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Movies That Should've Been Nominated for Oscars

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

2246

7.5

7.8

Fantasia (1941)

Was nominated for:
Academy Honorary Awards

Should've been nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Original Score

filmbuilder's rating:

1191

6.5

6.8

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Was nominated for:
Best Actor - John Travolta

Should've been nominated for:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Song - Stayin' Alive

filmbuilder's rating:

3762

6.9

7.2

Grease (1978)

Was nominated for:
Best Original Song - Hopelessly Devoted To You

Should've been nominated for:
Best Original Song - You're The One That I Want

filmbuilder's rating:

2636

7.8

8.1

Life of Brian (1979)

Was nominated for:
Nothing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Original Song - Always Look On The Bright Side of Life
Best Art Direction

filmbuilder's rating:

6529

8.2

8.4

The Shining

filmbuilder's rating:

211

4.6

4.7

Staying Alive (1983)

Was nominated for:
Nothing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Original Song - Far and Over

filmbuilder's rating:

5188

7.1

7.5

Batman (1989)

Was nominated for:
Best Art Direction (won)

Should've been nominated for:
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects
Best Supporting Actor - Jack Nicholson

filmbuilder's rating:

1914

7.3

Superman (1978)

filmbuilder's rating:

2343

4.7

The Flintstones (1994)

Was nominated for:
Nothing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Visual Effects

filmbuilder's rating:

7775

7.6

8.3

Toy Story

Was nominated for:
Special Achievement Award - John Lasseter (won)
Best Original Song - You've Got A Friend In Me
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score - Randy Newman

Should've been nominated for:
Best Picture

filmbuilder's rating:

2401

7.1

7.7

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

Was nominated for:
Best Original Song - Blame Canada

Should've been nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay

filmbuilder's rating:

5329

7.3

7.9

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Was nominated for:
Best Original Song - When She Loved Me

Should've been nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay

filmbuilder's rating:

Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)

Was nominated for:
Nothing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Original Score - Hummie Mann, Mike O'Donnell, Junior Campbell
Best Art Direction
Best Original Song - Shining Time

filmbuilder's rating:

1825

7.3

7.7

Billy Elliot (2000)

Was nominated for:
Best Director (Stephen Daldry)
Best Supporting Actress (Julie Walters)
Best Original Screenplay (Lee Hall)

Should've been nominated for:
Best Actor (Jamie Bell)
Best Original Score (Stephen Warbeck)

filmbuilder's rating:

4557

7.2

7.8

Cast Away (2000)

Was nominated for:
Best Actor - Tom Hanks
Best Sound

Should've been nominated for:
Best Original Screenplay

filmbuilder's rating:

5250

8.4

Memento (2000)

Was nominated for:
Best Original Screenplay
Best Editing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Director (Christopher Nolan)
Best Actor (Guy Pearce)
Best Supporting Actress (Carrie-Anne Moss)

filmbuilder's rating:

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

9655

7.6

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl...

Was nominated for:
Best Actor - Johnny Depp
Best Makeup
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects

Should've been nominated for:
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Original Score - Klaus Badelt

filmbuilder's rating:

2028

Elf (2003)

Was nominated for:
Nothing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design

filmbuilder's rating:

1196

6.4

6.8

Peter Pan (2003)

Was nominated for:
Nothing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Visual Effects
Best Original Score - James Newton Howard

filmbuilder's rating:

4170

6.6

7.3

The Simpsons Movie

Was nominated for:
Nothing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Animated Feature

filmbuilder's rating:

4855

7.2

7.4

Juno (2007)

Was nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay (won)
Best Actress - Ellen Page
Best Director - Jason Reitman

filmbuilder's rating:

5438

8.4

WALL·E (2008)

Was nominated for:
Best Animated Feature (won)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score - Thomas Newman
Best Original Song - Down to Earth
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Picture

filmbuilder's rating:

7834

8.3

The Dark Knight (2008)

Was nominated for:
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger (won, posthumously)
Best Sound Editing (won)
Best Film Editing
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Makeup
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects

Should've been nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Costume Design

filmbuilder's rating:

1737

7.1

7.7

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Was nominated for:
Best Animated Feature

filmbuilder's rating:

1524

6.9

7.3

Monsters University (2013)

Was nominated for:
Nothing

Should've been nominated for:
Best Animated Feature

filmbuilder's rating:

896

7.4

7.8

Captain Phillips (2013)

Was nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor - Barkhad Abdi
Best Editing
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Adapted Screenplay

Should've been nominated for:
Best Actor - Tom Hanks
Best Director - Paul Greengrass

filmbuilder's rating: