Top 10 Times the Oscars Got It Wrong

These actors, directors, writers and films were robbed! For this list, we’ll be looking at those times when the Academy overlooked deserving nominees and/or outright gave the golden statue to the wrong people. Our countdown includes "Saving Private Ryan", "Raging Bull", “Citizen Kane”, and more! Leave a comment, statement, or acceptance speech below. And take your time. We won’t let the orchestra play until you’re finished.
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[@hishkapish4817]

when you're so early you don't know what to write, BANANAFART

[@Sofia-qn6fs]

The wrong thing to do surely didn't have to receive an Oscar award anyways great choices

[@عاشق-ث3ب]

👍👍👌🙌👌🙌

[@olleselin]

Pixar is 💩

[@dennisjansson6239]

The times i think the Oscars got wrong was nominating American Beauty, Angelas Ashes, Cast & Away for Oscars for Best Musical Score instead of the Star Wars prequels for instance. Episode 1 & 3 SHOULD have WON!

[@tibbs3165]

I think the most consistent mistake the Academy always seemed to make was never giving the Oscar to Alfred Hitchcock. Not even once.

[@colliric]

Best Picture for Rebecca. Though you're right about him not winning one personally. Still he directed a Best Picture winning film.

[@nicoleknight9412]

For years they snubbed Steven Spielberg. They had no choice when he did "Schindler's List". Not taking home the Best Director and Best Picture awards would have been absolutely criminal! Spielberg on accepting the Best Picture award: This is for the 6,000,000 people who didn't get to see this film. Thank you."

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@nicoleknight9412 same with Jeff Daniels in Terms of Endearement

[@batgurrl]

I am pretty sure he got an honorary Oscar before he died

[@dhenderson1810]

@@nicoleknight9412 Now all Spielberg does is make "Oscar bait" movies.

[@alexjenkinson5813]

The fact that the Shawshank Redemption didn’t win any oscars is a crime. One of the best movies ever

[@dhenderson1810]

To be fair, it was up against "Forrest Gump" and "Pulp Fiction" that year.

[@laustcawz2089]

It was a "Hollywood-ized" version of 1979's "Escape From Alcatraz".

[@colddiesel]

@@dhenderson1810 Forest Gump was over sentimentalized trash which fitted perfectly with th geriatric dolts of the Academy.

[@onlinekillstheworld4422]

@@colddiesel Yep, Shawshank shud hv won atleast best adapted screenplay

[@richardprado5914]

True, stunning movie

[@dastoryteller8472]

Sometimes I feel they just don't like the actor despite the brilliance of the performance..it sucks...

[@dhenderson1810]

I heard that some actors don't win because they are not members of the Academy Of Arts & Sciences. I heard that that was the reason that Gary Oldman was never nominated until ten years ago.

[@ambrosaur3646]

Great example is Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Nightcrawler, Prisoners) and Tom Hardy (Bronson, Legend, Locke, The Drop)

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

And sometimes I feel like they just like the actor despite the performance, aka Meryl Streep and her 21+ nominations...

[@dhenderson1810]

@@ClassicalMusic2002 I agree with your comments on Meryl Streep. While a great actress, she seems to get nommed a lot in films which get no other Oscar noms at all. It looks like she is a placeholder some years, and added to make up numbers in some years.

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

@@dhenderson1810 Pretty much. I mean she's given some truly incredible performances, but if you were to simply change the name on some of those performances they wouldn't have even come close to being nominated.

[@thebadfella5296]

I think the biggest Oscar crime in history is Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates not even being nominated

[@S4KCx]

It’s even worse when you realise Janet Leigh was nominated!

[@isiah2387]

Willem Dafoe not even being nominated for “The Lighthouse” is a fckn crime.

[@zarrar26]

Damn true! Apart from Joaquin's performance in joker, I don't think anyone even came close to him

[@jurassicsavage9370]

Neither was the movie nominated for Cinematography.

[@jerrygodeep4787]

@Harmen Moes uhh released two different years.

[@carolinelowe6304]

@@zarrar26 actually Adam Driver’s performance for Marriage Story was so much better than Joaquin Phoenix’s performance. Adam Driver was snubbed for the Oscar

[@sarwozenpikir]

@@carolinelowe6304 Joaquin is better. look he's amazing acting like he's real a joker

[@shanerollins3736]

Stanley Kubrick directed 13 movies, most of which are considered the greatest movies ever made. He was nominated several times, but won just one Oscar for Best Visual Effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yet he wasn’t mentioned anywhere here? We need a Top 10 Oscar Snubs Part 2 video.

[@wathsi99]

He was nominated for the VFX award due to a stupid rule only. So, he was collecting it on behalf of the VFX team.

[@markelijio6012]

Gracias, Shane!

[@jennyneon]

This makes The Oscars look like the Grammys.

