Personally I have to mention Björk’s devastating performance in Dancer in the Dark. Although she got a deserved original song nomination, her performance was absolutely heart-wrenching and more than deserving for the 2001 awards alongside Michelle Yeoh as you mentioned.
@@gabrielcastaneda9700 She did! Also won at the European Film Awards and The National Board of Review. Not sure how she got snubbed of nominations in major award shows
Thank you so much for having Sergi Lopez on here for Pans Labyrinth!!!! That is my all time favorite movie and he is one of my all time favorite villain performances❤️
Kill Bill is my favorite movie of all time. It has always baffled me that Uma Therman never got an Oscar nomination for that role. Now that you explained it, it makes perfect sense that splitting the movie in two would confuse the academy members
Uma was ignored by the power of Harvey Weinstein, she explained that he tried to rape her and she defended herself by hitting him. That happened during the filming of Kill Bill. That Harvey used his power to keep her from being nominated. She was nominated for a Golden Globe.
My Top 10: 1.Christian Bale - American Psycho 2.Jeon Do-yeon - Secret Sunshine 3.Naomi Watts and Laura Harring - Mulholland Drive 4.Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation 5.Tony Leung - In the Mood for Love 6.Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 7.Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot 8.Björk - Dancer in the Dark 9.Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood 10.Mathieu Amalric - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Honorable Mentions: 1.Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko 2.Maxim Gaudette - Polytechnique 3.Gael García Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries 4.Cillian Murphy - The Wind That Shakes the Barley 5.Colin Farrell - In Bruges 6.Christian Bale - Rescue Dawn 7.Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
1. Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler 2. Hugh Jackman, Prisoners 3. Margot Robbie, Babylon 4. Robert Downey Jr, The Judge 5. Michael Shannon, 99 Homes 6. Jason Isaacs, Mass 7. Toni Collette, Hereditary 8. Albert Brooks, Drive 9. Gary Oldman, Leon 10. Adam Sandler, Uncut Gem
Literally shocked not to see Nicole kidman in the list for her convincing, critically acclaimed performance in The Others.. She was nominated by almost all major awards including BAFTA, Golden globe, etc. She totally deserved to that..
Her character was so cold and uptight but then she would have these moments of warmth and vulnerability that really sold the whole story of this sad, desperate woman who could do something so unthinkable and yet could still be a loving mother.
Great video! Mulholland Drive is one of my favorite films of all time and Naomi's performance still holds up so well. Uma Thurman's snub is still shocking since she got nominated for both the BAFTA & the Globe for Best Actress. I think both of the top 2 choices suffered from genre bias which makes Scarlett's snub all the more surprising since as mentioned in the video, she won the BAFTA. Paul Giamatti WAS Sideways, and his snub feels very akin to Amy Adams snub in Arrival in that sense. I also wished Bjork could have gotten a Best Actress nom for Dancer In The Dark, that performance was magnificent and did get a Best Original Song nom at least. Michelle Yeoh & Zhang Ziyi deserved recognition for either Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Memoirs Of A Geisha. think Nicole Kidman's The Others performance would have been a great nomination had Moulin Rouge not been out that year. Can't wait to see what video of yours comes next!
The main ones that come to mind for me are Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist, Bjork in Dancer in the Dark, Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet in Mysterious Skin, and Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive
For me, there are just two, leading, and really absolutely mind-blowing, masterpiece acting performances of the 2000s that were totally snubbed at the Oscars, and it's a disgrace, and it makes me angry every time I think about it! 1. Christian Bale 'American Psycho' 2. Bruno Ganz 'Downfall' (note that I wrote: leading, so I'm just talking about the main roles now, because if we talk about supporting too, then surely Paul Dano in There Will Be Bood snub was a joke!). Christian Bale in 'American Psycho' - an absolute crime that he wasn't nominated! Bale as Patrick Bateman is pure genius. This is probably the most genius portrayal of the narcissistic, obsessed, psychopath and serial killer, in the history of cinema! This specific kind, because of course, I know that there are many other, iconic acting performances of serial killers, like, for example, Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, but the most brilliant one with these specific characteristics: a narcissist with obsessions and delusions, and also in the satire - is unique for Christian Bale in the Bateman's role. There are so many layers to his performance, so much subtlety, and at the same time, brilliant humor. And what's more, black comedy/satire is the most difficult genre to play in, as an actor. But American Psycho at the time was a niche, not a big-budget movie, and didn't have a PR and marketing machine behind it, and in the early 2000s that PR machine was everything! As for Bruno Ganz, he was brilliant in the role of Hitler too: terrifying, mad, disgusting, energetic yet weak, lost, and completely forsaken. Ganz managed to portray in a complex and vivid way all these sides of Hitler. And it was a giant snub but at the same time, it's easy to understand this one. The truth is, Downfall was entirely a German movie, and back in the early 2000s, The Academy didn't really nominate foreign actors in the main acting category, maybe unless the movie was an American production, and the particular foreign actor was living and working in the US, in the Hollywood for years, so he was practically 'Americanized'. So Bruno, a German in a totally German movie didn't really have a chance back then. Only recently the Academy started to nominate foreign actors more, in the leading acting category.
For those lamenting that Nicole Kidman wasn't nominated for her performance in The Others during the 2002 Oscars, they chose to nominate her instead for her Lead performance in Moulin Rouge!.
From my point of view, it was outrageous the way Björk got ignored by the Academy, back in 2001, for the work she did in "Dancer in the Dark". She was phenomenal!
I know it’s a “silly little Disney film,” but Amy Adams absolutely put her whole being into playing Giselle in Enchanted (2007). What a beautiful, sometimes even nuanced portrayal of a princess learning the complexities of reality. She brings so much comedy, earnestness, heart, and believability to the role. She’s naive, but never weak. She’s funny without trying. She’s joyful, but pensive as she learns more about what it is to be alive in our world. Her timidly discovering anger is a incredibly scene. Its one of the best performances I’ve ever seen.
Yes Naomi topping the list!!! Mulholland Drive is my favorite film of all time and Naomi Watts gives one of the best performances not only of that decade, but of all time! So many Lynch directed female performances deserved awards contention and received nothing (Sheryl Lee in Fire Walk with Me and Laura Dern in Inland Empire being my other favorites)
Jim Broadbent should have won an Oscar for Moulin Rouge in 2002. Similar to Kate Winslet with The Reader and Revolutionary Road, he won for Iris instead in the same year. At BAFTAs he was nominated for lead in Iris and won supporting award for Moulin Rouge, so it’s good there was some recognition. The sheer range of his performance from “Like A Virgin” to “The Show Must Go On” was truly a wonder to behold.
I know you haven’t done a video about the recent years yet, but I was wondering how you felt about Mia Goth (Pearl) ALSO missing the 2023 Oscars. She was incredible. That performance left me speechless. I don’t want to put her in the same category as Toni Colette, but it felt almost the same.
