Top 10 Oscar Wins I Hate Everyone Loves!

[@heatherfoster2086]

Ellen Burstyn should have won for Requiem for a Dream. That film is fantastic! Her performance still stays with me.

[@capkronos00]

Yup. That performance is so epic people still talk about it all the time 25 years later. The same cannot be said for the woman / performance that beat her. Also Jennifer Connelly should have won Supporting Actress for the same film but wasn't even nominated.

[@gauravw6947]

@@heatherfoster2086 Ellen would’ve won, if she was rightly nominated in the supporting category for her almost half-an-hour performance… That said, Julia Roberts was wonderful in Erin Brockovich and deserved the win, plus people do still talk about her performance 25 years later…

[@True_Canuck_1]

Thank you! There was absolutely nothing special about Julia Roberts' performance in Erin Brockovich.

[@troytette2410]

Disagree. It was too brutal of a film. I liked it and junk but Roberts was WAY over due and Erin B. was a perfect vehicle for that one.

[@True_Canuck_1]

@@troytette2410 Silence of the Lambs was also brutal, and yet it won every major Oscar. Also, Roberts wasn't "overdue for one." An Oscar should be won based on merit, not because the academy owes you one. Julia Roberts' performance was okay, not spectacular. "Erin Brockovich" was okay, not spectacular. Ellen Burstyn deserved that Oscar.

[@geeksontapshow]

Dances with wolves winning over Goodfellas is not a controversial take. I think it's one of the biggest blunders the Oscars ever did

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Dances With Wolves is literal oscar bait.

[@markvito746]

@@henrywallacesghost5883 ok …

[@anthonycameronnajera8471]

It's not though. Dances With Wolves is a masterpiece.

[@anthonycameronnajera8471]

​@henrywallacesghost5883 no it's not.

[@jeffhubbard9951]

Did you mean "blunders"? If so, yeah, with you there.

[@samuelbarber6177]

I don’t hate Forrest Gump, but time has been much more kind to The Shawshank Redemption in my humble opinion.

[@gggarth666]

Even Pulp Fiction should have won instead

[@antmfan231995]

See Forrest Gump best picture would definitely have made my list lol

[@patrickfloresenciso526]

I don't hate too, I LOVE THIS MOVIE also to the The Shawshank Redemption

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

Hated Forrest Gump then. Hate Forrest Gump now. There really wasn't much of a storyline. It was like just keep throwing everything and the kitchen sink AT Forrest and, well that's the movie. It was way too long. MAYBE if it had been edited down I might have liked it more. My favorite scene is still the actor who kept talking about the shrimp. How many ways he could make shrimp. That's really the only scene I remember fondly. And Sally Field was WAY to young to play Hank's mom.

[@user-pr5py8cw9x]

Forrest Gump is an American classic. Even little kids now still love it. It's a beloved movie by all generations and stands the test of time.

[@bluevol1976]

Ralph Fiennes should have won for Schindler’s List. It took me a long time to not see him as Amon Goth and feel my skin crawl.

[@FranssensM]

Agreed. Ralph’s performance affected how we view the actor. It sparked emotions in us. Which means it was noteworthy. Ghandi was great & Ben Kingsley was too. so he’s mistaken about that. It’s ok we all make mistakes.

[@knightterror2826]

I think I may be the one guy who disagrees with this

[@bluevol1976]

@@knightterror2826 to each their own.

[@rodneysettle8106]

Ralph Fiennes became Amon Goth and that rarely happens in movies in my opinion.

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Totally agree!! Luckily he might win one in the new year for Conclave, but I hear Adrien Brody is favored to win.

[@mrplatink]

1957's "12 Angry Men" changed movies for me when I was a teen. The acting, the pacing, the screenwriting, the cinematography, the directing--everything about that jury room drama is filmmaking craft at its finest. Easily, in my top three favorite films of all time.

[@KateBrod]

My fiancé never watched a movie older than the 80s because he thought they would be boring. He was already bored when I put on 12 angry men when it was my turn to choose the movie because of the synopsis. This movie changed his view on older movies. The farther we got into the movie, the more he was leaning forward and following every word and action on the screen. When the movie ended, he took a look at the time because he couldn't believe it went so fast.

[@mrplatink]

@@KateBrod Oh, I love this! thanks for sharing! Have him watch Chinatown, next!

[@KateBrod]

@@mrplatink I already did. He was a lot more receptive to my movie choice this time around. He loved it and was absolutely shocked with the ending. I also showed him Sunset Boulevard and I think it became one of his favorite movies. He was shocked that Gloria Swanson didn't win an Oscar for that performance.

[@mrplatink]

@@KateBrod *sigh* cinema love. He will always have you to thank for opening his cinematic world.

[@KennethHoffman-p4k]

A great movie and the fact that most of it took place in one little room and had virtually no action makes it incredible that it's so compelling. It was produced by Fonda, I think, and it's being a box office failure ended his intention to produce another. Great cast, including the always impressive Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Ed Begley Sr. and E.G. Marshall.

[@latissimusdomsi]

It's still bonkers crazy that the Oscar wins of All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard went to men lmao

[@berkcansevgi2714]

All About Eve is an excellent film

[@kd17Burger]

Why is that crazy ?

[@willnoiles2001]

I think why they’re saying it’s crazy is because both films had female leads (‘All About Eve’ had two female leads) and yet neither won.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

@@kd17Burger. It’s not. To be fair, the Actress categories both of those years were SUPER stacked.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

DiCaprio and Ejiofor were both better than McConaughey that year. I love Matthew. He was far better in True Detective, for which I thought he deserved the Emmy. By far his best performance. As you point out here, the Oscars often don’t reward acting as much as they do transformation.

[@grrrumpypanda]

God, some of these Oscar wins have aged so badly. Goodfellas not winning Best Picture and DiCaprio not winning Best Actor for Wolf of Wall Street - wow. Love how passionate you are!

[@johnivory3245]

DiCaprio is overrated.

[@gggarth666]

@@johnivory3245 Have to agree! But in The Wolf of Wall Street he was really good nevertheless.

[@johnivory3245]

@@gggarth666sure but so was Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 years a slave.

[@Hogtownboy1]

I hate Goodfellas

[@Kami_Afridi]

Dances with Wolves is not a bad film. Is just win everything over Goodfellas (Picture, Director, Screenplay) that's not good. They split some those awards. As far Leo I like that film but win come on its Matthew that year even though Film I don't like at all. Waste nomination for Picture category. Prisoners should been nominated atleat

[@Leo-Faure1]

7:45 Jean Dujardin had starred in 23 films & 5 tv shows in France since "The artist". He's very famous here.

[@melanie62954]

Thank you! We should never assume that just because an actor hasn't done much in American film, that they aren't doing good work.

[@smann87]

I feel like this has come up repeatedly concerning videos from this channel when Jean Dujardin’s win is criticized in how it feels like quite a few Americans feel that you have to pursue a Hollywood career to be successful at your craft. I love how both he and Marion Cotillard prioritized their film careers in France after their Oscar wins. Also, I think the videos from this channel reveal a preference for more dramatic/showy performances as he revisited his opinion on Casey Affleck’s Oscar-winning performance, as he originally thought that it was overrated while it was a performance with phenomenal subtlety. It takes serious charisma and sincerity to captivate an audience for two hours without a line of dialogue. I also think that it’s toxic how Oscar winners are suddenly given expectations as to what their careers are supposed to look like, when they never chose to win in the first place as that was the decision of other voters.

