Films that deserved Best Picture

[The Dragon]

I personally think Raging Bull and Taxi Driver were robbed. And the fact that Martin Scorsese has never got an Oscar is an outrage!



the dragon

[KornKidJedi]

Requiem for a Dream
Pulp Fiction
The Fellowship of The Ring

[tbone]

Goodfellas
Sunset Blvd.
The Shawshank Redemption

[bankholdup]

Ones that were nominated:
The Shawshank Redemption (94)
Saving Private Ryan (98)
Taxi Driver (76)

Ones that weren't nominated:
Almost Famous
Scarface
Magnolia


just a few to name.

[APzombie]

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

[Jango Fett II]

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Saving Private Ryan(1998)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)

oh and I think Rocky was very deserving of Best Picture in 1976.:cool:

[dr.gorman]

A Clockwork Orange
2001
Full Metal Jacket
The Elephant Man
Moulin Rouge (2001) (i dont have anything against ABM its just that MR was my pick)
Charade

[Jasonite]

2001: A Space Odyssey and Saving Private Ryan come to mind as having been robbed of Best Picture. Depending on which you prefer, Raging Bull or Empire Strikes Back were robbed in '80, as was Fargo in 96. Of course Citizen Kane was robbed way back in '41, and don't get me started on what should've won in 1960.


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[the movie guy]

Well, hell. Until I find a site that has a list of all the nominees of every year (I found a site before but now I've lost it), I'll just say Saving Private Ryan and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Anyone know of a site?

[tbone]

Saving Private Ryan really should have won over Shakespere in Love.

[CheekyShepherd]

Almost EVERY year a film is robbed at the Oscars!!!

These are the unforgiven:

1938 - The Adventures Of Robin Hood
1940 - The Grapes Of Wrath
1941 - Citizen Kane
1944 - Double Indemnity or Laura
1950 - Sunset Boulevard
1952 - High Noon
1958 - The Defiant Ones
1966 - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
1973 - The Exorcist
1977 - Star Wars
1979 - Apocalypse Now
1980 - Raging Bull
1981 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark
1982 - E T - The Extra Terrestrial
1983 - The Right Stuff
1989 - Born On The Fourth Of July
1994 - The Shawshank Redemption
1998 - Saving Private Ryan

[movielover-9]

1976-Taxi Driver
1989-Glory[wasn't even nominated]
1994-Pulp Fiction
1996-Fargo
1997-L.A. Confidential
1998-Saving Private Ryan
2000-Traffic

[darkface]

DEFINATLY:
Saving Private Ryan

[master noam]

Magnolia
Goodfellas
The Last of the Mohicans
LOTR: FOTR
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Memento
Donnie Darko
Mulholland Dr.
Jackie Brown
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Eyes Wide Shut
The Emperor and The Assassin
Happy Times
The Road Home
Raise The Red Lantern
To Live
Farewell my Concubine

For Best Foregin film

To Live
Farewell My Concubine
The Emperor and The Assassin
Happy Times
The Road Home
Shanghai Triad

[couchpotato head]

for best film(there may be more than one for each year, oh well, deal with it) :
LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP! (damn you Russel Crow!)
Taxi Driver
REQUIME FOR A DREAM! (fuck you Russel Crow)
MAGNOLIA
Crouching Tiger
Full Metal Jacket
CastAway (or at least best supporting actor, Wilson was excellent)
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Unbreakable
GoodFellas
DONNIE DARKO (the best films always get robbed)
Traffic
The Shawshank Redemption
2001 (Fucking acadamy didn't nominate any Stanley Kubrik films)
Moulin Rouge

For Best forign film
As Tears go by
Happy Times
Shanghai Triad
In the Mood for Love
Raise the Red Lantern
The Road Home
The Emperor and the Assassin
Insomnia (1997, Swedish)
oh, and I thought that since they now have abest animated,
Metropolis (2001, anime)
should have won even as good as Shrek was
Goddamn the acadamy!:mad:
:cool:

[kubotakhan01]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pulp fiction
Saving Private Ryan
The Empire Strikes Back
Lord of the Rings
Goodfellas
Amistad
Boyz N the Hood(My personal pick)

There is truly something wrong in Hollywood.

[Hannibal21]

CITIZEN KANE!!!!!!!!!!!!

