10 Oscar Film Categories That Should Totally Exist
10. Best Ensemble
To start with an obvious one, then, why doesn't the Oscars featured an award for "Best Ensemble?" It's often the case that a movie will be packed to the brim with a bunch of awesome performances, and yet no actor is noticeably more awesome than any other: in fact, it's the interplay and chemistry between the actors and their performances that enhances the movie to high places. That's ensemble! And it needs to be recognised. Take a movie like The Grand Budapest Hotel. Here's a picture made up entirely of awesome little performances that amount to a magnificent whole when you throw them all together in that kaleidoscope of brilliance most folk refer to as "A Wes Anderson Film." The movie is, essentially, an "ensemble piece," and a Oscar presented to all the cast members who came together and contributed great performances to ensure it as a group tour-de-force deserves to be noticed. You know, in the same way that movies like Ocean's Eleven, or American Hustle, or Inglourious Basterds deserved to Oscar glory for their ensemble achievements - make it happen!
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.