# Biggest Oscar robberies/snubs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590 "2016-03-01T02:06:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/1 "2016-03-01T02:06:36Z")
Who got robbed the most in Oscar history? People, not movies, if you would. I’ll start. Sean Astin for Return of the King Alfred Hitchcock for, I’d say, Psycho Junkie XL for Mad Max Fury Road - seriously, the best score of the past decade What else? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/2 "2016-03-01T02:09:27Z")
**3 Kings**. The definitive Iraq War movie. Perhaps it wasn’t the best movie, but it never even got a nomination. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/3 "2016-03-01T02:13:26Z")
Head to Head: Pulp Fiction vs. Forrest Gump ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/4 "2016-03-01T02:39:16Z")
The Oscars had Andy Serkis come out last night as a presenter, showing how motion capture transformed his performance to the final product you see onscreen. Yet the Academy never saw fit to even nominate him. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/5 "2016-03-01T02:40:31Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **3 Kings**. The definitive Iraq War movie. Perhaps it wasn’t the best movie, but it never even got a nomination. > [@the\_diego](#): > > Head to Head: Pulp Fiction vs. Forrest Gump People, not movies, if you would. I definitely agree with Andy Serkis as Gollum in the Two Towers. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/6 "2016-03-01T02:44:18Z")
Matt Damon for _The Martian_. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/7 "2016-03-01T02:58:54Z")
Billy Bob Thornton should have won for Sling Blade. Ed Norton should have won for American History X. Characters still remembered today. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/8 "2016-03-01T03:06:31Z")
Remember back when Marisa Tomei won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for\* My Cousin Vinny\* and people were convinced that Jack Palance had read the wrong name? Here were the other nominees: Judy Davis Joan Plowright Vanessa Redgrave Miranda Richardson I’d also suggest Art Carney for Best Actor over Dustin Hoffman in\* Lenny\*, Jack Nicholson in _Chinatown_ and Al Pacino in _Godfather II_. Somebody got robbed, it’s just a question of who got robbed worst. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/9 "2016-03-01T03:17:00Z")
Julia Roberts winning over Ellen Burstyn in 2000 for her role in Erin Brocovich. So so wrong. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/10 "2016-03-01T03:17:41Z")
Francis Ford Coppola was robbed in 1973. He did not get the best Director Oscar for The Godfather. But then a few horse heads must had worked with some voters later 🙂 because he won that director Oscar for The Godfather II. in 1975 ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/11 "2016-03-01T04:04:15Z")
[I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j3_iPskjxk) Seriously, how is Ermey not even nominated for Best Supporting for that? Losing was no great sin, given it was [given to Sean Connery for _The Untouchables_](http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1988?ref_=ttawd_ev_1), in a bit of a lifetime achievement award, but not even nominated?! Here’s his competition: WINNER The Untouchables: Sean Connery NOMINEES Broadcast News: Albert Brooks Street Smart: Morgan Freeman Moonstruck: Vincent Gardenia Cry Freedom: Denzel Washington Street Smart? Street Smart?! I mean, I probably would have given it to Denzel over both Connery and Ermey, but seriously? You don’t even nominate one of the iconic performances of the 80s? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/12 "2016-03-01T04:07:33Z")
Orson Welles. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/13 "2016-03-01T04:39:40Z")
Whatever the name of the kid in\* Room\*. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/14 "2016-03-01T04:56:49Z")
Last year, _Birdman_ winning over _Boyhood_. A gimmicky movie beating a far better movie with a good gimmick. _The English Patient_ beating _Fargo_. _Dances With Wolves_ beating _Goodfellas_. And even more so, Kevin Costner beating Scorcese for Best Director. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/15 "2016-03-01T05:08:36Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > [… > NOMINEES > … > Street Smart: Morgan Freeman > … > > Street Smart? Street Smart?! Considering that Freeman was named Best Supporting Actor for that film by the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, his Oscar nomination hardly seems out of place. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/16 "2016-03-01T05:31:45Z")
Ryan Gosling not even getting a nomination for **Blue Valentine**. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/17 "2016-03-01T06:11:16Z")
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was a huge snub in numerous categories. Not even nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress (I thought Kirsten Dunst’s performance was amazing). Only nominated for Best Actress (and lost) and for best Original Screenplay. This is a movie that some considered the best of its DECADE, and didn’t even get nominated for best in its year. I know you said people, not movies, so specifically, Gondry, Carrey and Dunst. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/18 "2016-03-01T06:15:43Z")
People! Not movies. Ok, for a long time, Al Pacino. Also for a long time Steven Spielberg. Then there’s Christopher Plummer. In-waiting: Robert Downey Jr., Ed Norton, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp. The all-time champion would be Peter O’toole. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/19 "2016-03-01T08:14:49Z")
Barbra Streisand, for directing \*Prince of Tides. \*The film received a shitload of nominations, including Best Picture, but Streisand was ignored. As Billy Crystal said, “Did this film direct itself?” ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590/20 "2016-03-01T09:34:27Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Remember back when Marisa Tomei won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for\* My Cousin Vinny\* and people were convinced that Jack Palance had read the wrong name? Here were the other nominees: > > Judy Davis > Joan Plowright > Vanessa Redgrave > Miranda Richardson > > I’d also suggest Art Carney for Best Actor over Dustin Hoffman in\* Lenny\*, Jack Nicholson in _Chinatown_ and Al Pacino in _Godfather II_. > > Somebody got robbed, it’s just a question of who got robbed worst. Is it supposed to be a lifetime achievement award? I agree Tomei was an unexpected underdog, and that those other actresses have higher reputations, but listing their names tells me nothing about their specific performances that year, and their reputations and careers may have been built on performances previous and subsequent more than whatever unknown roles from that year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590.md?page=2)