I have a bit of an obscure one because the movie did well at the box office but wasn't considered an Oscar movie. The movie was Miracle and the performance was by Kurt Russell. He nailed the role to the point where I actually forgot it was him and not the real coach.
@@TheAwardsContender definitely! He's a very underrated actor. Loved him in pretty much everything. I know this wouldn't even technically qualify but his performance in the Christmas Chronicles is so amazing.
Could NOT agree more!! That performance was outstanding and if voters understood what a stretch it was for the outreaching, warm, witty Kurt Russell to play the introverted, tightly wound, intense Coach Brooks he would have won the darned Oscar!
The only snubs that bother me are 'Sergi Lopez'-Pan's Labyrinth, 'Scarlett Johnansson'-Lost in Translation, 'Jim Carrey'-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 'Michelle Yeoh'-Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 'Dev Patel'-Slumdog Millionaire, 'Guy Pearce'-Memento, 'Paul Giamatti'-Sideways and 'Naomi Watts'-Mullholland Drive.
One name that you forgot to mention about, and she got snubbed in the same year with Scarjo’s Lost in Translation. E V A N _ R A C H E L _ W O O D (Thirteen)
My number one is Uma Thurman. I think what really hurt her chances was that Kill Bill is not a genre that the academy rewards, at least for acting in my opinion. Kill Bill is definitely one of my top 5 films tho just because of her (and partially because of Lucy Liu) and it was really the performance of her career. Love the vids by the way keep them comin'!
Amazing list! The fact that Sergi Lopez's character in Pan's Labyrinth so enraged/disgusted me that I almost didn't finish the movie (luckily I was watching with a wise friend who stopped me from turning it off by saying 'no, seriously, you're gonna LOVE what happens to his character') really speaks to the power of his performance. Thank god I went back for second watch a few years later because my god, that movie is glorious!
I love your lists - I agree with so much of what you say. The first time I saw Mulholland Drive, in the cinema, I clearly remember being confused at who the scruffy blonde was, not realising it was Watts for a good 5 minutes. That is for me, unreal. And I agree so much that it was a major snub.
Excellent list. A few others I think should've been nominated would be Sally Hawkins (Happy-go-lucky), David Carradine (Kill Bill), Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Tom Cruise (Collateral), and (I know this would've been controversial) Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers). Also, I personally think Leonardo DiCaprio should've been nominated for The Departed instead of Blood Diamond.
Not only in hindsight but right then at the time, we Aussies knew who Naomi Watts was but that had nothing to do with our palpable shock and outrage when she was overlooked, only the phenomenal power of that performance not being recognised ... we couldn't stop complaining around my university back then. And THEN, years later, even that was surpassed, of course by Toni Collette!!! There's LOTS to complain about when it comes to the Oscars, but those two are my biggest bugbears!! I think for Hollywood actors themselves though, it would be Adam Sandler's! Brian!!!! I can't believe you forgot him!! 😂😂
I definitely think she should have been nominated for The Others over MR. I think Kidmans two most impressive performances are The Others and Rabbit Hole.
The year is so crazy. Only 5 slots and besides the oscar 5 you got noami watts, Isabelle huppert, kidman second movie and Audrey tatou. Not enough space for all. 😢
I can't believe how much I enjoy your videos, Brian, you express yourself admirably, amusingly and adroitly, and I absolutely agree with the egregious omissions of Naomi Watts, Uma Thurman and Julie Delpy in their respective movies, stunning performances, all of them.
Agree 100%, Michelle Yeoh should have at least been nominated for Crouching Tiger, that film was a beautiful masterpiece from start to finish and her role was a huge part of that. Another performance that was overlooked was Kevin Kline in Life as a House, such a good movie but his performance was so emotional it was on another level.
I’d have added special mention, Jamie Bell too for Billy Elliot. He won Bafta, was nominated at SAG… he was def in 6th place. Was also so frustrated he didn’t get in 😮😒😅
Absolutely agree with Paul Giamatti in “Sideways”. I was in my mid-twenties when that movie came out and the story wasn’t something I was interested in or felt I could relate to and I didn’t really like Thomas Hayden Church. But I really liked Giamatti in “Duets” and thought I wanted to see him in a lead role so I gave it a go. I was so impressed by his performance in “Sideways” that I saw that movie a few more times. I remember being disappointed when he didn’t get a nod for any award for that movie. It was definitely a memorable, great performance. But I believe just like with Naomi Watts not getting nominated for “Mulholland Drive”, which I also agree she should’ve gotten, neither she nor Giamatti was a seasoned enough actor yet. It shouldn’t be that way, but voters seem to be hesitant to give a nod to an actor who hasn’t yet made quite a name for themselves, unless the movie is a big budget studio film and the studio campaigns heavily for the film and its actors. I’m so happy for Paul Giamatti that he finally won a Golden Globe this year. I hope he gets nominated for an Oscar again and wins at some point. He is such a talented, brave, funny, wonderful actor.
Top 10 + snubs as for me: Ellen Page for Candy Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia Charlotte gainsbourg for Antichrist Willem Dafoe for Lighthouse Cameron Diaz for Vanilla sky Tom Cruise for Last Samurai Penélope Cruz for Don't move Anna Paquin for Margaret Awkwafina for Farewell Mia Goth for Peral Jim Carrey for Man on the moon Jennifer Connelly for House of sand and fog Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried for Fathers and daughters Florence Pugh for Midsommar Anya Taylor Joy for The VVitch Toni Collette for Hereditary Ellen Burstyn for Pieces of a woman Ray Liotta for Marriage story Jacob Tremblay for Room Brie Larson for Short terms 12 Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis Honorable mention: Joan Crawford for What ever happened to Baby Jane.
Why did I think that Naomi Watts WAS nominated for Mulholland Dr.?!?! You are so right, what an egregious mistake by the OSCARS! Literally one of the greatest performances of the 2000s. Same goes for Kill Bill Vol. 2 like you also mentioned. What a transformative insanely good performance. Uma played those emotional scenes was achingly beautiful to watch.
I disagree with just one on this list, with Patel in 'Slumdog Millionaire'. 'Slumdog Millionaire' is an extremely overrated movie imo, and Patel didn't do anything Oscar-like spectacular in it. but that is just my view, to each their own.
Björk in ‘Dancer in the Dark’ is probably my #1, but Watts for MD is certainly up there. Similar to the Kate Winslet situation, I think DiCaprio should’ve been nominated for ‘The Departed’ rather than ‘Blood Diamond’ that same year. He also had category confusion, getting a few noms in supporting for that film rather than lead. Speaking of Adam Sandler, I think his work in PTA’s ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ is exceptional, and that should’ve really been Sandler’s first nomination.
I remember being super upset about the Paul Giamatti snub too. But I also remember that 2004 was a very competitive year for the best actor category. Other names that were being floated around were Liam Neeson for Kinsey, and Al Pacino for The Merchant of Venice. There were more as well that I cant remember right now. But I also remember the next year they were saying that Giamatti was gonna be a shoo-in for a supporting actor nomination for Cinderella Man, but that never came to pass as the film underperformed and may have gotten mixed or bad reviews if I remember correctly.
