Over the last 88 years many films have been honored by the Academy Awards as being the year's best. However, every year there seems to be controversy over the announcement of the nominations and especially the morning after the winners are announced at the annual ceremony. Outrage over what films did not win Best Picture, outrage over what actor or actress didn't win their category, and, often, outrage over certain films not even being recognized with a nomination. This list, presented in chronological order, is comprised of the losers, the snubbed, the shut out and the ignored. These are the 100 Greatest Films to Never Win an Oscar. When we say Oscar, we don't just mean Best Picture... we mean ANY category. So while there are still cinephiles who are still angry that Citizen Kane lost to How Green Was My Valley, Kane did at least walk way with one statue (for screenplay.) This is exclusively a list for films that have zero Oscar statues to brag about. To be eligible for this list, a film had to have been released between 1927 (the year the Academy started recognizing films for the first Oscars ceremony) and 2014. With that, enjoy the list...
1927 • Fritz Lang
1927/28 Best Picture Winner:
Wings
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
1928 • Carl Theodor Dreyer
1928/29 Best Picture Winner:
The Broadway Melody
Oscar Nominations:
None
M
1931 • Fritz Lang
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1933)
1932/1933 Best Picture Winner
Cavalcade
Oscar Nominations:
None
CITY LIGHTS
1931 • Charles Chaplin
1930/31 Best Picture Winner:
Cimarron
Oscar Nominations:
None
MODERN TIMES
1936 • Charles Chaplin
1936 Best Picture Winner:
The Great Ziegfeld
Oscar Nominations:
None.
MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
1937 • Leo McCarey
1937 Best Picture Winner:
The Life of Emile Zola
Oscar Nominations:
None
GRAND ILLUSION
(La Grande Illusion)
1937 • Jean Renoir
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1938)
1938 Best Picture Winner:
You Can't Take it With You.
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
THE GREAT DICTATOR
1940 • Charles Chaplin
1940 Best Picture Winner:
Rebecca
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Charles Chaplin (Lost to James Stewart for The Philadelphia Story)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jack Oakie (Lost to Walter Brennan for The Westerner)
Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Charles Chaplin (Lost to Preston Sturges for The Great McGinty)
Best Music, Original Score: Meredith Wilson (Lost to Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington for Pinocchio)
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
1940 • Howard Hawks
1940 Best Picture Winner:
Rebecca
Oscar Nominations:
None
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
1941 • Preston Sturges
1941 Best Picture Winner:
How Green Was My Valley
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE MALTESE FALCON
1941 • John Huston
1941 Best Picture Winner:
How Green Was My Valley
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sydney Greenstreet (Lost to Donald Crisp for How Green Was My Valley)
Best Writing, Screenplay: John Huston (Lost to Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller for Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
1942 • Ernst Lubitsch
1942 Best Picture Winner:
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar Nominations:
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Werner R. Heymann (Lost to Max Steiner for Now, Voyager)
THE LIFE AND DEATH COLONEL BLIMP
1943 • Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
1943 Best Picture Winner:
Casablanca
Oscar Nominations:
None
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
1944 • Billy Wilder
1944 Best Picture Winner:
Going My Way
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Barbara Stanwyck (Lost to Ingrid Bergman for Gaslight)
Best Director: Billy Wilder (Lost to Leo McCarey for Going My Way)
Best Writing, Screenplay: Raymond Chandler, Billy Wilder (Lost to Frank Butler, Frank Cavett for Going My Way)
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: John F. Seitz (Lost to Joseph LaShelle for Laura)
Best Sound, Recording (Lost to Wilson)
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Miklós Rózsa (Lost to Max Steiner for Since You Went Away)
BRIEF ENCOUNTER
1945 • David Lean
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1946)
1946 Best Picture Winner:
The Best Years of Our Lives
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Celia Johnson (Lost to Olivia de Havilland for To Each His Own)
Best Director: David Lean (Lost to William Wyler for The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Writing, Screenplay: Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame (Lost to Robert E. Sherwood for The Best Years of Our Lives)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
1946 • Frank Capra
1946 Best Picture Winner:
The Best Years of Our Lives
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role: James Stewart (Lost to Frederic March for The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Director: Frank Capra (Lost to William Wyler for The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Sound, Recording (Lost to The Jolson Story)
Best Film Editing (Lost to The Best Years of Our Lives)
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
1946 • Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
1946 Best Picture Winner:
The Best Years of Our Lives
Oscar Nominations:
None
NOTORIOUS
1946 • Alfred Hitchcock
1946 Best Picture Winner:
The Best Years of Our Lives
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Claude Rains (Lost to Harold Russell for The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Ben Hecht (Lost to Muriel Box, Sydney Box for The Seventh Veil)
WHITE HEAT
1949 • Raoul Walsh
1949 Best Picture Winner:
All the King's Men
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Motion Picture Story: Virginia Kellogg (Lost to Douglas Morrow for The Stratton Story)
IN A LONELY PLACE
1950 • Nicholas Ray
1950 Best Picture Winner:
All About Eve
Oscar Nominations:
None.
