Yearly we expend a lot effort on the Oscars. Who will win? Who ought to win? Who acquired snubbed? Who gave the perfect speech? It’s just about 5 straight months of this, continuous.
However are you able to title final yr’s Greatest Image winner off the highest of your head? Okay, you may bear in mind Moonlight due to the loopy improper envelope kerfuffle. What in regards to the Greatest Image in 2020? How in regards to the yr earlier than that? (It was Coda and Nomadland. I seemed it up, as a result of I didn’t bear in mind.)
The Oscars are enjoyable, and sure, they’re essential for lots of causes. However they don’t assure cinematic immortality. Loads of essentially the most well-known and most beloved motion pictures of all time didn’t win a single Academy Award (together with Dr. Strangelove, It’s a Fantastic Life, Taxi Driver, Do the Proper Factor, Vertigo, and The Shawshank Redemption). After which there are the classics that didn’t even benefit a single nomination. All 12 of the movies under are classics of their respective genres. A few of them have been watched for nearly a century. And none of them acquired even one (1) Oscar nomination. So don’t fret, followers of superior movies like Nope which are nearly actually going to be ignored by the Academy this yr. Pundits could discuss in regards to the Oscars as a race. However within the macro view, they’re just the start of a for much longer journey.
Nice Films That Bought Zero Oscar Nominations
These all-time classics not solely didn’t win any Oscars — they weren’t even nominated!
The Worst Oscar Greatest Image Winners
These motion pictures received the Academy Awards for Greatest Image over higher, extra deserving movies.