In the next video about Oscar snubs of 90s (if you do such) I’d love if you also mention over whom this person could’ve been nominated. Yeah, you do mention it sometimes in this vid, but it’s be nice to mention it every time. And thanks for the video!
Kathy Bates and Judy Parfitt for Delores Claiborne Angela Bassett for Strange Days Pam Grier for Jackie Brown (seriously, WTF went wrong here) Glenn Close for Reversal of Fortune and possibly 101 Dalmatians
I’m so surprised you didn’t mention Zhang Ziyi for Memoirs of Geisha. She was nominated for the Golden Globe, SAG, AND BAFTA. But that year instead Keira Knightley received a random nomination? That was really hard to see
Great video! Love Naomi Watts and Uma Therman. Some other ones i believe should have gotten oscar consideration are Thora Birch - Ghost world Bjork - Dancer in the Dark Christian Bale - American Psycho Jennifer Aniston - The good girl Dennis Quaid - Far from heaven Rosemarie Dewitt - Rachel getting married Lucy Liu - Kill Bill Christina Ricci - Monster
We once again agree on a lot of things here. On the subject of Kill Bill, I think if they released both movies within the same year (Vol. 1 around April and Vol.2 later on, Oct or so) it's Oscar story may have been very different. You know those Oscar voters and their amnesia when comes to early year releases. While Uma Thuman wouldn't have been eligible for both movies, she would have most likely gotten a nomination for Vol. 2. Also, snubs for David Carradine and Daryl Hannah's chilling supporting performances would have been less likely.
Solid list. The Jim Carrey inclusion made me happy. My top would be Brian Cox for walking a very thin line in LIE, a film that had the misfortune of opening against 9/11. You talk about the villains of the 2000’s, and Cox is so great in this and he’s never been nominated. Also, Loved Hugh Grant for About A Boy, and I would have also nominated Toni Collette. I would have swapped Alan Arkin for Steve Carell from Little Miss Sunshine. Steve Buscemi is also long overdue, and should have been nominated for Ghost World. Ryan Gosling for The Believer would have been a swing, but he’s terrific in that. And definitely Andy Serkis. How he wasn’t nominated for either Gollum or Caesar is just so egregious.
I agree with everything! I would love if you make a video about the nominations/wins that shouldn't have happened and that did because of the campaigning or the pretty/ingenue effect in the Best Actress category. To this day I still don't understand (besides the dirty campaign) why an actress from a period movie about Shakespeare falling in love is an Oscar winner or the one who played a widow helping a bipolar man win a dance competition (do you see my point?) Thanks for you videos! I enjoyed them a lot!
I completely forgot Paul Giamatti was not nominated!! he's SENSATIONAL IN SIDEWAYS. That scene with Virginia Madsen where 'Miles misses the moment' (it seems the scene/clip has been tagged as such!?) is absolutely amazing and cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I rewatch this.
So apparently we're the same age!... Agreed on so many of your choices, especially your #1 pick, which is just other-worldly. I'm going to watch that film this evening... I always say that the Oscars getting it wrong a lot of the time, especially in terms of nominations, but they're a great starting off point to examine the storylines and politics of each awards season. Anytime someone at work tells me they're going through all the Best Picture nominees of the 2000's or something similar, I always remind them to take a look at lists of biggest Oscar snubs, because there's real gold in them there hills.
I think Edward Norton should've been nominated in a best supporting role as King Baldwin in Kingdom of Heaven. His acting is amazing and you never see his face in the movie.
My Top Ten Acting Oscar Snubs of the 2000's 1. Paul Giamatti (Sideways) 2. Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation) 3. Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive) 4. Gene Hackman (The Royal Tenenbaums) 5. Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) 6. Maria Bello (A History of Violence) 7. Nicole Kidman (The Others) 8. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) 9. Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) 10. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Volume One) My Top Five Honorable Mentions 1. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) 2. Tom Hanks (Road to Perdition) 3. Michael Douglas (Wonder Boys) 4. Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) 5. Denzel Washington (American Gangster)
Lucy Liu Kill Bill Volume 1 Scene where she cut the head of a member and send a message to the cult how great leader she was damned, first time I saw that I thought she will grab oscar nomination
Ah, the aughts. This is definitely the decade when I was most actively engaged in what was going on during Oscar season, and when I saw the most nominated (or at least buzzed-about) movies in something close to real time. There are so many major snubs during this period that I almost decided to do a top 10 for each category, but instead decided to just break it down into two: one for lead, and one for supporting. My top 10 lead performances snubbed by the Oscars in the 2000s: Paul Giamatti in Sideways (2004); Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale (2005); Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004); Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive (2001); Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008); Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003); Björk in Dancer in the Dark [2000]; Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006); Julie Delpy in Before Sunset (2004); and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Secretary (2002). (Honorable Mentions: Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys [2000]; Jack Nicholson in The Pledge [2001]; Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson [2006]; Jennifer Connelly in House of Sand and Fog [2003]; and Sharlto Copley in District 9 [2009].) And for supporting performances: Paul Giamatti in The Illusionist (2006); Robert Downey, Jr in Zodiac (2007); Dennis Quaid in Far from Heaven (2002); Catherine Keener in Into the Wild (2007); David Carradine in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); Philip Seymour Hoffman in Almost Famous (2000); Sean Astin in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); Catherine O'Hara in For Your Consideration (2006); Gwyneth Paltrow in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). (Honorable Mentions: Too many to mention, so let's go with one or two from each year. 2000: Erika Christensen in Traffic. 2001: Steve Buscemi in Ghost World and Jude Law in A.I. Artificial Intelligence. 2002: Michelle Pfeiffer in White Oleander and Alan Arkin in 13 Conversations About One Thing. 2003: Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass. 2004: Tim McGraw in Friday Night Lights and Sharon Warren in Ray. 2005: Chiwetel Ejiofor in Serenity, Ray Wise in Good Night and Good Luck, and Taraji P. Henson in Hustle & Flow. 2006: Danny Huston in The Proposition, Adam Beach in Flags of Our Fathers, and Phyllis Somerville in Little Children. 2007: Paul Rudd in Knocked Up, Kelly Macdonald in No Country for Old Men, and J.K. Simmons in Juno. 2008: Bill Irwin in Rachel Getting Married, Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go Lucky, and Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading. 2009: Mélanie Laurent in Inglourious Basterds and Christian McKay in Me & Orson Welles.)
Could not agree more on Jim Carrey. He’s owed at least 4 Oscar nominations by now!(Man on the Moon, Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine, and I Love You, Philip Morris)
My list: 1. Naomi Watts (Muholland Drive) 2. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind) 3. Bjork (Dancer in the Dark) 4. James McAvoy (Atonement) 5. Paul Dano (There will be Blood) 6. Zhang Ziyi (Memory of a Geisha) 7. Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote) 8. Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) 9. Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) 10. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) Honorable mentions: Nicole Kidman (The Others) Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) Stephen Dillane (The Hours) Keira Knigthley (Atonement) Hugh Grant (About a boy) Denis Quaid (Far From Heaven)
Speaking of Eternal Sunshine. I think Kirsten Dunst would have deserved a nomination for best supporting actress. I know her role is small, but damn she delivers so much nuanced emotion in it. Her final scene made cry so hard.