[@kay-dc8495]

Hello there again

[@alifuller1658]

The Grammys stink tit the only one that killed it was Bruno Mars kudos to you bro 😝

[@K0m30ng]

i still prefer Oscars than Grammys tbh

[@reneechavarria4554]

Cancel both of them

[@kimanireid9617]

They're both irrelevant ?

[@jhowneedj5518]

A moment of silence for all the horror films that deserved Oscars but were snubbed just because they were horror films...

[@muhammadshahmeerqureshi6150]

Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in 2020 for the lighthouse. Major Snubs!

[@calzone3843]

The Lighthouse getting snubbed in general. Should've been nominated for best picture and director

[@jordanstuck747]

Damn straight

[@raunakjain5405]

True that

[@offspringfan1288]

The Lighthouse sucks!!!

[@muhammadshahmeerqureshi6150]

@@offspringfan1288 Sure, keep telling yourself that. Period movies or psychological horrors like this always divide opinion. You just couldn't appreciate this film for its originality and all around brilliance.

[@bhaskarjoshi3067]

Is nobody gonna talk about Liam Neeson losing best actor for Schindler's List and Mickey Rourke losing best actor in the wrestler both performances were perfect .

[@arnabchakraborty2593]

Well tom Hanks in Philadelphia was absolutely mind blowing........ Neeson was also great... But that wasn't that much of a snub...

[@237schibe_]

Tom Hanks won so yea, Also I don’t like The Wrestler.

[@steveprice2718]

@@237schibe_ who cares what YOU liked or didn't like? Thats insignificant. The academy screws up and often.

[@237schibe_]

@@steveprice2718 Your opinion is also sometimes insignificant.

[@julkasteven8198]

Maybe there should have been a tie between Tom and Liam

[@narekminasyan6347]

I find Forrest Gump winning over Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption a mistake as well.

[@roxy5588]

Ikr. I do like all 3 of those movies it should’ve been a three way tie!

[@Coyotek4]

One of these movies hasn't aged well ...

[@calzone3843]

@@roxy5588 Nah. Forest Gump is a great movie but Pulp Fiction and Shawhshank are on a whole other level

[@AlchemistOfNirnroot]

@@Coyotek4 What are talking about?

[@juanignacioordoqui7539]

Quiz Show was also better than Forrest Gump.

[@klaust.2808]

Marlon Brando should've won an Oscar for "A Streetcar Named Desire".

[@laurajones1773]

I agree. He was phenomenal in that movie as well as Vivian Leigh. I think the reason Humphrey Bogart won for The African Queen was because it was a consolation prize for the Academy not awarding him for Casablanca.

[@OmkarG27]

The oscars did not mention Fight Club because they were following the rule of the Fight Club.

[@BubblyJubbly]

I’ll never get over the fact that Toni Collette wasn’t nominated for Hereditary.

[@ktanner3]

Alfred Hitchock never getting an Oscar was a downright tragedy.

[@shell150675]

Scorsese and Spielberg should have both won many more Oscars for their films.

[@zoomerjack5435]

Kubrick never won an Oscar at all

[@cooperxtreme1566]

Jake Gyllenhaal got brutally snubbed for Nightcrawler.

[@patrickorourke41]

Right??? He was brilliant in that flick!

[@varunsrinidhi2618]

He was robbed of so many oscar nods.

[@Girlchild406]

I just rewatched that movie today (literally an hour ago lol) and I completely agree 💯!!! He was phenomenal in that movie!!

[@jaycone4223]

I agree 💯

[@grievous1]

How can you forget The Dark Knight not being nominated for Best Picture!

[@akevomsahungyo9299]

Thinking the same thing

[@duffmanx2000]

They literally changed how many films can get nominated for best picture because of that!

[@akevomsahungyo9299]

@@duffmanx2000 sorry, but I don't get it

[@maztergamer1016]

Oh yeah also wall-e. IN THE SAME YEAR.

[@decderbyshire1145]

@@akevomsahungyo9299 basically the number of films nominated for best picture changed from 5 to 10 the year after the dark knight.

[@gabrielfreire7626]

Saving Private Ryan losing Best Picture is really absurd. What makes me equally outraged is the Truman Show losing Best Original Screenplay to Shakespeare in Love.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Thin red line you mean?

[@braydenfitzsimmons6824]

Saving Private Ryan is terrible outside of the first 20 mins, whilst Shakespeare remains a top tier rom com

[@davidl570]

@@braydenfitzsimmons6824 Found the troll.

[@jeffreym.8957]

@@braydenfitzsimmons6824 Ha! Ha! There is no such thing as a rom com - you can have a romance movie or a comedy movie. They are never the same thing. I don't even remember one funny line from Shakespeare in Love. When the tank rumbles into the final scene of SPR it rattles your bones. When the turret slowly turns towards Hank's men you're trying to will them out of the building. It had a few slow parts, sure, to flesh out characters, but was a classic and the first war movie to show some realism.

