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Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance

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A list of films that actually SHOULD have been nominated to (in some cases, win) Best Picture at the Oscars and didn't have a chance due to genre, politics and circumstances (being underrated back then)
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  1. 1

    Blade Runner

    1982
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  2. 2

    Trainspotting

    1996
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  3. 3

    Hero

    2002
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  4. 4

    Do the Right Thing

    1989
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  5. 5

    The Shining

    1980
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  6. 6

    Fight Club

    1999
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  7. 7

    Airplane!

    1980
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  8. 8

    Little Shop of Horrors

    1986
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  9. 9

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968
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  10. 10

    Starship Troopers

    1997
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  11. 11

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974
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  12. 12

    Halloween

    1978
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  13. 13

    Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

    1988
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  14. 14

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999
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  15. 15

    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    2006
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  16. 16

    Alien

    1979
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  17. 17

    The Front Page

    1974
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  18. 18

    The Thing

    1982
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  19. 19

    Clerks.

    1994
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  20. 20

    King Kong

    2005
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  21. 21
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    Joaquim Jordà

    2008
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  1. GoBruins
    Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 4/12/2010 10:28 AM
    good to see fight club is on this list. you should include City of God on this list. i don't think that movie got as much recognition as it should have. very good movie.
  2. PT_Tesla
    Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 4/09/2010 5:53 PM
    Totally agree with Trainspotting, Hero, Fight Club and Starship Troopers!. Especially Hero, there weren't any controversial points to have kept it out an Oscar run.
  3. kristen1985
    Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 4/09/2010 1:32 PM
    Duuude, Fight Club is such a classic, it should have won something. However, I suppose it has become more and more respected as the years have gone on, so it did not get the recognition it deserved when it first came out. Such a good film.
  4. Mark
    Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 3/12/2010 4:23 PM
    Half of these movies shouldn't even have gotten air time in a movie theater, yet an Oscar nomination. Borat for an Oscar? Are you high?
    1. JesusAlonso
      Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 3/13/2010 7:10 PM
      High? Have you checked out the Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes score for Borat? Huh? It was a hugely critically acclaimed film that, by chance, also became a b.o. sleeper.
      1. kristen1985
        Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 4/09/2010 1:34 PM
        I agree with Jesus. Borat, even though some may see it as silly and/or offensive, is actually a good film. It brings up some extremely powerful issues that no one else has had the guts to point out on film. Sascha Baron Cohen is an acting genius. Not anyone could pull off a film like Borat. But he did just that.
  5. chelsay790
    Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 3/12/2010 4:02 PM
    i definitely don't agree with the blaire witch project. although it was kind of creative, it definitely does not belong anywhere at the oscars.
    1. howdyhigh
      Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 3/12/2010 4:07 PM
      Haha that movie was creepy. Fight Club definitely deserves some sort of an award. I loooooooove that movie- can't emphasize love enough.
  6. Clark Benson
    Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 3/12/2010 1:33 PM
    Agree with most of these (not a horror fan, so won't judge those - and i thought Little shop of Horrors was lame) and thanks for the tip on Camino, will add it to the Netflix.
  7. JesusAlonso
    Films That Deserved an Oscar Nom But Didn't Have a Chance at 3/12/2010 12:56 PM
    Just throwing out some names that actually were really among the BEST of their years, and in some cases, movies that were not ellegible for politcs...

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