2024 Best Picture Nominees
The 90s
Fantasy
Romcoms's Favorite Cities
It's Steven Spielberg's World...
100

This world is home to both stereotypical and discontinued models who are treated in the real world like outcasts due to their unconventional traits, but not here.

Barbieland - Barbie

100

This stereotypically shallow and very rich neighborhood has a high school filled with some of the most iconic checkered print skirts suits.

Beverly Hills - Clueless

100

The appeal of this land is more than its promise to never grow up.

Neverland - Peter Pan

100

One of the most notable rom coms from this city follows a bookshop owner who meets a famous actress.

London - Notting Hill

100

When a young woman is killed we follow as a trio engages in an epic battle of man vs. nature here.

Amity Island - Jaws

200

This epic western focuses on a series of murders that take place in this southern state.

Oklahoma - Killers of the Flower Moon

200

In this 1990 American Crime Drama we get an inside look at the Italian American Mafia in this notorious neighborhood.

Brooklyn - Goodfellas

200

It is up to the viewer to decide if this world is a drug-induced hallucination or an alternate dimension.

Wonderland - Alice in Wonderland

200

This cities lure for rom coms dates all the way back to a widely successful romantic musical about gang dynamics that won Best Picture in 1962.

New York City - West Side Story

200

The unthinkably violent and harrowing opening sequence of this drama is one for the ages on this notorious beach.

Beaches of Normandy, France - Saving Private Ryan

300

This fearless love story chronicles the complicated lifelong relationship of a legend in their field and his wife.

New York City - Maestro

300

When our protagonist gets sent to live with his father to stay out of trouble he finds himself in this neighborhood that has a booming gang culture.

South Central LA - Boyz n the Hood

300

This mythological ancient city has been adapted into Greek Mythology and other works of fiction before and after Disney’s approach in 2001.

Atlantis - Atlantis: The Lost Empire
300

This notoriously luxurious city is home to an iconic romcom that introduces both the protagonist and the audience to a world of wealth and sophistication.

Los Angeles - Pretty Woman

300

When our protagonist’s kids are kidnapped he has to travel back to this world and fight his old nemesis to save his family.

Neverland - Hook
400

In a stark juxtaposition to its location, this family strives to build an idyllic life in their house and garden next to one of the deadliest sites in history.

Auschwitz - The Zone of Interest

400

Martin Scorsese follows this Jewish American protagonist, an expert in their field, on the journey of a lifetime to this flashy town. He find success at first but problems ensue with a loose-cannon enforcer…

Las Vegas - Casino

400

This world that famously took decades to craft was meant to be the rich mythology the English people had lost. 

Middle Earth - The Lord of the Rings

400

This city is home to a classic black-and-white romcom that follows a couple who escapes their duties for the day to explore the streets via motorbike.

Rome - Roman Holiday

400

This film can't shake the ghosts of those who didn't survive, and keeps showing us their fates in this ill-fated city…

Krakow, Poland - Schindler's List

500

The protagonist of this film openly hates their surroundings, but is this unhappiness enough to convict murder?

France (Alps) - Anatomy of a Fall

500

After an act of rebellion, our 18 year old protagonist gets sent to this location where she makes unexpected relationships for the next 18 months.

New England Psych Ward - Girl Interrupted

500

With the seemingly limitless uses for the material vibranium, this world balances highly advanced technology with an ageless, unique aesthetic not often seen in Western media.

Wakanda - Black Panther

500

This charming city is home to our protagonist until she realizes her life (and history) is bigger than she planned. In this coming-of-age story we follow a major transformation (that’s really just a basic glow up).

San Francisco - Princess Diaries

500

When war breaks out in his home country, this tourist finds himself trapped both physically and in international politics.

JFK Airport - The Terminal