Top 10 Acting Oscar SNUBS of the 2000s

[@bushbasher85]

To this day, it still looks like the roles of Betty and Diane are played by two different actresses. That’s how great Naomi Watts was in Mulholland Drive.

[@ethandavies214]

Personally I have to mention Björk’s devastating performance in Dancer in the Dark. Although she got a deserved original song nomination, her performance was absolutely heart-wrenching and more than deserving for the 2001 awards alongside Michelle Yeoh as you mentioned.

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

Didn’t Bjork win best actress at canne for dancer in the dark

[@ethandavies214]

@@gabrielcastaneda9700 She did! Also won at the European Film Awards and The National Board of Review. Not sure how she got snubbed of nominations in major award shows

[@grimaldiramirez6003]

Was coming to comment this. She deserved a nomination for Best Actress AND a win for Best Original Song

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good pick!

[@EDDYLOPE1]

This movie was so traumatizing ! The ending leaves you breathless

[@hugok3340]

My Top 10: 1.Christian Bale - American Psycho 2.Jeon Do-yeon - Secret Sunshine 3.Naomi Watts and Laura Harring - Mulholland Drive 4.Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation 5.Tony Leung - In the Mood for Love 6.Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 7.Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot 8.Björk - Dancer in the Dark 9.Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood 10.Mathieu Amalric - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Honorable Mentions: 1.Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko 2.Maxim Gaudette - Polytechnique 3.Gael García Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries 4.Cillian Murphy - The Wind That Shakes the Barley 5.Colin Farrell - In Bruges 6.Christian Bale - Rescue Dawn 7.Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great list, thanks for sharing!

[@NaticzkaKaminskaHenryDolphin]

omg yes, Bale for American Psycho, yes, yes and yes, thank you!

[@godabandonedthistimeline]

Thanks for mentioning Gael Garcia Bernal. He's criminally underrated

[@knsnsy]

Omg so happy someone said Jeon Do-yeon that is my favorite performance in any film. Cannes always does it best!

[@melaniefowler8841]

Great list. Paul Dano in pretty much anything 🤌

[@angelicasmodel]

One snub that no one else mentioned is Sean Astin in Lord of the Rings. Return of the King was a magnificent movie, and won so many awards, that it seems strange it didn't receive any acting nominations. Sean Astin had everyone in tears over how moving his scenes were. The moral heart of the movies would not have worked without such a stellar performance.

[@IanHarrisComedian]

100%

[@Zed-fq3lj]

totally agree

[@dukeon]

They showered it with awards for being a spectacle and an achievement, but to the A it was still a genre film, hence the lack of acting nominations. Viggo Mortenson was snubbed though, not Sean Astin.

[@abbyniloingsigh7188]

Sean Astin should have been nominated for supporting actor, and Viggo for lead.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I've been saying for years that Sean Astin should've been nominated for Return of the King as Best Supporting Actor, you're not alone!

[@alexstanton83]

My top 10 1. Bruno Ganz - Downfall 2. Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long 3. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 4. Corinna Harfouch - Downfall 5. Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood 6. Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot 7. James McAvoy - Atonement 8. Michelle Yeoh - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 9. Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy - Before Sunset 10. Michelle Pfeiffer - White Oleander Honorable Mentions: Lucy Liu - Kill Bill Vol. 1 Dennis Quaid - Far From Heaven Jennifer Connelly - House of Sand and Fog Marcia Gay Harden - The Mist Hayden Christensen - Shattered Glass Patrick Wilson - Little Children

[@csabapalotai7418]

Corinna Harfouch, yes! Amazing performance!

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

Yes to Marcia Gay Harden in The Mist!

[@DHGlee2013]

That’s a really good list!! I completely forgot about Marcia Gay Harden for The Mist. She was incredible in that film, I was so happy when they(spoiler) shot her

[@OvaDaRainbow]

Yessssss Michelle Pfeiffer was superbbbbbbbb in White Oleander omgggggggg so good

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great picks!!

[@ΟρέστηςΜπουντούρης-φ4ν]

1. Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler 2. Hugh Jackman, Prisoners 3. Margot Robbie, Babylon 4. Robert Downey Jr, The Judge 5. Michael Shannon, 99 Homes 6. Jason Isaacs, Mass 7. Toni Collette, Hereditary 8. Albert Brooks, Drive 9. Gary Oldman, Leon 10. Adam Sandler, Uncut Gem

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love!

[@RobertBurns71405]

Thank you so much for having Sergi Lopez on here for Pans Labyrinth!!!! That is my all time favorite movie and he is one of my all time favorite villain performances❤️

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, I’m glad!

[@ethandavies214]

Naomi Watts!!!!!! Yes absolutely. Her acting in the audition scene is astonishing, I felt overwhelmed after seeing it for the first time.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Sooooo great!

[@kevinwilson3609]

She should have been nominated for King Kong as well. The whole movie actually rests on believability and emotions.

[@SaifJ123]

Kill Bill is my favorite movie of all time. It has always baffled me that Uma Therman never got an Oscar nomination for that role. Now that you explained it, it makes perfect sense that splitting the movie in two would confuse the academy members

[@TheAwardsContender]

One of my favorites too!

[@toniosntcrz]

Uma was ignored by the power of Harvey Weinstein, she explained that he tried to rape her and she defended herself by hitting him. That happened during the filming of Kill Bill. That Harvey used his power to keep her from being nominated. She was nominated for a Golden Globe.

[@johnnolan5579]

Totally agree with you about Giamatti. "Sideways" is a movie that has stuck with me for a long time. Loved it!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great movie!!

