# Films you can't believe weren't nominated for a single Oscar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496 "2006-01-25T03:15:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/21 "2006-01-27T01:52:51Z")
Can only think of one off the top of my head. _Moonlight Mile_ -with Dustin Hoffman, Susan Saradon, Jake Hy-something from Broke Back Mountain, and others. rent it. Watch it–magnificent. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/22 "2006-01-27T01:57:45Z")
Dog Day Afternoon ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/23 "2006-01-27T02:07:55Z")
**Confessions of a Dengerous Mind** ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/24 "2006-01-27T02:09:37Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > **Confessions of a Dengerous Mind** …or even a \*\*Dangerous \*\*Mind… :smack: ---
**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:** [January 27, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/25 "2006-01-27T03:35:33Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Then, as now, nominations were by individual ballot. Editors nominated editors, actors nominated actors, directors nominated directors. Studios were free to “tell” their employees whom to vote for, but the employees were under no obligation to listen. They were private ballots, after all. Sure the voters were free to ignore the studio, but many were told that if a certain big picture of that studio didn’t get a nomination, there’d be pink slips the next day. Pretty effective threat during the Depression. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/26 "2006-01-27T03:50:04Z")
Once Upon a Time in the West The Duellists The Long Good Friday ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/27 "2006-01-27T03:52:27Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > Fight Club- was it nominated for anything? Yes, it was nominated for Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing > [@andrewdt85](#): > > Cast Away- nominated for anything? Yes, Best Actor and Best Sound ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/28 "2006-01-27T03:54:41Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Dog Day Afternoon Won Best Original Screenplay (Frank Pierson). Also, nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Picture. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/29 "2006-01-27T03:57:49Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > Pleasantville- 98. Was this even nominated for anything? It was beautiful, and had some good ideas to it. Nominated for: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Music - Original Dramatic Score ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/30 "2006-01-27T04:06:19Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Nominated for: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Music - Original Dramatic Score As noted by yours truly in Post #2. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/31 "2006-01-27T05:31:59Z")
If you want to know whether or which awards a certain picture was nominated for, look up the movie in the [Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com). The search field is in the upper left part of the page. Once the movie’s page is on the screen, look on the left side for “Awards & Nominations”. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/32 "2006-01-27T07:43:57Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > As noted by yours truly in Post #2. 🙂 Rick Jay, I salute you for being able to not blow up when people don’t read your posts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/33 "2006-01-27T09:09:56Z")
> [@Sage Rat](#): > > Other foreign films made it in during the same time frame. No idea whether that’s Japan being cheap or the US not liking adult animation, but it still goes that those movies would have been able to win out over something in some category. The foreign films that were nominated were shown in LA during that year, so they qualified despite not being American films in any other sense. Moot point though, since **Wallon** pointed out that I was mistaken, and the anime films mentioned were in fact shown in theaters in LA. Worth noting that the Animated Film award has only existed since 2001 so the older animes wouldn’t have had a chance to win it. And animation doesn’t really fit some of the other categories (best actor, special effects, costuming, etc.) so an animated film would have a disadvantage in many categories even if they technically qualified. I predict that an adult animated film will win in the next couple years. I imagine Princess Mononoke would’ve at least been nominated if the award had existed in '97 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/34 "2006-01-27T12:15:36Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Won Best Original Screenplay (Frank Pierson). > > Also, nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Picture. Well. No _wonder_ I couldn’t believe it! 😛😉 ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/35 "2006-01-27T13:00:24Z")
Clerks? I know it won something at Cannes, but had no Oscar noms IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/36 "2006-01-27T18:01:38Z")
> [@SentientMeat](#): > > Clerks? > > I know it won something at Cannes, but had no Oscar noms IIRC. Best Film By Someone Who Will Later Make Only Bad Films (except Dogma) ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496/37 "2006-01-27T18:07:12Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > Battle Royale- Best Foreign Film? 😃 Okay, maybe that’s pushing it- but the film is great. You, sir, are clearly insane. 🙂 The movie was just Not Good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-cant-believe-werent-nominated-for-a-single-oscar/341496.md?page=1)