these are the greatest snubs an Academy
Award history welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten great movies with no
Oscar nominations before we begin we
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this list we’re looking at movies which
have gone on to be considered historic
influential examples of cinema earning a
place on many greatest movies of all
time lists and yet when released
received not a single nomination at the
Academy Awards you know what I ain’t
talking about you number 10
zodiac with film and TV credits David
Fincher has become one of the biggest
authors of his generation though alien 3
may have seen his career get off to a
rocky start his distinct brand of
filmmaking earned him the attention of
cinephiles around the globe with movies
like 7 and Fight Club in 2007 when he
released the mystery thriller zodiac to
overwhelming critical acclaim it seemed
that his time had finally come but not
at the Academy Awards are you down can I
go instead zodiac did not receive so
much as a nod some have blamed the
film’s March release date for its oscar
absence but regardless that’s one
serious oversight you’ll be ok yeah
number 9 heat this is a film that had
lots going for it
I wanna get mixed up with it bitch sure
she got off great ass and you got your
head all the way up it for starters it
was directed by Michael Mann who also
gave us such films as The Last of the
Mohicans and collateral it also featured
are then very marketable Val Kilmer and
start both Al Pacino and Robert De Niro
in what would be their very first
onscreen scene together what do you say
I buy you a cup of coffee
yeah sure let’s go with it’s gripping
narrative and edge-of-your-seat
cinematography heat served as living
proof that Michael Mann understood the
genre like no other and has become
mandatory viewing for any crime film
enthusiasts but despite this apparently
no one at the academy got the memo
number 8 King Kong when dealing with old
classics it’s easy to just assume that
they all took home an Academy Award yes
but you’re not the movie director I was
you wouldn’t be here how many movies
were there to even choose from in the
1930s though it may be even more
shocking than seeing an oversized Apes
wanting at passing plains King Kong not
only failed to win an Oscar but it
didn’t get a single nomination not even
for visual effects nope because that
category didn’t exist yet though some
did make argument for a special award
for that very reason thankfully it has
since been awarded various honours even
though it netted nada at the time of its
release airplanes got it
oh no it wasn’t the airplanes
it was beauty kill the Beast number
seven Scarface I never thought I’d see
you again oh you think they want to keep
a guy like me no there are many ways by
which you can judge the success of a
film critics awards box office numbers
or cultural impact among others but when
your remake far and away eclipses the
original film in the public
consciousness you’ve clearly made an
impact you want to waste my time okay I
call my lawyer released in 1983 directed
by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver
Stone Scarface has become one of the
most iconic films in history but at the
time of its release it was met with
negative reviews though the film hasn’t
enduring legacy apparently say hello to
my little friend was not in reference to
a small gold statue number 6 Mean
Streets is wrong with you when you hear
the name Martin Scorsese doesn’t the
word Oscars come to mind automatically
given that his films have accumulated
over 80 nominations and 20 wins at the
Academy Awards the Association is pretty
strong you know I feel about that shit
those things they don’t mean anything to
me that just words
however in 1973 this was just Scorsese’s
third feature film and his first to
garner any significant attention outside
of film festivals though it earned
critical praise and did reasonably well
at the box office making three million
dollars against a budget of 500,000
what do you why do you buy only mean
streets signaled the arrival of a
powerful artistic force in the industry
the Academy Awards just didn’t know it
yet I was here earlier tonight
it kept me waiting for an hour number
five paths of glory
the name Stanley Kubrick carries a lot
of weight in film history though
nominated for a BAFTA and Writers Guild
of America Award this controversial
anti-war film failed to make an
impression with the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences despite
critical acclaim and the fact that it
featured a marketable star in the form
of actor Kirk Douglas
will take the anthill however this is
another case of a rising star going
unrecognized until a later time despite
being one of Kubrick’s very first
feature films paths of glory had all the
marks of genius but likely scared off
the Academy with its message in the
process a life of one of those soldiers
means more to me than all the stars and
decorations and honors in France number
4 The Shining a full twenty three years
after paths of glory and many Award
nominations later it’s harder to find
easy logical excuses as to why this
Kubrick film was ignored by the Academy
here’s Johnny except it wasn’t just the
Academy that turned their noses up at it
so too did the Golden Globes and most
critics at the time it was however
nominated at the inaugural edition of
the Golden Raspberry Awards you know