[@jeffreytaddeo6245]

"I'm not drinking any f***ing merlot!" Giamatti was a huge Oscar Snub!

[@TheAwardsContender]

So true!!

[@capkronos00]

- Naomi Watts - Mulholland Dr. - Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream AND House of Sand and Fog - Bjork - Dancer in the Dark

[@NaticzkaKaminskaHenryDolphin]

For me, there are just two, leading, and really absolutely mind-blowing, masterpiece acting performances of the 2000s that were totally snubbed at the Oscars, and it's a disgrace, and it makes me angry every time I think about it! 1. Christian Bale 'American Psycho' 2. Bruno Ganz 'Downfall' (note that I wrote: leading, so I'm just talking about the main roles now, because if we talk about supporting too, then surely Paul Dano in There Will Be Bood snub was a joke!). Christian Bale in 'American Psycho' - an absolute crime that he wasn't nominated! Bale as Patrick Bateman is pure genius. This is probably the most genius portrayal of the narcissistic, obsessed, psychopath and serial killer, in the history of cinema! This specific kind, because of course, I know that there are many other, iconic acting performances of serial killers, like, for example, Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, but the most brilliant one with these specific characteristics: a narcissist with obsessions and delusions, and also in the satire - is unique for Christian Bale in the Bateman's role. There are so many layers to his performance, so much subtlety, and at the same time, brilliant humor. And what's more, black comedy/satire is the most difficult genre to play in, as an actor. But American Psycho at the time was a niche, not a big-budget movie, and didn't have a PR and marketing machine behind it, and in the early 2000s that PR machine was everything! As for Bruno Ganz, he was brilliant in the role of Hitler too: terrifying, mad, disgusting, energetic yet weak, lost, and completely forsaken. Ganz managed to portray in a complex and vivid way all these sides of Hitler. And it was a giant snub but at the same time, it's easy to understand this one. The truth is, Downfall was entirely a German movie, and back in the early 2000s, The Academy didn't really nominate foreign actors in the main acting category, maybe unless the movie was an American production, and the particular foreign actor was living and working in the US, in the Hollywood for years, so he was practically 'Americanized'. So Bruno, a German in a totally German movie didn't really have a chance back then. Only recently the Academy started to nominate foreign actors more, in the leading acting category.

[@pablofrank2466]

Some brilliant choices: Mine are: 2000: Jamie Bell, Billy Elliott 2001: Ryan Gosling, The Believer 2002: Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven 2003: Nicole Kidman, Dogville 2004: Julie Delpy, Before Sunset 2005: Eric Bana, Munich 2006: Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson 2007: Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl & Sam Riley, Control 2008: James Franco, Milk 2009: Julianne Moore, A Single Man

[@saddamagha9006]

Literally shocked not to see Nicole kidman in the list for her convincing, critically acclaimed performance in The Others.. She was nominated by almost all major awards including BAFTA, Golden globe, etc. She totally deserved to that..

[@kellie-nd1yp]

That was an amazing performance. I meant to add it to my list. I think I will.

[@houseoftyrell1544]

One of her best performance of her career and one of the best horror film in early 2000s

[@benjamintillema3572]

Her character was so cold and uptight but then she would have these moments of warmth and vulnerability that really sold the whole story of this sad, desperate woman who could do something so unthinkable and yet could still be a loving mother.

[@johnnolan5579]

I agree. It's my favorite Nicole Kidman performance. Beautifully done!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

@@benjamintillema3572 it's one of those performances when they have to walk a tightrope or it doesn''t work.

[@danielbernas2293]

The main ones that come to mind for me are Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist, Bjork in Dancer in the Dark, Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet in Mysterious Skin, and Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive

[@grimaldiramirez6003]

Isabelle was giving a masterclass in The Piano Teacher. My personal winner

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great picks!

[@davidao2551]

You went to look who won at Cannes

[@Jules2439.5]

I know it’s a “silly little Disney film,” but Amy Adams absolutely put her whole being into playing Giselle in Enchanted (2007). What a beautiful, sometimes even nuanced portrayal of a princess learning the complexities of reality. She brings so much comedy, earnestness, heart, and believability to the role. She’s naive, but never weak. She’s funny without trying. She’s joyful, but pensive as she learns more about what it is to be alive in our world. Her timidly discovering anger is a incredibly scene. Its one of the best performances I’ve ever seen.

[@patriciagrandjean8205]

Totally agree.

[@pophector]

Great video! Mulholland Drive is one of my favorite films of all time and Naomi's performance still holds up so well. Uma Thurman's snub is still shocking since she got nominated for both the BAFTA & the Globe for Best Actress. I think both of the top 2 choices suffered from genre bias which makes Scarlett's snub all the more surprising since as mentioned in the video, she won the BAFTA. Paul Giamatti WAS Sideways, and his snub feels very akin to Amy Adams snub in Arrival in that sense. I also wished Bjork could have gotten a Best Actress nom for Dancer In The Dark, that performance was magnificent and did get a Best Original Song nom at least. Michelle Yeoh & Zhang Ziyi deserved recognition for either Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Memoirs Of A Geisha. think Nicole Kidman's The Others performance would have been a great nomination had Moulin Rouge not been out that year. Can't wait to see what video of yours comes next!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Wow, thank you for your comment, love all your picks!

[@sputnicksteerpike]

guy pearce, memento ... YES! thank you for remembering!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Of course!!

[@anthonyhernandez164]

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Antichrist Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher Bjork- Dancer in The Dark Kirsten Dunst - Marie Antoinette

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good picks!