Great list! Another snub I'd put in is Choi Min-Sik in Oldboy. I don't know why but I just really liked the performances and it was weird to not see a single oscar nom for that film.
My picks would be: (not in order) Michael Stuhlbarg (A serious man) Kim Hey-Ja (Mother 2009) Sally Hawkins (Happy go lucky) Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) Paul Dano (There will be Blood) Paul Dano & Steve Carell ( Little miss sunshine) Jack black (School of rock) Peter Dinklage (Station agent) Naomi Watts ( Mulhooland drive) Isabelle Huppert (The piano teacher) Bjork (Dancer in the dark)
I would say Paul Dano in there will be blood… he should have been nominated and to me he was the second best supporting actor of that year next to Javier Bardem.
There's more that comes to mind but Tom Cruise in Collateral. That was the crazy 04 year. And yes Paul Giamatti should've been nominated arguably more than Cruise.
The greatest Oscar snub in history was Madonna for Evita and Antonio Banderas. Also Michelle Pfieffer for Catwoman. Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly. Emily Blunt for Devil Wears Prada.
I said YES!!! when you picked Naomi Watts as the biggest snub. Her performance was extraordinary and Mulholland Drive remains my favorite film of all time.
Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for A Dream. She WAS nominated but lost to Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich. Good film, but it was an obligatory win for Roberts who had been snubbed for years. Understandable...I guess. Still....I had to mention it because Ellen Burstyn's performance in Requiem for A Dream is the most heart-wrenching performance I've ever seen. It gave me mild PTSD.
Tang Wei getting almost no recognition for Lust, Caution (2007, Ang Lee) has always been a dark cloud. She is in incredible in that film and should at least have been nominated.
" Lost in Translation" is one of the Best Movies Ever. But that's my opinion. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson delivers an Outstanding performance,on a Perfect movie by any standards. PS: I Agree, Scarlett Johannson Deserved to win the Oscar and by a Landslide. She was Brilliant.
Bill Nighy in Love Actually. Although I have not seen Living, I do think it's great that he now has an Oscar nod on his resume. However, it should have already happened close to 20 years earlier. His role as aged rock star Billy Mack is one of the absolute best comedic performances I've ever seen.
a couple of performances that were probably never going to get in: Romain Duris for The Beat My Heart Skipped, and Gael Garcia Bernal for Bad Education. They were both foreign language films but both are extraordinary, Duris shows the character's evolution brilliantly and bernal (not to spoil anything) manages to play five different characters.
Nice #1 - I couldn’t agree more. Mulholland Drive should have gotten a slew of nominations (and wins), but I’m not really surprised it didn’t because it was too smart for the Academy. It’s since gotten its revenge on many a cinephile’s “Best” lists though, which feels good. Naomi Watts is a great actress and why she doesn’t have a bunch of noms and a few wins is baffling, but then I rarely agree with L'Académie on much of anything.
Personally, I never have understood the Naomi Watts hype as well as the hype for Mulholland Drive. For me, major snubs in the 2000’s were: Julianne Moore - A Single Man Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Personally I have to mention Björk’s devastating performance in Dancer in the Dark. Although she got a deserved original song nomination, her performance was absolutely heart-wrenching and more than deserving for the 2001 awards alongside Michelle Yeoh as you mentioned.
Didn’t Bjork win best actress at canne for dancer in the dark
@@gabrielcastaneda9700 She did! Also won at the European Film Awards and The National Board of Review. Not sure how she got snubbed of nominations in major award shows
Was coming to comment this. She deserved a nomination for Best Actress AND a win for Best Original Song
Good pick!
This movie was so traumatizing ! The ending leaves you breathless
Thank you so much for having Sergi Lopez on here for Pans Labyrinth!!!! That is my all time favorite movie and he is one of my all time favorite villain performances❤️
Yay, I’m glad!
Kill Bill is my favorite movie of all time. It has always baffled me that Uma Therman never got an Oscar nomination for that role. Now that you explained it, it makes perfect sense that splitting the movie in two would confuse the academy members
One of my favorites too!
Uma was ignored by the power of Harvey Weinstein, she explained that he tried to rape her and she defended herself by hitting him. That happened during the filming of Kill Bill. That Harvey used his power to keep her from being nominated. She was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Naomi Watts!!!!!! Yes absolutely. Her acting in the audition scene is astonishing, I felt overwhelmed after seeing it for the first time.
Sooooo great!
She should have been nominated for King Kong as well. The whole movie actually rests on believability and emotions.
My Top 10:
1.Christian Bale - American Psycho
2.Jeon Do-yeon - Secret Sunshine
3.Naomi Watts and Laura Harring - Mulholland Drive
4.Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
5.Tony Leung - In the Mood for Love
6.Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7.Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot
8.Björk - Dancer in the Dark
9.Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
10.Mathieu Amalric - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Honorable Mentions:
1.Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko
2.Maxim Gaudette - Polytechnique
3.Gael García Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries
4.Cillian Murphy - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
5.Colin Farrell - In Bruges
6.Christian Bale - Rescue Dawn
7.Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Great list, thanks for sharing!
omg yes, Bale for American Psycho, yes, yes and yes, thank you!
Thanks for mentioning Gael Garcia Bernal. He's criminally underrated
Omg so happy someone said Jeon Do-yeon that is my favorite performance in any film. Cannes always does it best!
"I'm not drinking any f***ing merlot!" Giamatti was a huge Oscar Snub!
So true!!
1. Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler
2. Hugh Jackman, Prisoners
3. Margot Robbie, Babylon
4. Robert Downey Jr, The Judge
5. Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
6. Jason Isaacs, Mass
7. Toni Collette, Hereditary
8. Albert Brooks, Drive
9. Gary Oldman, Leon
10. Adam Sandler, Uncut Gem
Love!
Literally shocked not to see Nicole kidman in the list for her convincing, critically acclaimed performance in The Others.. She was nominated by almost all major awards including BAFTA, Golden globe, etc. She totally deserved to that..
That was an amazing performance. I meant to add it to my list. I think I will.
One of her best performance of her career and one of the best horror film in early 2000s
Her character was so cold and uptight but then she would have these moments of warmth and vulnerability that really sold the whole story of this sad, desperate woman who could do something so unthinkable and yet could still be a loving mother.
I agree. It's my favorite Nicole Kidman performance. Beautifully done!
@@benjamintillema3572 it's one of those performances when they have to walk a tightrope or it doesn''t work.