ACE IN THE HOLE
1951 • Billy Wilder
1951 Best Picture Winner:
An American in Paris
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay: Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman (Lost to Alan Jay Lerner for An American in Paris)
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
1951 • Alfred Hitchcock
1951 Best Picture Winner:
An American in Paris
Oscar Nominations:
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Robert Burks (Lost to A Place in the Sun)
IKIRU
1952 • Akira Kurosawa
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1956)
1956 Best Picture Winner:
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 Best Foreign Language Film:
La Strada
Oscar Nominations:
None
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
1952 • Stanley Donnen, Gene Kelly
1952 Best Picture Winner:
The Greatest Show on Earth
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jean Hagen (Lost to Gloria Grahame for The Bad and the Beautiful)
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture: Lennie Hayton (Lost to Alfred Newman for With a Song in My Heart)
UMBERTO D.
1952 • Vittorio De Sica
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1956)
1956 Best Picture Winner:
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 Best Foreign Language Film:
La Strada
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Motion Picture Story: Cesare Zavattini (Lost to Dalton Trumbo for The Brave One)
TOKYO STORY
1953 • Yasujirô Ozu
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1972)
1972 Best Picture Winner:
The Godfather
1972 Best Foreign Language Film:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE WAGES OF FEAR
1953 • Henri-Georges Clouzot
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1955)
1955 Best Picture Winner:
Marty
1955 Best Foreign Language Film:
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Oscar Nominations:
None
UGETSU
1953 • Kenji Mizoguchi
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1955)
1955 Best Picture Winner:
Marty
1955 Best Foreign Language Film:
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Oscar Nominations:
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Lost to I'll Cry Tomorrow)
SEVEN SAMURAI
1954 • Akira Kurosawa
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1956)
1956 Best Picture Winner:
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 Best Foreign Language Film:
La Strada
Oscar Nominations:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Lost to Somebody Up There Likes Me)
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Lost to The Solid Gold Cadillac)
REAR WINDOW
1954 • Alfred Hitchcock
1954 Best Picture Winner:
On the Waterfront
Oscar Nominations:
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock (Lost to Elia Kazan for On the Waterfront)
Best Writing, Screenplay: John Michael Hayes (Lost to George Seaton for The Country Girl)
Best Cinematography, Color: Robert Burks (Lost to Milton R. Krasner for Three Coins in the Fountain)
Best Sound, Recording (Lost to The Glenn Miller Story)
JOHNNY GUITAR
1954 • Nicholas Ray
1954 Best Picture Winner:
On the Waterfront
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
1955 • Charles Laughton
1955 Best Picture Winner:
Marty
Oscar Nominations:
None
A MAN ESCAPED
1956 • Robert Bresson
1956 Best Picture Winner:
Around the World in 80 Days
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE SEARCHERS
1956 • John Ford
1956 Best Picture Winner:
Around the World in 80 Days
Oscar Nominations:
None
12 ANGRY MEN
1957 • Sidney Lumet
1957 Best Picture Winner:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director: Sidney Lumet (Lost to David Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Reginald Rose (Lost to Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson for The Bridge on the River Kwai)
PATHS OF GLORY
1957 • Stanley Kubrick
1957 Best Picture Winner:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE SEVENTH SEAL
1957 • Ingmar Bergman
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1958)
1958 Best Picture Winner:
Gigi
1958 Best Foreign Language Film:
Mon Oncle
Oscar Nominations:
None
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
1957 • Alexander Mackendrick
1957 Best Picture Winner:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Oscar Nominations:
None
A FACE IN THE CROWD
1957 • Elia Kazan
1957 Best Picture Winner:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Oscar Nominations:
None
THRONE OF BLOOD
1957 • Akira Kurosawa