[@NeoConnor1]

He was in The Wolf of Wall Street, which he failed to mention in this video. Massive oversight.

[@kristinab3838]

Yeah, when he asked, "What has he done...?" I thought, "Probably working in France."

[@aristostoique]

yes, but only flops :p

[@ianhimmelstein5915]

I still think Rosamond Pike was robbed for gone girl and Naomi Watts was robbed for the impossible

[@raymondtitano3819]

Thank you! Everybody that year was like "It's Lawrence vs Chastain" and I'm over here like, "Ummm, Watts is swimming through dead bodies looking for her family - that's what Oscars were made for!"

[@heymistercarter.]

With Jean DuJardin, it seemed like he preferred the French film scene over Hollywood, and he's mostly stayed over there since his Oscar win. If you want a good movie he was in, DEERSKIN is a fun overlooked title from oddball director Quentin DuPieux. If you've never seen that, check it out, I certainly haven't seen anything like that one!

[@iamsoverybored878]

@heymistercarter. That's what I thought happened with him. It's good to know he's still thriving.

[@heymistercarter.]

@@iamsoverybored878 that seems to happen to a few actors who are major names in their home country, and get big in a Hollywood production. Sometimes, they make the transition and flip-flop between Hollywood films and ones in their home country. Examples include Javier Bardem, Mads Mikkelsen, Christoph Waltz, Penelope Cruz, Stellan Skarsgard, and so on. And then you’ll have actors like Noomi Rapace, Mélanie Laurent, and DuJardin who break out in Hollywood, dip their toes in that water, and realize it’s not their bag before making more films in their home country, where they still remain pretty successful. In terms of recent actors, I’m interested in seeing where people like Renate Reinsve and Wagner Moura end up on that.

[@heymistercarter.]

@@iamsoverybored878 that seems to happen to a few actors who are major names in their home country, and get big in a Hollywood production. Sometimes, they make the transition and flip-flop between Hollywood films and ones in their home country. Examples include Javier Bardem, Mads Mikkelsen, Christoph Waltz, Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Stellan Skarsgard, and so on. And then you’ll have actors like Noomi Rapace, Mélanie Laurent, and DuJardin who break out in Hollywood, dip their toes in that water, and realize it’s not their bag before making more films in their home country, where they still remain pretty successful. In terms of recent actors, I’m interested in seeing where people like Renate Reinsve and Wagner Moura end up on that.

[@lexkanyima2195]

But he should have his American Dream to succeed.

[@MarcioDAstrain]

Hate is such a strong word, Gwyneth Paltrow was good in Shakespeare in Love - I was happy when she won the Golden Globe for Comedy - BUT her winning the Oscar over brilliant performances like Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Emily Watson and - who I think should have won - FERNANDA MONTENEGRO - was an authentic injustice. This was literally a robbery. AND I KNOW most people agree with me, but I couldn't help but write this comment. There is no other Oscar winning that pisses me off more than this one to this day.

[@iamsoverybored878]

Especially since she didn't do much after it. Unless you count selling a vagina egg.

[@VeeLondon1449]

This 💯%

[@tabalaner4202]

Shakespeare in Love's win was the same. It's a fun and light movie with great sets and costumes but it should have never won over Saving Private Ryan. Another Weinstein campaign won the Oscar that night.

[@joelanthonylim6792]

Weinstein power was on full force, and Paltrow also won in Globes and SAG too while Blanchett won in Globes, CCA, and BAFTA

[@bruh_hahaha]

Harvey Weinstein bought her that Oscar. Everybody knows this.

[@mako4898]

Michelle Pfeiffer should have won for “The Fabulous Baker Boys” Jessica Tandy should have won for "Fried Green Tomatoes"

[@berkcansevgi2714]

“The Fabulous Baker Boys” is a terrible film

[@larisalynnortiz8979]

​@@berkcansevgi2714 Maybe, but Michelle Pfeiffer was incredible in it.

[@topogigio2879]

@@berkcansevgi2714 Agreed. Just watched it a few weeks ago, and I didn't even think Pfeiffer was that great in it. The tough broad shtick was just so overdone and all of the dialogue was of the "tell don't show" variety. She would have walked out on those idiots in the second or third week. Hated it.

[@kd17Burger]

Totally TOTALLY disagree Tandy deserved it and she did not deserve the nomination for Fried Green Tomatoes Mercedes Ruehl Definitely deserved the Oscar that year for the Fisher King

[@marks9233]

Yah, and DiCaprio winning for The Revenant versus say The Aviator is just silly.

[@greggilbert7529]

I couldn't stand Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich. It was more about one-liners and camera mugging than performance. Ellen Burstyn should have won for Requiem for a Dream.

[@PeaceDragon9]

Totally agree about Julia Roberts. Popularity is so often more important than skill.😢

[@KevinJohnson-vm4ju]

I totally agree......and now in real life .....the lawyer ..... From which the movie would make......... Has got charges on him that he stole money from the people that he was supposed to represent

[@AlienDrone_22]

100% agree on Ellen. Requiem scarred me so bad I've only watched it once, but I remember every moment.

[@MegaDiva1999]

Awful choice. Julia is a great star. Ellen Burystyn is a great actress. The 2 aren't the same

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Julia won because of her career and Ellen already had one. They do this all the time.

[@GravelordNito150]

I'm not going to tell you Judy Holiday should have won that award... but I will note, a lot of people claim to want more comedic performances to have a chance at the Oscars in the abstract but it seems like whenever one of them actually beats out dramatic performances (see also Marissa Tomei) people suddenly freak out and say "what, that's not right!"

[@colinneagle4495]

That's such a good point! In a setting like the Oscars where people are attempting to judge what art is "best," I think that "impressiveness" becomes the quality that people are looking for in hopes of capturing what the best art is. Thus the impressiveness of a grand, sweeping epic story is assumed to be the best kind of movie over something small and intimate, the impressiveness of recreating detailed historical clothing designs become the best kind of costumes over what people casually wear today, and a tour de force dramatic emotional challenge becomes the best kind of acting over someone's seemingly effortless comedic performance.

[@mikegonzalez503]

I would note Tomei's performance is now more loved and remembered than the other four nominees that year combined. However, you are honestly gonna say Holiday in born yesterday made more of an impact all these decades later than Gloria Swanson in sunset boulevard or betty Davis in AAE?

[@davepugh8815]

You are absolutely right!

[@larrydirtybird]

Thank you. So true. Judy Holiday was brilliant. That scene where she’s playing cards, it’s absolute genius all the tiny little details and touches that she gives such a simple scene. She stuffed that performance with little special some things. A beautiful performance.

[@donaldlewis567]

I was going to start arguing with you on Bridge over the River Kwai...and then you mentioned it beat out 12 Angry Men. 12 Angry Men is one of my favorite movies of all time - how could that lose Best Picture. I probably watch it every year and each year it gets better. So, yeah, I get you :)

[@markbayer1573]

If it'll make you feel any better, Judy Holliday herself was pretty upset about her own win. Knowing that Gloria Swanson would never get a chance like this again, Judy was in tears...and Gloria had to comfort HER! By the way, watch Judy in 1952's The Marrying Kind. It's a better performance; she's funny AND rips your heart out...and of course she wasn't even nominated for that one!

[@melanie62954]

You sold me--looking The Marrying Kind up right now. That's really good to know about Holliday!

