they didn’t get the award but they
certainly got the recognition welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movies
that overshadow Best Picture winners
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films that received more attention from
the public and arguably could have won
the Best Picture award
regardless of whether they were actually
nominated in the category or not we
aren’t saying that the Best Picture
winners are bad movies far from it they
won the award after all we’re simply
stating that these flicks immediately or
eventually overshadowed the real winner
in the hearts of the public number ten
zero dark thirty overshadowed Argo but
bin Laden is there and you’re gonna kill
him for me Argo took home the big prize
at the 85th Academy Awards despite only
winning two others Best Adapted
Screenplay and best film editing however
many people were left disappointed with
the movie especially regarding its
various and accuracies towards the role
of the Canadian Embassy and it’s
dramatic exaggerations while it took
home the award some felt that other
movies were more deserving including
Django Unchained and particularly zero
dark thirty Kathryn Bigelow’s film was
widely praised and appeared on many
year-end lists
despite some controversy surrounding its
depiction of torture both movies follow
political stories but many believed that
zero dark thirty told a more gripping
accurate and relevant tale only smoke
everybody involved in Islam
on it number nine high noon overshadowed
the greatest show on earth this is crazy
I haven’t even got any gun it’s one of
the greatest westerns of all time versus
the greatest show on earth and we all
know which one has stood the test of
time the greatest show on earth was set
in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum &
Bailey Circus and featured wildly
extravagant production values for the
time as a technical showcase the
greatest show on earth is undeniably
better however it is widely regarded as
one of the most controversial Best
Picture winners on the other hand high
noon is lauded for its subversion of
Western tropes won more Oscars than its
competitor and is now widely regarded as
one of the best westerns nay best movies
ever
maybe because down deep they don’t care
they just don’t care number 8 the Social
Network overshadowed the King’s Speech
the wincle vie aren’t suing me for
intellectual property theft they are
suing me because for the first time in
their lives things didn’t work out the
way they were supposed to for them
we all saw this coming yet we were
dismayed all the same for many the
writing was on the wall Facebook but
here was a fast-paced darkly stylish
modern movie about the creation of
Facebook and here was a slow
old-fashioned historical drama about a
political radio broadcast even a fish
could have predicted the outcome why
should I waste my time listening because
I have a right to me I have a voice
that’s not to say the King speech was
bad movie like most of its kind the
acting was sublime
and its art direction magnificent but
the social network was the favorite
underdog especially after its Golden
Globe wins for Best Director and Best
Motion Picture Drama but nope the
Academy loves them some period pieces
about night so wired in number seven
Citizen Kane overshadowed how green was
my Valley how green was my Valley is a
maudlin movie about a troubled family
living in the South Wales Valleys at the
end of the 19th century it won the
awards for Best Director and Best
Picture and while it certainly isn’t
considered a bad film it pales in
comparison to Citizen Kane which is
often considered the most revolutionary
and influential movie of all time
many facets of the mystery dramas
filmmaking including its cinematography
and editing set the precedent for future
movies and modern film owes a lot to
Citizen Kane how green was my Valley is
basically just another forgotten Best
Picture winner you are king of the
channel but I will be queen in my own
kitchen you will be queen wherever you
walk number six
Goodfellas overshadowed Dances with
Wolves as far back as I can remember I
always wanted to be a gangster back in
the day it seemed as though Martin
Scorsese was always being snubbed in
1980 Raging Bull infamously lost to
ordinary people and in 1990 his gangster
tour de force Goodfellas was defeated by
Dances with Wolves the Kevin Costner
movie about a Union Army lieutenant and
the Lakota people
sigilyph akela Taku slowish niello
through Iowa Owen Shantay is a cello
Dances with Wolves
is a great movie the production values
are stellar including authentic Lakota
dialogue and it reinvigorated the
popularity of the Western but it’s
arguable that Goodfellas has better
stood the test of time it’s now