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

My top 10 list would be: Scarlett Johansson - Lost in translation Kimberly Elise - woman thou art loosed Naomi watts - mulholland drive Kristen dunst - Marie Antoinette Zhang Ziyi - Memoirs of a Geisha Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2 Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire Keke Palmer - Akeelah and the Bee Katie Featherston - Paranormal Activity Christian Bale - American Psycho Honorable mentions: Queen Latifah/Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees Sanaa Lathan - Love and basketball Meryl Streep - The Hours Emily Blunt - The Devil Wear Prada Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married Denzel Washington - American Gangster Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine Very eclectic list but I feel these performances were undeniable enough to not get nominated of course a lot of reasons for this to happen like campaigning, genre bias ness, stiff competition and (in the case for dev, keke, Zhang and Kimberly) #OscarsSoWhite aka racial bias-ness being big factors

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great list!!

[@violetspin]

Yes Naomi topping the list!!! Mulholland Drive is my favorite film of all time and Naomi Watts gives one of the best performances not only of that decade, but of all time! So many Lynch directed female performances deserved awards contention and received nothing (Sheryl Lee in Fire Walk with Me and Laura Dern in Inland Empire being my other favorites)

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, more of his actors should’ve been nominated!

[@irina1296]

I think many great actresses were criminally ignored by the Academy in the 2000's: Sigourney Weaver (Snow Cake, Imaginary Heroes), Michelle Pfeiffer (White Oleander, I Am Sam), Vera Farmiga (Running Scared, Nothing But the Truth), Sandra Bullock (Infamous), Jennifer Lopez (An Unfinished Life, Bordertown), Kim Basinger (The Burning Plain, I Dreamed of Africa, The Door In the Floor), Nastassja Kinski (An American Rhapsody), Julianne Moore (The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, Blindness, A Single Man), Gillian Anderson (The House of Mirth), Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha), Laura Dern (We Don't Live Here Anymore, Inland Empire), Halle Berry (Things We Lost in the Fire), Thandiwe Newton (Crash), Bjork (Dancer in the Dark), Jennifer Connelly (Requiem for a Dream, House of Sand and Fog, Reservation Road), Angela Bassett (Boesman and Lena, The Score), Nicole Kidman (Cold Mountain), Carice van Houten (Black Book)

[@mattbernabe]

Thank you for mentioning Sigourney Weaver's performances in "Imaginary Heroes" & "Snow Cake."

[@irina1296]

@@mattbernabe She was phenomenal in those films. I adore both performances!

[@edruiz2262]

From my point of view, it was outrageous the way Björk got ignored by the Academy, back in 2001, for the work she did in "Dancer in the Dark". She was phenomenal!

[@CrystalWilliamsoncoach]

Your selections from Sideways, Kill Bill, and Mulholland Drive just hurt my brain too

[@TheAwardsContender]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Noxofspades-lh7bj]

Anne hathaway from brokeback mountain. Just the ending alone should've get her nominated.when she tells Heath's character how jake's character died. Then her very subtle, brief look of realization and pain when she figured out that brokeback mountain is a real place. And why her husband wanted his ashes to be scattered there 😭😭 It's crazy that she was around 21 when she film this movie. Keep forgetting that her and the main cast were in their early 20s. (Cuz the film takes place over 20 years and slowly ages everyone)

[@OvaDaRainbow]

Omgggggg her face in that scene and tears filling her eyes as she realizes who her husband was PERFECTIONNNNNNNNNNN Absolutely

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love her in that film!

[@benjamintillema3572]

Christian Bale in American Psycho. He was charismatic, charming, hilarious and yet also vacant, cold, and dorky. He totally sells a role that would've all over the place and cringeworthy in lesser hands. Five stars. If Jake Gyllenhaal's snub for Nightcrawler leaves a bitter taste in your mouth this is 10x worse.

[@TheAwardsContender]

OMG yes!!! Should’ve included him!

[@mikeletaurus4728]

I'm so glad you got to Watts in "Mulholland Drive." She utterly rivets. Every time I watch Lynch's second masterpiece (along with, of course, "Blue Velvet"), Watts leaves me exhausted, but in a good way. She doesn't ever allow the audience to catch up with her in Mulholland, and that is one of the marks of a superlative actor.

[@55555gino]

I know you haven’t done a video about the recent years yet, but I was wondering how you felt about Mia Goth (Pearl) ALSO missing the 2023 Oscars. She was incredible. That performance left me speechless. I don’t want to put her in the same category as Toni Colette, but it felt almost the same.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, I loved that performance too!

[@tucucciolo1]

Dev Patel and Michelle Yeoh ❤ Yes! Both Crouching Tiger and Slumdog are 2 of the BEST love stories on film 🎥!

[@TheAwardsContender]

❤️❤️❤️

[@PeterRabbit4Eva]

One name that you forgot to mention about, and she got snubbed in the same year with Scarjo’s Lost in Translation. E V A N _ R A C H E L _ W O O D (Thirteen)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, she almost made the runners-up!

[@hymnofthenightingale]

For those lamenting that Nicole Kidman wasn't nominated for her performance in The Others during the 2002 Oscars, they chose to nominate her instead for her Lead performance in Moulin Rouge!.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

That only makes sense to me.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, and that’s the right performance to recognize IMO!

[@charlesschofield4018]

The only snubs that bother me are 'Sergi Lopez'-Pan's Labyrinth, 'Scarlett Johnansson'-Lost in Translation, 'Jim Carrey'-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 'Michelle Yeoh'-Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 'Dev Patel'-Slumdog Millionaire, 'Guy Pearce'-Memento, 'Paul Giamatti'-Sideways and 'Naomi Watts'-Mullholland Drive.