[@gauravw6947]

Not true… Judy wasn’t “pretty upset” about her win… Also, Judy Holliday delivers one of the best comedic performance ever in American cinema and richly deserved that Oscar win…

[@edwardmitchell7639]

Judy Holiday should have been nominated for Full Of Life.

[@chuckpeterson3262]

Swanson not winning is the biggest Oscar injustice in history. But it's tied with Grace Kelly winning over Judy Garland for A Star Is Born.

[@willnoiles2001]

Another great Oscar injustice I would add is Gena Rowlands (‘A Woman Under the Influence’) losing over Ellen Burstyn for ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.’

[@Sharpe1502]

As a musical fan, La La Land’s City of Stars (Pasek & Paul) beating How Far I’ll Go (Lin Manuel Miranda) pissed me off and continues to piss me off to this day because Pasek & Paul are now EGOT winners while Miranda is still missing the Oscar to achieve his EGOT status. Pasek & Paul are the bane of my musical existence.

[@suarezguy]

Gandhi vs. E.T. is a pretty good example of when it can be really hard to compare such different films.

[@berkcansevgi2714]

plastic alien with no plot winning an Oscar? Ghandi was the right choice.

[@gordonidwan]

Very true, I enjoyed Ghandi and I enjoyed E.T. but at that time, and I think you had to be around then, E.T. would not have even been considered for a best picture.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@gordonidwanwhy ?

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

@@gordonidwan what on earth is that supposed to mean? It was literally nominated for Best Picture, and won four oscars!

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

​@@ClassicalMusic2002Yeah, was nominated for Best Picture. I think it was hurt by the theme.

[@isaacmartinez6904]

Coda winning Best Picture didn’t age well for me. Drive My Car, Dune and Belfast were the best movies that should have won Best Picture.

[@paultosinijaola1653]

I still can’t believe Dune didn’t win!!

[@davepugh8815]

Didn’t age well? It was literally two years ago

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

@@davepugh8815 and? Do movies require five years to age?

[@larrydirtybird]

Drive My Car was a total masterpiece. I remember sitting in the theater, marveling at how wonderful it was. But I was actually pleasantly surprised when it got nominated for Oscars. I didn’t think it would. A very sad, downbeat Japanese movie full of Anton Chekhov references? It’s a miracle that it got the recognition that it did in Hollywood. Afterwards, I told my friend who watched it with me about the play Uncle Vanya and explained it to her. And she said, Ahhh! I would liked the movie even more if I had known this.

[@TheAmazingest]

Coda was great, in my opinion. Really moving, and the conflict of deaf parents having a daughter who sings is brilliant.

[@jeffreykare]

You're actually not alone on DANCES WITH WOLVES. A number (myself included) really aren't the biggest fans of that movie.

[@berkcansevgi2714]

oh let me guess you like goodfellas

[@KSxGUAPO]

@@berkcansevgi2714uhhh yes? Is that supposed to be a joke? Lmfao

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

Yeah I never understood Dances With Wolves winning not only best picture but best director over Goodfellas

[@paulfrancois7653]

A "number" of people dislike every movie

[@Logan_Woods-zd2zi]

I still have never seen it and I'm 59 years old. Never interested me in the slightest.

[@robinbowles5731]

Even Richard Attenborough told Steven Spielberg his E.T. was "a better piece of cinema" than was his Gandhi. AND Jimmy Stewart said he voted for Henry Fonda the year he won.

[@lexkanyima2195]

It doesn't matter

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

True. Jimmy wanted Henry to win. Jimmy really should have won the year before for Mr.Smith, but 1939 was a tough year.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@henrywallacesghost5883 what ?

[@cherylhulting1301]

​@henrywallacesghost5883 I can't even believe Jimmy Stewart wasn't nominated for "Rear Window." It's incomprehensible to me.

[@Shardul1997]

100% agree on Dances with Wolves. But is it a beloved win? I always thought that people hated the win and it was really unpopular

[@moviedave2001]

That is what I was going to say. I don't think DwW is considered a great film today, especially over Goodfellas.

[@suarezguy]

Kevin Costner did go pretty quickly from the guy everyone loves, or at least is supposed to (was in Field of Dreams, kind of DwW, JFK), to the guy everyone loves to hate (kind of already Robin Hood, kind of DwW retrospectively, definitely by Waterworld).

[@1957DLT]

@@moviedave2001 Goodfellas was absolutely robbed. DwW was a good enough film, but who ever sits down for rewatch of it?

[@chuckpeterson3262]

People looooove DWW. I loathe it.

[@moviedave2001]

@@chuckpeterson3262 still?

[@shanecasebeer1364]

Bridge on the River Kwai: Why can't you give me the respect that I'm entitled to‽ Brian: Because I'm not one of your faaans!

[@lilbatz]

Bridge on the the River Kwai gets shown over Christmas every year, and my insane relatives HAVE to watch. Nothing says holidays like an old war movie LMAO.

[@rustincohle2135]

@@lilbatz There's nothing insane about your relatives' good taste in film.

[@aaronmoran7195]

Bette Davis was asked why she or Swanson didn’t win that year, she joked ‘we cancelled each other out!’

[@aysada]

I hate Jessica Tandy winning. That should’ve been Michelle Pfeiffer’s Oscar

[@Miawgical]

I’m just here to say, I’ve seen great Jean DuJardin movies since his Oscar win, funny, dramatic, movies ever since. He’s there, he’s just not in Hollywood. Same with Marion Cotillard, she’s has done a few Hollywood movies, but she mostly does French Indy movies.

[@lexkanyima2195]

But Dujardin was left out and he didn't fulfill his consistent.

[@percyweasley9301]

​@@lexkanyima2195what?

[@mhawang8204]

I suspect as much. I remembered seeing him in a few Hollywood productions after his win, but they were bland, forgettable movies. European cinema is quite different in taste and scale. So many stars failed to crossover and I don’t blame them. Noomi Rapace also comes to mind.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@mhawang8204 they never failed

[@hamabe1]

I loved Judy Holliday’s win! It was tough to not see Bette or Gloria honored that year. But the Holliday win was fab!

[@jackjbrewster7799]

I agree with most of your picks, especially Michelle Pfeiffer, who's electric in "The Fabulous Baker Boys." I also think it's Jeff Bridges best performance. My one disagreement would be Richard Burton over Paul Scofield. Scofield is amazing in "A Man for All Seasons." He has to exude moral certainty and legal brilliance while never seeming condescending or overstepping his bounds. You have to believe this man is the one man that could put the King of England in his place. It's a wonderful performance.

[@highwind1991]

Controversial opinion. I actually think Gladiator holds up very well. Because not only has history shown how influential it was, but I actually think as a blockbuster movie, it stands tall compared to a lot of modern day Blockbusters

[@kellie-nd1yp]

It's usually not the kind of filmI like that much but this one had a more intimate feel and less cold .It hold up.

[@swvi9459]

The thing about Gladiator is that many people saw that movie as a historic epic. It's not. It's a revenge movie

[@kd17Burger]

​@swvi9459 it's still an epic

[@swvi9459]

@@kd17Burger Epic, maybe. Historic epic, no. It's not a biography, historic or documentary, but many people who don't like that movie, would say to you that's exactly what it is. It's a revenge movie like Death Wish or Death Sentence...

