Top 10 Biggest Best Picture Snubs at the Oscars
Have a movie that you think should have won Best Picture, but lost to something else? Vote here!Come on, it's Citizen Kane. About half the film critics in the world consider it the best American movie ever.
Kubrick's classic was the best of his films to be nominated for the Oscar, and it's a shame that the genius never won.
There's nothing wrong with Forrest Gump. But Pulp Fiction is a Tarantino film, which means its entertaining, stylish, and quotable.
Keep in mind, Singin' in the Rain was also released that year. Many film historians consider it the best movie musical of all time. It was ranked number one on AFI's best movie musicals. Both Singin' in the Rain and High Noon are on AFI's top 100 greatest movies of all time. Strangely enough, Singin' in the Rain wasn't even nominated for Best Picture.
This was just a fail. Go to AFI's list of top movies and look at High Noon. It's one of the best westerns ever.
The Big Lebowski also came out that year.
It wasn't even nominated and is #4 on IMDB's best movies of all time. Certainly my favorite movie of all time.
Dances with wolves is seen in every worst best picture winners list not because its bad film but because it beat goodfellas and rightfully so, goodfellas is one of the greatest movies of all time
Dare I point out that Shakespeare in Love's biggest threat was actually Elizabeth.
Forrest was good but it's crystal clear Shawshank was the best. Sometimes the best things are left for the test of time I guess.
Okay, Ben Kingsley's performance is stellar, but it doesn't make the whole film better than one of Spielberg's greatest.
A mind bending epic.
The smart and cheeky British film about the plucky Chip & Dales led by Robert Carlyle lost to some big boat.
The Full Monty got screwed, on the other hand Titanic did at least prevent that borefest L. A Confidential winning.
They were both excellent films, but "The Social Network" was just a little bit more well-made.
There is evidence that 2001 was never even a real contender. The fact that it couldn't get nominated ahead of Rachel Rachel says it all. Back then the Best Picture race was considered a duel between The Lion in Winter and Funny Girl.
Actually Oliver! Was still a deserving winner given what was actually nominated for Best Picture that year; Oliver!, Funny Girl (a vanity project for Barbara Striesand), The Lion in Winter (Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn bitching like schoolgirls, Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare with hippies) and Rachel Rachel (essentially 1968's The Kids are Alright but with Joan Woodward instead of Annette Benning).
Black Swan is a superb horror thriller, as well as one of the best movies of all time. I like the King's Speech, it's a well made movie, but it was one of the weaker nominees that year.
At least Frances Macdonald won for best actress.