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No link here. Just in passing, here is how the Oscar Best Picture and Best Director nominee are rated at IMDb, as compared to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which is rated the highest of any 2004 film. (Eternal Sunshine was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.)

• Eternal Sunshine 8.6
  
• Million Dollar Baby 8.4 (nominated Best Picture, Best Director)
  
• Finding Neverland 8.2 (nominated Best Picture)
  
• Sideways 8.1 (nominated Best Picture, Best Director)
  
• Vera Drake 8.1 (nominated Best Director)
  
• Ray 7.9 (nominated Best Picture, Best Director)
  
• The Aviator 7.6 (nominated Best Picture, Best Director, currently favored)