No Oscar? No Problem.

For the following lists I tried to keep my own feelings and/or opinions on any movies out of the picture. I tried to compile them based solely on what I hear from both critics and movie watchers over the years. I listen to a lot of podcasts and I read a lot of “best of” lists, and from my gut, these films all belong here.

Top 20 nominees to NOT win the Best Picture Oscar:

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

2. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

3. Fargo (1996)

4. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

5. Taxi Driver (1976)

6. 12 Angry Men (1957)

7. The Social Network (2010)

8. Raging Bull (1980)

9. Get Out

10. There Will Be Blood (2007)

11. Apocalypse Now (1979)

12. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

13. Goodfellas (1990)

14. Jaws (1975)

15. Star Wars (1977)

16. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

17. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

18. Pulp Fiction (1994)

19. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

20. Citizen Kane (1941)

Top 10 (American-made) movies to NOT receive a Best Picture Oscar NOMINATION

1. The Master (2012)

2. Memento (2000)

3. The Truman Show (1998)

4. Alien (1979)

5. Psycho (1960)

6. The Shining (1980)

7. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

8. Rear Window (1954)

9. Do the Right Thing (1989)

10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Top 10 nominees to NOT win the Best ACTOR Oscar:

1. Marlon Brando, (1951)

2. Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, (1939)

3. Leonardo DiCaprio, (2013)

4. Dustin Hoffman, (1967)

5. Jack Nicholson, (1974)

6. Robin Williams, (1987)

7. Humphrey Bogart, (1942)

8. James Stewart, (1946)

9. Al Pacino, (1974)

10. Robert DeNiro, (1976)

Top 10 nominees to NOT win the Best ACTRESS Oscar:

1. Audrey Hepburn, (1961)

2. Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction (1988)

3. Julie Andrews, (1965)

4. Julia Roberts, (1990)

5. Annette Benning, American Beauty (1999)

6. Ellen Burstyn, (1973) <Also for Requiem for a Dream (2001)>

7. Whoopi Goldberg, (1985)

8. Bette Davis, All About Eve (1951)

9. Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard (1951)

10. Judy Garland, (1954)

Congratulations . You got nominated, didn’t win, but… This is your week.

Best Actress:

Margot Robbie as Naomi Lapaglia in

Best Actor: Aside from Jonah Hill–who is pretty awesome–this week’s nod goes to Brad Pitt as Billy Beane in

Best Quote: “Chemistry’s the one with the shapes and shit, right?” – Channing Tatum as Jenko in

At first I was thinking of doing a sports movie trivia post. Here was my favourite from what I started: Tupac Shakur auditioned for a part in (1993). I want to live in a world where Tupac and John Candy are in a movie together!