[@allisontucker9874]

Paul Giamatti for Sideways was so overlooked

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, right?!?

[@sifatshams1113]

The snub that still hurts me to this day is Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price in Unbreakable (2000). Mr. Glass is such a fascinating character, and Jackson's performance felt like a very human and realistic version of the batshit insane horror villains Vincent Price and Boris Karloff used to play back in the 40s and 50s. There's really nothing else like it in all of cinema.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, good one!!

[@Zed-fq3lj]

yeah they've always ignored S.L. Jackson

[@santos8468]

You just reminded me to go to the 2010 list on the same subject and give mention to a certain performance from 2016. I think you know the one.

[@sifatshams1113]

@@santos8468 We Need To Talk About Kevin (Wendell Crumb)

[@santos8468]

@@sifatshams1113 That was clever.

[@elijahjosue17]

What a great video. Scarlett Johansson should have won an Oscar for best supporting actress for her extraordinary performance in “Lost in Translation;” she along with Bill Murray carried this film. Emile Hirsch was amazing and moving in “Into the Wild” and should have been nominated for an Academy Award for best actor. Lastly, Mulholland Drive should have won three Oscars: picture, director (David Lynch) and actress (Naomi Watts).

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes to all of this!

[@ChrolliForever]

Yes, I awarded mullhollland drive in exact this 3 categories. I think I did something right. 😅

[@kifacorea]

Too bad the film makes such a problematic caricature of the Japanese and Asian people, more generally

[@ilovetati91]

@@kifacorea that's such nonsense. it's a film about isolation and Sofia Coppola adores Japan.

[@RadioLaPrincess]

I have a bit of an obscure one because the movie did well at the box office but wasn't considered an Oscar movie. The movie was Miracle and the performance was by Kurt Russell. He nailed the role to the point where I actually forgot it was him and not the real coach.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Russell should have an Oscar nomination by now! Elusive Oscar video?!?

[@RadioLaPrincess]

@@TheAwardsContender definitely! He's a very underrated actor. Loved him in pretty much everything. I know this wouldn't even technically qualify but his performance in the Christmas Chronicles is so amazing.

[@lovebat34]

Could NOT agree more!! That performance was outstanding and if voters understood what a stretch it was for the outreaching, warm, witty Kurt Russell to play the introverted, tightly wound, intense Coach Brooks he would have won the darned Oscar!

[@JS-cb1fm]

Jim Broadbent should have won an Oscar for Moulin Rouge in 2002. Similar to Kate Winslet with The Reader and Revolutionary Road, he won for Iris instead in the same year. At BAFTAs he was nominated for lead in Iris and won supporting award for Moulin Rouge, so it’s good there was some recognition. The sheer range of his performance from “Like A Virgin” to “The Show Must Go On” was truly a wonder to behold.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great point, yes!

[@Mark-lx6hg]

My number one is Uma Thurman. I think what really hurt her chances was that Kill Bill is not a genre that the academy rewards, at least for acting in my opinion. Kill Bill is definitely one of my top 5 films tho just because of her (and partially because of Lucy Liu) and it was really the performance of her career. Love the vids by the way keep them comin'!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you so much!

[@claire-fox]

Mulholland Drive is my favorite movie of all time. Omg Naomi Watts is out of this world. The fact that was her first major role is CRAZY

[@KittyToothSalad]

Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for A Dream. She WAS nominated but lost to Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich. Good film, but it was an obligatory win for Roberts who had been snubbed for years. Understandable...I guess. Still....I had to mention it because Ellen Burstyn's performance in Requiem for A Dream is the most heart-wrenching performance I've ever seen. It gave me mild PTSD.

[@rubytuesdayphoenix]

Amazing list! The fact that Sergi Lopez's character in Pan's Labyrinth so enraged/disgusted me that I almost didn't finish the movie (luckily I was watching with a wise friend who stopped me from turning it off by saying 'no, seriously, you're gonna LOVE what happens to his character') really speaks to the power of his performance. Thank god I went back for second watch a few years later because my god, that movie is glorious!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Sure to be missing many deserving ones In no particular order Audrey Tautou in Amelie Michelle Yeoh in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Regina King in Ray Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada Jennifer Connelly in Requiem for A Dream Alfred Molina in Frida Julianne Moore in Children of Men Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire Lena Olin over Judi Dench in Chocolate 🍫 Don Cheadle in Traffic Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind And a couple I particularly love that maybe others wouldn’t Meryl Steep in The Hours ( plus she isn’t lacking nominations or wins ) I am more drawn though to her performance in this one than the other two. Also Glenn Close in 102 Dalmatians . I know but I think it’s a fun movie and she gives a rocking performance. Edit adding Nicole Kidman in The Others .I think she nailed it.

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

Emily Blunt and Regina King definitely deserved Supporting Actress nods

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love your picks, thank you!

[@arontamas5639]

Top 10 + snubs as for me: Ellen Page for Candy Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia Charlotte gainsbourg for Antichrist Willem Dafoe for Lighthouse Cameron Diaz for Vanilla sky Tom Cruise for Last Samurai Penélope Cruz for Don't move Anna Paquin for Margaret Awkwafina for Farewell Mia Goth for Peral Jim Carrey for Man on the moon Jennifer Connelly for House of sand and fog Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried for Fathers and daughters Florence Pugh for Midsommar Anya Taylor Joy for The VVitch Toni Collette for Hereditary Ellen Burstyn for Pieces of a woman Ray Liotta for Marriage story Jacob Tremblay for Room Brie Larson for Short terms 12 Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis Honorable mention: Joan Crawford for What ever happened to Baby Jane.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great picks, thank you!

