The presented pie charts give information about the proportion of Oscar finalists by film category from 2003 to 2008.
The higest film category was thriller in 2003, which was approximately 50%. The second higest was action at about 30% and horror was at 25%. The others four Oscar winners were documentary, romance, science fiction, and comedy were almost at the same proportion, at roughly 15% to 20% .
In contrast, the Oscar champions by thriller genre was reduced by nearly 50% to 35% in 2008. However, the action went up at about 40% and others four films by categories remained steady.
Overall, it can be seen that there significant reduced in number for thriller, but action had improved in numbers in 2008