[@kd17Burger]

@swvi9459 First of all, these are some real life individuals and we have no way of knowing what did or didn't happen, same thing with anyone of note from way back when Not sure why you are zeroing in on "historic epic" I simply said epic, myself And with your last comment, then ANY film that has someone die that causes another one to react would be a "revenge movie" You are big with labels for some odd reason

[@dj71162]

Gandhi, Dances with Wolves and even some acting wins like Jessica Tandy, could be put down to the demographic of the Academy being mostly older men and that they preferred films that were a throwback to earlier epics, to show that Hollywood was still capable of being ambitious. The same can be said for them seeing a veteran like Tandy on the screen for so long, they couldn't help but go for her.

[@gordonidwan]

And don't forget, Tandy was ill during the production, which should've made it much harder for her to deliver a performance. I wonder if the Academy was aware.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@gordonidwanbut it is long overdue

[@LinkMarioSamus]

Dances with Wolves was also a box office smash tbf

[@jett87rink]

Judy Holliday was terrific in The Marrying Kind, and was more deserving for consideration for that film. It’s a tragedy that Gloria Swanson didn’t win for her amazing performance.

[@patrickfloresenciso526]

Gladiator is GREAT!!! Dances With Wolves is GOOD!!! and The Bridge on the River Kwai is AMAZING!!!

[@lilbatz]

Are you my 80 year old uncle? lol

[@briantwiss9078]

Dances With Wolves is good... but not better than GoodFellas

[@PicklesRTasty]

The Artist wins are okay because that 2011 Oscars lineup is so underwhelming category after category

[@lexkanyima2195]

It felt so weak

[@jennifermcgee8621]

⁠@@lexkanyima2195The Help should have won Best Picture that year and Viola Davis should have won Best Actress for that film.

[@colettecarroll9371]

I’d suggest The Artist won for the same reason La La Land. Hollywood likes seeing itself onscreen. I remember seeing La La Land and telling a friend that, come the Oscars, it would be over rewarded on the night - and it very nearly was!

[@paulavitoria1798]

@@colettecarroll9371 "Hollywood likes seeing itself onscreen" as long as it's not a critique - cf. "Sunset Boulevard".

[@EddieHenderson92]

The Descendants should've won.

[@adampryor4662]

Tommy Lee Jones beating Ralph Feinnes will never be okay

[@robertmichel4063]

That Oscar should've gone to John Malkovich. "In The Line of Fire" is 100% EPIC.

[@HaydenReviews5]

Tommy Lee Jones doesn't even make my top 10 Supporting Actors of 1993

[@rocky5000100]

All the nominees that year deserved it more than Tommy Lee Jones

[@cherylhulting1301]

​@robertmichel4063 I love me some Malkovich but no. Ralph Fiennes turned in a daring master class of acting in a very crowded field that year. That Oscar should have gone to him. Frankly he should have an Oscar by now.

[@cherylhulting1301]

​@@rocky5000100 Sadly very true. I like TLJ, and he was fun to watch in "The Fugitive." But all the other performances were frankly more Oscar worthy.

[@MCham52]

Richard Burton's performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is the single best acting performance in a film I have ever seen. Thank you for including this on the list because it has always baffled me how he didn't win Best Actor that year. It is all the more galling that Elizabeth Taylor won Best Actress the same year for the same film, not so much that she won, but how the Academy could not recognize them both for this film. It is beyond me, for sure.

[@paulavitoria1798]

I totally agree!

[@cherylhulting1301]

I have to agree. It's definitely one of my two favorite Burton performances. Happy for Elizabeth at least - she was spellbindingly good.

[@supermovietimebros6770]

Gladiator is beautiful, poetic and inspiring. Maximus is the people’s champion. It’s Shakespeare, the odyssey and Spartacus all rolled into one story. It’s also extremely relevant to the parlance of our times. Win the crowd and you’ll win your freedom (the election)

[@anapaulaquadrado6538]

I'm simply addicted to your channel! Not only you have unbelieavable knowledge on cinema, as I can practice my english listening! A huge thank you directly from Brazil 😊

[@markvito746]

Or he could be rehearsing and reading que card reminders of what he read on IMDB. I personally don’t think that a true film critic would keep saying “really!!” Like a fourteen year old girl

[@mattbernabe]

I love Emma Stone, but I wish Isabelle Huppert won the Oscar for her powerhouse performance in 'Elle.' The same thing with Renee Zellweger's performance in 'Cold Mountain.' She was good, but I wanted Shohreh Aghdashloo to win for her beautiful and heartbreaking performance in 'House of Sand and Fog.' I believe Michelle Pfeiffer was snubbed from receiving an Oscar nomination for her performance in 'White Oleander.' For me, I think 'Casablanca' and 'Citizen Kane' are highly overrated. I can barely get through either one of the two.

[@FrakkinToasterLuvva]

Finally someone else who dislikes Casablanca! Most overrated film of all time.

[@mikegonzalez503]

I so agree about Shohreh Aghdashloo

[@mattbernabe]

@@mikegonzalez503 She's incredible, and underrated. I love her.

[@mattbernabe]

@@FrakkinToasterLuvva Yeah, man. I don't know if it's the story, or the pacing, or Humphrey Bogart. I can't get into his acting. The only thing I can watch with him in it is 'The African Queen.' Probably because he's not playing Humphrey Bogart.

[@topogigio2879]

@@mattbernabe Ouch. Bogart was incredible. The best of his time.

[@Bobmacca64]

Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson cancelled each other out in 1951, I'm afraid:( The vote was so split that Judy Holiday got it.

[@Kami_Afridi]

Who said this? Did any voter at that time said it. It was just made up thing. I honestly like Judy Holliday performance. Usually at that time they ignore Comedy films actresses. Most great performances was not nominated. Ginger Rogers won for boring kitty foyle. so Judy is the one who break that thing at that time. A bit late but good win

[@Bobmacca64]

@@Kami_Afridi you know who said that? No less than Miss Bette Davis herself. And I think she was enough of a legend in the industry to know all about( no pun intended) the Oscars final results, in the years she was nominated anyway.

[@Kami_Afridi]

@@Bobmacca64 and like in feud: Bette vs Joan, Miss Joan Crawford show her a mirror that it's not you it was Gloria Swanson who should have won. I mean she is obsessed to win the Third of course. She will make this rumour. She already won two. If there anyone who should other than Judy is Gloria but she never said a thing

[@Bobmacca64]

@@Kami_Afridi I think Bette was even more confident she could win a third Oscar in 1963 for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Heck, there is even rumours that Joan Crawford campaigned hard for Anne Bancroft to win for The Miracle Worker so that she, Joan, could go on stage and pick up the trophy on behalf of Bancroft right in front of Bette's nose. Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is that many actresses then were dead set on winning these things, and if it could be at the expense of other actresses they didn't like, all the better:)

[@FrakkinToasterLuvva]

What does that mean and how does that work? Was there a half of the Academy that liked Holiday and the other half that liked Swanson and Davis?

[@miguelsantos-cd9tu]

I surprised that you didn't mention one of most disliked best picture win that is "Shakespeare in Love". Many people wish that "Saving Private Ryan" has won award.

[@ravenova5314]

It’s winners he hates that everyone loves, nobody loves shakespeare in love

[@ricardoediza2690]

Bc ud didnt read the title 😭 🙏

[@jeffreykare]

Jean Dujardin at least went on to have a small role in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET.

[@RonnieCassol]

@@jeffreykare dujardin have many fantastic performance since the artist ( j'accuse,novembier) but american audience didn't see them

[@Rash23215]

Cinema is not limited to Hollywood

[@nickbovi]

I love ET, but there is no way I am picking that above Gandhi, real old school epics still have a place in the movies. About the Judy Holliday win, yes both Davis and Swanson's performances were legendary that year, but Judy Holliday's was a damn fine performance and what is wrong with actor from a comedic film winning sometimes which are greatly overlooked at the Oscar's many years.