some places are like people sunshine
hard though it may be to believe the
shining which is now considered to be
one of the greatest and most influential
horror films of all time was a critical
flop upon release
words of wisdom wide words of wisdom
number three Touch of Evil few people
left a bigger mark on film than Orson
Welles do you experience greater
resistance or conflict within the film
industry either
I had to get back to civilisation the
struggles Welles faced with the release
of Citizen Kane were just the start of
what would prove to be a frustrating
career touch of evil his 1958 film noir
was significantly altered by the studio
and then marketed and released as a
b-movie maybe that’s why it was
overlooked by the Academy I’m not
convinced very shame
however in retrospect particularly with
the discovery of Welles his earlier
footage Touch of Evil has gone on to be
considered among the most important
films of its time it was some kind of a
man
what does it nectar would you say about
number two The Searchers traditionally
the Academy just doesn’t get shower
cinema not even an American classic like
the Western why don’t you finish the job
but still how do you deny the quality of
John Ford’s masterpiece
The Searchers in years since the film
has gone on to widely be considered one
of the greatest pieces of narrative
cinema ever to hit theaters kind words
easy thank you kindly
so was it just a year of particularly
bad taste on the part of the Academy
unlike other movies on our list this
isn’t a film that critics took years to
retroactively Lee warm – it was both a
critical and commercial success from day
one just not an Oscar winner I wish you
wouldn’t cry Laurie before we unveil our
topic here are a few honorable mentions
Bilaam listeners I’m talking yeah well
you know that’s just like your opinion
man you tell tiny yourself
number one the good the bad and the ugly
it bears repeating with a few notable
exceptions the Academy seemingly has no
interest in genre cinema with the
searchers they snubbed westerns you’re
not gonna give me the same treatment
with Sergio Leone’s Italian twist on the
genre they were no less disinterested in
fact critics were generally harsh in
their reviews of Leone’s Clint Eastwood
led classic in the 1960s spaghetti
western was a dirty phrase a label that
was incompatible with quality cinema
such ingratitude after all the times
I’ve saved your life
but associations change over time and
this particular spaghetti western is now
considered a crucial part of cinematic
history in 1966 however the Academy
wouldn’t touch it
their loss
[Music]
[Laughter]
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Award history welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten great movies with no
Oscar nominations before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at movies which
have gone on to be considered historic
influential examples of cinema earning a
place on many greatest movies of all
time lists and yet when released
received not a single nomination at the
Academy Awards you know what I ain’t
talking about you number 10
zodiac with film and TV credits David
Fincher has become one of the biggest
authors of his generation though alien 3
may have seen his career get off to a
rocky start his distinct brand of
filmmaking earned him the attention of
cinephiles around the globe with movies
like 7 and Fight Club in 2007 when he
released the mystery thriller zodiac to
overwhelming critical acclaim it seemed
that his time had finally come but not
at the Academy Awards are you down can I
go instead zodiac did not receive so
much as a nod some have blamed the
film’s March release date for its oscar
absence but regardless that’s one
serious oversight you’ll be ok yeah
number 9 heat this is a film that had
lots going for it
I wanna get mixed up with it bitch sure
she got off great ass and you got your
head all the way up it for starters it
was directed by Michael Mann who also
gave us such films as The Last of the
Mohicans and collateral it also featured
are then very marketable Val Kilmer and
start both Al Pacino and Robert De Niro
in what would be their very first
onscreen scene together what do you say
I buy you a cup of coffee
yeah sure let’s go with it’s gripping
narrative and edge-of-your-seat
cinematography heat served as living
proof that Michael Mann understood the
genre like no other and has become
mandatory viewing for any crime film
enthusiasts but despite this apparently
no one at the academy got the memo
number 8 King Kong when dealing with old
classics it’s easy to just assume that
they all took home an Academy Award yes
but you’re not the movie director I was
you wouldn’t be here how many movies
were there to even choose from in the
1930s though it may be even more
shocking than seeing an oversized Apes
wanting at passing plains King Kong not
only failed to win an Oscar but it
didn’t get a single nomination not even
for visual effects nope because that
category didn’t exist yet though some
did make argument for a special award
for that very reason thankfully it has
since been awarded various honours even
though it netted nada at the time of its
release airplanes got it
oh no it wasn’t the airplanes
it was beauty kill the Beast number
seven Scarface I never thought I’d see
you again oh you think they want to keep
a guy like me no there are many ways by
