Movies that DIDN'T deserve a Best Film Nomination

[CheekyShepherd]

2001 - Moulin Rouge
2000 - Chocolat
1998 - Life Is Beautiful
1995 - Il Postino
1994 - Four Weddings & A Funeral
1992 - Scent Of A Woman
1991 - The Prince Of Tides
1990 - Awakenings
- The Godfather part III
1989 - Driving Miss Daisy
1988 - The Accidental Tourist
- Working Girl
1987 - Broadcast News
- Moonstruck
1986 - Children Of A Lesser God
- The Mission
- A Room With A View
1985 - Prizzi's Honor
1984 - Places In The Heart
1983 - The Dresser
- Tender Mercies
1981 - On Golden Pond
1979 - Norma Rae
1978 - An Unmarried Woman
1977 - The Turning Point
1976 - Bound For Glory
1973 - A Touch Of Class
1972 - The Emigrants
- Sounder
1971 - Nicholas & Alexandra
1970 - Love Story
1968 - The Lion In Winter
- Romeo & Juliet
1967 - Doctor Dolittle
1966 - The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
- The Sand Pebbles
1963 - America, America
- Cleopatra
- How The West Was Won
1962 - Mutiny On The Bounty
1961 - Fanny
1960 - The Alamo
1957 - Peyton Place
1955 - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
- Mister Roberts
- Picnic
1954 - Three Coins In The Fountain
1952 - The Greatest Show On Earth

[tbone]

Shakespere in Love
A Few Good Men was good, but I don't know if it deserved a best pic nom.

[Donnie_Darko]

Forrest Hump, er, Gump... by freaking far.

Moulin Rouge for sure...

Did LotR get nommed this past year? Don't follow closely enough, or care to remember, but if it did... why?

English Patient... bleech!!

[dannywalker17]

Originally posted by Donnie_Darko
Forrest Hump, er, Gump... by freaking far.

Moulin Rouge for sure...

Did LotR get nommed this past year? Don't follow closely enough, or care to remember, but if it did... why?

English Patient... bleech!!


You have interesting taste, Donnie.


Anyway...Gosford Park

[WriterManX]

Moulin Rouge (it's only redeeming quality was John Leguizamo)

A Beautiful Mind (a great flick, IMO, but just a tad TOO bland to nab a nomination, let alone the Oscar itself). I have to hand it to the writer for the line about "invisibility potion," though.

[Favourite end]

2000-Erin Brockovich, Chocolat
1998-Shakespeare in Love, Life is Beautiful, Elizabeth(just don`t know, I think there`re better choices)
1993-The Fugitive -what was the big deal with this movie anyway?
1992-A Few Good Men -same as the above
1991-The Prince of Tides
1990-Awakenings, I`d say even "Dances with Wolves":D

[dannywalker17]

oh yeah Erin Brockavich too

[Knolex]

2001 - In the Bedroom

[the movie guy]

2001 - A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park
2000 - Chocolat, Erin Brockovich
1999 - The Insider
1998 - The Thin Red Line, Elizabeth
1997 - None (Though L.A. Confidential should have won)
1996 - None (Though Fargo should have won)
1995 - Babe
1994 - Four Weddings and a Funeral
1993 - None
1992 - None
1991 - Beauty and the Beast
1990 - Ghost, The Godfather Part III

[Just Jack]

You people amaze me. Some of your choices are GREAT films and probably even deserve to win even if they didn't.

[adidas12185]

Originally posted by Favourite end
1993-The Fugitive- what was the big deal with this movie anyway?
1992-A Few Good Men- same as the above


You're simply a fool imo.

[LaDexter]

I'd have to agree with the previous mentions of "Erin Brockovich" and "Chocolat." Both truly horrible movies, and of that year, there were plenty of films superior to each of them.

[A Canadian ThereWolf]

Definately Erin Brockovich!!!

[Hannibal21]

Shakespeare in Love
Life is Beautiful
The Thin Red Line

Now, come to think of it, Erin Brockovich didn't really deserve a nomination either and what's worse is that cunt Julia Roberts winning!:mad:

[Mr_Jinx]

whats with everyone and dissin life is beautiful

it was bloody good movie....maybe i think that more cos i am italian

[Santa Clause]

Gosford Park

[Nate6]

I agree with these films:

Life is Beautiful - An annoying, sentimental, useless piece of crap that tries to trivialize the Holocaust while totally forgetting that the Benigni character has a wife (she disappeared for most of the movie!)

Erin Brockovich - An overly conventional Julia Roberts feminist scream-fest that did not belong anywhere near a Best Picture list. In fact, it belonged somewhere near the Lifetime Network!

Gosford Park - Too long, too boring, too many characters, too little interest.

[A.J. Hakari]

CHOCOLAT - Light, fun stuff for sure, but Best Picture nomination material? No way, Lasse.

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - See above (just take out the Lasse bit).

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES - Kept inventing situations and excuses for itself to become even more depressing and corny.

[Jerk Shapiro]

Originally posted by the movie guy

1997 - None (Though L.A. Confidential should have won)
1996 - None (Though Fargo should have won)




I"m with you there movie guy.