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Oscar Shrinkage: 276 Features Qualify for This Year’s Awards, Lowest Count in a Decade

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50-year record. This year’s number is the lowest since 2011, when 265 titles qualified. The last time the number of eligible films was below 300 was 2013, when there were 289.

The full, alphabetical list is on the Academy’s website, where you’ll find a mix of studio fare and indies, ranging from the animated “The Addams Family 2” to “House of Gucci” to the crime dramedy “Zola.” This year’s crop of contenders had to meet Academy rules similar to last year’s, which were adjusted to account for the near complete shutdown of movie theaters during the height of the COVID-19 crisis.

Feature films must be more than 40 minutes and run for a minimum of seven consecutive days in a commercial movie theater during the qualifying window of March 1, 2021 through Dec, 31, 2021 – a shorter period than last year, which went from Jan.

1, 2020 to Feb. 28, 2021. The film must play in at least one of the following six metropolitan areas: Los Angeles County, New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta.

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