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Top 10 actors/actresses who won an Oscar for the wrong role...
Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:09 am
Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:09 am
Another Watch Mojo thread:
Honorable Mentions
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl (2015)
Should Have Won For - Ex Machina (2014)
Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger (1973)
Should Have Won For - Some Like It Hot (1959)
Jessica Lange - Tootsie (1982)
Should Have Won For - Frances (1982)
Paul Newman - The Color of Money (1986)
Should Have Won For - The Hustler (1961), Cool Hand Luke (1967), or The Verdict (1982)
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart (2009)
Should Have Won For - The Big Lebowski (1998) or True Grit (2010)
The List
10. Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost (1990)
Should Have Won For - The Color Purple (1985)
09. James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Should Have Won For - White Heat (1949) or Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
08. Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets (1997)
Should Have Won For - Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1973), or Chinatown (1974)
07. Jack Palance - City Slickers (1991)
Should Have Won For - Shane (1953) or Sudden Fear (1952)
06. Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Should Have Won For - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
05. Denzel Washington - Training Day (2001)
Should Have Won For - Malcolm X (1992)
04. Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Should Have Won For - Mrs. Brown (1997), Iris (2001), Notes on a Scandal (2006), or Philomena (2013)
03. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant (2013)
Should Have Won For - What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) or The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
02. Elizabeth Taylor - Butterfield 8 (1960)
Should Have Won For - A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), or Suddenly Last Summer (1959)
01. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
Should Have Won For - The Godfather (1972), Serpico (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), or Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
YouTube
Honorable Mentions
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl (2015)
Should Have Won For - Ex Machina (2014)
Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger (1973)
Should Have Won For - Some Like It Hot (1959)
Jessica Lange - Tootsie (1982)
Should Have Won For - Frances (1982)
Paul Newman - The Color of Money (1986)
Should Have Won For - The Hustler (1961), Cool Hand Luke (1967), or The Verdict (1982)
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart (2009)
Should Have Won For - The Big Lebowski (1998) or True Grit (2010)
The List
10. Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost (1990)
Should Have Won For - The Color Purple (1985)
09. James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Should Have Won For - White Heat (1949) or Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
08. Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets (1997)
Should Have Won For - Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1973), or Chinatown (1974)
07. Jack Palance - City Slickers (1991)
Should Have Won For - Shane (1953) or Sudden Fear (1952)
06. Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Should Have Won For - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
05. Denzel Washington - Training Day (2001)
Should Have Won For - Malcolm X (1992)
04. Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Should Have Won For - Mrs. Brown (1997), Iris (2001), Notes on a Scandal (2006), or Philomena (2013)
03. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant (2013)
Should Have Won For - What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) or The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
02. Elizabeth Taylor - Butterfield 8 (1960)
Should Have Won For - A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), or Suddenly Last Summer (1959)
01. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
Should Have Won For - The Godfather (1972), Serpico (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), or Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
YouTube
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Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:21 am to RollTide1987
quote:
03. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant (2013)
Should Have Won For - What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) or The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Departed or Blood Diamond
Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:28 am to RollTide1987
Russell Crowe should have won for A Beautiful Mind rather than Gladiator. IIRC he and Denzel were both up those years. Crowe won and then following year Denzel won. I think Denzel was up for Remember the Titans when he lost.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:42 am to RollTide1987
Sean Penn - mystic River
Should have won for 21 grams.
Should have won for 21 grams.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:44 am to RollTide1987
Hot take: Dustin Hoffman should have won for Rain Man, but it should have been for Supporting Actor.
Tom Cruise was the lead in that movie.
Tom Cruise was the lead in that movie.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:51 am to RollTide1987
very good list...Denzel played the hell out of that role in training day though. completely out of his normal character and he nailed it. easily should have got one for Malcom..
Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:56 am to RollTide1987
quote:
01. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
Should Have Won For - The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
No, he wasn't even the best actor in those two movies.
Brando was better & De Niro was better.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:59 am to RollTide1987
quote:Nah. He was great in Crazy Heart and I don’t really get Oscar vibes from him in The Big Lebowski (although it’s a great movie).
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart (2009) Should Have Won For - The Big Lebowski (1998) or True Grit (2010)
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:00 am to TigerintheNO
quote:
No, he wasn't even the best actor in those two movies.
Brando was better & De Niro was better.
Marlon Brando was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his turn in The Godfather; Al Pacino was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. So they weren't competing against each other that year. Pacino was competing against fellow co-stars James Caan and Robert Duvall, though Joel Grey took home the Oscar for his turn in Cabaret.
The same thing goes for Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II. Pacino was competing for Best Actor in a Leading Role (losing to Art Carney for Harry and Tonto) while Robert De Niro won in the Supporting Actor category.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:23 am to RollTide1987
Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Should have won for - Dead Ringers (1988)
(The Academy basically admitted that this was a make up for Irons not even being nominated for Dead Ringers. Irons even thanked David Cronenberg in his acceptance speech.)
Should have won for - Dead Ringers (1988)
(The Academy basically admitted that this was a make up for Irons not even being nominated for Dead Ringers. Irons even thanked David Cronenberg in his acceptance speech.)
This post was edited on 4/25/21 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:30 am to RollTide1987
quote:
05. Denzel Washington - Training Day (2001)
Denzel most definitely deserved an Oscar for Training Day.
quote:
03. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant (2013) Should Have Won For - What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) or The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Should have won for The Aviator.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:34 am to pevetohead
quote:
(The Academy basically admitted that this was a make up for Irons not even being nominated for Dead Ringers)
Have they yet admitted that Leo's win for The Rev was basically a lifetime achievement award?
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:36 am to RollTide1987
Benicio del Toro - Traffic (2000)
Should Have Won For - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
Should Have Won For - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
This post was edited on 4/25/21 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:46 am to RollTide1987
quote:that role was Oscar worthy?
Jack Palance - City Slickers (1991)
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:46 am to MasterKnight
quote:
Russell Crowe should have won for A Beautiful Mind rather than Gladiator. IIRC he and Denzel were both up those years. Crowe won and then following year Denzel won. I think Denzel was up for Remember the Titans when he lost.
You are misremembering something fierce. Denzel Washington was not nominated for Remember the Titans. Crowe's biggest rival that year was Tom Hanks for his turn in Cast Away - a movie he *should* have won for but didn't. Denzel Washington was solid in Training Day but Russell Crowe most certainly should have won the Oscar for A Beautiful Mind.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:52 am to SEClint
quote:
Jack Palance - City Slickers (1991)
that role was Oscar worthy?
No
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:58 am to RollTide1987
quote:
04. Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Should Have Won For - Mrs. Brown (1997), Iris (2001), Notes on a Scandal (2006), or Philomena (2013)
She was really good in Philomena. Great movie.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 1:26 pm to RollTide1987
I agree with most of it but Jeff Bridges winning for Crazy Heart was absolutely spot on. He was legendary in Lebowski but it wasn't an Oscar type of role, and True Grit wasn't anything special and the movie itself was boring as hell
Posted on 4/25/21 at 2:11 pm to RollTide1987
Easy. John Wayne in True Grit
Posted on 4/25/21 at 2:31 pm to Gondor
Just wait until you see tonight's winners.
LOL LOL
LOL LOL
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