Wow, that will definitely makes things more interesting. The first thing I thought of was Wall-E too buzz!

The Dark Knight
The Wrestler
Wall-E
Revolutionary Road
The Visitor

I have mixed thoughts about this. The academy awards tend to be long and drawn out as they are -- wouldn't this just extend the show even more? I'm not sure there even are 5 more movies that are worthy of an oscar nomination.

The Dark Knight! It was the best picture last year, in my opinion.

I don't like this - I feel like it cheapens the honor of being nominated.

I agree that it cheapens the honor of being nominated. That being said, if this had been the case last year, I think Wall-E and The Wrestler would've been nominated.

If there were 10 last year, they should have also included:
Wall-E, The Dark Knight, The Wrestler, Frozen River, and, maybe, Rachel Getting Married or Wendy and Lucy.

I agree with estella241. And considering the number of quality pictures has gone down in recent years, this is even less incentive to create good work.

The Wrestler
Wall-E
Seven Pounds
The Dark Knight
Gran Torino

Is there even enough good work out there for to be a point in including more nominations?

hopefully this means some foreign films will slip into the Best Picture Category

with 10 best pictures does that mean the broadcast will last for 7 hrs

ugh, i really love going to the amc best picture showcase (marathon of movies!!). i don't think it will be possible with 10 nominees unless they split it up over two days. bummer.

I think this is good news. There were quite a few that I (and many, many others) felt deserved a spot in the Best Picture category this year that didn't get one, such as Wall-E and The Dark Knight, as some people have already mentioned.

I heard this story on NPR on my drive home from work. They said that the show wouldn't necessarily be longer, and also mentioned that in previous decades there wasn't always just 5 nominees (one year had 10, another 12).

I don't like this idea, partly because they aren't that many good movies that come out each year (unfortunately). I would much rather see separate acting categories for Comedy and Drama, like they do at the Golden Globes. Comedy actors always get the shaft at the Oscars because the Academy usually chooses a dramatic actor over a comedic one.

I am so shocked I cannot even grasp this. It's too bad The Academy didn't do this 2 years ago, when my beloved Into the Wild was on the bubble.

Good idea Californiagirl....

and i'm sorry to the other posters, but the Dark Knight for best picture? other than Heath and the special effects, that is about all its got. definitely doesn't compare to the Wrestler or Wall-E!

gone baby gone.. a bit unknown but a teriffic movie!

It seems that if they do this, they should just do away with the Best Animated Feature category, which always seemed kind of silly to me, and just add those movies to the Best Picture category.

Benjamin Button was awful (IMO). I would absolutely have chosen Revolutionary Road over BB any day.

Every year there is "The Favorite", "The Possible Upset", "The Dark-Horse", "How the heck did that get a nomination?!", and "The Filler". It seems to be a struggle just to fill five spots with movies that deserve the label of "Best Picture", so how does the Academy think it will be able to find ten films worthy of the being called best?!

Sure there are the overlooked pictures that miss out. Basically if your movie is not released during the magic window between Thanksgiving and Christmas day, it has little hope of making the cut, unless it is a runaway hit, because the Oscar voters seem to suffer from long term memory loss.

It also effects the Oscar show's ratings because the audience has not seen (or in some cases) even heard of the nominees, so increasing the number of nominations does little to solve that problem.