considered a masterpiece of the crime
genre
whereas Dances with Wolves has arguably
been left in the 90s a winner perhaps
based on more political than artistic
reasons number 5 Saving Private Ryan
overshadowed Shakespeare in Love
this is easily one of the biggest upsets
in Academy Award history Spielberg had
created a modern masterpiece a war epic
that terrified and touched in equal
measures Shakespeare in Love was a
slower period piece with suitably
appropriate production values Romeo
wherefore art thou Romeo on one hand it
seemed like prime Oscar material on the
other hand Saving Private Ryan was so
esteemed that many believed it could
overtake the Academy’s penchant for
literary period dramas despite being a
period drama itself and despite it
winning the Golden Globe for Best Motion
Picture Drama and the Oscar for Best
Director the coveted award went to
Shakespeare and movie fans haven’t shut
up about it since ourselves included
apparently it doesn’t make any sense sir
why why me why do I deserve to go number
four Apocalypse Now overshadowed Kramer
vs Kramer smells like victory like The
King’s Speech and the social network
anyone can see this win coming from a
mile away
Apocalypse Now is a very dark and
challenging movie about the horrors of
Vietnam and the depraved deaths of the
human psyche Kramer vs Kramer is a movie
about the struggles of divorce starring
Academy favorites Dustin Hoffman and
Meryl Streep and I’m leaving it while it
was an important movie for its time
particularly it’s challenging of
parental roles it hasn’t had nearly the
impact that Apocalypse Now has had on
the art of film many people consider
Apocalypse Now not just a movie but also
an experience a fantastic representation
of what the medium of film can achieve
horror has a face and you must make a
friend of horror number 3 Brokeback
Mountain overshadowed crash I wish I
knew how to quit you Brokeback Mountain
a movie about two men’s forbidden love
story were released at a time when
homosexuals were still not that often
represented in film it swept awards
ceremonies taking home Best Picture and
Best Director at the British Academy the
Golden Globes and the Critics Choice
Awards if you can’t fix a jack you’ve
got to stand it
for how long it was nominated for eight
Oscars the most nominations of the year
it’s Best Picture win was seemingly a
lock so many people were left stunned
when crash won with some arguing that
Brokeback SPRO gay themes challenged the
conservative Academy you’re embarrassing
me you embarrass yourself even crashes
writer and producer Paul Haggis admitted
that it should have won and in 2015 a
repoing of the Academy resulted in
Brokeback Mountain winning over crash
there’s a one shot thing going on there
number two
psycho overshadowed the apartment the
minaret is broken no I like it that way
you guys remember the apartment right it
was that movie with timeless villain
Norman Bates and arguably the most
famous scene in the history of cinema oh
sorry that was psycho the apartment is
that comedy about a man who allows his
superiors to use his apartment for
affairs it’s a great movie winning five
Academy Awards including Best Picture in
any other year this may not have been
notable but this was the year that
psycho was released psycho paved the way
for sex violence and depravity in film
and it arguably began an entirely new
genre the slasher nothing against the
apartment but it’s hard to compare to
the sheer influence of psycho we all go
a little mad sometimes before we unveil
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions you okay Margie you’re fine
it’s just morning sickness I’m not
missing you yet
you will you you what the moon just say
the word and I’ll throw a lasso around
and pull it down say who is this Peggy
Stephenson she’s a girl I didn’t think
she was the kangaroo
[Music]
number one 2001 a Space Odyssey
overshadowed Oliver I want some more
there’s no denying that Oliver is
delightful it features some incredible
musical numbers and it appeals to a wide
range of audiences that said it’s
arguably aged rather poorly and some
can’t help but see it as just another
musical
[Music]
Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey is a
timeless masterpiece as relevant and
technically ambitious today as it was
back in 1968 the movie proved to be a
huge influence on future filmmakers like
Spielberg and it paved the way for
mainstream acceptance of science fiction
which exploded in the following decade
well I must say Oliver can’t help but
blend in 2001 redefined what a movie
could be and to think it wasn’t even
nominated for Best Picture this
conversation can serve no purpose
anymore goodbye do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
