Top 10 Underwhelming Best Actor Oscar Wins
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
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To everyone disagreeing about Denzel, watch A Beautiful Mind and say that Russell Crowe wasn't robbed
Russell Crowe wasn't robbed....What do I win?!?!
Dopest-North-Of-The-Equator Disrespect
"Never go full retarded." Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus
He wasn't robbed. A Beautiful Mine wasn't that good of a movie.
A Beautiful Mind is horrible. Turn that shit off after 15mins. I'm not a fan of Training Day, but Daniel deserved it and not because he's black.
WTF Denzels performance has been better than most best oscar wins in the past 10 years
+johanzo88 Screaming and yelling is not a good performance. He shouldnt have won it for Training Day. He SHOULD have won it for Malcolm X
+Chris ‘Critical’ O'Keeffe
Exactly, someone who actually knows something about cinema and acting
***** disagree but ok
Yes it was good but out of all his great performances, it was a shock that he won for this one same with Halle berry in monsters ball
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Totally true, Crowe was 10x superior and Denzel shouldve won for Malcolm X
Al Pacino should have won for The Godfather
@Diego Pisfil Only because Willem Dafoe wasn't nominated for The Lighthouse for some reason
100%
Hell yah
Pacino’s best performances were in the Godfather 1 & 2. Heat, overacted & came off as very weak compared to DeNiro. I blame Mann for that though seeing as Vincent was a secret drug addict.
@Albert Akash Pacino overacted mate, even he mentions this fact, saying he was supposed to be a coke addict & then it was changed halfway through. Jon Voight, Val Kilmer & DeNiro were the best ones in this.
Pretty sure most of those dislikes are all for you dissing Denzel for his AMAZING performance in Training Day.
Am I the only one that thought that Al Pacino was definitely worthy of winning for Scent of a Woman? He was truly believable as a blind man and who could forget that final speech he gave before the film's end!
I agree, that film is one of my personal favourites. That's my opinion
Al Pacino gives one of the most layered and multi-dimensional performances of all time in Scent of a Woman. I though this list was alright until that. Not one other movie from 1992 deserved it more. When they described Pacino's acting as "hammy", I have to ask, did they watch the same movie as the one everyone else watched?
Totally agree!!! Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade is the greatest... And the dialogues for God's sake! Amazing.... and the Tango dance, the Ferrari scene, and that unforgettable speech near the end.
He was, but Robert Downey Jr as Chaplin was better.
Al Pacino should won the oscar for Dog Day´s afternoon, the godfather or justice for all.
Dominic Joy Go and do it and show us then. Also please don't like your own comment.
Maybe you should do a Top 10 when WatcMojo got it wrong.
At this point maybe they should do 10 things Watchmojo has gotten right. Every list is more ridiculous than the last! If they keep it up they'll lose every single subscriber.
Yep!
No that is too short maude do a short list what mojo did right and do parts of what doing wrong you need ten
YEEEES LOL
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 yes!
I don't believe denzel overacted at all...I thought it was a well-deserved award for his performance
Nah he got it because he was robbed for his Malcolm X and Hurricane roles.
@@21pilotstillidie58 Malcolm X is no excuse,Hurricane is just well solid movie, The Training Day is well gangsta
Have you seen The Hurricane?
It's fucking Watchmojo what's there not to disagree with?
Y'all lost me at #10. Denzel Killed that shit.
AL PACINO deserved OSCAR for that massive performance he did as a blind man
+Inder Ajith
Lol everyone could have played that role. Not Pacino's most outstanding performance, especially compared to his other movies.
He could have played it if he was 60. Why not? And Pacino didn't win because he was the best. He won because it was his turn to win an Oscar. It's the same with Paul Newman for the Color of Money of Martin Scorsese for The Departed. That's how the Oscars work.
Honestly I never ever have heared anyone talking abaut Pacino's performance of Scent of a Woman. Scarface, The Godfather, Serpico, Carlito's Way, Heat of course yes.
Well everyone has other experiences. I for once talk about movies with real friends and not with Late Night show hosts.
And he didn't win for Dick Tracy because even Madonna was a better performer. SNAP!
Jesus, dude give it a rest. You don't convince me on this anyway. The whole movie was a typical oscar bait and a bland americanised remake of a better european film anyway.
You missed Tom Hanks winning in 1994 for Forrest Gump. All he did was talk slowly in a southern accent! He beat Morgan Freeman in the Shawshank Redemption! Not to mention Pulp Fiction and Samuel L. Jackson who wasn't even nominated!
Sam L Jackson was nominated for best supporting actor
how can he beat him!! they weren't nominated in the same category
Morgan Freeman added shit all to the Shawshank Redemption. He was little more than an occasional narrator
Although many believe Forrest Gump didn't deserve the best picture win (which is debatable), you gotta be crazy to think Tom Hank's performance as Forrest Gump was underwhelming. I completely forgot that Tom Hanks was playing the character for the entire movie and every word he spoke was completely believable.