[@yordanstefanov5570]

I guess they didn't want "another war movie" to win again. Which really is easy and safe pick. But they got it wrong that time.

[@patrickorourke41]

My blood boils every time I think of god damn Shakespeare In Love winning 😡

[@elijahyoung1963]

Here is one time they got it wrong “The Lego Movie” didn’t get nominated for Best Animated Feature.

[@justingochioco1121]

I loved that movie

[@elijahyoung1963]

@@justingochioco1121 I know while Big Hero 6 was a good movie I think The Lego Movie was way better.

[@sayastra]

Here here!! They made their own animation software for crying out loud!

[@jginger9635]

Oscars never understood the art of animation. There are a ton of Amazing Japanese anime as well which don't have oscar nominations. For example The Silent Voice. Boss baby got an oscar nomination for God's sake.

[@sayastra]

@@jginger9635 also anything Satoshi Kohn ever did.... it's odd they recognized Black Swan and Inception but not the films that they borrowed from.

[@knudtson00000]

Val Kilmer not even being nominated for his work as supporting actor in Tombstone (1993). What a scam.

[@ambrosaur3646]

Yeah you're right! What a performance!

[@dawnu132]

His performance was brilliant. Totally agree he should have won an oscar for best actor.

[@KPX-nl4nt]

Stanley Kubrick never winning an Oscar for best director, best picture, or best screenplay is definitely worthy of discussion.

[@Zappo32]

This should be a "Top 100 times The Oscars got it wrong", 'cause there are a lot of examples such as: DiCaprio not best actor for "Wolf of Wall Street", "Taxi Driver" not winning every major categories, "Chicago" best picture of 2002 (WTF?), "Roma" not getting best picture in 2019 or Kubrick not getting best director for "Full Metal Jacket" in 1988.

[@jjjxcfdarvb1137]

Especially taxi driver

[@LivingLikeLarry12]

Jake Gyllenhal not being nominated for "Nightcrawler"

[@gregpahren7441]

This and Toni Collette not getting nominated for Hereditary are two of the biggest acting snubs I can think of.

[@CharMendoza]

The Color Purple was completely snubbed. Whoopi, Oprah, and Danny Glover acted their asses off.

[@mikefitzgerald41]

Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List) lost to Tommie Lee Jones (The Fugitive) Robert Shaw (Jaws) not even nominated

[@thomassmith4606]

To me and many others that year, The Color Purple was overlooked for Out Of Africa. Not a Whoopi fan, but down right her best performance. Great story, great acting, cinematography, director and so on. Out Of Africa took me five hours to watch a three hour movie as I kept falling asleep.

[@grmp1992]

I still can't get over Toni Collete not even being nominated for an oscar

[@fab0392]

She was for the Sixth sense.

[@jurassicsavage9370]

I don't get why the Oscars sleep on Robert Eggers and Ari Aster.

[@mattrose4154]

Agreed. Sometimes I get so upset she wasn’t nominated that I can’t breathe so I stick my head out of a moving car window...

[@eifelitorn]

you're kidding right? She HAS been nominated..

[@grmp1992]

@@eifelitorn I mean for hereditary, its by far her best performance together with the sixth sense

[@andrewterrell4019]

For me, the biggest Oscar snub of all time is the combination of Tim Robbins not even getting nominated for Best Actor for Shawshank Redemption and Morgan Freeman losing to Tom Hanks. Those two had the best on screen chemistry I have ever seen and to see neither man get the recognition they deserved is disgusting.

[@jesuslopez-uy4hd]

IMO the king's speech is way better than social network and It did deserve an Oscar.

[@dannewnam2701]

It Sure does, The King's Speech has done very well at the Box Office, In fact, The King's Speech is a very good movie of 2010.

[@PvtGermanWagz]

THANK YOU for bringing up Toni’s snub in Hereditary. She deserved the award in 2019, didn’t even get nominated.

[@joshsteinjohnston3887]

YES!!!! BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR (IMO).

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

The Oscars must've something against A24. They're very reluctant in nominating their movies.

[@hklegomaster]

Wat bout moonlight

[@deniserodas6848]

No, Moonlight was made by A24 and it won Best Picture. Minani, another A24 film just got a nominated for Best Picture.

[@ianwestc]

Every since I found out what Harvey Weinstein was able to do behind the scenes (pre-metoo-sex-stuff) to get Miramax films the big prize, I knew that lobbying, schmoozing, and advertising are very important to the Oscars. A great movie released in February is not going to do as well in the awards shows as a great movie released in December will because the Dec movie will be so much fresher. That's where the lobbying machine comes into play, along with many other other circumstances that benefit from advertising.

[@brandonsheumaker2673]

Cate Blanchett's work in Elizabeth was one of the best performances ever in a historical drama (which the Academy usually loves). The same year that Shakespeare in Love got Best Picture, the Academy also decided to give the Best Actress to Gwyneth Paltrow because... why? Inexplicable.