[@swvi9459]

@@nickbovi Both E.T. and Gandhi have a big problem nowadays, because both The Thing and Blade Runner were also from that year and when someone is watching those Oscar wins and nominations from 1983., it will be mind blowing how the f.... those two weren't even nominated. Gandi and E.T. are both, by far, a miles below Thing and BR

[@rustincohle2135]

I agree that real old school epics still have a place in cinema, but _Gandhi_ is boringly directed. It's like David Lean made it but without his style, energy or gorgeous color palette.

[@rustincohle2135]

@@swvi9459 Cuz both were critical and commercial flops at the time and took years to find an audience.

[@swvi9459]

@@rustincohle2135 That's why I wrote "when someone is watching those Oscar wins and nominations from 1983., it will be mind blowing how the f.... those two weren't even nominated". The problem with the academy is their inability to see if something will be a part of the "best ever" conversation. Instead, they often give the reward to a "trend" movies like Gandhi, Green Book etc.

[@rustincohle2135]

@@swvi9459 _"The problem with the academy is their inability to see if something will be a part of the "best ever" conversation"_ What do you mean that's specifically a problem with the Academy? That's something absolutely NO ONE was thinking about with _Blade Runner_ and _The Thing_ at the time, if they would ever one day be considered some of the best movies ever. Those films were simply not liked back then by virtually everyone; critics, audiences, the film industry, the Academy etc. It took YEARS for people to actually appreciate those movies. So, it makes no sense whatsoever for you to say that the Academy should have thought to themselves: _"Hmm, maybe we should nominate The Thing for Best Picture. Yea, everyone hates that movie, but maybe it'll be acclaimed in the future."_ That's not how people think. No one had any idea those two films would become classics in the decades afterwards. _"That's why I wrote when someone is watching those Oscar wins and nominations from 1983., it will be mindblowing how those two weren't even nominated"_ No, it's not mindblowing. Fans of both films know they were flops with both critics and audiences at the time. Those are well known facts. And also, people who know anything about the Oscars know that _The Thing_ is not a film that would ever get nominated in major categories at the Oscars. Even if the film was both a box office hit and was acclaimed by critics in its day (like it is now). Same with _Blade Runner._ Also, not a film that gets nominated Best Picture, even today. Heck, _Blade Runner 2049_ was wildly acclaimed when it came out, even considered one of the best sequels of all time. And yet, still in this modern age, it was not nominated for anything major at the Oscars. Even with 10 Best Picture slots, it didn't get in. So, no, this isn't mindblowing, even four decades later.

[@heatherp0722]

Omg, I love all your videos and DEFINITELY agree with you about Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf, but both Bridge on the River Kwai and Dances With Wolves are both on my top 20. I’m not a huge Kevin Costner fan either, but that movie is amazing.

[@badluckboy1]

OMG, thank you for including James Stewart cause I really thought it's just me who's not a fan of his win for The Philadelphia Story. He was entertaining, sure, but I believe, he should've won for It's a Wonderful Life or Vertigo instead.

[@sandragrant1785]

I can't believe how much i agree with you on all your videos. Every single one of your picks is what i have always thought.

[@amparonarbona5142]

Mines are: -‘Argo’ best picture -Emma Stone best actress (both for ‘La la land’ and ‘Poor things’) -‘Titanic’ best picture -‘Forrest Gump’ best picture There aren't many, cause I tend to agree with the majority if a victory is deserved or not.

[@suarezguy]

What do you think was more deserving than Titanic? I do think The Ice Storm was better.

[@amparonarbona5142]

@@suarezguy 'Boogie nights', definetely

[@JoseAguilera-fv3vb]

totally agree on Emma Stone winning both times, I don't like her acting at all

[@FrakkinToasterLuvva]

I was so happy when Emma Stone won for Poor Things. She absolutely deserved it. She didn't have to win for La La Land, though.

[@FrakkinToasterLuvva]

I hated Titanic.

[@jamielee7943]

Love your passion Brian. While I don’t agree with everything you said… I admire your willingness to honest. I often think about past Oscar winners I would change or keep so I love this video!!! Keep em coming. I personally love, love , love the Gladiator win for Best Picture. I only saw it for the first time in my mid 20’s when I was sick & my brother recommended to me to watch films I’d never seen before to pass the time. I was surprised how much I loved it considering I didn’t think it would be my type of movie. I think it’s a truly beautiful film that has stood the test of time but I would have been more than thrilled with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon winning too. I wasn’t a fan of Traffic. I only recently watched Driving Miss Daisy for the first time earlier this week & was kinda shocked Jessica Tandy won Best Actress. She’s good in it but I think there are better in the category that year too. I’m happy Matthew McConaughey is an Oscar winner because he was on fire during his 2011-2014 run giving amazing performances everywhere (my favourite of his being in True Detective) but I agree I would’ve given it to Leonardo DiCaprio instead for Wolf of Wall Street. Matthew should have won for Mud or Interstellar. Michael Fassbender absolutely should have won Best Actor for Steve Jobs hands down instead of Leo for The Revenant in 2016. That loss would be on my video if I made one. Lol I don’t hate the Dances with Wolves win because I like the movie but Goodfellas would also have been an excellent win. It’s my favourite film of Scorsese too.

[@1957DLT]

If anything, Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson could have been the first Best Actress tie for their career peak performances. They were both master class level, and the movies are still a treat to rewatch today. Born Yesterday, not so much.

[@gauravw6947]

I still rewatch Born Yesterday once a while and it’s a treat to watch it too…

[@nashjillian4450]

The Judy Holliday win was likely a bit political. Old Hollywood did NOT like being put on screen in Sunset Boulevard and by that point Bette Davis had ticked off way too many higher ups.

[@melanie62954]

Ooooh, that's interesting to think about! Do you have anything to back it up? Did anyone at the time point it out?

[@nashjillian4450]

@@melanie62954 Not specific to the Oscars, but Hollywood's ire at Sunset Blvd is well-documented. As for Davis, I forgot that Anne Baxter also entered in the lead actress category, so vote splitting was likely also in play.

[@melanie62954]

@@nashjillian4450 I forgot that too--definitely probably hurt Davis in the votes.

[@gauravw6947]

There wasn’t anything political or nothing about vote-splitting either (as if each nominee at every year doesn’t split votes)…🤷🏻 Judy Holliday delivers one of the best comedic performance ever in American cinema and richly deserved that Oscar win…

[@rustincohle2135]

@@gauravw6947 Dude, just cuz you're a fan of that movie doesn't mean there wasn't politics at play. You seriously think every time someone wins an Oscar is because it's actually what the Academy thought was best and that politics never plays a factor in voting?

[@suarezguy]

Really don't think there are many big fans of Driving Miss Daisy, it's at best regarded as OK but weird and unfortunate that it won over better, more deserving films

[@timgriffin3368]

Dallas Buyer's Club won acting for the same reasons Philadelphia did. If you're a gay man rising up in the 90s, you know why. Which is Why Brokeback Mountain did not win because it didnt deal with That issue, just love.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Crash won that year because it was a white guilt movie.