MrRenegadePhoenix
Yeah, I should've clarified that he wasn't nominated for Best Actor.
I think you missed the point of the film Life is Beautiful by about 500%...
+Katie Eff ikr? I agree that Norton deserved the Oscar more than him, but in no way was Benigni's performance one-dimensional. And I wonder how they can judge a foreign performance in an objective way, unless they know the language down flat. I myself may have sometimes biased opinions on English/American films because, not being a native-speaker, I can't always tell if the accents/ways of talking are genuine or not.
Yes they missed the point. So sad they dont get it...
+Katie Eff This made me extremely sad....it's such a beautiful film and they just butcherd it in their description...
+Katie Eff What the hell WatchMojo? It's as if they didn't watch the movie and just read the description from some webpage... 'Life is beautiful' and Benigni himself routinely end up on the 'top ten worst academy decisions' lists so maybe they didn't feel the need to do any proper research.
PS 'Train of life' is still better...
+Katie Eff I think you missed the point of percentage by about 400%.
pacino was great in scent of a woman, the scene at the university was very memorable, i believed the win was deserved
Agree. Pacino's permormance in that film made me cry in some scenes.
He easily outshined Denzel's Malcolm X.
Pacino has done much better roles for which he was much more deserving of awards, such as Dog Day Afternoon and Scarface.
+Andrew Smith All you're pointing out is that Pacino should have way more Oscar wins along w/ Scent of a Woman.
@JALEN EDWARDS That's what the Oscars are well known for. Not giving awards to roles that are more powerful.
Denzel deserved his Oscar! He was incredible as Alonzo and did really good job in Training Day!
Петко Петков American Gangster with Russel Crowe
Петко Петков Damn right. Training Day is a CLASSIC and Denzel earned his win! Russel wasn't that great as John Nash. His attempt at an American accent is atrocious to begin with. Kind of ruins the credibility of the film.
Петко Петков True but that oscar was more of a life time achievement award thus far because he deserved it years before but got snubbed and they knew it.
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Details details! The guy took his Oscar with pride and that's that! He's a great actor in general not just in that film.. and the world knows that!
So, let's be honest - Al Pacino is first just because he didn't get the Oscar before Scent of a Woman. Truth to be told that 1974 was a disgrace - he should have won because I still can't get over how astounding his performance in The Godfather Part 2 is. Sheer brilliance from his side.
Bruce Marlon Exactly. 1970s were his golden years - both The Godfathers, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, ...And Justice For All - he should have won Oscar for all of them.
Wouldn't know about Dog Day Afternoon because he lost that oscar to what I personally consider Jack Nicholson's best perfomance and one of the best in the history of cinema, but I absolutely agree that he was robbed in 1974. his performance in The Godfather Part 2 was just amazing. Those were def. his best years.
JP CC Can't argue over 1975, you have a point there. As a Czech, I have to praise One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest since Miloš Forman directed it. Jack Nicholson was awfully brilliant in that role, truly one of his best performances.
JP CC Agreed. Dog Day Afternoon is one of Pacino's best performances ever, and it probably should have won any other year. He just had the unfortunate luck of going up against Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which was also Nicholson's best performance.
JP CC He was good in Chinatown, but hardly spectacular. The film kinda sucks though, having seen it recently, about an hour (at least) too long and basically a weak predecessor to L.A. Confidential.
WTF Denzel was awesome in Training Day & deserved the Oscar, His lines are often quoted. Hell I rooted for him to get away with everything he did. Guy was that cool
I disagree, Al pacino deserved that Oscar. Scent of woman is one of my favourite movies
Al Pacino is one of our finest actors, but there so many other roles he should have won it for!!!
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***** Aussies and Kiwis are two different creatures. Why, as an Aussie, are you apologising for New Zealand? That would be like a yank apologising for the actions of a Canadian.
***** Well, that Kiwi twat can apologise for his own actions and his poor choice of movies, as of late. Noah. Yes, when you think of Noah's ark, you think of Russell fucking Crowe.
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Hey guys if you do one for actresses I think that you really need to include Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook. Don't get me wrong, she is a decent actress but she didn't deserve to win.
Yea, imo she was ok, not breath taking like everyone clams
jokesterr119 Phew! I'm glad someone agrees with me. I thought I was about to get hated on massively.
Jessica Chastain was robbed
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Kinda ironic you said that. He said if they did decide to do one for best actresses. Reading sure is fundamental!😜
What qualifications does mojo have to judge acting?
And what do you have?
Well that's a good way to answer the question!
+Declan Wayne She didn't make the video.
They have a A+ in having horrendous lists and U in good lists
@@jp3813 It's an opinion you don't have to agree with it watch it and move on.