[@arontamas5639]

@@marcosmadeiros9553 so many people forgot about her dramatic roles…..

[@DrewRitz]

Christian Bale American Psycho

[@alejandromangieri1495]

Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive is one of the greatest performances I’ve ever watched, that snub was egregious. Laura Harring was great in that movie too, would’ve been nice to see her get a supporting nod as well.

[@kmn0717]

Agree 100%, Michelle Yeoh should have at least been nominated for Crouching Tiger, that film was a beautiful masterpiece from start to finish and her role was a huge part of that. Another performance that was overlooked was Kevin Kline in Life as a House, such a good movie but his performance was so emotional it was on another level.

[@alisdairmckenzie]

I love your lists - I agree with so much of what you say. The first time I saw Mulholland Drive, in the cinema, I clearly remember being confused at who the scruffy blonde was, not realising it was Watts for a good 5 minutes. That is for me, unreal. And I agree so much that it was a major snub.

[@Tricki_Woo]

I loved Lena Olin’s performance in “Chocolat”. She should have been nominated for best supporting actress.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, good one!

[@Zed-fq3lj]

agree

[@TGTR-06660]

My man! At last the name of Naomi Watts is mentioned in your channel. I agree 100%. She should have not even only a nomination but an actual Oscar!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Is it really the first time?!? You may be right, haha!

[@Ilannguaq89]

My pick is Sean Bean in The Fellowship of the Ring. We take it for granted how good of a job he did and made that role his and iconic.

[@lilpenny1982]

Dev Patel is such an underrated actor.

[@TheAwardsContender]

👍👍👍

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Uma Thurman being snubbed for Kill Bill was unfair, that was the role of her career. As for the films being two hurting her chances, I would argue that Return of the King garnered all the nominations and wins for all the LotR movies, so Kill Bill Vol. 2 would've been an acceptable one film to nominate Thurman for.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Julie Delpy is great in all 3 movies, and I absolutely agree with this. Julianne Moore is my favorite actress. I think she should have been nominated for Supporting for A Single Man and in 2000 for Magnolia. I actually think that pharmacy scene is her best single scene ever.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!! Love her in Magnolia!

[@judasrefusal]

I was thinking to leave a comment, because she is the first one that came to mind when I read the title of this video. Her performance in Magnolia is a tour de force, and she transcends beyond any mere scene she's in. I wouldn't say she steals the spotlight in every single scene she's in, but I would say, she enhances the scene and doesn't steal the spotlight, as opposed to, she makes every other actor look even better. She raises the bar, so other actors end up following her lead and delivering as well. The Kids are All Right, is another. A Single Man, yet another. Anna Paquin in Margaret is one that, ugh, makes me clench my fists and take a piss to the sky only to have land in my screaming mouth, is another. oh no.. thats from 2011, right. that doesnt count. Emily Rios for Quinceanera. Gael Garcia Bernal in Babel. Vincent Cassel for Irreversivel. or Monica Belucci for that matter. Shareeka Epps or Anthony Mackie for Half Nelson. The latter for The Hurt Locker. Emily Rios for Quinceanera, or from the same movie Jesse Garcia for Supporting Actor. Glen Hansard / Once. Ben Foster for The Messenger. Michelle Williams for Wendy and Lucy. Diane Krueger for Inglorious Basterds. Rosario Dawson for Clerks 2.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

@@judasrefusal Julianne is my favorite actress. I accidentally ran into her on the streets of NYC, I stopped her, and she spoke to me for 5 minutes. A really lovely woman. I agree that the pharmacy breakdown scene in Magnolia is her absolute best. She missed an Oscar nod that year, I think because the performance was a little too “adult” for The Academy. SAG nominated her that year though. Magnificent actress!

[@francisdavesiacor8565]

Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Stoning of Soraya M.) should have been in the roster of nominees in 2009 😢

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good one!

[@yadmoreno3677]

Naomi Watts in Mulholland Dr might be my favorite performance of all time. I didn't know she wasn't nominated

[@sweatwithavey]

YESS!! Were you walking around my head, cuz these snubs are spot on 🌟!! Grateful for your work… finally get to geek out on all things awards season 🤓😎

[@sweatwithavey]

I’d have added special mention, Jamie Bell too for Billy Elliot. He won Bafta, was nominated at SAG… he was def in 6th place. Was also so frustrated he didn’t get in 😮😒😅

[@TheAwardsContender]

Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️

[@johnnzboy]

I can't believe how much I enjoy your videos, Brian, you express yourself admirably, amusingly and adroitly, and I absolutely agree with the egregious omissions of Naomi Watts, Uma Thurman and Julie Delpy in their respective movies, stunning performances, all of them.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you, you’re so kind!

[@johnmillholland6550]

Great shout out to Paul Giamatti for Sideways. He is one of my favorite actors and he brings it in scene after scene

[@TheAwardsContender]

He totally does!

[@BFA100]

My Top Ten Acting Oscar Snubs of the 2000's 1. Paul Giamatti (Sideways) 2. Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation) 3. Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive) 4. Gene Hackman (The Royal Tenenbaums) 5. Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) 6. Maria Bello (A History of Violence) 7. Nicole Kidman (The Others) 8. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) 9. Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) 10. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Volume One) My Top Five Honorable Mentions 1. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) 2. Tom Hanks (Road to Perdition) 3. Michael Douglas (Wonder Boys) 4. Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) 5. Denzel Washington (American Gangster)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for sharing!

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

Remember that Uma Thurman was also suing the Weinstein's for her accident while filming, so Harv definitely wasn't going to be buying her a nomination!