Great video! Mulholland Drive is one of my favorite films of all time and Naomi's performance still holds up so well. Uma Thurman's snub is still shocking since she got nominated for both the BAFTA & the Globe for Best Actress. I think both of the top 2 choices suffered from genre bias which makes Scarlett's snub all the more surprising since as mentioned in the video, she won the BAFTA. Paul Giamatti WAS Sideways, and his snub feels very akin to Amy Adams snub in Arrival in that sense. I also wished Bjork could have gotten a Best Actress nom for Dancer In The Dark, that performance was magnificent and did get a Best Original Song nom at least. Michelle Yeoh & Zhang Ziyi deserved recognition for either Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Memoirs Of A Geisha. think Nicole Kidman's The Others performance would have been a great nomination had Moulin Rouge not been out that year. Can't wait to see what video of yours comes next!
Wow, thank you for your comment, love all your picks!
The main ones that come to mind for me are Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist, Bjork in Dancer in the Dark, Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet in Mysterious Skin, and Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive
Isabelle was giving a masterclass in The Piano Teacher. My personal winner
Great picks!
You went to look who won at Cannes
For me, there are just two, leading, and really absolutely mind-blowing, masterpiece acting performances of the 2000s that were totally snubbed at the Oscars, and it's a disgrace, and it makes me angry every time I think about it! 1. Christian Bale 'American Psycho' 2. Bruno Ganz 'Downfall' (note that I wrote: leading, so I'm just talking about the main roles now, because if we talk about supporting too, then surely Paul Dano in There Will Be Bood snub was a joke!).
Christian Bale in 'American Psycho' - an absolute crime that he wasn't nominated! Bale as Patrick Bateman is pure genius. This is probably the most genius portrayal of the narcissistic, obsessed, psychopath and serial killer, in the history of cinema! This specific kind, because of course, I know that there are many other, iconic acting performances of serial killers, like, for example, Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, but the most brilliant one with these specific characteristics: a narcissist with obsessions and delusions, and also in the satire - is unique for Christian Bale in the Bateman's role. There are so many layers to his performance, so much subtlety, and at the same time, brilliant humor. And what's more, black comedy/satire is the most difficult genre to play in, as an actor. But American Psycho at the time was a niche, not a big-budget movie, and didn't have a PR and marketing machine behind it, and in the early 2000s that PR machine was everything!
As for Bruno Ganz, he was brilliant in the role of Hitler too: terrifying, mad, disgusting, energetic yet weak, lost, and completely forsaken. Ganz managed to portray in a complex and vivid way all these sides of Hitler. And it was a giant snub but at the same time, it's easy to understand this one. The truth is, Downfall was entirely a German movie, and back in the early 2000s, The Academy didn't really nominate foreign actors in the main acting category, maybe unless the movie was an American production, and the particular foreign actor was living and working in the US, in the Hollywood for years, so he was practically 'Americanized'. So Bruno, a German in a totally German movie didn't really have a chance back then. Only recently the Academy started to nominate foreign actors more, in the leading acting category.
For those lamenting that Nicole Kidman wasn't nominated for her performance in The Others during the 2002 Oscars, they chose to nominate her instead for her Lead performance in Moulin Rouge!.
That only makes sense to me.
Yes, and that’s the right performance to recognize IMO!
From my point of view, it was outrageous the way Björk got ignored by the Academy, back in 2001, for the work she did in "Dancer in the Dark". She was phenomenal!
I know it’s a “silly little Disney film,” but Amy Adams absolutely put her whole being into playing Giselle in Enchanted (2007). What a beautiful, sometimes even nuanced portrayal of a princess learning the complexities of reality. She brings so much comedy, earnestness, heart, and believability to the role. She’s naive, but never weak. She’s funny without trying. She’s joyful, but pensive as she learns more about what it is to be alive in our world. Her timidly discovering anger is a incredibly scene. Its one of the best performances I’ve ever seen.
My man! At last the name of Naomi Watts is mentioned in your channel. I agree 100%. She should have not even only a nomination but an actual Oscar!
Is it really the first time?!? You may be right, haha!
Yes Naomi topping the list!!!
Mulholland Drive is my favorite film of all time and Naomi Watts gives one of the best performances not only of that decade, but of all time!
So many Lynch directed female performances deserved awards contention and received nothing (Sheryl Lee in Fire Walk with Me and Laura Dern in Inland Empire being my other favorites)
I know, more of his actors should’ve been nominated!
Jim Broadbent should have won an Oscar for Moulin Rouge in 2002. Similar to Kate Winslet with The Reader and Revolutionary Road, he won for Iris instead in the same year. At BAFTAs he was nominated for lead in Iris and won supporting award for Moulin Rouge, so it’s good there was some recognition. The sheer range of his performance from “Like A Virgin” to “The Show Must Go On” was truly a wonder to behold.
Great point, yes!
I know you haven’t done a video about the recent years yet, but I was wondering how you felt about Mia Goth (Pearl) ALSO missing the 2023 Oscars. She was incredible. That performance left me speechless. I don’t want to put her in the same category as Toni Colette, but it felt almost the same.
Yes, I loved that performance too!
Christian Bale American Psycho
Paul Giamatti for Sideways was so overlooked
I know, right?!?
I have a bit of an obscure one because the movie did well at the box office but wasn't considered an Oscar movie. The movie was Miracle and the performance was by Kurt Russell. He nailed the role to the point where I actually forgot it was him and not the real coach.
Russell should have an Oscar nomination by now! Elusive Oscar video?!?
@@TheAwardsContender definitely! He's a very underrated actor. Loved him in pretty much everything. I know this wouldn't even technically qualify but his performance in the Christmas Chronicles is so amazing.
Could NOT agree more!! That performance was outstanding and if voters understood what a stretch it was for the outreaching, warm, witty Kurt Russell to play the introverted, tightly wound, intense Coach Brooks he would have won the darned Oscar!
I loved Lena Olin’s performance in “Chocolat”. She should have been nominated for best supporting actress.
Yes, good one!
agree
The only snubs that bother me are 'Sergi Lopez'-Pan's Labyrinth, 'Scarlett Johnansson'-Lost in Translation, 'Jim Carrey'-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 'Michelle Yeoh'-Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 'Dev Patel'-Slumdog Millionaire, 'Guy Pearce'-Memento, 'Paul Giamatti'-Sideways and 'Naomi Watts'-Mullholland Drive.
One name that you forgot to mention about, and she got snubbed in the same year with Scarjo’s Lost in Translation.
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Yes, she almost made the runners-up!
My number one is Uma Thurman. I think what really hurt her chances was that Kill Bill is not a genre that the academy rewards, at least for acting in my opinion. Kill Bill is definitely one of my top 5 films tho just because of her (and partially because of Lucy Liu) and it was really the performance of her career. Love the vids by the way keep them comin'!
Thank you so much!
Amazing list! The fact that Sergi Lopez's character in Pan's Labyrinth so enraged/disgusted me that I almost didn't finish the movie (luckily I was watching with a wise friend who stopped me from turning it off by saying 'no, seriously, you're gonna LOVE what happens to his character') really speaks to the power of his performance. Thank god I went back for second watch a few years later because my god, that movie is glorious!
