Top 10 Biggest Oscar Nomination Snubs of 2017

These are the movies that were snubbed when the Oscar nominations came out this year.

The Top Ten

  1. Amy Adams - Arrival

    It's time they gave Amy Adams an Oscar. She deserves it. She has proved her acting skills in so many movies, but it seems the "Academy Oscar snobs" are blind to her talent. Of course, the overrated Meryl Streep was nominated (as usual).

    Maybe she got overlooked because Arrival and Nocturnal Animals came out so close to each other, which then split her votes for a nomination between the two films, resulting in her not being nominated. Otherwise, I don't know why she wasn't nominated.

    The movie Arrival was nominated for many awards, but the woman who held it all together was denied her gold.

  2. Deadpool

    What is important for the Oscars is a "documentary story" or an artist playing someone with a disability. The Oscars never look at the quality of a movie, just who is in the movie and who directed it.

    I knew this movie wouldn't be nominated for Best Picture. Not because it's good or bad, but because these types of movies usually don't get Oscars, no matter how good they are.

    Usually, movies like this don't get nominated. However, I would have backed Ryan Reynolds for Best Actor.

  3. Finding Dory

    Not as good as the original, but still very good on its own and very emotional, especially if you grew up on the first film as I did. Sadly, the Academy overlooked this gem. While I'm sure the other nominated films are also really good, it seems that Finding Dory was undeservedly snubbed.

    Pixar's box office smash, Finding Dory, was a surprisingly good movie, despite the hype surrounding it. But the animated film was overlooked by the Oscar committee.

    I cannot believe Pixar, let alone Finding Dory, wasn't nominated this year! I was literally gobsmacked. Since when does that even happen?

  4. The Edge of Seventeen

  5. Captain America: Civil War

  6. Jackie

    The critically acclaimed Pablo Larraín biopic of Jackie Kennedy got a lot of buzz but did not get the Best Picture nomination.

  7. The Jungle Book

  8. Zootopia

    The Academy Awards definitely have a bias against animation. By all logic, Inside Out should have been nominated for Best Picture last year, and the same thing happened with Zootopia this year. These two movies were definitely in the top five for their respective years and won the hearts of millions across the globe.

    There have only been three animated Best Picture nominations in Oscar history (Beauty and the Beast, Up, Toy Story 3), and as a huge animation fan, that really frustrates me. I hate that these Hollywood snobs seem to think of animated films as "baby movies" when some of them are more mature and meaningful than the majority of "adult" films out there.

  9. Tom Hanks - Sully

    There was a lot of Oscar buzz surrounding Hanks's stirring performance as Captain Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood's Sully. But the man was replaced by other performances and was left out of the nominations list.

  10. Annette Bening - 20th Century Women

    Annette Carol Bening is an American actress. She began her stage career with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980 and played Lady Macbeth at the American Conservatory Theater in 1984. Bening has received multiple Academy Award nominations for her film work.

    Bening's touching performance in 20th Century Women was ignored by the Academy and replaced by Meryl Streep. The Academy needs to stop nominating Meryl based solely on reputation. Annette deserved it.

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    Sing Street

    One of the few truly great movies of summer 2016 and a great musical to boot. It wasn't nominated for anything.

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  13. Joel Edgerton - Loving

    Joel Edgerton made a big effort in Loving and gave it his all. But the Academy neglected his strong performance as Richard Loving.

  14. Taraji P. Henson - Hidden Figures

    Fellow cast member Octavia Spencer got a nomination, but Taraji's stunning performance was snubbed by the Academy.

    That's a shame. I really liked the performances of almost everyone in this film.

  15. Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nocturnal Animals

    The largely hyped but mostly ignored gem, Nocturnal Animals, had a gifted cast, including the terrifying Taylor-Johnson. His chilling performance even earned him a Globe win for Best Supporting Actor, beating the favorite, Mahershala Ali.

  16. Nocturnal Animals

    The well-written, atmospheric thriller from fashion designer-turned-director Tom Ford was very compelling and well-acted but was discounted by the Academy.

  17. Green Room

  18. Silence

    A breathtaking movie by Martin Scorsese. It at least deserved a Best Director nod for Scorsese's masterful direction. It did get a nomination for cinematography, but I think it is a much better film than something like Hidden Figures.

  19. The Infiltrator

  20. The Secret Life of Pets

  21. Nerve

  22. The Magnificent Seven

  23. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

  24. Free State of Jones

    For Best Picture and Best Actor.

  25. Sing

  26. Kung Fu Panda 3

  27. Johnny Depp - Alice Through the Looking Glass

    John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. His film roles are often prominent, and he frequently portrays eccentric characters with dark states of mind. Depp is also... read more

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