"Life is Beautiful," in poor taste? We obviously didn't watch the same movie.
I agree. Life is beautifull is one of the greatest holocaust movies ever. It's beatifully written and directed, and has so much heart. For me it's a classic.
@@ironrojo + it is a Italian movie
@Diego Pisfil no
Benigni just shouldn't have won over Norton, Carrey(who wasn't even nominated) and McKellen.
Denzel's Training Day Oscar was a consolation prize for not winning for Malcolm X.
Also, any Oscar win related to a Miramax/TWC film can be thanked by Harvey Weinstein's stranglehold/bribery/blackmailing on the Academy voters.
And it goes without saying that The Academy loves to nominate/award actors and actresses who either uglify themselves for a role or play a mentally challenged individual. Hollywood loves to pat each other on the back when the pretty people play roles against type.
Very true, but he was up against Al Pacino after all
Valar Morghulis I agree that Denzel deserves an award for every performance he does, but when comparing the two performances, his portrayal of Malcolm X was more Oscar-worthy
Right. They couldn't give it to him in Malcolm X, because of the imagery it might project. They gave it to him because he played a CORRUPT character, and that lined up the Hollywood Jews endless portrayal of black men in a negative light. Donald Sterling type jews run Hollywood. Just like they couldn't let Marshawn Lynch run the Superbowl winning touchdown over "All-American" Tom Brady and the Patriots, they couldn't let an anti-white/jew supremacist depiction be attached to an Oscar.
Dee Cee I agree with you. The Academy only think we are Oscar worthy if we play a criminal or subservient roles. And this year's snub of David Oyelowo's portrayal of MLK continues to prove this fact.
***** you obviously didn't watch the best Actor nominees. All Oyelowo did was get the accent down
Am I the only one who thinks Russell Crowes oscar winning performance in gladiator was kinda meh?
No
Yes I thought it would be on here
Yes your the only one
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?
I thought it was a damn good performance, but felt that Hanks definitely should've won as Chuck Noland in Cast Away that year. Crowe is definitely one of my favorite actors nevertheless though.
Denzel deserved every bit of that Oscar he embodied that role.
After seeing him on 10th place I was ready to give thumb down without watching the rest, but other choiches are way much more accurate. I would put here Kevin Kline for Fish called Wanda. He was good, but Michael Palin (in the same movie) was just better.
Diamonds Whaley It was just a consolation prize for Malcolm X.
He overacted
No, his character was ridiculously over-the-top and unrealistic.
denzel had the whole movie On his shoulders... No production trick... He deserved that
Tommy Lee Jones for The Fugitive over Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List.
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What else should we expect if the Oscars are rigged?
Still hope you burn in hell for not putting the Hawker Siddley Harrier on top 10 military planes
YES THAT LIST WAS SUCH A SIN THAT I AM NOT OVER IT, AND NEVER WILL BE UNTIL YOU DO ANOTHER
#9 Michael Clarke Duncan was robbed. That was one of the best performances in any movie. He made that character so real and tragic. He also acted that character perfectly. It was one of the first times in a movie when I felt like I was watching a real person not an actor. Like I was watching the real life of a man named John Coffey.
Robert Devlin 100% agree, one of the most overrated performances and movies to win an oscar ever
Denzel deserved the award for Malcolm X and they fucked up! So when he got nominated again they made sure NOT to fuck up!
that's exactly how it works
2 wrongs dont make a right, just because he should have won in 1992 and didnt doesnt mean he should have won in 2001 when he didnt deserve it especially when Russel Crowe was so awesome in a beautiful mind, same thing goes for AL Pacino, he should have won for the Godfather part 2 but didnt, he should have lost in 1992 but didnt, so the academy made 4 mistakes because they were trying to correct 2.
Exactly. Quite a few awards that are given out are to make up for times that the Academy screwed up, like in '92 and '01. Even Pacino's win was making up for him getting screwed several times before.
Matt Josh same goes for the masterpieces with christian bale. ending up giving him the oscar for best supporting role in "the fighter"
Matt Josh lmao Russell Crowe was shit in A Beautiful Mind. Denzel was p over the top, but atleast he wasnt begging for an Oscar in his performance like Crowe.
Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman is one of the best performances I have seen!
For me, I thought Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine was undeserving. The fact that he won over Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond still boggles my mind.
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You guys are really running out of ideas and fans.
I think you should make a top 10 list of actors that haven't won an oscar but really should.
Just lost me on Denzel. Unsuscribed.
artbocaya77
YEA!, they are fucken crazy... how the hell can someone say that character is over the top and fantasy???? such a horrible list
Gwyneth fucking Pawtrow over Fernanda Montenegro...
Denzel was awesome in training day, as was Michael Caine in cider house rules. Did you see a different a different version?
