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Added by Rossjm on 18 Nov 2010 10:36
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Who the Oscars should have nominated: Acting

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People who added this item 2486 Average listal rating (1640 ratings) 8.7 IMDB Rating 9
Henry Fonda as Juror 8



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 4260 Average listal rating (2799 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.6
Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 3887 Average listal rating (2418 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.4
Marlon Brando as Col. Kurtz



Dennis Hopper as The Photojournalist



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor (Brando)
Best Supporting Actor (Hopper)

Come on, shorter roles than these have been nominated!
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People who added this item 3155 Average listal rating (1946 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.5
Brad Pitt as Richard Jones



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor
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People who added this item 4699 Average listal rating (3243 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
Beetlejuice (1988)
Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 4278 Average listal rating (2875 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.1
John Goodman as Walter Sobchak



Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski'



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor (Goodman)
Best Actor (Bridges)
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Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 2834 Average listal rating (1749 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
Everett Sloane as Mr. Bernstein



Joseph Cotton as Jedediah Leland



Agnes Moorehead as Mary Kane



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor (Sloane)
Best Supporting Actor (Cotten)
Best Supporting Actress (Moorehead)
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People who added this item 6212 Average listal rating (4217 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 1724 Average listal rating (1120 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8
John Cazale as Sal Naturile



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor
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People who added this item 5799 Average listal rating (3925 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8
Donnie Darko (2001)
Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 8553 Average listal rating (6112 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.9
Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 9256 Average listal rating (6802 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.8
Fight Club (1999)
Edward Norton as The Narrator



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 1695 Average listal rating (1125 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.5
Jamie Lee Curtis as Wanda Gershwitz



Michael Palin as Ken Pile



Should have been nominated for
Best Actress (Curtis)
Best Supporting Actor (Palin)
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People who added this item 2225 Average listal rating (1438 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.6
The Fly (1986)
Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 721 Average listal rating (456 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.7
Jack Lemmon as Shelley Levene



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor

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People who added this item 257 Average listal rating (152 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.5
Humphrey Bogart as Roy Earle



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 5436 Average listal rating (3770 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.3
Mรฉlanie Laurent as Shosana Dreyfus



Should have been nominated for
Best Actress/Best Supporting Actress (Could qualify for either)
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Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 964 Average listal rating (607 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 424 Average listal rating (253 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.7
Alec Guinness as Professer Marcus



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 2044 Average listal rating (1045 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.6
Lolita (1962)
James Mason as Humbert Humbert



Peter Sellers as Clare Quilty



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor (Mason)
Best Supporting Actor (Sellers)
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Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor
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People who added this item 2898 Average listal rating (1734 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.7
Christian Bale as Trevor Reznik



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 2821 Average listal rating (1667 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8
John C. Reilly as Officer Jim Kurring



Julianne Moore as Linda Partridge



William H. Macy as Donnie Smith



Melora Waters as Claudia Wilson



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor (Reilly)
Best Supporting Actress (Moore)
Best Supporting Actor (Macy)
Best Supporting Actress (Waters)

The whole cast could have been nominated to be honest. Not a single bad performance in the film.

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People who added this item 1132 Average listal rating (693 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.8
John Turturro as Bernie Bernbaum



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor
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People who added this item 2867 Average listal rating (1788 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
Robert Downey Jr. as Wayne Gale



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor
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Robert Mitchem as Harry Powell



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 1908 Average listal rating (1257 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.3
Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall



Should have been nominated for
Best Actress
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People who added this item 628 Average listal rating (365 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.5
Tim Robbins as Griffin Mill



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 4189 Average listal rating (2775 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.5
Psycho (1960)
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor

This one is a real disgrace. The best performance of all time, in any film (in my opinion and I'm sure others share this view) and he wasn't even nominated, let alone win.

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People who added this item 5247 Average listal rating (3609 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.3
Tim Roth as Mr. Orange



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 1827 Average listal rating (1051 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler



Kate Winslet as April Wheeler



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor (DiCaprio)
Best Actress (Winslet)
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People who added this item 2552 Average listal rating (1595 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.4
Tim Curry as Frank N. Furter



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 2565 Average listal rating (1588 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8
Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse



Should have been nominated for
Best Actress
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People who added this item 4137 Average listal rating (2694 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.3
Scarface (1983)
Al Pacino as Tony Montana



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor

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People who added this item 6060 Average listal rating (4117 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.6
Giovanni Ribisi as Irwin Wade



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor
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People who added this item 256 Average listal rating (126 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.3
Scarecrow (1973)
Al Pacino as Francis Lionel Delbuchi



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 6464 Average listal rating (4561 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.6
Seven (1995)
Brad Pitt as David Mills



Morgan Freeman as William Somerset



Should hav been nominated for
Best Actor (Pitt)
Best Actor (Freeman)
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People who added this item 807 Average listal rating (430 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 7.2
James Spader as Graham Dalton



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 6063 Average listal rating (4306 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 9.3
Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne



James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor (Robbins)
Best Supporting Actor (Whitmore)
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People who added this item 1940 Average listal rating (1268 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.2
Tony Curtis as Joe/Josephine/Junior



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 6486 Average listal rating (4504 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.4
Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor

Another travesty. A brilliant film where not only was Nicholson overlooked but Stanley Kubrick too.
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People who added this item 927 Average listal rating (531 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.4
Dustin Hoffman as David Sumner



Susan George as Amy Sumner



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor (Hoffman)
Best Actress (George)
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People who added this item 6164 Average listal rating (4421 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8.2
Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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People who added this item 1728 Average listal rating (1114 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.9
True Romance (1993)
Christopher Walken as Vincenzo Coccotti



Should have been nominated for
Best Supporting Actor
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People who added this item 2842 Average listal rating (1789 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.3
James Stewart as John 'Scottie' Ferguson



Kim Novak as Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor (Stewart)
Best Actress (Novak)
Rossjm's rating:
People who added this item 404 Average listal rating (256 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.1
White Heat (1949)
James Cagney as Cody Jarrett



Should have been nominated for
Best Actor
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A list of fantastic performances overlooked by the often incompetent Academy Awards.

Alphabetical.

In some films, an actor or actress were nominated. However, for some of them I think more of the cast should/could have been nominated (Eg. Apocalypse Now and Magnolia). I'm not saying they made the wrong choice with the people they did choose, I just believe that there were other equally good performances in the film.

Some of these roles are very short. However, some actors and actresses have often been nominated for very short roles and so I have included good short performances too.

For my Directing list, see the link below
Who the Oscars should have nominated: Directing


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