[@Jasonfortuna101]

Excellent video, Brian! I was 16 when Dances With Wolves came out and loved it, but it definitely won because of Costner directing, acting, and producing. Goodfellas really didn't have a chance since the Academy at the time was not giving a Best Picture to a violent, expletive filled masterpiece. Michelle Pfeiffer most definitely should have won for Fabulous Baker Boys just for the line "And these shoes are too FUCKING TIGHT!"

[@ajmorgan4db7]

I totally agree with you on "Dances With Wolves", great film but not Best Picture quality. Neither was "American Beauty". That is my biggest hate.

[@Chuuzus]

Leonardo Dicaprio deserved the award for The Wolf of Wall Street over Matthew McConaughey!! Leonardo gave his best acting performance in that movie!

[@skylark1250]

DiCaprio should have won Best Supporting Actor for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Even Anthony Hopkins in an interview says he voted for DiCaprio’s fine performance because DiCaprio took risks with that character and portrayed him beautifully.

[@MartyWiggins-x2k]

@@skylark1250 I agree 100% the Academy wouldn’t know a great performance they have voted shamefully over the years

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@skylark1250 Dicaprio would have left out

[@TheAmazingest]

I think Leo is great in everything he does, but I feel like he was just insane in Wolf of Wall Street. He was great, but I think he has better performances.

[@felixgato125]

I don't get the love for Frances Mcdormand in Fargo, and winning over Blethyn and Watson, just no.

[@macebluemoon369]

McDormand was excellent. But I agree that Blethyn and Watson were on another level.

[@jesusynfante5249]

I hate Meryl’s win for the Iron Lady. I think she had better chances of winning with other previous roles, but not that one. Same for Jennifer Lawrence’s win. That award was for Jessica Chastain. Renée Zellweger’s win for Judy wasn’t it for me; Scarlett J. Should have gotten the award. I totally agree with Jean Dujardin’s win. I disliked Olivia Coleman’s win for The Favorite; that was the Academy’s opportunity to reward Close for her inexplicable and wonderful career. Same for Eddie Redmayne’s win. Felt it was off, compared to the other nominees. Brie Larson winning for Room was not it for me either. Same for Alicia Vikander’s that same year for The Danish Girl. McAdams or Mara should have won. Edit: could you do an episode of Laura Linney’s elusive Oscar? 🥺🥺🥺

[@MorganKing95]

Inexplicable career? I think you mean impeccable

[@capkronos00]

It kind of annoys me an actress as bad as Zellweger has two Oscars. She is downright horrid in Cold Mountain and not much better in Judy.

[@skylark1250]

Winona Ryder should have won an Oscar for Little Women. It is such a gifted and luminous performance in a beautifully made movie that I watch again each Christmas. Jessica Lange that year for best actress won for a terrible movie no one will ever view again. Judy Holiday was terrific and deserved the Oscar. Sorry but your award detector is broken on that one. 😊 I didn’t think Gloria Swanson was that great. All about Eve was terrific. But Judy Holiday nailed it in Born Yesterday. It’s a happier performance than the others.

[@jesusynfante5249]

@@MorganKing95 What I meant is that one can’t literally explain with simple words a career of that magnitude and excellence, and the academy proactively choosing to overlook that, is also inexplicable.

[@MorganKing95]

@jesusynfante5249 That's all and good, but "inexplicable career" indicates that you don't understand why or how she had a career to begin with. A better word in this case is "indescribable"

[@irina1296]

Very interesting video. Your #1 choice didn't even shock me that much but Gladiator? Come on, it's a masterpiece but back in 2000 I was rooting for Traffic & Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Michelle Pfeiffer and Sigourney Weaver should've won their Oscars and they both deserved much more nominations as well.

[@AlexAttempts]

Great - and somewhat brave - video to make. I think Gladiator gets too much praise. As a writer I don’t think the supporting characters are well crafted and too much focus on making “moments” rather than a movie. I have a question regarding the Oscars - do you think any film will ever win all 4 acting categories?

[@BruceFord-pe3ge]

Brian. I absolutely adore your channel. Your insights and subjects are superb. Keep up the great work. I’m making my way through all of your catalog the last few months. 😊

[@oscarman42]

I don't "hate" Jamie Lee Curtis's performance in EEAAO...but I wasn't a fan of it (or the film), nor did I think the very talented Ariana DeBose was as spectacular in WSS as everyone else seemed to think.

[@badluckboy1]

Jamie was okay in EEAAO, it wasn't her fault tho, it's the screenplay that didn't gave her much to do. Is it the worst win of all time? I don't think so, it's just a very underwhelming one since Hsu and Condon were in the same category as her.

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

I liked Ariana in WSS but I generally feel Rachel Ziegler and Mike Faust were the true standouts of that film, I wished they got nominated, for me Ariana lack the spark that Rita monero and china Rivera had, I would’ve preferred for the singer/actress Amara la Negra for the role, for her Oscar win, I feel Kristen dunst was much more deserving for the power of the dog

[@SoulKnightKing]

​@badluckboy1 meh Hsu did nothing special either

[@SoulKnightKing]

This is my opinion on Ariana DeBose. She played Anita quite well. She was sufficient. That's such a hard role and an easy role to get wrong. I think it's more of a testament to how incredible Rita Moreno is. Rita is literally a legendary ICON, and her win was more of a homage to Moreno. I think Anita is a harder role than any supporting actress role of 2021. However, when u compare Moreno and DeBose, you quickly see how monumental of a force Moreno was. Ariana was probably a third of the fraction that Moreno was. Which is impressive just lackluster to Moreno. However even a 1/3 of Moreno was better than Ellis or even Dunst

[@badluckboy1]

@@SoulKnightKing Not to me! I love the movie so much and I feel like everyone did an amazing job. To me, Hsu was so entertaining and completely disappeared into her role. She was quirky, funny, and relatable at some point. If the Academy wants to reward the movie in supporting, Hsu was the better choice than Jamie, imo.

[@rossrivero7516]

Trust me nobody thinks Dances with Wolves should’ve won over GoodFellas, but I did really enjoy it when I watched it. Open Range is a much more superior film from Kevin Costner as a director

[@PeterRabbit4Eva]

Mine: 1. Green Book (Best Picture) 2. King’s Speech (Best Picture) 3. Tom Hooper - King’s Speech (Best Directing) 4. Eddie Redmayne - Theory of Everything (Best Actor) 5. Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Lining Playbook (Best Actress) 6. Joaquin Phoenix - Joker (Best Actor) 7. The Artist (Best Picture) 8. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side (Best Actress) 9. Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love (Best Actress) 10. Olivia Colman - The Favourite (Best Actress)

[@suarezguy]

I thought The King's Speech and The Social Network were both pretty lacking.

[@galv93]

I totally forgot Green Book won Best Picture.

[@gggarth666]

Good list although I have to say that Joaquin Phoenix should not be on it. I think his performance was amazing and his win absolutely deserved.

[@gggarth666]

@@suarezguy Totally agree! I think The Social Network is one of the most overrated films ever. The screenplay was great though

[@iamsoverybored878]

@PeterRabbit4Eva Green Book is on my sh*t list it ended up being the last movie i watched with my mom.

[@thebagelsproductions]

Helluva channel, big fella. I like your reasoning on these videos

[@ultraviolettas]

Jimmy Stewart in Philadelphia Story is my all time super crush, leave him alone 😩😭

[@gustavoosorio97]

I think you have very good reasons in every case and that’s what makes your channel of the best. I specially support your feelings (hate is an appropriate word, by the way) about the films. Ghandi … Dances with Wolves … Gladiator. Sometimes I think the Oscars mainly point to the wrong direction.

