82nd Academy Awards® to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees | Press Release | AMPAS

82nd Academy Awards® to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees, Not 5

There used to be more nominees back in the day. In the mid 1930s there were as many as 12. But then again, there were actually some good movies made in the 30s. There were ten nominees in 1939, including both The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind. (Not to mention Stagecoach, Wuthering Heights and Mr Smith Goes to Washington.)