certainly got the recognition welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movies
that overshadow Best Picture winners
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
films that received more attention from
the public and arguably could have won
the Best Picture award
regardless of whether they were actually
nominated in the category or not we
aren’t saying that the Best Picture
winners are bad movies far from it they
won the award after all we’re simply
stating that these flicks immediately or
eventually overshadowed the real winner
in the hearts of the public number ten
zero dark thirty overshadowed Argo but
bin Laden is there and you’re gonna kill
him for me Argo took home the big prize
at the 85th Academy Awards despite only
winning two others Best Adapted
Screenplay and best film editing however
many people were left disappointed with
the movie especially regarding its
various and accuracies towards the role
of the Canadian Embassy and it’s
dramatic exaggerations while it took
home the award some felt that other
movies were more deserving including
Django Unchained and particularly zero
dark thirty Kathryn Bigelow’s film was
widely praised and appeared on many
year-end lists
despite some controversy surrounding its
depiction of torture both movies follow
political stories but many believed that
zero dark thirty told a more gripping
accurate and relevant tale only smoke
everybody involved in Islam
on it number nine high noon overshadowed
the greatest show on earth this is crazy
I haven’t even got any gun it’s one of
the greatest westerns of all time versus
the greatest show on earth and we all
know which one has stood the test of
time the greatest show on earth was set
in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum &
Bailey Circus and featured wildly
extravagant production values for the
time as a technical showcase the
greatest show on earth is undeniably
better however it is widely regarded as
one of the most controversial Best
Picture winners on the other hand high
noon is lauded for its subversion of
Western tropes won more Oscars than its
competitor and is now widely regarded as
one of the best westerns nay best movies
ever
maybe because down deep they don’t care
they just don’t care number 8 the Social
Network overshadowed the King’s Speech
the wincle vie aren’t suing me for
intellectual property theft they are
suing me because for the first time in
their lives things didn’t work out the
way they were supposed to for them
we all saw this coming yet we were
dismayed all the same for many the
writing was on the wall Facebook but
here was a fast-paced darkly stylish
modern movie about the creation of
Facebook and here was a slow
old-fashioned historical drama about a
political radio broadcast even a fish
could have predicted the outcome why
should I waste my time listening because
I have a right to me I have a voice
that’s not to say the King speech was
bad movie like most of its kind the
acting was sublime
and its art direction magnificent but
the social network was the favorite
underdog especially after its Golden
Globe wins for Best Director and Best
Motion Picture Drama but nope the
Academy loves them some period pieces
about night so wired in number seven
Citizen Kane overshadowed how green was
my Valley how green was my Valley is a
maudlin movie about a troubled family
living in the South Wales Valleys at the
end of the 19th century it won the
awards for Best Director and Best
Picture and while it certainly isn’t
considered a bad film it pales in
comparison to Citizen Kane which is
often considered the most revolutionary
and influential movie of all time
many facets of the mystery dramas
filmmaking including its cinematography
and editing set the precedent for future
movies and modern film owes a lot to
Citizen Kane how green was my Valley is
basically just another forgotten Best
Picture winner you are king of the
channel but I will be queen in my own
kitchen you will be queen wherever you
walk number six
Goodfellas overshadowed Dances with
Wolves as far back as I can remember I
always wanted to be a gangster back in
the day it seemed as though Martin
Scorsese was always being snubbed in
1980 Raging Bull infamously lost to
ordinary people and in 1990 his gangster
tour de force Goodfellas was defeated by
Dances with Wolves the Kevin Costner
movie about a Union Army lieutenant and
the Lakota people
sigilyph akela Taku slowish niello
through Iowa Owen Shantay is a cello
Dances with Wolves
is a great movie the production values
are stellar including authentic Lakota
dialogue and it reinvigorated the
popularity of the Western but it’s
arguable that Goodfellas has better
stood the test of time it’s now
considered a masterpiece of the crime
