If the Internet created Oscar categories

There are more important things than Best Actor or Actress.
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There are more important things than Best Actor or Actress.

While some of Hollywood's most elite stars are clamoring for the most coveted Oscar categories, the Internet has a different set of priorities.


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While winning Best Picture will be nice, there are other qualities an actor, an actress or a film in general can have that can be overlooked by the Academy.

Winning isn't everything, especially depending on the category.

Baest Actor/ Actress

  • Eddie Redmayne, who is beautiful at all times.

  • Jennifer Lawrence who brings us Joy, always.

  • Michael Fassbender reminding us of the sensual appeal of a black turtleneck.

  • Winner: Cate Blanchett, who is always bae no matter what she does.

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Baest Supporting Actor/Actress

  • Tom Hardy, who looks bae even when he's running through the woods.

  • Alicia Vikander, who showed us her artistic side in The Danish Girl.

  • Rooney Mara, who was also bae next to the baest Cate Blanchett.

  • Winner: Mark Ruffalo, who is bae IRL as well as on screen.

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Actor/Actress Who Just Can't Even

  • Phyllis Smith/Sadness in Inside Out

  • Matt Damon/Mark Watney in The Martian

  • Lily James/Cinderella in Cinderella

  • Rooney Mara/Therese Belivet in Carol

  • Winner: Saoirse Ronan/Eilis in Brooklyn, because she just can't even make a decision unless a little old lady is mean to her.

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Best "Literally Dying" Moment

  • Fiona Glascott, Brooklyn

  • Kurt Russell, The Hateful Eight

  • Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

  • Jason Mitchell, Straight Outta Compton

  • Winner: Harrison Ford, Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Force Awakens, Sorry, spoilers, never mind.

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Most Hashtaggable Film

The Revenant, for all the bear puns

Inside Out, for #FeelingAllTheFeels

Mad Max: Fury Road, for #FastAndFuriosa

Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Force Awakes for #NoSpoilers, #SpoilersMust Die and #TheseAreNotTheSpoilersYoureLookingFor

Winner: Straight Outta Compton for being not only a hashtag, but a whole meme.

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Most Feels

  • Brooklyn, for lukewarm feels.

  • Carol, for forbidden love feels.

  • Room, for Brie Larson feels.

  • Winner: Inside Out, for all the feels.

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The Damn, Daniel Award

  • Daniel Radcliffe, who is the magical boy.

  • Daniel Craig, our favorite 007.

  • Jeff Daniels, who is nominated out of pity.

  • Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, because he wins everything he's nominated for.

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Most GIFable Movie

  • Inside Out

  • Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Force Awakens

  • Straight Outta Compton

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Winner: The Revenant, specifically for that bear attack.

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Most Likely To Have Articles About It Shared By Your Mom on Facebook

  • Magic Mike XXL, because your mom is hip too, you know.

  • Inside Out, because the little girl in it looks just like you!

  • Cinderella, because don't you remember how you loved her when you were a kid?

  • The Martian, because she just loves that Matt Damon.

  • Winner: Bridge of Spies, because she and your father went to see it last week and that Tom Hanks was so good! He seems nice.

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Most Yaaaasssss-worthy performance

  • Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara hook up for the first time in Carol.

  • Saoirse Ronan tells off the mean, old Miss Kelly in Brooklyn.

  • Steve Carell tells everyone at Morgan Stanley that they're all idiots in The Big Short.

  • Charlize Theron taking aim with her huge gun as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road.

  • Winner: N.W.A. performs at the roller rink in Straight Outta Compton.

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Most Kween-ly

  • Jennifer Lawrence in Joy

  • Cate Blanchett in Carol

  • Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs

  • Winner: Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road

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Most Pin-able Costume

  • Cinderella's technicolor blue gown

  • Rooney Mara's plaid hat

  • Eddie Redmayne's lacy frocks

  • Cate Blanchett's fur coat

  • Winner: Saoirse Ronan's vintage bathing suit

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Best Illegal, Low Quality Stream

  • Straight Outta Compton

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

  • The Revenant

  • The Hateful Eight

  • Winner: Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Force Awakens

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Worst Movie that you still watch because you a beloved actor is in it

  • 50 Shades of Grey, because Jamie Dornan was so good in The Fall

  • Mordecai, because you'll always love Johnny Depp

  • Fantastic Four, because you feel sorry for Miles Teller and Kate Mara

  • Jupiter Ascending, because Channing Tatum is in Magic Mike, and nothing can change that

  • Winner: Serena, because Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper can still be magic, a la Silver Linings Playbook

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Most Tumblr-worthy

  • Michael Fassbender, even if he's dressed as Steve Jobs

  • Jennifer Lawrence, because she's so relateable

  • Mark Ruffalo, because he's bae.

  • Eddie Redmayne, because he's also bae.

  • Winner: John Boyega and Oscar Issac, because this Finn/Poe ship will never sink.

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Best picture to watch on your dad's HBO Go account

  • Trumbo, because what is Trumbo?

  • The Big Short, because Netflix takes forever.

  • Spotlight, because you kept putting off seeing it.

  • Brooklyn, because you couldn't bring yourself to pay $15 to see it.

  • Winner: The Revenant, because you might need your loved ones around to keep your safe while watching it.

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Andrea Romano -- comedy writer, craft enthusiast, lady -- was a Watercooler Reporter. She worked as an intern at Mashable beginning in January 2014. Andrea recently completed her Masters degree in Media Studies and Film from The New School and writes sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The People's Improv Theatre. She once watched three Paul Rudd movies in a row on a bicoastal flight and didn't realize it until she landed. She does things like that a lot. Twitter: @theandrearomano

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