[@miguelsantos-cd9tu]

1:22 Oscar wouldn't have given Best Picture to blockbuster like E.T.

[@tuckerplum8085]

The win that irritates me to this day.... Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady." (Was she good in the role? Of course! She's Meryl Freaking Streep!) It was NOT a good movie. Sorry. No. In 1983, Ms. Streep gives the performance of the century in "Sophie's Choice." (An obvious win.) Then, she is nominated year, after year, after year. She did extraordinary work! "Silkwood." "Bridges of Madison County." "The Devil Wears Prada." "Doubt." "Julie & Julia." Nothing. The generally recognized greatest actress of her generation! Nominated over and over, for decades, and ignored. I DESPERATELY wanted Meryl's long Oscar drought to finally END with "Doubt." She should have won for "Doubt." (She lost that year to Kate Winslet in "The Reader." I didn't love "The Reader." I thought a much better Kate Winslet performance, the very same year, was in "Revolutionary Road.") Meryl Streep was wonderful in "Doubt." And "Doubt" was a great movie. "The Iron Lady?" It just disappoints. (I would have given Meryl Streep an Oscar for "Bridges of Madison County" too. However, Susan Sarandon's win that year for "Dead Man Walking" was also excellent.)

[@SleepFan771]

I hate that Frances McDormand in Three Billboards beat Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird and even Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water. I hate that Frances McDormand in Nomadland beat Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman. I hate that Brendan Fraser in The Whale beat Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin. I hate that Jamie Lee Curtis in EEAAO beat Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin.

[@berkcansevgi2714]

The Banshees of Inisherin is an unwatchable film. just bad. it had no chance to win anything. colin Farrel had no chance with that chewing a wasp/ sucking a lemon face.

[@berkcansevgi2714]

Kerry Condon is frogetable just like the film. will nobody remember it withing couple of years.

[@SleepFan771]

@@berkcansevgi2714 No way, she's hilarious and very moving. People are just going to forget a Martin McDonagh film. Doubtful

[@SleepFan771]

@@berkcansevgi2714 You just have no taste.

[@Sharpe1502]

@@berkcansevgi2714 Banshees of Inisherin is a fantastic movie.

[@jaidynr87]

I think gladiator is a good film, but in the grand scheme of things it’s really just a poor man’s Ben-Hur…

[@Sharpe1502]

To be fair, I think people quote Gladiator more than Ben Hur.

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

And BEN-HUR sucked! One of the worst BEST PIX ever! The only scene worth a dime is of course the chariot race. At least that's my humble opinion. LOL

[@jaidynr87]

@@Sharpe1502 didn’t realise a film had to be quotable to be considered good 🙄

[@NeoConnor1]

No, that remake of Ben-Hur with Morgan Freeman is the poor man's Ben-Hur.

[@TheAmazingest]

@@jaidynr87 Being quotable contributes to making it good. Lots of quotable lines in Gladiator. The scene when he reveals his identity to Commodus and gives that speech is one of the best moments in movie history.

[@travislarsen9870]

I think most people think Goodfellas should've won over Dances With Wolves nowadays, so you're definitely not alone in that opinion.

[@kellydavidson3379]

I was with you for many of these until you got to Dances with Wolves. I adore this film and saw it several times in its original run in the theatre. But this is what makes these kind of lists so much fun. Thanks for the video!

[@matthewjohnson9199]

I felt a similar way about the Matthew McConaughey Oscar win. It's cool that he has one, but I thought the performances of Leo in The Wolf of Wall Street and Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave were better. Though, I absolutely love Gladiator; I watch it every 1-2 years.

[@iamsoverybored878]

@matthewjohnson9199 He could have been nominated and won for Magic Mike. Would have been cool to see an actor playing a stripper win an Oscar. He was the best thing about the movie.

[@DrR0BERT]

OMG! I am soooooo with you on your #1. I love both All About Eve and Sunset Blvd. They are two of the best films of all time. I rank All About Eve as my favorite BP winner of all time. But oh my, to give it to Judy Holiday over Davis or Swanson or even Baxter is criminal. I remember having a discussion with a friend where we posed the question, if you could go into the Academy Vaults and look at the vote tallies for any category of any year, it would have been this category, and I didn't even flinch on it. (Second place is 12 Years a Slave over Gravity.)

[@epicbear4679]

Your whole reaction to Gladiator winning was me this year with Oppenheimer

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Me too!

[@CapricornBG]

Same. Oppenheimer is not going to age well. Everything in the movie - the runtime, the story, and especially the plethora of characters - is too much and it exhausts you.

[@kathyt8374]

Truly hated Oppenheimer.

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

@@CapricornBG Oppenheimer is going to age better than pretty much any Best Picture winner since The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The only two that have aged better already are Parasite and Moonlight.

[@SlenWash]

​@@ClassicalMusic2002 12 Years a Slave aged well. It was clearly the right choice to win Best Picture that year.

[@robertdewitt814]

I noticed you had Driving Miss Daisy on your worst best picture list, too. I think you have to be Southern and old enough to remember that era to understand how perfectly Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman captured that relationship. It might not have been what people today wish that relationship had been. But I saw that relationship played out many times and Driving Miss Daisy captured it perfectly. Got to agree with you on Dances with Wolves. Saw the movie, really liked it, pulled for it to win. Then I saw Good Fellas and realized how wrong I was. I've watch Dances with Wolves twice. I've probably watched Good Fellas 25 times. I might watch it again tomorrow.

[@karlkarlos3545]

I think I see a pattern here. It seems you hate epics where you have to sit down and pay a little attention.

[@titanprogaming8409]

That’s why he wanted Poor Things to win over Oppenheimer.

[@malafakka8530]

According to him he thinks that Lawrence of Arabia is a phenomenal movie (no disagreement from me there).

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@malafakka8530 Well, it's also action-packed. You can just lean back and let the vistas please you, whereas Gandhi and A Man for all Seasons require some attention.

[@paulavitoria1798]

@@karlkarlos3545 But he also thinks James Stewart should have won for 12 Angry Man, and that's a word & acting movie.

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@paulavitoria1798James Stewart? Maybe I'm missing a joke here. Was that for the scene when Lee J. Cobb screamed "You can't handle the truth"?

[@jerryburg2333]

Completely agree with you about your #1 pick…I like “A Man For All Seasons” more than you but agree with you about the win…always enjoy your videos!

[@bar4oc]

Is it not generally accepted re: Judy Holliday that Davis and Swanson split the vote, so as a result Holliday (in third place) was triumphant?

[@gauravw6947]

That’s nonsensical… Votes are always split between each nominee in every year… I love Bette, but she often made up delusional stories for her Oscar losses, like about Crawford campaigning against her and touring with Bancroft’s oscar for months, which have been proved false… Judy Holliday delivers one of the best comedic performance ever in American cinema and richly deserved that Oscar win…

[@kellie-nd1yp]

@@gauravw6947 Agreed Judy deserved it .Bette gives Joan too much power. Love Bette Davis but she already had two .

[@rubytuesdayphoenix]

Totally agree about Bridge over the River Kwai. The 1957 Oscars just befuddles me- how were Sweet Smell of Success and A Face in the Crowd completed overlooked??

[@loluolusesan-falade1181]

The movie i don't like that probably everyone love is "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE". I still don't get it till today.

[@loraglick5745]

I totally agree - the film is incomprehensible with all those editing cuts into the different multverses & the cinematography is so dark & murky (in any and all of the multiverses) that it's difficult to see anything, let alone understand what is going on.

