Seasonal · Awards season
Oscar season: catch up on the contenders together
Between the nominations and the ceremony there's a window where everyone wants to have seen the films — and nobody can agree which one first. One person has read every review, one just wants something under two hours, and one has already seen half the list.
Brew an awards deck and pickaru deals well-reviewed, recent, prestige-leaning films. Everyone swipes in private so the critic in the group doesn't steer the vote, and pickaru can skip titles you've already marked as watched.
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Awards-season staples
Oppenheimer2023
Three hours, and the room will still be talking after.
Everything Everywhere All at Once2022
The one that made everybody cry about a laundromat.
Parasite2019
The rare Best Picture that is also a great Friday night.
Anora2024
Funny, frantic, then suddenly not.
Nomadland2020
Quiet, wide-open, and a good antidote to the blockbuster deck.
The Brutalist2024
Epic in the old sense — plan the intermission.
Examples, not the deck: the deck is dealt fresh from the filters when you brew it, so it changes every time.
How it works
1
Brew the deck
The button below opens the builder pre-tuned for this night. Tweak anything, then deal.
2
Share the code
Friends join from any phone with the six-letter code or the invite link — no install, no password.
3
Swipe, then match
Everyone votes in private. Results unlock together: a full match, a ranked shortlist, or let the roulette pick.
Questions
Does the deck know this year's nominees?
It doesn't read the nominations list — it deals recent, highly rated, prestige-tagged films from TMDB. Hand-picking is the way to swipe the exact shortlist: switch to manual mode in the builder and search the titles.
Can we skip what we've already seen?
Mark films as watched from any results screen, and the 'skip watched' setting keeps them out of future decks.