The rest....
2001: A Space Odyssey
Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge!
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
E.T. The Extraterrestrial
The Exorcist
L.A. Confidential
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull

And a whole lot more...

[bigred760]

I think LOTR: FOTR, Star Wars, Memento, and Pulp Fiction should have gotten Best Picture. Saving Private Ryan as well.

[zeppelin]

I'll start in the 70's so not to make it too long..

1971- A Clockwork Orange
1973- The Exorcist
1976- Taxi Driver
1979- Apocalypse Now
1980- Raging Bull
1982- E.T.- The Extra-Terrestrial
1983- The Right Stuff
1987- Full Metal Jacket (not even nominated)
1988- Mississippi Burning
1989- Do the Right Thing (not even nominated)
1990- Goodfellas
1994- Pulp Fiction
1995- Dead Man Walking (not even nominated)
1996- Fargo
1997- L.A. Confidential
1998- Happiness (not even nominated)
1999- Magnolia (not even nominated)
2000- Requiem for a Dream (not even nominated)
2001- Memento (not even nominated)
2002- The Pianist

[Darth Dzikowski]

Dances with Costner over Goodfellas

What the *%#$@!!!

[MickeyKnox]

1.)Pulp Fiction
2.)Taxi Driver
3.)Apocalypse Now
4.)Goodfellas
5.)Born on the Fourth of July
6.)Raging Bull
7.)L.A. Confidential
8.)Fargo
9.)Raiders of the Lost Ark
10.)A Clockwork Orange
11.)Saving Private Ryan

*Should have been nominated
1.)Once Upon A Time In America
2.)Full Metal Jacket
3.)Boogie Nights
4.)Miller's Crossing
5.)Requiem For A Dream
6.)Do The Right Thing
7.)Jackie Brown

[ANavissi500]

Moulin Rouge was robbed in 2K1

[Grim H.]

In no particular order:

A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
The Pianist
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Pulp Fiction

[Rob Gordon]

1931
was: Cimarron; should have been: City Lights.

1933
was: Cavalcade; should have been: Duck Soup.

1942
was: Mrs. Miniver; should have been: Casablanca or Sullivan's Travels.

1944
was: Going My Way; should have been: To Have and Have Not.

1952
was: The Greatest Show on Earth; should have been: The Quiet Man, High Noon, or Singin' in the Rain.

1969
was: Midnight Cowboy; should have been: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

1982
was: Gandhi; should have been: E.T. or Tootsie.

1994
was: Forrest Gump; should have been: Shawshank Redemption or Pulp Fiction.

1996
was: The English Patient; should have been: Jerry Maguire.

1997
was: Titanic; should have been: LA Confidential.

2000
was: Gladiator; should have been: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

2001
was: A Beautiful Mind; should have been: LOTR: Fellowship.

To start with...

[bob]

1979, Manhattan

1980, Raging Bull

1976, Taxi Driver

1981, Raiders of the Lost Ark

1949, The Third Man

1975, Dog Day Afternoon

1954, Rear Window

1943, Shadow of A Doubt

[Tom Samborski]

Definitely Fargo. The English Patient winning the Best Picture Oscar instead of Fargo was a travesty.

[Brock-Landers]

GOODFELLAS
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
RAGING BULL
TAXI DRIVER
PULP FICTION
MILLER'S CROSSING
DR. STRANGELOVE
FULL METAL JACKET
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
STAR WARS
E.T.
CASABLANCA
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
MAGNOLIA
FARGO
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
BOOGIE NIGHTS
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
APOCALYPSE NOW
THE PIANIST

[ColinM]

As much as I liked Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption absolutely should have won Best Picture.

Almost Famous's lack of a nomination pisses me off, too.

[dh1989]

In my opinion, every year has at least 2 great films that are not nominated for Best Picture, but the biggest injustice ever in terms of nominated films is......

THE SIXTH SENSE (10/10)

.....losing to.......

American Beauty (3/10)


:(

:eek:

:confused:

:mad:

[Jon Lyrik]

LOTR losing to A Beautiful Mind and Chicago (both films are a 9/10, but neither are memorable enough to be the best film of the year.)

Pulp Fiction or Shawshank losing to Forrest Gump (another great film, but not as good).

LA Confidential losing to Titanic.

Gandhi over Tootsie or ET.

Kramer vs. Kramer over Apocalypse Now.

Ordinary People over Raging Bull.

and soooooooo many more...