Showdown

Robbed!

Best Oscar-nominated films that lost

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Pity the poor fools who have to vote in the Academy, for we are once again about to unleash our judgment upon their judging. Rank your 10 Best Picture Losers—those Oscar-nominated films that were robbed at the podium, whether trends or politics or vote-splitting or just plain stupidity got in their way. No trophy for them on the night, but now’s their chance for a Showdown statuette!

Most mentioned

  • Pulp Fiction
  • GoodFellas
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • The Social Network
  • Fargo
  • Citizen Kane
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Star Wars
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Taxi Driver
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Apocalypse Now
  • La La Land
  • There Will Be Blood
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Inception
  • Raging Bull
  • Black Swan

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  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Alphaville
  • Persona
AYCH

AYCH 62 films

  • Napoleon
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Man with a Movie Camera
  • M
  • Scarface
Varghese

Varghese 72 films

  • Dune
  • Minari
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Get Out
  • La La Land
DannyOMovieGuy

DannyOMovieGuy 23 films

  • All the President's Men
  • Pulp Fiction
  • GoodFellas
  • Raging Bull
  • Apocalypse Now
Matthew Buchanan

Matthew Buchanan 10 films

  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Chinatown
  • Jaws
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Lion King
improbable

improbable 10 films

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • A Serious Man
  • Gravity
  • Whiplash
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ryan

Ryan 10 films

  • Barry Lyndon
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Black Swan
  • A Serious Man
  • All That Jazz
Wade McCormick

Wade McCormick 10 films

  • Star Wars
  • Apocalypse Now
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Sixth Sense
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Ayden The NinjaPirateBear

Ayden The NinjaPirateBear 10 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Giant
  • L.A. Confidential
  • Life of Pi
  • The Color Purple
rsq2000

rsq2000 10 films

  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Miracle on 34th Street
  • 12 Angry Men
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
alaharon123

alaharon123 8 films

  • Heat
  • Star Wars
  • Blade Runner
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Memento
Conor

Conor 10 films

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Green Mile
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Jaws
Blake Petit

Blake Petit 10 films

  • Pulp Fiction
  • Gangs of New York
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Fargo
  • A Few Good Men
Chad Marriotti

Chad Marriotti 10 films

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Black Swan
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Network
  • The Exorcist
Jack Cox

Jack Cox 10 films

  • Citizen Kane
  • Double Indemnity
  • Raging Bull
  • High Noon
  • The Social Network
Forrest With2Rs

Forrest With2Rs 10 films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Social Network
  • The Tree of Life
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Arrival
carter_sauce

carter_sauce 10 films

  • Apocalypse Now
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Room
  • Boyhood
  • Manchester by the Sea
Y2K

Y2K 10 films

  • A Clockwork Orange
  • All the President's Men
  • Taxi Driver
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Raging Bull
Luis_989

Luis_989 22 films

  • GoodFellas
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Inception
Moviessss

Moviessss 10 films

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Star Wars
  • Jaws
  • A Few Good Men
🧀 Almer

🧀 Almer 10 films

  • GoodFellas
  • Fargo
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Taxi Driver
  • Network
DisposableMiffy

DisposableMiffy 10 films

  • Milk
  • GoodFellas
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Fargo
  • Erin Brockovich
Chris St. Croix

Chris St. Croix 10 films

  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Exorcist
  • The Elephant Man
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Robert Berlin

Robert Berlin 12 films

  • Citizen Kane
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Grand Illusion
  • The Insider
george_kaplan

george_kaplan 10 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Star Wars
  • La La Land
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
Conor Wade

Conor Wade 12 films

  • La La Land
  • Citizen Kane
  • Phantom Thread
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Star Wars
Lane Stanberry

Lane Stanberry 10 films

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Amour
  • Her
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Cries and Whispers
Andreas Mortensen

Andreas Mortensen 10 films

  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Room
  • Her
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Brokeback Mountain
brianna

brianna 10 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Whiplash
  • Inception
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
Kelcey

Kelcey 10 films

  • Citizen Kane
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Red Shoes
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
  • The Tree of Life
Mattie Lucas

Mattie Lucas 15 films

  • The Aviator
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • GoodFellas
  • Inception
goodbyesolo

goodbyesolo 10 films

  • Malcolm X
  • The Big Snit
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • Blue Valentine
Kurosawa

Kurosawa 21 films

  • Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Mildred Pierce
  • High Noon
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Atonement
Erik [Auk]

Erik [Auk] 7 films

  • The Red Shoes
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Network
  • Apocalypse Now
  • GoodFellas
Jacob

Jacob 10 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Whiplash
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Zero Dark Thirty
Kyle

Kyle 10 films

  • Double Indemnity
  • Five Easy Pieces
  • The Social Network
  • The Last Picture Show
  • The Heiress
Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly 10 films

  • Citizen Kane
  • Mildred Pierce
  • The Red Shoes
  • The Graduate
  • Barry Lyndon
Quinn

Quinn 10 films

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • La La Land
  • The Social Network
  • Pulp Fiction
  • The Wizard of Oz
Sam Hernández

Sam Hernández 10 films

  • La La Land
  • The Social Network
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • GoodFellas
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Simen Westgaard

Simen Westgaard 10 films

  • The Hours
  • Arrival
  • The Imitation Game
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Inception
Ogi

Ogi 10 films

  • The Front Page
  • Bad Girl
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
  • Captain Blood
  • Dodsworth
elvisisking

elvisisking 50 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Top Hat
  • Grand Illusion
  • Citizen Kane
  • Gaslight
Hannah D

