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How The Best Picture Nominations Are REALLY Decided

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Oscars, Oscars, Oscars: The Oscar Nominations from Funny Or Die

Apparently, there are only two criteria necessary for a movie to be nominated for an Oscar.

Hint: it really helps if it's a barely funny movie that came out in December.

Watch the fabulous Bryan Sahphiye break it down in his thorough review of this year's Best Picture nominees above.

Via Funny Or Die

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Before You Go

Oscars 2014 Nominees

Best Picture — "American Hustle"(01 of44)

Best Picture — "Captain Phillips"(02 of44)

Best Picture — "Dallas Buyers Club"(03 of44)

Best Picture — "Gravity"(04 of44)

Best Picture — "Her"(05 of44)

Best Picture — "Nebraska"(06 of44)

Best Picture — "Philomena"(07 of44)

Best Picture — "12 Years a Slave"(08 of44)

Best Picture — "The Wolf of Wall Street"(09 of44)

Best Actor — Christian Bale, "American Hustle"(10 of44)

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Best Actor — Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"(11 of44)

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Best Actor — Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"(12 of44)

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Best Actor — Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"(13 of44)

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Best Actor — Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"(14 of44)

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Best Actress — Amy Adams, "American Hustle"(15 of44)

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Best Actress — Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"(16 of44)

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Best Actress — Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"(17 of44)

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Best Actress — Judi Dench, "Philomena"(18 of44)

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Best Actress — Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"(19 of44)

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Best Supporting Actor — Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"(20 of44)

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Best Supporting Actor — Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"(21 of44)

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Best Supporting Actor — Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"(22 of44)

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Best Supporting Actor — Jonah Hill, "The Wolf of Wall Street"(23 of44)

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Best Supporting Actor — Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"(24 of44)

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Best Supporting Actress — Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"(25 of44)

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Best Supporting Actress — Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"(26 of44)

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Best Supporting Actress — Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"(27 of44)

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Best Supporting Actress — Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"(28 of44)

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Best Supporting Actress — June Squibb, "Nebraska"(29 of44)

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Best Animated Feature — "The Croods"(30 of44)

Best Animated Feature — "Despicable Me 2"(31 of44)

Best Animated Feature — "Ernest and Celestine"(32 of44)

Best Animated Feature — "Frozen"(33 of44)

Best Animated Feature — "The Wind Rises"(34 of44)

Best Director — David O. Russell, "American Hustle"(35 of44)

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Best Director — Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity"(36 of44)

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Best Director — Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"(37 of44)

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Best Director — Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"(38 of44)

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Best Director — Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"(39 of44)

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Best Foreign Language Film — "The Broken Circle Breakdown" (Belgium)(40 of44)

Best Foreign Language Film — "The Great Beauty" (Italy)(41 of44)

Best Foreign Language Film — "The Hunt" (Denmark)(42 of44)

Best Foreign Language Film — "The Missing Picture" (Cambodia)(43 of44)

Best Foreign Language Film — "Omar" (Palestine)(44 of44)

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