Jordan Blake

We crunched our entire movie database to find the real patterns behind ratings, genres, and audience favorites. The data tells a fascinating story.

The 98th Academy Awards gave us records, firsts, and a few curveballs. Jordan Blake digs into the data behind the golden statues — from Sinners' record-shattering 16 nominations to the birth of an entirely new Oscar category.

Out of 1,132,666 movies in the spameri.cz database, only 479 score above 7.5 on Trakt while having fewer than 1,000 votes. We dug through them all. These are the 8 that deserve your attention right now.