[@briannastultz6924]

Probably because Gwyneth was a Hollywood darling at that time and Cate Blancett was pretty much unknown back then.

[@hunterolaughlin]

“In place of Gwyneth Paltrow you will have a Queen! Not ordinary but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the Foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!”

[@amirhassanmonajemi9573]

Because of Harvey Weinstein machine that could grind anything

[@JoRN1222]

Why? Harvey Weinstein.

[@MannySandoval16]

I was so furious when I found out that Toni Collette wasn’t nominated! She was perfect in Hereditary.

[@Kirby11593]

I’m so happy that Saving Private Ryan being Snubbed best picture was ranked number 1! I’d be happier if the Academy actually did the right thing and gave it best picture and take it away from Weinstein.

[@lexkanyima2195]

A big mistake

[@hunterolaughlin]

Well in 2015, the Academy members did do a revote of their controversial Best Picture winners and Saving Private Ryan got the Best Picture of 1998 over Shakespeare in Love.

[@emmanuelchavez7084]

Toni Collette not being nominated for best actress for hereditary still hurts

[@rumaristo129]

I agree but I still think Cuckoo's Nest is a better film than Jaws.

[@aryehlevine8677]

Yeah right. Jaws is fun but it doesn't hold a candle to one flew over the cuckoo's nest

[@colliric]

No they were saying it was snubbed a nomination, not that it should have won.

[@rumaristo129]

@@colliric Jaws WAS nominated for Best Picture though. It just lost to One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[@batgurrl]

@I Dog Day Afternoon excellent. Barry Lyndon BEAUTIFUL but boring. Cuckoo’s Nest a Masterpiece. I believe Kubrick never one either - best picture or director

[@laustcawz2089]

@@rumaristo129 ...but Spielberg wasn't nominated for Best Director.

[@trebm3]

Academy awards are extremely politically motivated. People shouldn’t take them as the definitive place for movies. Good place to start but not the best place

[@rdcdancer]

The Color Purple loses over Out of Africa. The former has become a classic, but not on your list.

[@sasidharannair9312]

The same cruelty did against to THE KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON.Because the cruelty done by white to coloured locals isn't allowable in media ...by WHITES.

[@MonyXChan]

The Boss Baby being nominated for best animated movie, while Your Name and A Silent Voice were not. Like, what the fuck?!

[@ianwestc]

Your Name was a really sad story (the movie award development, that is). Why did it not receive a Best Animated nod? Because the studio absolutely bungled the release. It received a North American release in mid-2017, but the studio gave it one-week release at the end of 2016 in two theaters in New York and Los Angeles just so it would qualify for year 2016's Oscars. What was wrong with that? Almost no critics got the chance to see the movie to even forward it for a nomination. And what movies did get nominated? Zootopia, Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana, My Life as a Zucchini, and The Red Turtle. Yikes. 2016 is the possibly the strongest year ever for the Best Animated Feature category. EVER. The next year, 2017, we got Coco, The Boss Baby, The Breadwinner, Ferdinand, and Loving Vincent. Some decent movies, but also a few weaker entries. Why did Boss Baby get the nod over Your Name? Because Your Name was not eligible. It had its chance the previous year, but no one saw it until five months after the awards show for which it was eligible.

[@MonyXChan]

@@ianwestc my point still stands. Boss Baby shouldn’t have been nominated, AT ALL.

[@Motivateddragon]

@@ianwestc yea but what abt a silent voice? I'm not saying that it should have won but it absolutely deserved a nomination

[@ianwestc]

@@Motivateddragon Oh, well, certainly no excuses for that. :-D I still wonder how much promotion it got? I hadn't really heard of it before this year, but I'm not an academy voter..

[@twoboysmom7423]

I had a friend who worked on Boss Baby so I am happy that it got nominated. I have not heard of the other ones. A promotion issue? I want to see those other movies now.

[@mitchc9167]

The Dark Knight and Wall-E not receiving noms in 09 are deservedly criminal.

[@kevinbianchi3953]

They literally changed the rules after the backlash they got for not nominating Dark Knight. How that wasn’t even mentioned in the honorable mentions is beyond me.

[@maztergamer1016]

The oscars just ignore some genres.

[@tomh.2405]

You left out a big one: the general snubbing of "Psycho." Hitchcock was nominated for best director but didn't win; there was no nomination for best picture, and Bernard Herrmann was completely snubbed for his creation of that brilliant and iconic musical score.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

A lot of times... Goodfellas losing out to that Kevin Costner movie was a travesty 😫😠😡🤬

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

What? You mean Goodfellas losing to Dances With Wolves or Saving Pvt. Ryan losing to Shakespeare In Love?