which you can judge the success of a
film critics awards box office numbers
or cultural impact among others but when
your remake far and away eclipses the
original film in the public
consciousness you’ve clearly made an
impact you want to waste my time okay I
call my lawyer released in 1983 directed
by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver
Stone Scarface has become one of the
most iconic films in history but at the
time of its release it was met with
negative reviews though the film hasn’t
enduring legacy apparently say hello to
my little friend was not in reference to
a small gold statue number 6 Mean
Streets is wrong with you when you hear
the name Martin Scorsese doesn’t the
word Oscars come to mind automatically
given that his films have accumulated
over 80 nominations and 20 wins at the
Academy Awards the Association is pretty
strong you know I feel about that shit
those things they don’t mean anything to
me that just words
however in 1973 this was just Scorsese’s
third feature film and his first to
garner any significant attention outside
of film festivals though it earned
critical praise and did reasonably well
at the box office making three million
dollars against a budget of 500,000
what do you why do you buy only mean
streets signaled the arrival of a
powerful artistic force in the industry
the Academy Awards just didn’t know it
yet I was here earlier tonight
it kept me waiting for an hour number
five paths of glory
the name Stanley Kubrick carries a lot
of weight in film history though
nominated for a BAFTA and Writers Guild
of America Award this controversial
anti-war film failed to make an
impression with the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences despite
critical acclaim and the fact that it
featured a marketable star in the form
of actor Kirk Douglas
will take the anthill however this is
another case of a rising star going
unrecognized until a later time despite
being one of Kubrick’s very first
feature films paths of glory had all the
marks of genius but likely scared off
the Academy with its message in the
process a life of one of those soldiers
means more to me than all the stars and
decorations and honors in France number
4 The Shining a full twenty three years
after paths of glory and many Award
nominations later it’s harder to find
easy logical excuses as to why this
Kubrick film was ignored by the Academy
here’s Johnny except it wasn’t just the
Academy that turned their noses up at it
so too did the Golden Globes and most
critics at the time it was however
nominated at the inaugural edition of
the Golden Raspberry Awards you know
some places are like people sunshine
hard though it may be to believe the
shining which is now considered to be
one of the greatest and most influential
horror films of all time was a critical
flop upon release
words of wisdom wide words of wisdom
number three Touch of Evil few people
left a bigger mark on film than Orson
Welles do you experience greater
resistance or conflict within the film
industry either
I had to get back to civilisation the
struggles Welles faced with the release
of Citizen Kane were just the start of
what would prove to be a frustrating
career touch of evil his 1958 film noir
was significantly altered by the studio
and then marketed and released as a
b-movie maybe that’s why it was
overlooked by the Academy I’m not
convinced very shame
however in retrospect particularly with
the discovery of Welles his earlier
footage Touch of Evil has gone on to be
considered among the most important
films of its time it was some kind of a
man
what does it nectar would you say about
number two The Searchers traditionally
the Academy just doesn’t get shower
cinema not even an American classic like
the Western why don’t you finish the job
but still how do you deny the quality of
John Ford’s masterpiece
The Searchers in years since the film
has gone on to widely be considered one
of the greatest pieces of narrative
cinema ever to hit theaters kind words
easy thank you kindly
so was it just a year of particularly
bad taste on the part of the Academy
unlike other movies on our list this
isn’t a film that critics took years to
retroactively Lee warm – it was both a
critical and commercial success from day
one just not an Oscar winner I wish you
wouldn’t cry Laurie before we unveil our
topic here are a few honorable mentions
Bilaam listeners I’m talking yeah well
you know that’s just like your opinion
man you tell tiny yourself
number one the good the bad and the ugly
it bears repeating with a few notable
exceptions the Academy seemingly has no
interest in genre cinema with the
searchers they snubbed westerns you’re
not gonna give me the same treatment
with Sergio Leone’s Italian twist on the
genre they were no less disinterested in
fact critics were generally harsh in
their reviews of Leone’s Clint Eastwood
led classic in the 1960s spaghetti
western was a dirty phrase a label that
was incompatible with quality cinema
such ingratitude after all the times
I’ve saved your life
but associations change over time and
this particular spaghetti western is now
considered a crucial part of cinematic
history in 1966 however the Academy
wouldn’t touch it
their loss
[Music]
[Laughter]
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these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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