[@perryjones7771]

How Jamie Lee Curtis is an Oscar winner baffles me. That category was stacked with powerhouse performances and they went with her.

[@topogigio2879]

You might be surprised how many people hate that movie.

[@TheAmazingest]

@@topogigio2879 I really didn't like it, and I really WANTED to like it. But nowadays, it's impossible to think that movie won awards purely on merit, and not because of some ulterior motive, such as diversity.

[@stxrstrxckmxteo515]

Stephanie Tsu was the best part of that movie and she was the one who deserved an award based off merit

[@siracenola8826]

I wholeheartedly disagree with you on Jessica Tandy's win. She earned and deserved that win! Hands down! Hers is on of my favorite Best Actress win!

[@topogigio2879]

I think you're dead wrong about Jessica Tandy and DRIVING MISS DAISY in general. It's became the default lazy criticism that this is a bad movie because, yes, 1989 was an extraordinary year for film and this picture is in no way groundbreaking, but it's about as seamless and beautifully modulated a stage-to-screen adaptation as I can imagine. If you didn't know it was based on an off-broadway play you might think it was an original script. A Jewish widow who worked her whole life as a school teacher in a southern community that mostly loathed jews, but is still so set in her ways that it takes her a lifetime to truly understand how much she has in common with Hoke, her black chauffeur might sound obvious and clunky, but the performances and dialogue are of the highest order...I also watched THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS not too long ago (which I hadn't seen since it came out) and I was surprised how much I disliked it. Pfeiffer is fine, but did you really believe that she was a former escort? Or that this tough-talking, foul-mouthed broad would have sang the antique "More Than You" at her audition? That she would have stuck with the Baker Boys for all those months even though they were both complete assholes to her, never once complimenting her or thanking her for saving their act? There are so many soul-bearing confessional scenes in that movie that sound exactly like dialogue out of the mouth of a self-loving screenwriter. It isn't half as good as DRIVING MISS DAISY.

[@palacerevolution2000]

Love your channel. I don't quite agree with your dislike of McM's win for "Dallas Buyer Club". Loved it; thought it connected on many levels. He also did "True Detective" a couple years later. Probably his best work. Totally agree on 'Gladiator', and esp 'Dances with Wolves'.

[@ChrolliForever]

Gladiator is good, but overrated. It never should had won picture anf actor.

[@RobertWScott523]

just discovering your channel, very fun. agree re: Gladiator. predictable, monotonous, unengaging... even visually! CTHD on the other hand; the chaos on screen had me laughing out loud and bouncing around in my seat- at the theater & I *never* do that, lol.

[@antmfan231995]

I feel like most people don’t like Judy Holliday’s win tbh

[@ultraviolettas]

I haven’t heard of a single person who does!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

@@ultraviolettas Many do like it myself included .

[@Rash23215]

Because people hate when comedy performances win

[@kellie-nd1yp]

@@Rash23215 it seems like it .I think they should win more often it's more challenging .

[@DanielaVilu]

I don't know. I was ready to hate on her performance because I love Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve so much. but she did win me over, she was fantastic in that film. I think she deserved it.

[@shimi3065]

I dont watch movies (anymore). I certainly don't give a rat's ass about awards shows. And yet... I really really really like your videos. Just goes to show you how important presentation is. Keep up the good work dude.

[@Surkpart]

You missed my number one pick - Julia Roberts for Erin Brokevich. Yes, she's good in it, but I think 20 other actresses could have been equally good in the role. But Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream is fearless, and I am not sure if anyone else would have done that role justice in the was she did. I hate that ties aren't really possible. Yeoh/Blanchett, Stone/Gladstone, and Colman/Close would have been great ties. Seriously, would anyone have complained?

[@colleen4ever]

There was a Best Actress tie once, I think it was in the 70's.

[@EstherSchwartz-q3l]

I believe in the 1960s there was a tie with Streisand and Kate Hepburn.

[@cathleencooks748]

The time there should have been a tie was the 1963 best actor race. Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird & Peter O' Toole for Lawrence of Arabia. Two outstanding actors in their most memorable roles in two of my all time favorite movies

[@paulavitoria1798]

Come to think of it: isn't it odd that in so many years, in so many categories never a tie has happened? Do you know if the Academy has any protocol for one such ocasion? EDIT: oh! now I read that possibly there has been a tie (I say possibly because one poster says in the 60's and another says the 70's). I ask again: how did it end? EDIT again: well, Google has done it again: it sent me to Collider, that lists six ties in the history of Oscars: 1932, Best Actor: Wallace Beery (The Champ) and Fredric March (Dr. Jekill and Mr. Hyde); 1950, Best Documentary Short: A time to Live and So Much for so Little; 1969, Best Actress: Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl) and Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter) - this one baffles me; 1987, Best Documentary Feature: Artie Shaw: Time is all you've Got and Down and Out in America; 1995, Best Short Live Action: Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life and Trevor; 2013, Best Sound Editing: Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty. And there is no protocol to untie: everybody gets an Oscar!

[@Logan_Woods-zd2zi]

I'm 59 and never saw Gladiator, or Dances with Wolves; both never appealed to me. Gloria Swanson's performance in Sunset Boulevard is magnificent and the film is a masterpiece. There are not many movies I can watch over and over again, but SB is one of them. I see something different each and every time I watch it.

[@xrh_tm55]

Michelle Pfeiffer not having an Oscar is outrageous. She should have won instead of Jessica Tandy.. I also agree that Gladiator is overrated.

[@berkcansevgi2714]

nope

[@nikoloscecere8277]

It's a crime against cinema that Judy Holiday won Best Actress over Swanson and Davis. Tho Holiday is loverly to look at, her dumb blonde camp got to be irritating and grating pretty quickly, with no nuance. And Broadrick Crawford's character is so malignant, creepy, bombastic and evil as to almost makes the movie unwatchable. Hate it, hate it, hate it!

[@Solitaire_Guy]

I actually think Judy Holliday deserves that Oscar. No shade to Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson.

[@gauravw6947]

Exactly… Judy Holliday delivers one of the best comedic performance ever in American cinema and richly deserved that Oscar win…

[@kellie-nd1yp]

That's how I feel . People complain comedy doesn't win enough but often complain win it does.Judy deserved it and it's no disrespect to the other two but I don't feel bad at all that Judy beat them .

[@farrellanna]

Not the Gladiator 2 trailer during your breakdown of the first film 😂😂

[@Jooglesberry]

I adore Bridge on the River Kwai. I like it more than Lawrence of Arabia. BUT 12 Angry Men deserved to win.

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

What is this fascination with 12 Angry? It's a fine STORY...but cinematically it's BORING!

[@Jooglesberry]

@@ChrisWilson-d8k sounds like a you problem

[@paulavitoria1798]

@@Jooglesberry 💯

[@renatateofilo9887]

I got to say that I agree 100% with your choices. I love Holliday, but not over Bette and Glória.

[@user-CatherineDodd]

I'm sorry but I love and adored Jessica Tandy in "Driving Miss Daisy". I thought she was phenomenal. Such a classic movie.

[@heatherarmantrout1873]

You don’t think Davis and Swanson split the vote?

[@jessehohm5835]

You lost me when you said “The Artist” was just ok , lol .. that’s a flat out masterpiece!!

[@jswjanjan]

Thanks B! How I would have loved to see Michelle take home an Oscar for the Baker Boys.🎉❤