[@cadillacdeville5828]

@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom All of the above 😁

[@cadillacdeville5828]

@Sebastian Zerni Thank you

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

Epic fail of a comment

[@jamesrippy1161]

The Dark Knight not getting nominated for best picture or director. Inception not getting nominated for best director. Tombstone & Heat not receiving any nominations at all in 1993 & 1995. Star Wars not winning best picture or director in 1977. Glory not being nominated for best picture or director in 1989. The Last Of The Mohicans (1992) only being nominated 1 Oscar.

[@BWild523]

The most egregious snub by the Academy, in my opinion, is Bruno Ganz not getting a Best Actor Nomination for Downfall as Adolf Hitler. Not only is it absolutely amazing, but I deem it to be quite courageous to present one of the most evil men in history in a very human performance instead of a caricature. Whenever he is on, it's nearly impossible to take my eyes off of him he was so good.

[@sassykaren7587]

I couldn’t agree more about Boogie Nights. They were probably snubbed because of the plot line of the story. The academy probably thought that they didn’t want to hand out awards for a film based on the porn industry. I really thought that Goodfellas would have won an award. I still watch that movie to this day. The storyline and actors were amazing in this film.

[@laustcawz2089]

Joe Pesci won Best Supporting Actor.

[@sekoukaba9147]

Adam Sandler not being nominated for uncut gems is one of the biggest crimes

[@d.j.407]

Should of had Sean Penn over Mickey Rourke in 2009 and Roberto Benigni over Edward Norton in 1999 in this list.

[@perunstudios5293]

Sunrise vs. Wings at the 1st Academy Awards. In 1928 they both got top award but the next year Wings was (and still is) retroactively named top spot on the first Oscars. Like most of these winners, Wings is a great film but Sunrise is one of the best ever.

[@MrIAMNOTANOOB]

The Oscars is about money, not artistic merit or fan beloved. Pay to play.

[@K0m30ng]

Also the fact that The Lego Movie was snubbed at the Oscars is just wrong in so many reasons

[@hklegomaster]

Thank you donny

[@jimbo9208]

It went up for best song

[@hklegomaster]

@@jimbo9208 well that’s ur perception

[@PhenomsServant4]

Wreck It Ralph getting snubbed still irks me

[@dannewnam2701]

IKR?!

[@indiecinemaster4699]

What? No attention for E.T. losing Best Picture to Ghandi? Hell, Ben Kingsley and Richard Attenborough admitted they thought E.T. should have won.

[@ItsJustTravis]

Angela Bassett & Lawrence Fishburne not winning for " What's love got to do with It" will be the Oscars biggest mistake!

[@ralphangel561]

FACTS

[@michaeledgerton3508]

That and Denzel not winning for Malcolm x. A lot of black actors and film makers were not recognized by the academy in the 90s

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@michaeledgerton3508 for the entire history of the academy you mean?

[@michaeledgerton3508]

@@kostajovanovic3711 yeah you right

[@sreyangovender3404]

Ordinary People (1980) and Dances With Wolves(1990) deserved their best picture wins. But Brokeback Mountain's loss is a cinematic travesty

[@chrisk5651]

Very very true!

[@MurphCat-zl8vu]

Ordinary People and Dances were fine films, but didn't deserve best picture wins when you consider Raging Bull and Goodfellas were their competition.

[@danielstanwyck2812]

@@MurphCat-zl8vu wrong

[@MurphCat-zl8vu]

@@danielstanwyck2812 Nope

[@hunterolaughlin]

I don’t know if I could say Ordinary People deserved its Best Picture win. At least with Dances with Wolves, regardless of how you feel about that film winning Best Picture over Goodfellas, at least it’s a movie everyone still remembers if you take away the Best Picture Oscar compared to Ordinary People where I don’t see it talked about a lot unless it’s talking about how it beat Raging Bull or The Elephant Man for Best Picture. Heck, I’m not sure if anyone watches Ordinary People nowadays.

[@occiferfigpucker4840]

To be fair, with Adam Sandler.. One good movie doesn't make up for an entire career of mediocrity.

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Little Nicky.

[@jakethelifter3824]

The dark knight should have won best picture, or at least have been nominated in 2009

[@TheBoss-jc6le]

Leo deserved an oscar for Aviator and the departed

[@amierulbaharin765]

The Aviator, probably. But Forest Whitaker was easily the best in The Last King of Scotland. He played the evil dictator so good that it's if it is Idi Amin himself.

[@C_Melvyn_James]

The Aviator is excellent. My favorite was Jude Law as a drunk Errol Flynn. That was golden!

[@brysonstanley2178]

Jamie Foxx rightfully won for Ray.

[@jessetrimbach5908]

Dark Knight should have made this list. It was considered one of the greatest movies of all time and yet it didn’t a best picture nod, though all the nominees were good movies including its winner Slumdog Millionaire. This is perhaps the reason the academy decided to increase its subsequent nominees to up to 10. At least Heath Ledger got the posthumous win.

