Movie Yearbooks
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Movie Yearbooks — 2020
Nomadland — Best Picture and road-film anchor. The desert road and van evoke itinerant life without a performer likeness. Source: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021
Movie Yearbooks — 2019
Parasite — international cinema and awards crossover. An original split-level house and basement express class division; an original laurel trophy signals recognition.
Movie Yearbooks — 2018
The first three selections anchor the composition. Smaller references balance commercial franchises with animation, horror, music, international film, streaming and awards cinema.
Movie Yearbooks — 2017
Awards cited here were presented on March 4, 2018, honoring films released in 2017. Their attribution to this film-year page is intentional. No numerical box-office claims are baked into the image.
Movie Yearbooks — 2016
The intended anchors were Rogue One, Finding Dory, and Captain America: Civil War.
Movie Yearbooks — 2015
The anchors are Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World and Mad Max: Fury Road. The other seven moments occupy supporting lobby displays.
Movie Yearbooks — 2014
The anchors are Transformers: Age of Extinction, Interstellar and Birdman. The other seven moments occupy supporting lobby displays.
Movie Yearbooks — 2013
The anchors are Frozen, Gravity and 12 Years a Slave; the other seven moments occupy supporting lobby displays and objects.
Movie Yearbooks — 2012
The Avengers (Box office / shared universe): The worldwide box-office leader anchors the page; converging colored beams over an anonymous skyline symbolize an ensemble.
Movie Yearbooks — 2011
The Academy Awards referenced here were presented on February 26, 2012, honoring films from 2011. This page attributes them to the films’ 2011 year, not to their ceremony date.
Movie Yearbooks — 2010
The Academy's February 27, 2011 ceremony honored films released in 2010. Awards cited here belong to the films on this 2010 page; they were not handed out in calendar 2010.
Movie Yearbooks — 2009
This is the 2009 film-season page. Academy wins and nominations listed here were presented at the 82nd Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, honoring 2009 releases.
Movie Yearbooks — 2008
The Dark Knight — selected as 2008's worldwide box-office leader and a landmark blockbuster; represented by an abstract city searchlight, playing card, and skyline rather than a performer or…
Movie Yearbooks — 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: the worldwide box-office leader; evoked with a storm ship, whirlpool, compass, and torn map.
Movie Yearbooks — 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: the year's worldwide box-office leader and only the third film then to cross $1 billion; evoked by a storm ship, compass, and treasure chest.
Movie Yearbooks — 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: the year's worldwide box-office leader; evoked with a glowing cup and stormy maze.
Movie Yearbooks — 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: a defining critically acclaimed original; evoked through scattered photographs and a winter shoreline.
Movie Yearbooks — 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — the worldwide box-office leader and a landmark franchise finale that won all eleven Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture…
Movie Yearbooks — 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — the worldwide box-office leader and a defining second chapter in the fantasy-franchise surge; symbolized by two distant stone towers and an anonymous traveler.
Movie Yearbooks — 2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone — the year’s worldwide box-office leader and a new fantasy-franchise launch; symbolized by spectacles, an old book and a candle.
Movie Yearbooks — 2000
Gladiator — Best Picture for the 2000 film year and a major revival of the historical epic; depicted with a generic weathered helmet and arena architecture.