[@brademge6638]

Excellent list. A few others I think should've been nominated would be Sally Hawkins (Happy-go-lucky), David Carradine (Kill Bill), Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Tom Cruise (Collateral), and (I know this would've been controversial) Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers). Also, I personally think Leonardo DiCaprio should've been nominated for The Departed instead of Blood Diamond.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great picks!

[@CelluloidRooms]

I’m really glad to see Naomi Watts in this list for MD. I would probably also put Nicole Kidman in there for The Others.

[@hymnofthenightingale]

They chose to nominate Nicole Kidman that year for her Lead performance in Moulin Rouge! instead of The Others.

[@JEBsDailyDose]

I definitely think she should have been nominated for The Others over MR. I think Kidmans two most impressive performances are The Others and Rabbit Hole.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, good one!

[@andrewharkin9774]

​@@TheAwardsContenderWhat videos do you have coming out during the next seven days besides your Oscar predictions for Barbie and Oppenheimer?

[@ChrolliForever]

The year is so crazy. Only 5 slots and besides the oscar 5 you got noami watts, Isabelle huppert, kidman second movie and Audrey tatou. Not enough space for all. 😢

[@shadowslash932]

Great video! Love Naomi Watts and Uma Therman. Some other ones i believe should have gotten oscar consideration are Thora Birch - Ghost world Bjork - Dancer in the Dark Christian Bale - American Psycho Jennifer Aniston - The good girl Dennis Quaid - Far from heaven Rosemarie Dewitt - Rachel getting married Lucy Liu - Kill Bill Christina Ricci - Monster

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great picks!

[@aqualcunopiaceclassico3201]

I can think of a lot (especially in not english in language films) but two comes to my mind and heart: Bjork in Dancer in the Dark and Nicole Kidman in Dogville. Good luck with topping those performances.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great picks!

[@aqualcunopiaceclassico3201]

@@TheAwardsContender von Trier lovers united ✊😂

[@bev9708]

Not only in hindsight but right then at the time, we Aussies knew who Naomi Watts was but that had nothing to do with our palpable shock and outrage when she was overlooked, only the phenomenal power of that performance not being recognised ... we couldn't stop complaining around my university back then. And THEN, years later, even that was surpassed, of course by Toni Collette!!! There's LOTS to complain about when it comes to the Oscars, but those two are my biggest bugbears!! I think for Hollywood actors themselves though, it would be Adam Sandler's! Brian!!!! I can't believe you forgot him!! 😂😂

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, thanks for watching!!

[@WeldonSage-xh6fy]

My all time favorite film was snubbed completely, I believe. The Passion of the Christ. At that time, Mel Gibson was hated in Hollywood… He had to make the movie on his own, without any help from Hollywood.. & so many felt that the movie was anti-Semitic. But it was an amazing film that moved me like no film ever has. And I feel that Jim Caviezel should have gotten a nomination as well as the movie & Mel.

[@neutral7786]

Others: Christian bale(American psycho) Renee zellweger(Nurse Betty) Marlon wayans(Requiem for a dream) Jennifer connelly(Requiem for a dream)

[@mitsaki1076]

Omg I got so excited when I saw Michelle Yeoh for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in your list! I have always thought the same😊

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, I’m glad!!

[@bamabat8435]

Great list, as usual. Can I just talk about Into The Wild for a second? Emile Hirsch wasn't nominated for best actor despite being nominated in precursor ceremonies. In fact, no cast member was nominated other than Hal Holbrook, but the whole cast was brilliant. Also, I really think Zodiac should've gotten a best picture nod over Michael Clayton or Atonement. 2007 was a great year for movies, but I don't think it's really remembered for it. I wrote that before you did your honorable mentions. Props for giving Emile Hirsch a mention.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Of course! Love Hirsch in Into the Wild!

[@giovannyespinoza6013]

My list: 1. Naomi Watts (Muholland Drive) 2. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind) 3. Bjork (Dancer in the Dark) 4. James McAvoy (Atonement) 5. Paul Dano (There will be Blood) 6. Zhang Ziyi (Memory of a Geisha) 7. Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote) 8. Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) 9. Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) 10. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) Honorable mentions: Nicole Kidman (The Others) Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) Stephen Dillane (The Hours) Keira Knigthley (Atonement) Hugh Grant (About a boy) Denis Quaid (Far From Heaven)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love your list!

[@stevemcnary7963]

From the 2000s mine are 1. Al Pacino-Insomnia 2. Robin Williams-Insomnia. 3. Jack Nicholson-The Departed. 4. Leonardo DeCaprio-The Departed. 5. Clint Eastwood-Gran Torino. 6. Tom Cruise-Collateral as well as some you named

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great picks!

[@DamienHurts]

Why did I think that Naomi Watts WAS nominated for Mulholland Dr.?!?! You are so right, what an egregious mistake by the OSCARS! Literally one of the greatest performances of the 2000s. Same goes for Kill Bill Vol. 2 like you also mentioned. What a transformative insanely good performance. Uma played those emotional scenes was achingly beautiful to watch.

[@jameshaynes7062]

One of the greatest performances ever...