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Antichrist
Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher
Bjork- Dancer in The Dark
Kirsten Dunst - Marie Antoinette
Good picks!
I love your lists - I agree with so much of what you say. The first time I saw Mulholland Drive, in the cinema, I clearly remember being confused at who the scruffy blonde was, not realising it was Watts for a good 5 minutes. That is for me, unreal. And I agree so much that it was a major snub.
Excellent list. A few others I think should've been nominated would be Sally Hawkins (Happy-go-lucky), David Carradine (Kill Bill), Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Tom Cruise (Collateral), and (I know this would've been controversial) Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers). Also, I personally think Leonardo DiCaprio should've been nominated for The Departed instead of Blood Diamond.
Great picks!
- Naomi Watts - Mulholland Dr.
- Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream AND House of Sand and Fog
- Bjork - Dancer in the Dark
Dev Patel is such an underrated actor.
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Great shout out to Paul Giamatti for Sideways. He is one of my favorite actors and he brings it in scene after scene
He totally does!
Not only in hindsight but right then at the time, we Aussies knew who Naomi Watts was but that had nothing to do with our palpable shock and outrage when she was overlooked, only the phenomenal power of that performance not being recognised ... we couldn't stop complaining around my university back then. And THEN, years later, even that was surpassed, of course by Toni Collette!!! There's LOTS to complain about when it comes to the Oscars, but those two are my biggest bugbears!! I think for Hollywood actors themselves though, it would be Adam Sandler's! Brian!!!! I can't believe you forgot him!! 😂😂
Haha, thanks for watching!!
I’m really glad to see Naomi Watts in this list for MD. I would probably also put Nicole Kidman in there for The Others.
They chose to nominate Nicole Kidman that year for her Lead performance in Moulin Rouge! instead of The Others.
I definitely think she should have been nominated for The Others over MR.
I think Kidmans two most impressive performances are The Others and Rabbit Hole.
Yes, good one!
@@TheAwardsContenderWhat videos do you have coming out during the next seven days besides your Oscar predictions for Barbie and Oppenheimer?
The year is so crazy. Only 5 slots and besides the oscar 5 you got noami watts, Isabelle huppert, kidman second movie and Audrey tatou. Not enough space for all. 😢
I can't believe how much I enjoy your videos, Brian, you express yourself admirably, amusingly and adroitly, and I absolutely agree with the egregious omissions of Naomi Watts, Uma Thurman and Julie Delpy in their respective movies, stunning performances, all of them.
Thank you, you’re so kind!
Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Stoning of Soraya M.) should have been in the roster of nominees in 2009 😢
Good one!
Agree 100%, Michelle Yeoh should have at least been nominated for Crouching Tiger, that film was a beautiful masterpiece from start to finish and her role was a huge part of that. Another performance that was overlooked was Kevin Kline in Life as a House, such a good movie but his performance was so emotional it was on another level.
YESS!! Were you walking around my head, cuz these snubs are spot on 🌟!! Grateful for your work… finally get to geek out on all things awards season 🤓😎
I’d have added special mention, Jamie Bell too for Billy Elliot. He won Bafta, was nominated at SAG… he was def in 6th place. Was also so frustrated he didn’t get in 😮😒😅
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
Absolutely agree with Paul Giamatti in “Sideways”. I was in my mid-twenties when that movie came out and the story wasn’t something I was interested in or felt I could relate to and I didn’t really like Thomas Hayden Church. But I really liked Giamatti in “Duets” and thought I wanted to see him in a lead role so I gave it a go. I was so impressed by his performance in “Sideways” that I saw that movie a few more times. I remember being disappointed when he didn’t get a nod for any award for that movie. It was definitely a memorable, great performance.
But I believe just like with Naomi Watts not getting nominated for “Mulholland Drive”, which I also agree she should’ve gotten, neither she nor Giamatti was a seasoned enough actor yet. It shouldn’t be that way, but voters seem to be hesitant to give a nod to an actor who hasn’t yet made quite a name for themselves, unless the movie is a big budget studio film and the studio campaigns heavily for the film and its actors.
I’m so happy for Paul Giamatti that he finally won a Golden Globe this year. I hope he gets nominated for an Oscar again and wins at some point. He is such a talented, brave, funny, wonderful actor.
Top 10 + snubs as for me:
Ellen Page for Candy
Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia
Charlotte gainsbourg for Antichrist
Willem Dafoe for Lighthouse
Cameron Diaz for Vanilla sky
Tom Cruise for Last Samurai
Penélope Cruz for Don't move
Anna Paquin for Margaret
Awkwafina for Farewell
Mia Goth for Peral
Jim Carrey for Man on the moon
Jennifer Connelly for House of sand and fog
Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried for Fathers and daughters
Florence Pugh for Midsommar
Anya Taylor Joy for The VVitch
Toni Collette for Hereditary
Ellen Burstyn for Pieces of a woman
Ray Liotta for Marriage story
Jacob Tremblay for Room
Brie Larson for Short terms 12
Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis
Honorable mention:
Joan Crawford for What ever happened to Baby Jane.
Great picks, thank you!
@@marcosmadeiros9553 so many people forgot about her dramatic roles…..
Strongly agree with Yeoh and Watts on this list. I didn't realize Guy Pearce has yet to be nominated.
Omg I got so excited when I saw Michelle Yeoh for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in your list! I have always thought the same😊
Yay, I’m glad!!
Björk in Dancer in the Dark
Good one!
My pick is Sean Bean in The Fellowship of the Ring. We take it for granted how good of a job he did and made that role his and iconic.
Why did I think that Naomi Watts WAS nominated for Mulholland Dr.?!?! You are so right, what an egregious mistake by the OSCARS! Literally one of the greatest performances of the 2000s. Same goes for Kill Bill Vol. 2 like you also mentioned. What a transformative insanely good performance. Uma played those emotional scenes was achingly beautiful to watch.
One of the greatest performances ever...
I disagree with just one on this list, with Patel in 'Slumdog Millionaire'. 'Slumdog Millionaire' is an extremely overrated movie imo, and Patel didn't do anything Oscar-like spectacular in it. but that is just my view, to each their own.
Lol..... of course ur racist ass would think that
Björk in ‘Dancer in the Dark’ is probably my #1, but Watts for MD is certainly up there.
Similar to the Kate Winslet situation, I think DiCaprio should’ve been nominated for ‘The Departed’ rather than ‘Blood Diamond’ that same year. He also had category confusion, getting a few noms in supporting for that film rather than lead.
Speaking of Adam Sandler, I think his work in PTA’s ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ is exceptional, and that should’ve really been Sandler’s first nomination.
Yes to all of this!
