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 #25

1971 winner William Friedkin – The French Connection vs. 1972 winner Bob Fosse – Cabaret

Face-Off: Best Actor #25

1986 winner Paul Newman – The Color of Money vs. 1987 winner Michael Douglas – Wall Street

Face-Off: Best Actress #25

1995 winner Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking vs. 1996 winner Frances McDormand – Fargo

Face-Off: Best Original Screenplay #21

1976 winner Network vs. 1977 winner Annie Hall

Face-Off: Best Adapted Screenplay #21

1988 winner Dangerous Liaisons vs. 1989 winner Driving Miss Daisy

Face-Off: Best Original Score #16

1998 winner Life Is Beautiful vs. 1999 winner The Red Violin

Face-Off: Best Original Song #20

2005 winner “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” – Hustle & Flow vs. 2006 winner “I Need to Wake Up” – An Inconvenient Truth

Face-Off: Best Editing #25

1948 winner The Naked City vs. 1949 winner Champion

Face-Off: Best Cinematography #25

1997 winner Titanic vs. 1998 winner Saving Private Ryan

Face-Off: Best Documentary Feature #21

1980 winner From Mao to Mozart vs. 1981 winner Genocide