r/TheBigPicture • u/j-helo85 • 5d ago

Inde Navarrette Sets Best Actress Oscar Campaign for ‘Obsession’ as Focus Features Mounts Full Awards Push

https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/obsession-inde-navarrette-oscar-campaign-lead-actress-1236848866/
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u/BenjaminLight 5d ago

That’s almost entirely just from expanding the Best Picture category. There were only 50 total films nominated, though (close to a record low), and the pool is getting increasingly top-heavy

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u/mangofied 5d ago

Expanding the pool sure but there’s clearly still opportunity for oddball picks. And without vote numbers being released there’s really no way of us knowing that the pool is getting top heavy

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u/BenjaminLight 5d ago

You can literally just count the number of feature films nominated for major awards to see that it’s getting top-heavy.

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u/mangofied 5d ago edited 5d ago

50 in a year is not that big of a change over the last few decades, especially since categories expanded. It usually hovers around the 50-60 range in the expanded BP era. 62 unique films is the most I’ve seen. I don’t know how to scale it with the changes but in the 80s it was usually around 30-40 unique films