[@K0m30ng]

You know why Shakespeare In Love won Best Picture? The movie had Harvey Weinstein as producer, he had the power in Hollywood to make every film nominated and won an Oscar for it. Also The Academy did a recount and given a second chance, they would award the Oscar for Best Picture to Saving Private Ryan

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

Citizen Kane's loss was mostly due to William Randolph Hirst pressuring and threatening members of the Academy because he thought Citizen Kane was an attack on him personally.

[@timibershoff494]

That still doesn't excuse the fact that The Maltese Falcon also didn't win that year.

[@diegoperezcotto7938]

Toy Story 4 deserve to win many Oscars for good actor,good critics and awesome and cool box office in the movie

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Nah chief

[@CmdrTomalak]

Val Kilmer's nomination snub for Tombstone.

[@juanguzman9574]

I was gonna say the same thing

[@sickemdudley01]

It still burns me up that Malcolm X didn't even get a nomination for Best Movie and Denzel lost Best Actor in 1993 as well.

[@maztergamer1016]

Yeah they gave it to the hoo-a movie instead for best actor.

[@cunard61]

Saving Private Ryan is remembered as one of the greatest films of the last century; but you never hear anything at all about Shakespeare in Love, EXCEPT when it's being slammed for the Best Picture win it never should have gotten.

[@laustcawz2089]

"The Longest Day" is a better film about D-Day than "...Ryan". "Shakespeare In Love" is just crap. My pick for Best Picture for that year wasn't nominated-- "Buffalo '66".

[@wowbobwow37]

My #1 will always be Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List losing to Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive for supporting actor. My #2 is Crash beating Brokeback Mountain #3 is the Goodfellas f-up Side note: When Rocky won best picture it beat 3 of the best films of all time: Taxi Driver, Network and All The President's Men

[@JoRN1222]

I loved Rocky. 😊

[@thorpizzle]

The Dark Knight should have been nominated for Best Picture and Best Director. That movie was so brilliantly made and is easily Christopher Nolan's masterpiece.

[@andrewterrell4019]

For me, the worst Oscar snub of all time is the combination of Tim Robbins not even getting nominated for Shawshank Redemption and Morgan Freeman losing Best Actor to Tom Hanks. Those two had the best on screen chemistry I have ever seen and to see neither of these great men get the recognition they deserved is disgusting.

[@jamesedens8245]

I completely agree.

[@andrewterrell4019]

Thank you

[@Jobe00]

The best idea I have heard regarding the Oscars is to wait 5 years.

[@maztergamer1016]

Yeah that is around when a consensus develops around a movie and the case is more clear.

[@annafowdy]

Still think Klaus should've won last year.

[@raunakjain5405]

Robert Pattinson in good time should have been nominated

[@dannewnam2701]

It went to Toy Story 4.

[@annafowdy]

@@dannewnam2701 don't remind me.

[@myredenvelopes]

Though he would later win back-to-back Oscars for Best Actor, Tom Hanks should have received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for A League of Their Own (1992). His portrayal of a down-and-out alcoholic ex-baseball player who got shoehorned into managing a women's baseball team was one of the best performances of his career, and it was a launching pad into the more serious roles which have gone to define his career.

[@BashPowerEntertainment]

I'm really surprised that you didn't include Fargo losing to The English Patient (it wasn't even in the Honorable Mentions!) First off...Fargo came in 84th on the original AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list, and second...it spawned a successful TV show! The English Patient never made any of AFI's lists, and I seriously doubt anyone has ever pitched an idea of making a The English Patient TV show.

[@derreckpressley1463]

The biggest Oscar mistake, besides Whoopi not winning for the color purple, is Glory not being nominated for best picture, it was clearly the best film of that year.

[@simonslack186]

Not only did The Social Network not win Best Picture but Andrew Garfield wasn't even nominated for best supporting actor that year. He was by far the best performance that year and was nominated for a Golden Globe and Bafta for best supporting actor

[@davidl570]

It shouldn't have won Best Picture......................that movie SUCKED.

[@maztergamer1016]

@@davidl570 Because inception was the most genius movie ever OBVIOUSLY.

[@davidl570]

@@maztergamer1016 Eh, that one sucked too.

[@jasonc.parker4644]

Mine is a little obvious: Best Supporting Actress for Melinda Dillon as Ralphie's Mother in "A Christmas Story". Melinda's performance was a lot like her character. She helped ground these crazy people in these crazy situations, and she did it with such grace and nuance, while still finding time to sneak in subtle humor. When the movie airs on its regular Christmas marathon, do yourself a favor and view it at least once while focusing solely on Ms. Dillon's performance. A great role for a great actress that was sadly overlooked.

[@laustcawz2089]

That whole movie, everything about it & everyone in it, should've made it Best Picture. 'Nuff said.