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1960)
1960 Best Picture Winner:
The Apartment
1960 Best Foreign Language Winner:
Black Orpheus
Oscar Nominations:
None
VERTIGO
1958 • Alfred Hitchcock
1958 Best Picture Winner:
Gigi
Oscar Nominations:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color (Lost to Gigi)
Best Sound (Lost to South Pacific)
TOUCH OF EVIL
1958 • Orson Welles
1958 Best Picture Winner:
Gigi
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE 400 BLOWS
1959 • François Truffaut
1959 Best Picture Winner:
Ben-Hur
1959 Best Foreign Language Winner:
Black Orpheus
Oscar Nomination:
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy (Lost to Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin for Pillow Talk)
ANATOMY OF A MURDER
1959 • Otto Preminger
1959 Best Picture Winner:
Ben-Hur
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role: James Stewart (Lost to Charlton Hest for Ben-Hur)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Arthur O'Connell (Lost to Hugh Griffith for Ben-Hur)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: George C. Scott
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Wendell Mayes (Lost to Neil Patterson for Room at the Top)
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Lost to The Diary of Anne Frank)
Best Film Editing (Lost to Ben-Hur)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
1959 • Alfred Hitchcock
1959 Best Picture Winner:
Ben-Hur
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: Ernest Lehman (Lost to Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin for Pillow Talk)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Lost to Ben-Hur)
Best Film Editing (Lost to Ben-Hur)
RIO BRAVO
1959 • Howard Hawks
1959 Best Picture Winner:
Ben-Hur
Oscar Nominations:
None
PSYCHO
1960 • Alfred Hitchcock
1960 Best Picture Winner:
The Apartment
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Janet Leigh (Lost to Shirley Jones for Elmer Gantry)
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock (Lost to Billy Wilder for The Apartment)
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: John L. Russell (Lost to Freddie Francis for Sons and Lovers)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Lost to The Apartment)
YOJIMBO
1961 • Akira Kurosawa
1961 Best Picture Winner:
West Side Story
1961 Best Foreign Language Film:
Through a Glass Darkly
Oscar Nominations:
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Lost to La Dolce Vita)
HARAKIRI
1962 • Masaki Kobayashi
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1964)
1964 Best Picture Winner:
My Fair Lady
1964 Best Foreign Language Film:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
1962 • John Ford
1962 Best Picture Winner:
Lawrence of Arabia
Oscar Nominations:
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Lost to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)
HIGH AND LOW
1963 • Akira Kurosawa
1963 Best Picture Winner:
Tom Jones
1963 Best Foreign Language Film:
8½
Oscar Nominations:
None
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
1964 • Stanley Kubrick
1964 Best Picture Winner:
My Fair Lady
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Peter Sellers (Lost to Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady)
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick (Lost to George Cukor for My Fair Lady)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern (Lost to Edward Anhalt for Becket)
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
1966 • Sergio Leone
1966 Best Picture Winner:
A Man for All Seasons
Oscar Nominations:
None
PERSONA
1966 • Ingmar Bergman
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1967)
1967 Best Picture Winner:
In the Heat of the Night
1967 Best Foreign Language Film:
Closely Watched Trains
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
1966 • Gillo Pontecorvo
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1968)
1968 Best Picture Winner:
Oliver!
1968 Best Foreign Language Film:
War and Peace
Oscar Nominations:
Best Director: Gillo Pontecorvo (Lost to Carol Reed for Oliver!)
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo (Lost to James Goldman for The Lion in Winter)
Best Foreign Language Film
LE SAMOURAÏ
1967 • Jean-Pierre Melville
1967 Best Picture Winner:
In the Heat of the Night
1967 Best Foreign Language Film:
Closely Watched Trains
Oscar Nominations:
None
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
1968 • Sergio Leone
1968 Best Picture Winner:
Oliver!
