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| FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: THE IDEA THAT THE PAST 15 YEARS OF OSCAR ARE TOTAL, UTTER CRAP. | ||||||||
| By Steve Schurr |
03.18.03
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The fine folks who vote for the Academy Awards don't always get it right -- in fact, more often than not, they pick these crappy movies no one wants to remember in five decades. Here's a look at the last 15 years of Oscar and who won, who should have won and who never even had the shot. The "real" winners are in bold.
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Year.
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"Winner."
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Better Nominated Movies That Lost. |
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Better Films That Didn't Even
Get the Nod.
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2002*
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Chicago*
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist
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About a Boy, Secretary, The Quiet American, Far
From Heaven
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2001
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A Beautiful Mind
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Lord of the Rings, In the Bedroom
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Mulholland Dr., Shrek, Black Hawk Down, Training Day,
Sexy Beast
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2000
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Gladiator
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Traffic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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You Can Count on Me
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1999
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American Beauty
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Insider, Sixth Sense
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Three Kings, The Matrix, American Pie, The End
of the Affair, Election
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1998
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Shakespeare in Love
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This Best Picture was better than the nominees.
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Truman Show, Rushmore, Bulworth, Out of Sight
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1997
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Titanic
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L.A. Confidential, The Full Monty
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Eh. They did a good job with the nominations.
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1996
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English Patient
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Jerry Maguire, Fargo
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Lone Star, Hamlet, The Nutty Professor
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1995
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Braveheart
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Ugh. The nominees were worse!
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Usual Suspects
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1994
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Forrest Gump
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Shawshank Redemption, Quiz Show
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True Lies, The Lion King, Bullets Over Broadway
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1993
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Schindler's List
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Wow. They got it right!
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1992
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Unforgiven
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Two in a row?
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1991
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Silence of the Lambs
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J.F.K.
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Thelma & Louise
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1990
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Dances With Wolves
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Goodfellas
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Miller's Crossing, Reversal of Fortune
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1989
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Driving Miss Daisy
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My Left Foot
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Glory, Do the Right Thing, Crimes and Misdemeanors,
sex lies & videotape, Parenthood
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1988
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Rain Man
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Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, Accidental
Tourist
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Last Temptation of Christ, A Fish Called Wanda,
Die Hard
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1987
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Last Emperor
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Moonstruck, Fatal Attraction, Broadcast News
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Princess Bride, House of Games, Empire of the
Sun, Untouchables
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* -- projected.
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*BT* |
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