Eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Director, Actor. Won three, including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The true story of the origins of Facebook. Arron Sorkin’s screenplay follows three Harvard students as they join forces to create a new online experience, but then fight over who’s idea it was and who should own it. There are no heroes. Each character is deeply flawed. I was amazed that the filmmakers could get away with presenting unflattering pictures of real people, even as the battle in the courts continues in 2011.