Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar Winner A and Oscar Winner B, the winner would face off against the winner of the contest between Oscar Winner C and Oscar Winner D. Think of it like championship brackets but with an Oscar style. If this is popular enough, we may do it for other types of films, events and such. Each week we may even have different categories to keep things spicy.

Here is this week’s ten face-offs. So, let’s get started.

Face-Off: Best Director #24

1969 winner John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy vs. 1970 winner Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton

Face-Off: Best Actor #24

1984 winner F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus vs. 1985 winner William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman

Face-Off: Best Supporting Actor #24

1968 winner Jack Albertson – The Subject Was Roses vs. 1969 winner Gig Young – They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Face-Off: Best Original Screenplay #20

1974 winner Chinatown vs. 1975 winner Dog Day Afternoon

Face-Off: Best Adapted Screenplay #20

1986 winner A Room with a View vs. 1987 winner The Last Emperor

Face-Off: Best Miscellaneous Writing #15

1950 winner All About Eve vs. 1950 winner Sunset Blvd.

Face-Off: Best Original Song #19

2003 winner “Into the West” – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. 2004 winner “Al Otro Lado del Rio” – The Motorcycle Diaries

Face-Off: Best Art Direction #24

1944 winner Wilson vs. 1945 winner Blood on the Sun

Face-Off: Best Costume Design #24

1977 winner Star Wars vs. 1978 winner Death on the Nile

Face-Off: Best Foreign Language Film #20

1987 winner Babette’s Feast vs. 1988 winner Pelle the Conqueror