[@heitorpergon]

Ah, Shakespeare in Love... the film that got Gwyneth Paltrow Fernanda Montenegro's Oscar

[@bradcouch457]

The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Searchers, Secondhand Lions, Empire Strikes Back, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Man With No Name Trilogy, War of Planet of the Apes, Dirty Harry, Lethal Weapon, First Blood, Heartbreak Ridge, The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ready Player One, Once Upon a Time in the West, Gettysburg, Gods and Generals, Open Range, Tombstone, and Avengers Endgame are all great movies that should've been nominated for Best Picture.

[@Arcturian6]

Jack Lemmon not winning best actor for The Days of Wine & Roses.

[@PecanSandees23]

That was a packed year with Peter O'Toole, Gregory Peck (winner), Bert Lancaster and Marcello Mastroianni. Everyone deserved to win that year.

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

The Apartment.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@PecanSandees23 but Peter O'Toole was snubbed big times

[@ROP632]

Leonardo DiCaprio has been snubbed so many times in his career: The Basketball Diaries Titanic Catch Me If You Can The Departed Revolutionary Road Shutter Island Django Unchained

[@richardperaza5083]

Hey at least he finally got an Oscar

[@nicoleknight9412]

You left out "The Man in the Iron Mask" and "Gangs of New York".

[@laustcawz2089]

@@nicoleknight9412 ...not to mention "This Boy's Life".

[@deltavictorbravo-7428]

You can add What’s Eating Gilbert Grape to that list, he’s exceptional in that movie

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

You can have a Top 20 for this.

[@fromthehaven94]

1. Jake Gyllenhaal not being nominated for Nightcrawler 2. Andrew Garfield not being nominated for Social Network 3. King's Speech winning Best Picture over Social Network 4. David Fincher not winning Best Director for Social Network 5. Pulp Fiction losing Best Picture 6. Toni Collette not being nominated for Hereditary 7. Spike Lee not getting a Best Director nomination for Do the Right Thing 8. Danny Elfman not having an Oscar for Best Original Score- ever 9. Glenn Close not having an Oscar- especially for Fatal Attraction 10. Rosamund Pike not winning Best Actress for Gone Girl

[@jeffreym.8957]

Garfield isn't really a good actor. Good looking dude, but that's about it. Social Network was quite good. Hardly worth a mention for losing to The King's Speech which was easily an equal - at worst.

[@Lilmovieman27]

2001: A Space Odyssey is easily the best movie ever made that was not nominated for Best Picture

[@davidl570]

It's a classic, but saying it's the best movie ever made is a bit of a stretch.

[@Lilmovieman27]

@@davidl570 I don’t think it’s the best ever made but I it is the best not to be nominated

[@davidl570]

@@Lilmovieman27 Okay, makes sense! Sorry, misread your comment.

[@josephlopez7640]

Adam Driver should’ve won last year for Marriage Story

[@FSportuguese]

Joaquin phoenix was Miles better

[@mlggamer5296]

This is why the fans/audience are so important. Because even if they snub them they know they won by some means because other people think their movie was great. To paraphrase Drake "If you got people singing the words to your songs and coming to see your performances in the cold hours of the night and spending what money they have just to hear your songs you've won already you don't need this award right here" the same applies to movies. If you got people quoting it and it affects pop culture in more ways than you'd think and maybe they see it as a classic and many other factors then you've basically won in the eyes of the people.

[@roxy5588]

Saving Private Ryan losing best picture is going to be forever on why academy you fucked up bigtime! This movie is definitely the greatest war movie of all time and it’s a true story too. Shakespeare in love was below average.

[@musaal-khadim9794]

One of the best movies ever made... the weird thing was Spielberg won for Best Director, but the movie lost for best picture... like wtf 😂

[@roxy5588]

@@musaal-khadim9794 ikr. It’s still beyond me.

[@laustcawz2089]

You need to watch "The Longest Day" (1962)-- better war movie than "...Ryan". The name "Ryan" was probably an homage to Cornelius Ryan, who wrote the fact-based book on which "...Longest Day" is based.

[@vignesh8616]

After watching Zodiac, I thought the film would have grabbed many Oscars. But Surprisingly, didn't got a single nomination. It might not be better than NCFOM and TWBB but still definitely worthy enough to get a best picture nomination

[@yudhabagaskara98]

The biggest crime of the history of the motion picture: 1999 Oscars

[@diegoperezcotto7938]

Poor the actor Samuel L.Jackson he not win an Oscar in different years 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@nicoleknight9412]

Everybody and his brother just knew Mary Tyler Moore was going to win Best Actress award for "Ordinary People". Imagine everybody's surprise when they announced Sissy Spasik as the winner for "Coal Miner's Daughter"! And to think she didn't win for "Carrie"!

[@laustcawz2089]

Donald Sutherland was the only major cast member of "Ordinary People" who wasn't nominated.