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE WILD BUNCH
1969 • Sam Peckinpah
1969 Best Picture Winner:
Midnight Cowboy
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced: Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah (Lost to William Goldman for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture: Jerry Fielding (Lost to Burt Bacharach for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
1971 • Stanley Kubrick
1971 Best Picture Winner:
The French Connection
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick (Lost to William Friedkin for The French Connection)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Stanley Kubrick (Lost to Ernest Tidyman for The French Connection)
Best Film Editing (Lost to The French Connection)
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
1974 • John Cassavetes
1974 Best Picture Winner:
The Godfather Part II
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Gena Rowlands (Lost to Ellen Burstyn for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
Best Director: John Cassavetes (Lost to Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Part II)
THE CONVERSATION
1974 • Francis Ford Coppola
1974 Best Picture Winner:
The Godfather Part II
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola (Lost to Robert Towne for Chinatown)
Best Sound (Lost to Earthquake)
TAXI DRIVER
1976 • Martin Scorsese
1976 Best Picture Winner:
Rocky
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Robert De Niro (Lost to Peter Finch for Network)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jodie Foster (Lost to Beatrice Straight for Network)
Best Music, Original Score: Bernard Herrmann (Lost to Jerry Goldsmith for The Omen)
MANHATTAN
1979 • Woody Allen
1979 Best Picture Winner:
Kramer VS Kramer
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mariel Hemingway (Lost to Meryl Streep for Kramer VS Kramer)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman (Lost to Steve Tesich for Breaking Away)
THE SHINING
1980 • Stanley Kubrick
1980 Best Picture Winner:
Ordinary People
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE ELEPHANT MAN
1980 • David Lynch
1980 Best Picture Winner:
Ordinary People
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role: John Hurt (Lost to Robert De Niro for Raging Bull)
Best Director: David Lynch (Lost to Robert Redford for Ordinary People)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch (Lost to Alvin Sargent for Ordinary People)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Lost to Tess)
Best Costume Design (Lost to Tess)
Best Film Editing (Lost to Raging Bull)
Best Music, Original Score: John Morris (Lost to Michael Gore for Fame)
DAS BOOT
1981 • Wolfgang Petersen
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1982)
1982 Best Picture Winner:
Gandhi
Oscar Nominations:
Best Director: Wolfgang Petersen (Lost to Richard Attenborough for Gandhi)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Wolfgang Petersen (Lost to Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart for Missing)
Best Cinematography: Jost Vacano (Lost to Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor for Gandhi)
Best Sound (Lost to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial)
Best Film Editing (Lost to Gandhi)
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Lost to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial)
THE THING
1982 • John Carpenter
1982 Best Picture Winner:
Gandhi
Oscar Nominations:
None
BLADE RUNNER
1982 • Ridley Scott
1982 Best Picture Winner:
Gandhi
Oscar Nominations:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Lost to Gandhi)
Best Effects, Visual Effects (Lost to E.T. The Extra Terrestrial)
PARIS, TEXAS
1984 • Wim Wenders
1984 Best Picture Winner:
Amadeus
Oscar Nominations:
None
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
1984 • Sergio Leone
1984 Best Picture Winner:
Amadeus
Oscar Nominations:
None
BLUE VELVET
1986 • David Lynch
1986 Best Picture Winner:
Platoon
Oscar Nominations:
Best Director: David Lynch (Lost to Oliver Stone for Platoon)
FULL METAL JACKET
1987 • Stanley Kubrick
1987 Best Picture Winner:
The Last Emperor
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford (Lost to Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor)
DIE HARD
1988 • John McTiernan
1988 Best Picture Winner:
Rain Man
Oscar Nominations:
Best Sound (Lost to Bird)
Best Film Editing (Lost to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Lost to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
Best Effects, Visual Effects (Lost to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
DO THE RIGHT THING
1989 • Spike Lee
1989 Best Picture Winner:
Driving Miss Daisy
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Danny Aiello (Lost to Denzel Washington for Glory)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Spike Lee (Lost to Tom Schulman for Dead Poets Society)
RESERVOIR DOGS
1992 • Quentin Tarantino
1992 Best Picture Winner:
Unforgiven
Oscar Nominations:
None
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
1994 • Frank Darabont
1994 Best Picture Winner:
Forrest Gump
Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Morgan Freeman (Lost to Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Frank Darabont (Lost to Eric Roth for Forrest Gump)
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins (Lost to John Toll for Legends of the Fall)
Best Sound (Lost to Speed)
Best Film Editing (Lost to Forrest Gump)
Best Music, Original Score: Thomas Newman (Lost to Hans Zimmer for The Lion King)
HOOP DREAMS
1994 • Steve James
1994 Best Documentary Winner:
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Oscar Nominations:
Best Film Editing (Lost to Forrest Gump)
THREE COLORS: RED
1994 • Krzysztof Kieslowski
1994 Best Picture Winner:
Forrest Gump
1994 Best Foreign Language Film:
Burnt by the Sun
Oscar Nominations:
Best Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski (Lost to Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump)
