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Director: Henry King Producer: Winfield R. Sheehan Screenplay: Sonya Levien, Paul Green, Frank Craven, Julien Josephson, Henry Wales Photography: Hal Mohr, Joseph A. Valentine Music: Louis De Francesco Cast: Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Lew Ayres, Sally Eilers, Norman Foster Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 100%/Audience: 54%

Director: Sidney Franklin Producers: Albert Lewin, Irving Thalberg Screenplay: Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart, James B. Fagan, John L. Balderston, Frances Marion, John Meehan Photography: Lee Garmes Music: William Axt Cast: Norma Shearer, Frederic March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie, Ralph Forbes Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 80%/Audience: 69%

Director: Lowell Sherman Producer: William LeBaron Screenplay: Mae West, Harvey F. Thew, John Bright Photography: Charles Lang Music: John Leipold Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 93%/Audience: 53%

Director: Alexander Korda Producers: Alexander Korda, Ludovico Toeplitz Screenplay: Lajos Biro, Arthur Wimperis Photography: Georges Perinal Music: Kurt Schroder Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie, Elsa Lanchester, Binnie Barnes Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 94%/Audience: 74%

Director: George Cukor Producer: Merian C. Cooper, Kenneth Macgowan Screenplay: Sarah J. Mason, Victor Heerman, Del Andrews, Alfred Block, Charles Brackett, Salisbury Field, David Hempstead, Jane Murfin, G.B. Stern, Wanda Tuchock, John Twist Photography: Henry W. Gerrard Music: Max Steiner Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver, Jean Parker Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 89%/Audience: 78%

Director: Frank Capra Producer: Harry Cohn Screenplay: Robert Riskin Photography: Joseph Walker Music: Howard Jackson Cast: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 100%/Audience: 79%

Director: Mervyn LeRoy Producer: Hal B. Wallis Screenplay: Howard J. Green, Brown Holmes, Sheridan Gibney Photography: Sol Polito Music: Bernhard Kaun Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 96%/Audience: 91%

Director: Frank Borzage Producer: Frank Borzage Screenplay: Benjamin Glazer, Oliver H.P. Garrett Photography: Charles Lang Cast: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adlophe Menjou, Mary Philips, Jack La Rue Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 88%/Audience: 53%

Director: Frank Lloyd Producer: Frank Lloyd Screenplay: Reginald Berkeley Photography: John F. Seitz Music: Peter Brunelli, Louise De Francesco, Arthur Lange, J.S. Kamecnik Cast: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 62%/Audience: 26%

Director: Lloyd Bacon Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck Screenplay: Rian James, James Seymour Photography: Sol Polito Music: Al Dubin, Harry Warren Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 93%/Audience: 74%

Eric, Ike, and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 2021. Once again, the nominees are Belfast, CODA, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story.

Director: Steven Spielberg Producers: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Kevin McCollum, Steven Spielberg Screenplay: Tony Kushner Photography: Janusz Kaminski Music: Leonard Bernstein Cast: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 91%/Audience: 93%

Director: Jane Campion Producers: Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman Screenplay: Jane Campion Photography: Ari Wegner Music: Jonny Greenwood Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Bryony Skillington Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 94%/Audience: 76%

Director: Guillermo del Toro Producers: Bradley Cooper, J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro,  Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan Photography: Dan Laustsen Music: Nathan Johnson Cast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 80%/Audience: 68%

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson Photography: Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael Bauman Music: Jonny Greenwood Cast: Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 90%/Audience: 65%