The 9 sequels that were nominated for Best Picture, including Top Gun: Maverick

Which sequels have been nominated for Best Picture? We’ve got answers.

The Academy Awards aren’t always known for throwing love at sequels.

While, yes, some films have broken through the void and earned respect from the Oscars, the industry has typically preferred original and adapted works.

Well, now that we’re headed toward another Oscar show, it’s time to take a look back at all the sequels that have won and been nominated in the Best Picture category.

There are actually more than you think!

Especially since the Oscars expanded the Best Picture nomination field past just five nominees, there are a good handful of sequels that have gotten some Oscar love in the show’s top category.

9 of the best ‘but it came out in 2007’ memes taking over the Internet

Prepare for Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” to get stuck in your head.

August is a pretty brutal time for moviegoers.

Summer blockbuster season is all but over. The likes of Top Gun: Maverick and Thor: Love & Thunder are getting ready to exit theaters and there isn’t much to get excited for until the holidays roll around.

Fortunately, the Internet has found a hilariously brilliant way to make new content out of old films—by editing Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” over scenes and cutting straight to the credits.

The “[Insert Movie], but it came out in 2007” meme quickly caught on and, oh man, is there some good content out there.

Funny enough, even though the song came out in 2007, it was first used to take a movie’s final scene into the end credits by Michael Bay’s Transformers in 2009. It set the bar pretty high.

Let’s see how the Internet stacks up against the original.