Hannah D 22 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • The Tree of Life
  • Star Wars
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
grag

grag 10 films

  • GoodFellas
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Fargo
  • As Good as It Gets
  • Life of Pi
jgangsta187

jgangsta187 10 films

  • The Social Network
  • Whiplash
  • Pulp Fiction
  • GoodFellas
  • Fargo
mugas

mugas 10 films

  • Star Wars
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Pulp Fiction
  • GoodFellas
  • JFK
Darren

Darren 10 films

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Avatar
  • The Pianist
Eigne

Eigne 10 films

  • GoodFellas
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Citizen Kane
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Pulp Fiction
James Callan

James Callan 10 films

  • The Social Network
hahry

hahry 1 film

  • Promising Young Woman
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Raging Bull
  • Chinatown
Ruth Scouller

Ruth Scouller 10 films

  • The Wizard of Oz
  • GoodFellas
  • Five Easy Pieces
  • Star Wars
  • The Shawshank Redemption
Gabriel Jewett

Gabriel Jewett 10 films

  • GoodFellas
  • Raging Bull
  • Taxi Driver
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Mystic River
jackkyser

jackkyser 18 films

  • Star Wars
  • Toy Story 3
  • GoodFellas
  • Citizen Kane
  • Silver Linings Playbook
Luke Bonanno

Luke Bonanno 10 films

  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Star Wars
  • Gravity
  • Pulp Fiction
TajLV

TajLV 10 films

  • Citizen Kane
  • Double Indemnity
  • Network
  • Star Wars
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
Keisha

Keisha 10 films

  • The Florida Project
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Pianist
Unyolo Big J

Unyolo Big J 10 films

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Black Swan
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
bas2804

bas2804 20 films

  • 12 Angry Men
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Brokeback Mountain
cinemacl🎃wn

cinemacl🎃wn 10 films

  • Citizen Kane
  • Brief Encounter
  • There Will Be Blood
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Taxi Driver
Yusef faisal

Yusef faisal 10 films

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Lincoln
  • The Help
VladimirVader

VladimirVader 10 films

  • Her
  • The Social Network
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Star Wars
  • Fargo
Beeeeeees

Beeeeeees 10 films

  • Get Out
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • The Revenant
  • American Sniper
  • Gravity
DNArington

DNArington 17 films

  • GoodFellas
  • Field of Dreams
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Citizen Kane
  • The Thin Red Line
Elaina Slug

Elaina Slug 11 films

  • GoodFellas
  • Pulp Fiction
  • There Will Be Blood
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Pianist
Florin Scanlon

Florin Scanlon 15 films

  • The Exorcist
  • The Social Network
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Graduate
Fat Dude Digs Flicks

Fat Dude Digs Flicks 16 films

  • The Tree of Life
  • Black Swan
  • Whiplash
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Brokeback Mountain
franzi annasophie

franzi annasophie 12 films

  • Drive My Car
  • Roma
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Hours
William O. Tyler

William O. Tyler 12 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • The Social Network
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • There Will Be Blood
Susanna

Susanna 10 films

  • Gravity
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Lost in Translation
  • Moulin Rouge!
  • Fargo
𝖘𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖎𝖓

𝖘𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖎𝖓 10 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • The Lion in Winter
  • The Insider
  • Dangerous Liaisons
  • Star Wars
Will Bower

Will Bower 10 films

  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • All the President's Men
  • Star Wars
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Fargo
Joshua Brown

Joshua Brown 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • GoodFellas
  • Whiplash
  • Fargo
  • Inception
Randi

Randi 10 films

  • Apocalypse Now
  • Citizen Kane
  • Fargo
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Jaws
maddy

maddy 10 films

  • Taxi Driver
  • Pulp Fiction
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Hannah and Her Sisters
kierstonwoodley

kierstonwoodley 24 films

  • Moulin Rouge!
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Color Purple
  • The Elephant Man
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kyle Bailey

Kyle Bailey 10 films

  • All the President's Men
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Black Swan
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Life Is Beautiful
Rasmus Muller

Rasmus Muller 15 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Hannah and Her Sisters
  • Sideways
  • The Right Stuff
  • Citizen Kane
John Hensler

John Hensler 10 films

  • Pulp Fiction
  • GoodFellas
  • Fargo
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Traffic
SailorRipley21

SailorRipley21 10 films

  • The Green Mile
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Fargo
  • The Great Dictator
  • Up
John Villarose V🌹

John Villarose V🌹 10 films

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Life Is Beautiful
  • Network
  • The Social Network
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Wyatt

Wyatt 10 films

  • The Philadelphia Story
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Broadcast News
  • Fargo
  • Atonement
Amanda Mazzillo

Amanda Mazzillo 10 films

  • Star Wars
  • La La Land
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Gone Girl
  • Taxi Driver
James

James 10 films

  • Phantom Thread
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Amour
  • Black Swan
Haniel Barbosa

Haniel Barbosa 4 films

  • GoodFellas
  • Taxi Driver
  • Raging Bull
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Fargo
David Kuskie

David Kuskie 17 films

  • Boyhood
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Pulp Fiction
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Chris Coke

Chris Coke 15 films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Citizen Kane
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Black Swan
Peter Nordel

Peter Nordel 10 films

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Her
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Inception
  • The Sixth Sense
Jojo/Lily Maben

Jojo/Lily Maben 15 films

  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • The Social Network
  • Fargo
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Tree of Life
francis bored coppola

francis bored coppola 10 films

  • La La Land
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Inception
  • GoodFellas
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
IlaiA

IlaiA 10 films

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Django Unchained
  • The Tree of Life
  • Inception
ItzMeister

ItzMeister 15 films

Still from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)