Are you sick of those ordinary Oscar office pools? Tired of only guessing the top 6 or 8 categories for the Academy Awards? Let your inner-movie geek shine with Bowl the Perfect Oscar Score (aka Oscar Bowling). Try to nail 300 points on the 2019 Academy Awards.
This is a confidence list.
There are 24 categories.
How to play
Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.
This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).
You’ll eventually be able to say things like … “Once, in 2024, I got a 297 Oscar score.” Or, “I know a guy who once hit 300 back in 2015.” Yeah, you’ll be saying these things. Trust me.
Previous Scores
2018 — 260
2017 — 226
2016 — 246
2015 — 208
2014 — 271
2013 — 257
2012 — 256
2011 — 246
This year’s picks…
24 - Song - Shallow
23 - Foreign Language Film - Roma
22 - Director - Alfonso Cuaron
21 - Makeup and Hairstyling - Vice
20 - Cinematography - Roma
19 - Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali
18 - Supporting Actress - Regina King
17 - Visual Effects - Avengers: Infinity War
16 - Actress - Glenn Close
15 - Adapted Screenplay - BlacKkKlansman
14 - Picture - Roma
13 - Film Editing - Vice
12 - Animated Feature - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
11 - Documentary Feature - Free Solo
10 - Original Screenplay - The Favourite
09 - Production Design - The Favourite
08 - Costume Design - The Favourite
07 - Score - Black Panther
06 - Sound Mixing - First Man
05 - Sound Editing - First Man
04 - Actor - Christian Bale
03 - Live Action Short - Skin
02 - Documentary Short - Black Sheep
01 - Animated Short - Weekends