I remember being super upset about the Paul Giamatti snub too. But I also remember that 2004 was a very competitive year for the best actor category. Other names that were being floated around were Liam Neeson for Kinsey, and Al Pacino for The Merchant of Venice. There were more as well that I cant remember right now. But I also remember the next year they were saying that Giamatti was gonna be a shoo-in for a supporting actor nomination for Cinderella Man, but that never came to pass as the film underperformed and may have gotten mixed or bad reviews if I remember correctly.
He got in for Cinderella Man and that’s his only Oscar nod to date. Crazy!
In the next video about Oscar snubs of 90s (if you do such) I’d love if you also mention over whom this person could’ve been nominated. Yeah, you do mention it sometimes in this vid, but it’s be nice to mention it every time.
And thanks for the video!
Yes! A 90s oscar snub video. Pam Grier for Jackie Brown 😢
Jim carrey for The truman show
Kathy Bates and Judy Parfitt for Delores Claiborne
Angela Bassett for Strange Days
Pam Grier for Jackie Brown (seriously, WTF went wrong here)
Glenn Close for Reversal of Fortune and possibly 101 Dalmatians
I will try for sure! Thanks for watching!
@@TheAwardsContender Thank YOU for your work, Brian!
I’m so surprised you didn’t mention Zhang Ziyi for Memoirs of Geisha. She was nominated for the Golden Globe, SAG, AND BAFTA. But that year instead Keira Knightley received a random nomination? That was really hard to see
If I liked Memoirs better, I would’ve included her. Damn, did she get close!
See indeed. Zhang ziyi would be the first asian actress up for lead actress then. It was hard that she was left out for Knightley.
Gong Li should have also been nominated for Supporting Actress for that movie too.
Memoirs of a Geisha wasn't a great adaptation of the novel, which made it hard for me to think well of the film.
Great video! Love Naomi Watts and Uma Therman. Some other ones i believe should have gotten oscar consideration are
Thora Birch - Ghost world
Bjork - Dancer in the Dark
Christian Bale - American Psycho
Jennifer Aniston - The good girl
Dennis Quaid - Far from heaven
Rosemarie Dewitt - Rachel getting married
Lucy Liu - Kill Bill
Christina Ricci - Monster
Great picks!
We once again agree on a lot of things here. On the subject of Kill Bill, I think if they released both movies within the same year (Vol. 1 around April and Vol.2 later on, Oct or so) it's Oscar story may have been very different. You know those Oscar voters and their amnesia when comes to early year releases. While Uma Thuman wouldn't have been eligible for both movies, she would have most likely gotten a nomination for Vol. 2. Also, snubs for David Carradine and Daryl Hannah's chilling supporting performances would have been less likely.
Yep, exactly!
Solid list. The Jim Carrey inclusion made me happy. My top would be Brian Cox for walking a very thin line in LIE, a film that had the misfortune of opening against 9/11. You talk about the villains of the 2000’s, and Cox is so great in this and he’s never been nominated. Also, Loved Hugh Grant for About A Boy, and I would have also nominated Toni Collette. I would have swapped Alan Arkin for Steve Carell from Little Miss Sunshine. Steve Buscemi is also long overdue, and should have been nominated for Ghost World. Ryan Gosling for The Believer would have been a swing, but he’s terrific in that. And definitely Andy Serkis. How he wasn’t nominated for either Gollum or Caesar is just so egregious.
Great picks!!
Choi Min-sik in Oldboy deserves a shout too
Yes!
I agree with everything!
I would love if you make a video about the nominations/wins that shouldn't have happened and that did because of the campaigning or the pretty/ingenue effect in the Best Actress category. To this day I still don't understand (besides the dirty campaign) why an actress from a period movie about Shakespeare falling in love is an Oscar winner or the one who played a widow helping a bipolar man win a dance competition (do you see my point?)
Thanks for you videos! I enjoyed them a lot!
You’re welcome!
I completely forgot Paul Giamatti was not nominated!! he's SENSATIONAL IN SIDEWAYS. That scene with Virginia Madsen where 'Miles misses the moment' (it seems the scene/clip has been tagged as such!?) is absolutely amazing and cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I rewatch this.
Mulholland Drive is my favorite movie of all time. Omg Naomi Watts is out of this world. The fact that was her first major role is CRAZY
So apparently we're the same age!... Agreed on so many of your choices, especially your #1 pick, which is just other-worldly. I'm going to watch that film this evening... I always say that the Oscars getting it wrong a lot of the time, especially in terms of nominations, but they're a great starting off point to examine the storylines and politics of each awards season. Anytime someone at work tells me they're going through all the Best Picture nominees of the 2000's or something similar, I always remind them to take a look at lists of biggest Oscar snubs, because there's real gold in them there hills.
Thanks for watching!!
I think Edward Norton should've been nominated in a best supporting role as King Baldwin in Kingdom of Heaven. His acting is amazing and you never see his face in the movie.
Amélie (2001) Audrey Tautou❤❤❤
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My Top Ten Acting Oscar Snubs of the 2000's
1. Paul Giamatti (Sideways)
2. Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation)
3. Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive)
4. Gene Hackman (The Royal Tenenbaums)
5. Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood)
6. Maria Bello (A History of Violence)
7. Nicole Kidman (The Others)
8. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
9. Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)
10. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Volume One)
My Top Five Honorable Mentions
1. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
2. Tom Hanks (Road to Perdition)
3. Michael Douglas (Wonder Boys)
4. Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
5. Denzel Washington (American Gangster)
Thanks for sharing!
Guy Pearce in Memento, Thank You!!!!!!
Yes!!
I 💯 agree that Naomi Watts was the greatest Oscar snub of the 2000’s
Yay, thanks for watching!
Lucy Liu Kill Bill Volume 1
Scene where she cut the head of a member and send a message to the cult how great leader she was damned, first time I saw that I thought she will grab oscar nomination
Great scene!!
Ah, the aughts. This is definitely the decade when I was most actively engaged in what was going on during Oscar season, and when I saw the most nominated (or at least buzzed-about) movies in something close to real time. There are so many major snubs during this period that I almost decided to do a top 10 for each category, but instead decided to just break it down into two: one for lead, and one for supporting.
My top 10 lead performances snubbed by the Oscars in the 2000s: Paul Giamatti in Sideways (2004); Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale (2005); Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004); Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive (2001); Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008); Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003); Björk in Dancer in the Dark [2000]; Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006); Julie Delpy in Before Sunset (2004); and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Secretary (2002). (Honorable Mentions: Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys [2000]; Jack Nicholson in The Pledge [2001]; Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson [2006]; Jennifer Connelly in House of Sand and Fog [2003]; and Sharlto Copley in District 9 [2009].)