[@poihpioakarp8845]

Only one performer per movie. Tried to limit to one performance per performer but there was one actor that I couldn't choose between 2 of his performances so I cheated. 10. Best Lead Actress for Amy Adams (Enchanted) 9. Best Supporting Actor for Alfred Molina (Spiderman 2) 8. Best Lead Actor for Jack Black (School of Rock) 7. Best Lead Actor for Edward Norton (Fight Club) 6. Best Lead Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio (Catch Me if You Can) 5. Best Supporting Actress for Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) 4. Best Supporting Actress for Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls) 3. Best Lead Actor for Tom Hanks (Road to Predition) 2. Best Supporting Actor for Jude Law (A.I. Artificial Intelligence) 1. Best Supporting Actor for Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine or There Will Be Blood) Copius amount of HMs (ascending order): Best Supporting Actor for Alan Ford (Snatch), Best Lead Actor for Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino), Best Supporting Actress for Naomie Harris (Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest), Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett (The Talented Mr. Ripley), Best Supporting Actor for Leandro Firmino de Hora (City of God), Best Supporting Actor for Samuel L. Jackson (Unbreakable), Best Lead Actor for Gerard Butler (300), Best Supporting Actress for Radha Mitchell (Man on Fire), Best Supporting Actor for Sean Austin (Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Best Lead Actress for Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde), Best Lead Actress for Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Vol. 2), Best Supporting Actress for Christine Baranski (Chicago), Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson (The Departed), Best Supporting Actor for Ian McKellen (X2: X-Men United), Best Lead Actress for Natalie Portman (V for Vendetta), Best Lead Actor for Tom Cruise (Collateral), Best Lead Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis (Freaky Friday), Best Supporting Actor for J.K. Simmons (Spiderman), Best Lead Actor for Bruce Willis (The Sixth Sense), Best Supporting Actress for Emma Thompson (Love Actually), Best Supporting Actress for Beth Grant (Donnie Darko)

[@Crookedlystrait]

I remember being super upset about the Paul Giamatti snub too. But I also remember that 2004 was a very competitive year for the best actor category. Other names that were being floated around were Liam Neeson for Kinsey, and Al Pacino for The Merchant of Venice. There were more as well that I cant remember right now. But I also remember the next year they were saying that Giamatti was gonna be a shoo-in for a supporting actor nomination for Cinderella Man, but that never came to pass as the film underperformed and may have gotten mixed or bad reviews if I remember correctly.

[@TheAwardsContender]

He got in for Cinderella Man and that’s his only Oscar nod to date. Crazy!

[@AnitaLonski]

Bill Paxton should have been nominated for Frailty & Tom Cruise should have been nominated for Collateral & Tropic thunder

[@knightterror2826]

I'm furious Dev Patel didn't get a Leading Oscar nod a couple years ago for The Green Knight I'd add: Emily Watson: Supporting Actress "Red Dragon" (She cupped the balls of an adult tiger. That earns her a trophy) Christian Bale: Supporting Actor "The Prestige" Ben Whishaw: Best Actor "Perfume: Story of a Murderer" Ben Foster: Best Supporting Actor "3:10 to Yuma" Helena Bonham Carter: Best Actress "Sweeney Todd" Colin Farrell: Best Actor "In Bruges"

[@rzk4176]

Björk in Dancer in the Dark

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good one!

[@user-xq2lk6on9y]

My picks would be: (not in order) Michael Stuhlbarg (A serious man) Kim Hey-Ja (Mother 2009) Sally Hawkins (Happy go lucky) Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) Paul Dano (There will be Blood) Paul Dano & Steve Carell ( Little miss sunshine) Jack black (School of rock) Peter Dinklage (Station agent) Naomi Watts ( Mulhooland drive) Isabelle Huppert (The piano teacher) Bjork (Dancer in the dark)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love these, thank you!

[@judyweinstock9972]

Ah, The Station Agent. Fantastic movie. Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson are phenomenal.

[@robertcallisto6944]

Amélie (2001) Audrey Tautou❤❤❤

[@TheAwardsContender]

❤️❤️❤️

[@DanielLazuka]

In the next video about Oscar snubs of 90s (if you do such) I’d love if you also mention over whom this person could’ve been nominated. Yeah, you do mention it sometimes in this vid, but it’s be nice to mention it every time. And thanks for the video!

[@DHGlee2013]

Yes! A 90s oscar snub video. Pam Grier for Jackie Brown 😢

[@anarx1830]

Jim carrey for The truman show

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

Kathy Bates and Judy Parfitt for Delores Claiborne Angela Bassett for Strange Days Pam Grier for Jackie Brown (seriously, WTF went wrong here) Glenn Close for Reversal of Fortune and possibly 101 Dalmatians

[@TheAwardsContender]

I will try for sure! Thanks for watching!

[@DanielLazuka]

@@TheAwardsContender Thank YOU for your work, Brian!

[@brentbare7280]

Still to this day im surprised that The Passion Of The Christ wasn't nominated at the 2004 academy awards. It deserved to be nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Actor.

[@MorganKing95]

I'm not since Mel Gibson made that movie basically knowing it was going to be controversial, and it was made by an independent studio and released in early 2004. Plus, biblical movies are usually not that popular at the Oscars

[@Jared_Wignall]

It’s amazing just how many people haven’t either been nominated for an Academy Award or how long they had to wait to be nominated/win for the first time. I think Christian Bale should have been nominated for The Dark Knight, whether or not he would win is sort of a different story, but I think he deserved a nomination at the very least for playing three different sides of the same character as Bruce Wayne the playboy, the real Bruce Wayne that those like Alfred and Fox know and of course Batman. He should have been recognized for American Psycho as well, but since that film was controversial, I can see why that film wasn’t acknowledged for anything. Really great video Brian, this video makes one think of all the kinds of people who should have been nominated for an Academy Award for their acting and it’s surprising how some haven’t been acknowledged yet, such as Ewan McGregor who should have been nominated for Moulin Rouge! and I think he could have perhaps been nominated for Supporting Actor in one of the Star Wars prequels like Revenge of the Sith since I find his performance as Obi-Wan Kenobi better than Alec Guinness, who was nominated for Episode IV/the original film. Guinness was great but McGregor made me love the character even more and it’s a shame he’s never been nominated yet, just like Guy Pearce hasn’t been nominated so far. Let’s hope the two of them get nominated sometime in the future and maybe win.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great picks, thanks for sharing!