genre
whereas Dances with Wolves has arguably
been left in the 90s a winner perhaps
based on more political than artistic
reasons number 5 Saving Private Ryan
overshadowed Shakespeare in Love
this is easily one of the biggest upsets
in Academy Award history Spielberg had
created a modern masterpiece a war epic
that terrified and touched in equal
measures Shakespeare in Love was a
slower period piece with suitably
appropriate production values Romeo
wherefore art thou Romeo on one hand it
seemed like prime Oscar material on the
other hand Saving Private Ryan was so
esteemed that many believed it could
overtake the Academy’s penchant for
literary period dramas despite being a
period drama itself and despite it
winning the Golden Globe for Best Motion
Picture Drama and the Oscar for Best
Director the coveted award went to
Shakespeare and movie fans haven’t shut
up about it since ourselves included
apparently it doesn’t make any sense sir
why why me why do I deserve to go number
four Apocalypse Now overshadowed Kramer
vs Kramer smells like victory like The
King’s Speech and the social network
anyone can see this win coming from a
mile away
Apocalypse Now is a very dark and
challenging movie about the horrors of
Vietnam and the depraved deaths of the
human psyche Kramer vs Kramer is a movie
about the struggles of divorce starring
Academy favorites Dustin Hoffman and
Meryl Streep and I’m leaving it while it
was an important movie for its time
particularly it’s challenging of
parental roles it hasn’t had nearly the
impact that Apocalypse Now has had on
the art of film many people consider
Apocalypse Now not just a movie but also
an experience a fantastic representation
of what the medium of film can achieve
horror has a face and you must make a
friend of horror number 3 Brokeback
Mountain overshadowed crash I wish I
knew how to quit you Brokeback Mountain
a movie about two men’s forbidden love
story were released at a time when
homosexuals were still not that often
represented in film it swept awards
ceremonies taking home Best Picture and
Best Director at the British Academy the
Golden Globes and the Critics Choice
Awards if you can’t fix a jack you’ve
got to stand it
for how long it was nominated for eight
Oscars the most nominations of the year
it’s Best Picture win was seemingly a
lock so many people were left stunned
when crash won with some arguing that
Brokeback SPRO gay themes challenged the
conservative Academy you’re embarrassing
me you embarrass yourself even crashes
writer and producer Paul Haggis admitted
that it should have won and in 2015 a
repoing of the Academy resulted in
Brokeback Mountain winning over crash
there’s a one shot thing going on there
number two
psycho overshadowed the apartment the
minaret is broken no I like it that way
you guys remember the apartment right it
was that movie with timeless villain
Norman Bates and arguably the most
famous scene in the history of cinema oh
sorry that was psycho the apartment is
that comedy about a man who allows his
superiors to use his apartment for
affairs it’s a great movie winning five
Academy Awards including Best Picture in
any other year this may not have been
notable but this was the year that
psycho was released psycho paved the way
for sex violence and depravity in film
and it arguably began an entirely new
genre the slasher nothing against the
apartment but it’s hard to compare to
the sheer influence of psycho we all go
a little mad sometimes before we unveil
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions you okay Margie you’re fine
it’s just morning sickness I’m not
missing you yet
you will you you what the moon just say
the word and I’ll throw a lasso around
and pull it down say who is this Peggy
Stephenson she’s a girl I didn’t think
she was the kangaroo
[Music]
number one 2001 a Space Odyssey
overshadowed Oliver I want some more
there’s no denying that Oliver is
delightful it features some incredible
musical numbers and it appeals to a wide
range of audiences that said it’s
arguably aged rather poorly and some
can’t help but see it as just another
musical
[Music]
Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey is a
timeless masterpiece as relevant and
technically ambitious today as it was
back in 1968 the movie proved to be a
huge influence on future filmmakers like
Spielberg and it paved the way for
mainstream acceptance of science fiction
which exploded in the following decade
well I must say Oliver can’t help but
blend in 2001 redefined what a movie
could be and to think it wasn’t even
nominated for Best Picture this
conversation can serve no purpose
anymore goodbye do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
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