And for supporting performances: Paul Giamatti in The Illusionist (2006); Robert Downey, Jr in Zodiac (2007); Dennis Quaid in Far from Heaven (2002); Catherine Keener in Into the Wild (2007); David Carradine in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); Philip Seymour Hoffman in Almost Famous (2000); Sean Astin in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); Catherine O'Hara in For Your Consideration (2006); Gwyneth Paltrow in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). (Honorable Mentions: Too many to mention, so let's go with one or two from each year. 2000: Erika Christensen in Traffic. 2001: Steve Buscemi in Ghost World and Jude Law in A.I. Artificial Intelligence. 2002: Michelle Pfeiffer in White Oleander and Alan Arkin in 13 Conversations About One Thing. 2003: Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass. 2004: Tim McGraw in Friday Night Lights and Sharon Warren in Ray. 2005: Chiwetel Ejiofor in Serenity, Ray Wise in Good Night and Good Luck, and Taraji P. Henson in Hustle & Flow. 2006: Danny Huston in The Proposition, Adam Beach in Flags of Our Fathers, and Phyllis Somerville in Little Children. 2007: Paul Rudd in Knocked Up, Kelly Macdonald in No Country for Old Men, and J.K. Simmons in Juno. 2008: Bill Irwin in Rachel Getting Married, Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go Lucky, and Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading. 2009: Mélanie Laurent in Inglourious Basterds and Christian McKay in Me & Orson Welles.)
Could not agree more on Jim Carrey. He’s owed at least 4 Oscar nominations by now!(Man on the Moon, Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine, and I Love You, Philip Morris)
Agreed!!
My list:
1. Naomi Watts (Muholland Drive)
2. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind)
3. Bjork (Dancer in the Dark)
4. James McAvoy (Atonement)
5. Paul Dano (There will be Blood)
6. Zhang Ziyi (Memory of a Geisha)
7. Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote)
8. Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot)
9. Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation)
10. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Honorable mentions:
Nicole Kidman (The Others)
Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
Stephen Dillane (The Hours)
Keira Knigthley (Atonement)
Hugh Grant (About a boy)
Denis Quaid (Far From Heaven)
Love your list!
Totally agree with your picks! Also agree that Naomi Watts has done nothing to match her performance in Mulholland Drive. Simply astonishing work.
Sooo agree on Uma Thurman for Kill Bill. She did go above and beyond in that performance.
This list is incredibly correct from 10 to 1.
Yay!
Speaking of Eternal Sunshine. I think Kirsten Dunst would have deserved a nomination for best supporting actress. I know her role is small, but damn she delivers so much nuanced emotion in it. Her final scene made cry so hard.
Thank you thank you for talking about Scarlett and LIT. Nobody else seems to care but me!!
Yes, she’s amazing in that film!
Great list! Another snub I'd put in is Choi Min-Sik in Oldboy. I don't know why but I just really liked the performances and it was weird to not see a single oscar nom for that film.
I’m usually not a fan child actors getting nominated but Jacob tremblay for “room”was next level and even worthy of a leading nom
This list gets a thumbs up from me, Brian "Ebert" Rowe!
Yay, thanks!
My picks would be: (not in order)
Michael Stuhlbarg (A serious man)
Kim Hey-Ja (Mother 2009)
Sally Hawkins (Happy go lucky)
Uma Thurman (Kill Bill)
Paul Dano (There will be Blood)
Paul Dano & Steve Carell ( Little miss sunshine)
Jack black (School of rock)
Peter Dinklage (Station agent)
Naomi Watts ( Mulhooland drive)
Isabelle Huppert (The piano teacher)
Bjork (Dancer in the dark)
Love these, thank you!
Ah, The Station Agent. Fantastic movie. Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson are phenomenal.
Thank you for mentioning that Kate Winslet should’ve won for Revolutionary Road. It was a career best performance IMHO.
I would say Paul Dano in there will be blood… he should have been nominated and to me he was the second best supporting actor of that year next to Javier Bardem.
Yes!! He got close to my runners-up! Was like #17.
Giamotti’s snub hurt hard. I really hope he is nominated and wins for The Holdovers.
There's more that comes to mind but Tom Cruise in Collateral. That was the crazy 04 year. And yes Paul Giamatti should've been nominated arguably more than Cruise.
Love both performances!
The greatest Oscar snub in history was Madonna for Evita and Antonio Banderas. Also Michelle Pfieffer for Catwoman. Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly. Emily Blunt for Devil Wears Prada.
I think my favorite performance between 2000 and 2010 is Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands in Hunger
I said YES!!! when you picked Naomi Watts as the biggest snub. Her performance was extraordinary and Mulholland Drive remains my favorite film of all time.
Others:
Christian bale(American psycho)
Renee zellweger(Nurse Betty)
Marlon wayans(Requiem for a dream)
Jennifer connelly(Requiem for a dream)
Naomi Watts is extraordinary in Mulholland Drive. One of the best films of all time.
I like you telling us who you would replace
Bill Paxton should have been nominated for Frailty & Tom Cruise should have been nominated for Collateral & Tropic thunder
Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for A Dream. She WAS nominated but lost to Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich. Good film, but it was an obligatory win for Roberts who had been snubbed for years. Understandable...I guess. Still....I had to mention it because Ellen Burstyn's performance in Requiem for A Dream is the most heart-wrenching performance I've ever seen. It gave me mild PTSD.
yessss i love the love for julie delphy she was fucking fantastic as celine
Yessss!
I am so happy that Diana West got her Oscar at the exactly moment 😉
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Tang Wei getting almost no recognition for Lust, Caution (2007, Ang Lee) has always been a dark cloud. She is in incredible in that film and should at least have been nominated.
" Lost in Translation" is one of the Best Movies Ever.
But that's my opinion.
Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson delivers an Outstanding performance,on a Perfect movie by any standards.
PS: I Agree, Scarlett Johannson Deserved to win the Oscar and by a Landslide. She was Brilliant.
I completely agree with you about Naomi Watts. Mulholland Drive is an amazing film, and it was her performance that helped to elevate it.
Bill Nighy in Love Actually. Although I have not seen Living, I do think it's great that he now has an Oscar nod on his resume. However, it should have already happened close to 20 years earlier. His role as aged rock star Billy Mack is one of the absolute best comedic performances I've ever seen.
one of my favorite stresses! i fell in love with yeoh in that movie
Just give Giamatti a freaking Oscar already ❤just love him in everything he’s in
a couple of performances that were probably never going to get in: Romain Duris for The Beat My Heart Skipped, and Gael Garcia Bernal for Bad Education. They were both foreign language films but both are extraordinary, Duris shows the character's evolution brilliantly and bernal (not to spoil anything) manages to play five different characters.
Great picks!
Nice #1 - I couldn’t agree more. Mulholland Drive should have gotten a slew of nominations (and wins), but I’m not really surprised it didn’t because it was too smart for the Academy. It’s since gotten its revenge on many a cinephile’s “Best” lists though, which feels good. Naomi Watts is a great actress and why she doesn’t have a bunch of noms and a few wins is baffling, but then I rarely agree with L'Académie on much of anything.
Personally, I never have understood the Naomi Watts hype as well as the hype for Mulholland Drive.
For me, major snubs in the 2000’s were:
Julianne Moore - A Single Man
Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Great choices!
Idk how much it was pushed but Jennifer Garner in Juno for me is just ❤❤❤