[@Rubber_Monkey]

There's also Oliver winning over 2001: A Space Odyssey and Annie Hall winning over Star Wars of all things.

[@colliric]

Nope, Oliver deserved it's win. It won because it was a bigger box office hit and they took that into consideration at the time.

[@makaveli89cm77]

So did annie hall terrible suggestions fool

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Star Wars is not a great film. Annie Hall was Allen's best. By far.

[@art.of.verser]

Don't get me started on Michael Bay. He is proof, on numerous occasions, that just because a film (or films, in his case) garnered huge box office numbers doesn't guarantee much love for a Best picture nom, let alone from the Academy. Bay's Transformers films are, at best, total popcorn flicks. All action, overabundance of product placement, etc. I never watched a single one, NGL. They're just overrated. I'm much better off watching the animated version.

[@jurassicsavage9370]

There are no terrible suggestions. Everyone has a valid opinion.

[@365daysgone]

The social network is not even that great...

[@lexkanyima2195]

Maybe

[@roxy5588]

I agree. I was not a fan.

[@ianwestc]

It's another Aaron Sorkin hit job.

[@WesleyB-Rook]

The biggest snub was when the audience snubbed the entire award ceremony lol

[@TheBaltimoreMovieTrailerPark]

Oh, I think we know why “The King’s Speech” won best picture. That reason is big, hairy and behind bars. He was bribing EVERYONE in the Academy. Same goes for “Shakespeare in Love”.

[@jeffreym.8957]

I don't agree. Maybe for Shakespeare in Love - because he needed to bribe lots of people that year to beat Saving Private Ryan. But I don't see where the competition was better than The King's Speech. It had lots of interesting relationships, important history, snappy pace and an incredible ending. The Social Network was really good but kind of tailed off at the end. Plus, it's hard to top Firth, Pearce, Spall and Geoffrey Rush in the acting department. Eisenberg was great but Andrew Garfield overacts and Justin Timberlake was Justin Timberlake more than he was Sean Parker. Rotten Tomatoes has a higher audience score, too.

[@26gracen]

I was wondering when someone was going to mention this! Obviously he bribed people or bought Oscar wins.

[@colliric]

John Wayne should have won the Best Actor Oscar for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and not necessarily True Grit. His performance was absolutely sensational in Liberty Valance.

[@hunterolaughlin]

Who would’ve you picked for Best Actor for Best Performance of a Movie released in 1969 instead?

[@jameswelsh4479]

The reason boogi nights wasn't nominated is because it was a small film up against bigger dogs. 2 the subject matter probly made the academy uncomfortable. 3 pt Anderson was an unknown director at the time. 4 nothing was beating titanic that year even if not the best film

[@manuelvalentin2648]

Shakespeare In Love winning the academy award instead of Saving Private Ryan is not only an insult to a great director and an awesome film, but a slap in the face to all the WWII vets the story it represents.

[@jeffreym.8957]

I have a hard time backing your story up. The reason being is that I watched them both the year they came out. SPR I have watched many times over again to remind myself of the importance of the sacrifices made by our vets and the horrors of war. Unfortunately, despite having a pretty good memory, I don't recall even one scene from Shakespeare in Love. I remember that Fiennes was in it and Gwyneth Paltrow - and they were in out of lots of costumes - that's about it. A completely unmemorable movie.

[@laustcawz2089]

@@jeffreym.8957 Have you seen 1962's "The Longest Day" (a comprehensive look at D-Day)?

[@jeffreym.8957]

@@laustcawz2089 I have not. I presume I should look at it? Certainly an important marker in the war.

[@laustcawz2089]

@@jeffreym.8957 Darryl Zanuck wanted to make a film about D-Day that was as accurate as possible. There were even advisors on the film who'd actually been there. It had been less than 20 years since the event. There were still a few things it didn't get exactly right, like failing to fully acknowledge the Canadian troops involved but, all in all, a tremendous undertaking. It also follows the experiences of British, French & German forces, so it captures things from both sides & shows the soldiers & officers (including the Germans) simply as real people. They also speak the actual appropriate languages, with English subtitles provided. Unfortunately, at that time, scenes of blood & gore were frowned upon, so we don't quite see the battle in all of its brutality. We do get a look at it from some very impressive wide angles & bird's eye view shots, plus it's in b/w, so that gives it the feel of newsreel footage. The cast is filled with stars, too, from John Wayne to Richard Burton, from Fabian to Roddy McDowall, Henry Fonda, Eddie Albert, etc.

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

There should be a list for times the Oscars got it wrong per decade.

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

I loved both "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network"!

[@corbz273]

I read something on Saving Private Ryan's imdb trivia page that the reason why it didn't win best picture was due to Harvey Weinstein having something to do with convincing the academy voters or something like that to choose Shakespeare in Love. Yet another reason to hate that guy