[@PikulBoy]

Thank you for mentioning that Kate Winslet should’ve won for Revolutionary Road. It was a career best performance IMHO.

[@laustcawz2089]

A few that come to mind: Björk--"Dancer In The Dark" Steve Buscemi--"Ghost World" Maggie Gyllenhaal--"Secretary" Peter Sarsgaard--"Shattered Glass" Bruno Ganz--"Downfall" Isabelle Fuhrman--"Orphan"

[@106andie]

I 💯 agree that Naomi Watts was the greatest Oscar snub of the 2000’s

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, thanks for watching!

[@frankmorelli9366]

Could not agree more on Jim Carrey. He’s owed at least 4 Oscar nominations by now!(Man on the Moon, Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine, and I Love You, Philip Morris)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!!

[@MovieFanZ89]

my top 3 snubs would be for best actor: -Kurt Russell in Miracle -Ewan McGregor in Big Fish -Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me if You Can

[@tristanfrench7198]

I was shocked when I saw ScarJo on this list because I thought she for sure earned a nomination for Lost in Translation. That has to be one of the most ridiculous snubs in Oscar history.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, right?!?

[@GKnSeattle]

We once again agree on a lot of things here. On the subject of Kill Bill, I think if they released both movies within the same year (Vol. 1 around April and Vol.2 later on, Oct or so) it's Oscar story may have been very different. You know those Oscar voters and their amnesia when comes to early year releases. While Uma Thuman wouldn't have been eligible for both movies, she would have most likely gotten a nomination for Vol. 2. Also, snubs for David Carradine and Daryl Hannah's chilling supporting performances would have been less likely.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yep, exactly!

[@csabapalotai7418]

Bruno Ganz and Ulrich Mühe. Both were stunning!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good ones!

[@ingross]

I agree with everything! I would love if you make a video about the nominations/wins that shouldn't have happened and that did because of the campaigning or the pretty/ingenue effect in the Best Actress category. To this day I still don't understand (besides the dirty campaign) why an actress from a period movie about Shakespeare falling in love is an Oscar winner or the one who played a widow helping a bipolar man win a dance competition (do you see my point?) Thanks for you videos! I enjoyed them a lot!

[@TheAwardsContender]

You’re welcome!

[@small5th]

I’m so surprised you didn’t mention Zhang Ziyi for Memoirs of Geisha. She was nominated for the Golden Globe, SAG, AND BAFTA. But that year instead Keira Knightley received a random nomination? That was really hard to see

[@TheAwardsContender]

If I liked Memoirs better, I would’ve included her. Damn, did she get close!

[@ChrolliForever]

See indeed. Zhang ziyi would be the first asian actress up for lead actress then. It was hard that she was left out for Knightley.

[@EJX220]

Gong Li should have also been nominated for Supporting Actress for that movie too.

[@angelicasmodel]

Memoirs of a Geisha wasn't a great adaptation of the novel, which made it hard for me to think well of the film.

[@jamincsc5099]

This list is incredibly correct from 10 to 1.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay!

[@souviendra]

Strongly agree with Yeoh and Watts on this list. I didn't realize Guy Pearce has yet to be nominated.

[@DJarvis1987]

Even though Hollywood is mostly anti-religious movies these days, they should have at least nominated Jim Caviezel for his transformative performance in "The Passion of the Christ". Even though Mel Gibson had a lot of hate during that time, there's no denying the caliber of work done by Jim Caviezel in this film. Even Tom Cruise for The Last Samauri was warranted.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@weasleyguardian]

Great list! I agree with so many of your picks & I would add Tom Cruise in Collateral definitely.

[@Psyfoob]

Björk in ‘Dancer in the Dark’ is probably my #1, but Watts for MD is certainly up there. Similar to the Kate Winslet situation, I think DiCaprio should’ve been nominated for ‘The Departed’ rather than ‘Blood Diamond’ that same year. He also had category confusion, getting a few noms in supporting for that film rather than lead. Speaking of Adam Sandler, I think his work in PTA’s ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ is exceptional, and that should’ve really been Sandler’s first nomination.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes to all of this!

[@fleurdelotusrosecam38]

Absolutely agree with Paul Giamatti in “Sideways”. I was in my mid-twenties when that movie came out and the story wasn’t something I was interested in or felt I could relate to and I didn’t really like Thomas Hayden Church. But I really liked Giamatti in “Duets” and thought I wanted to see him in a lead role so I gave it a go. I was so impressed by his performance in “Sideways” that I saw that movie a few more times. I remember being disappointed when he didn’t get a nod for any award for that movie. It was definitely a memorable, great performance. But I believe just like with Naomi Watts not getting nominated for “Mulholland Drive”, which I also agree she should’ve gotten, neither she nor Giamatti was a seasoned enough actor yet. It shouldn’t be that way, but voters seem to be hesitant to give a nod to an actor who hasn’t yet made quite a name for themselves, unless the movie is a big budget studio film and the studio campaigns heavily for the film and its actors. I’m so happy for Paul Giamatti that he finally won a Golden Globe this year. I hope he gets nominated for an Oscar again and wins at some point. He is such a talented, brave, funny, wonderful actor.

[@pascalmanuel3]

Great list! Another snub I'd put in is Choi Min-Sik in Oldboy. I don't know why but I just really liked the performances and it was weird to not see a single oscar nom for that film.