What's the BEST film never to win a Best Picture Oscar?

[CubsFan1982]

This one, I'm not as certain. What do you say?

[theboss]

1. Goodfellas

1990 was an embarassing year for Oscar.

[Shredr]

8. that was going to be my answer.

Although I'd agree with RAGING BULL too.

[jjmalonejr]

19. Absolutely! Goodfellas!

I second that.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

38. Goodfellas-it lost to Dancing with Wolves

:wtf:

[Kat45]

41. Absolutely! Goodfellas.

And Scorsese should have won best director for it as well.

[Joe Power]

2. Raging Bull

Lots of other contenders, but I think that was probably the biggest travesty in Oscar history.

[maveric]

3. "Hotel Rwanda". It wont win because it wasnt nominated.

And it should have been.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Cool Hand Luke

[Jessica]

14. My vote goes here, too. /nt

[NYCGirl]

5. Citizen Kane NT

[xmas74]

13. You hit the nail on the head.

One of the best movies ever, hands down.

[NYCGirl]

20. It influenced just about every film after it. NT

[xmas74]

32. Yes it did

and it has the most memorable one word line in the history of film. Heck, one of the most mormorable lines out of any lines in film history. It was a work of art made with love from a true genius.

[DelawareValleyDem]

6. All the President's Men

[Emboldened Chimp]

7. Good question. I would say...

Citizen Kane

[liberalpragmatist]

9. Didn't all of those win?

Maybe I'm just missing something. I tend to miss sarcasm. If that's what this is, sorry, I'm dense.

ON EDIT: never mind, you changed it. Citizen Kane never won?

[Emboldened Chimp]

11. Yes, i read the question wrong...

I thought it said best film to win best pic. I changed it.

[NYCGirl]

12. No, Kane was nominated; didn't win.

Edited to add: The winner for 1941 over Kane was How Green Was My Valley.

[Carla in Ca]

43. My vote is also for Citizen Kane

Pure cinematic genius. The style, substance and the telling of the story through flashbacks...the best structured film ever made.

[4_Legs_Good]

10. Malcolm X

I would say.

Recently Requiem for a Dream was robbed.

david

[SaveElmer]

15. Saving Private Ryan

That it lost to Shakespeare in Love was a travesty!

[4_Legs_Good]

21. I thought SPR was pretty weak when compared to Tarrance Mallick's

The Thin Red Line which came out the same year. It was glorious. Saving Private Ryan ended up being an absurd action movie in comparison, IMO.

david

[Buddyblazon]

16. Empire of the Sun....

That was the year The Last Emperor won. And as I recall it was a year chocked with great films.

I made a point to see all of the films that made the final cut. And perhaps it was the place I saw Empire of the Sun...in a basement screening at the Broadmoor in a room that was shaped like the Cavern Club...with a Von Trapp sugar-filled Easter feel.

But I love that movie. I could watch that movie over and over.

[Bok_Tukalo]

26. "P-51! Cadillac of the skies!"

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[Missy Vixen]

17. Seabiscuit

got mowed over by "Return of the King", but is an excellent movie that we have watched repeatedly.

Julie

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. The Color Purple which SHOULD have won instead of Out of Africa

[Buddyblazon]

23. Thats right! It didn't win.

And as I recall...Out of Africa was a big yawn-fest.

Didn't Gosseford Park get nominated? That was one boring ass film.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. Can't recall the other nominees..just remember the snub of TCP bigtime

[Rowdyboy]

27. You beat me to it!

That was a thoroughly incredible movie and it was horribly cheated.

[earthside]

22. 'High Noon'

Probably didn't win because it is an allegory about the McCarthy era.

[Bok_Tukalo]

25. Network

or 2001

[PittPoliSci]

28. Gangs of New York

[Az]

29. The Color Purple was utterly robbed

Nominated for 11 awards and it won nothing. Best film award for that year went to Out of Africa?!?!? :wtf:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. That must be some kind of record. 11 nominations and NO Oscar?

You'd almost think the judges were racist or something.

[Tempest]

30. Lost in Translation

It was a fabulous film by a rookie director.

[DiverDave]

31. The Sixth Sense

I still get the chills from thinking of that movie...
Lost out to American Beauty, a look at dysfunction and the self absorbed suburban ideal:puke:

[GalleryGod]

33. A Soldiers Story

:wtf: Inexplicable:silly:

[saltpoint]

35. What a good question, CubsFan1982.

My vote goes to John Greyson's LILIES. It won the Canadian equivalent of our Oscars, but was virtually ignored here.

[Threedifferentones]

36. The Matrix

Just the first one.

[peekaloo]

37. LA Confidential and Fargo.

Someone already posted 'Network'.

[joeybee12]

39. I posted a similar post about a year ago--Goodfellas also got lots of

votes then....

[edbermac]

40. 2001: A Space Odyssey...the winner was Oliver!

[webjamn]

42. The Shawshank Redemption