Best Screenplay, Written Directly for the Screen: Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski (Lost to Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary for Pulp Fiction)
Best Cinematography: Piotr Sobocinski (Lost to John Toll for Legends of the Fall)
CHUNKING EXPRESS
1994 • Kar Wai Wong
1994 Best Picture Winner:
Forrest Gump
1994 Best Foreign Language Film:
Burnt by the Sun
Oscar Nominations:
None
LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL
1994 • Luc Besson
1994 Best Picture Winner:
Forrest Gump
Oscar Nominations:
None
SE7EN
1995 • David Fincher
1995 Best Picture Winner:
Braveheart
Oscar Nominations:
Best Film Editing (Lost to Apollo 13)
BEFORE SUNRISE
1995 • Richard Linklater
1995 Best Picture Winner:
Braveheart
Oscar Nominations:
None
HEAT
1995 • Michael Mann
1995 Best Picture Winner:
Braveheart
Oscar Nominations:
None
PRINCESS MONONOKE
1997 • Hayao Miyazaki
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 1999)
1999 Best Picture Winner:
American Beauty
Oscar Nominations:
None
BOOGIE NIGHTS
1997 • Paul Thomas Anderson
1997 Best Picture Winner:
Titanic
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Burt Reynolds (Lost to Robin Williams for Good Will Hunting)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Julianne Moore (Lost to Kim Basinger for L.A. Confidential)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Paul Thomas Anderson (Lost to Matt Damon, Ben Affleck for Good Will Hunting)
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
1998 • Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
1998 Best Picture Winner:
Shakespeare in Love
Oscar Nominations:
None
FIGHT CLUB
1999 • David Fincher
1999 Best Picture Winner:
American Beauty
Oscar Nominations:
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Lost to The Matrix)
MAGNOLIA
1999 • Paul Thomas Anderson
1999 Best Picture Winner:
American Beauty
Oscar Nominations:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Tom Cruise (Lost to Michael Caine for The Cider House Rules)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Paul Thomas Anderson (Lost to Alan Ball for American Beauty)
Best Music, Original Song: Aimee Mann for the song "Save Me" (Lost to Tarzan, Phil Collins
for the song "You'll Be In My Heart")
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
2000 • Kar-wai Wong
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 2001)
2001 Best Picture Winner:
A Beautiful Mind
2001 Best Foreign Language Film:
No Man's Land
Oscar Nominations:
None
MEMENTO
2000 • Christopher Nolan
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 2001)
2001 Best Picture Winner:
A Beautiful Mind
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan (Lost to Gosford Park)
Best Film Editing (Lost to Black Hawk Down)
MULHOLLAND DRIVE
2001 • David Lynch
2001 Best Picture Winner:
A Beautiful Mind
Oscar Nominations:
Best Director (Lost to Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind)
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
2001 • Wes Anderson
2001 Best Picture Winner:
A Beautiful Mind
Oscar Nominations
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson (Lost to Jullian Fellows for Gosford Park)
CITY OF GOD
2002 • Fernando Meirelles
(Eligible for the Academy Awards in 2003)
2003 Best Picture Winner:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 Best Foreign Language Film:
The Barbarian Invasions
Oscar Nominations:
Best Director: Fernando Meirelles (Lost to Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Bráulio Mantovani (Lost to Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
Best Cinematography: César Charlone (Lost to Russell Boyd for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
Best Film Editing (Lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
OLDBOY
2003 • Chan-wook Park
(Eligible for Academy Awards in 2005)
2005 Best Picture Winner:
Crash
2005 Best Foreign Language Film:
Tsotsi
Oscar Nominations:
None
BEFORE SUNSET
2004 • Richard Linklater
2004 Best Picture Winner:
Million Dollar Baby
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Kim Krizan (Lost to Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor for Sideways)
CHILDREN OF MEN
2006 • Alfonso Cuarón
2006 Best Picture Winner:
The Departed
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby (Lost to William Monahan for The Departed)
Best Achievement in Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (Lost to Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth)
Best Achievement in Film Editing (Lost to The Departed)
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
2007 • Julian Schnabel
2007 Best Picture Winner:
No Country for Old Men
2007 Best Foreign Language Film:
The Counterfeiters
Oscar Nominations:
Best Achievement in Directing: Julian Schnabel (Lost to Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men)
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Ronald Harwood (Lost to Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men)
Best Achievement in Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski (Lost to Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood)
Best Achievement in Film Editing (Lost to The Bourne Ultimatum)
THE WRESTLER
2008 • Darren Aronofsky
2008 Best Picture Winner:
Slumdog Millionaire
Oscar Nominations:
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Mickey Rourke (Lost to Sean Penn for Milk)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Marisa Tomei (Lost to Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
DRIVE
2011 • Nicolas Winding Refn
2011 Best Picture Winner:
The Artist
Oscar Nominations:
Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Lost to Hugo)
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
2013 • Richard Linklater
2013 Best Picture Winner:
12 Years a Slave
Oscar Nominations:
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke (Lost to John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave)
