2014)

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As far as biopics go, this one is pretty bland.

In fact, it’s very strongly not-badbut that’s precisely the issue that many people have with it.

Despite this controversy, though,The Danish Girlwas somewhat successful at the 2016 Oscars.

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The director’s work tends to generate very polarizing reactions, andThe Whalewas no exception.

WhetherThe Whaleis a powerful drama or a pseudo-intellectual exercise in cruelty is irrelevant in this case, though.

10’Les Miserables' (2012)

Oh,Tom Hooper, you funny Oscar-chasing man.

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After he agrees to care for a factory worker’s daughter, both their lives change forever.

At one point, she was both the most beloved and the most hated woman in Argentina.

This tour is the subject ofJudy, a biopic focused on her life.

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There were plenty ofoutstanding true crime moviesmade during the latter half of the 2010s.Bombshellwasn’t one of them.

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King George VI sitting down on a sofa looking melancholy in The King’s Speech.

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Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl

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Kate Winslet as Hannah Schmitz looking ahead in The Reader

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Charlie smilign softly and looking intently in The Whale

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Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables

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Madonna and Antonio Banderas dancing together in ‘Evita’

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Judy Garland singing on stage in Judy.

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Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.

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Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson, and Kayla Pospisil in an elevator in Bombshell.

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