No others were way more deserving
Jack Webb undeserving wasn't wasn't the word used by mojo, they stated underwhelming
*****
Who didn't deserve it? Denzel? Nah, Denzel deserved it that year. His performance was remarkable. The small details of his performance is what won him the reward. His last scene proved that he can act well while putting on a speech and while he's not saying a word. His subtle facial expressions encapsulates his ability to act on a top tier level.
*****
Your opinion
Taylor Giavasis I agree, Denzel was better than Crowe that year. But I think MCD should've won Best Supporting for Green Mile - or even HJO for Sixth Sense, they were both better performances IMO.
Wow...Saying Pacino didn't deserve it for SOAW is BS IMO. Also, Denzel deserved for TD. But I can agree w/the rest of the list.
You can not agree with Charlton Heston.
No they didn't put SOAW here! 😡
+betoen are you kidding?;)
actually i kind of agree with pacino for scent of a woman. he was very good, and he definitely deserved the nomination, but i don't know if he shouldve won. downey was pretty good as chaplin that year, and i think its one of downeys only good performances, because what he's doing now (iron man) is just his regular personality. also, that was the year that clint eastwood was nominated for unforgiven, which was a great performance in a great movie. that being said, i think any higher than an honorable mention on this list for pacino is absurd. i think the real reason they gave it to pacino was because he had been cheated out of an oscar so many times that he deserved to win that one, just like leo this year.
+dr strangelove Why would he?His performance in Ben-Hur was great.
I'm sorry, but Denzel Washington kicked ass in Training Day.
If you watch A Beautiful Mind you’ll know that Crowe’s performance was far better than Denzels.
@@arhanmaker4191, I did watch it. King Kong ain't got nothing on Denzel.
@@arhanmaker4191 nah it wasn't.
I lost a lot of respect for the opinion of this channel when I saw this list. Especially Denzel. His performance in training day was incredible, that last scene in the hood was one of the best performances I have ever scene. I honestly don't know what they were thinking with this list.
I totally agree!!!He was amazing!!?
Russel Crowe in The beautifull mind has no comparisson with Denzel in Training day, although I agree that Denzel were great, but Crowe had such a stunning performance.
@@richardprado5914 So what, Crowe should not have had a meltdown at the Baftas.
Will smith should have won
DenZel peformance was amazing in traning day but I don't think it was his best performance he should have won for his other films like cry freedom Malcolm x
denzel didn't deserve it? unsubbed
Crowe was far better
ZKMGking "Everything didn't go my way. I'm unsubscribing because I'm so butthurt".
Actively Insane it's probably the drupple, they've made some shit lists
Milan Francis Watchmojo doesn't decide their lists. They have polls on their website.
Well that's not rlly an excuse I mean...it's a bad list still
Denzel. Seriously?! Al Pacino? He deserved for more roles sure but he was brilliant in Scent of a Woman.
Yeah. Al Pacino totally deserved the Oscar for "Scent of a woman". Was Chris O'Donnell nominated for the best supporting role that year? He should have.
It wasent even his best performance he should have won for the godfather
Denzel can play a "good guy" in his sleep. As a badass...? He was at the top of his game.
For sure!! He's an excellent actor!!!
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your poll system has to improve. take a poll on how too improve it and let the biases worsen your poll system.
artbocaya77 Their poll system has to improve? Or the majority of voters should just start lining up with your opinions? Honestly, tomorrow, you're gonna forget this list even existed. Just move on and vote on upcoming stuff if you ACTUALLY give a damn. If not, which I'm sure you don't and I don't blame you, just move on.
I feel so bad for Peter O'Toole, 8 nominations and 0 wins, that must sting
He didn t win for Lawrence of Arabia??? Oscar is a fix.
+Sofía Picasso thanfully before he passed he was given an honourary lifetime achievement award upon receiving it as the great IRISH storyteller that he is ; delivers one of the best Oscar speeches ever !!
+pvtrichter88 Peter O'Toole was of Irish stock, but was born and grew up in Leeds, UK.
that's a shame
+Sofía Picasso He should've won for The Lion in Winter
Are you serious?!!? The "King Kong ain't got shit on me" scene is one of the best pieces of acting iv''e ever seen! It wasn't over the top, it was on point. Denzel was a beast in that movie and totally deserved the oscar!
Agree....Favourite "Training Day" quote: "It's not what you know but what you can prove!"
It was screaming and yelling, not good acting
@@Rinzler555 it was great in context. He was a powerful corrupt man seeing his power fall from his hands. He got desperate and wanted to show everyone he was still the man. It was on point
Uh Whoa! Denzel absolutely deserved an Oscar. And his performance was better than crowes
Night Rider He delivered a good performance but not better than Crowe’s.
Crowe should of won no doubt he was robbed
His performance was exactly the same as all his other action roles during that time. Smooth talking, confident alpha male, with same line delivery. And top it off with a shouting flip out at or near the end of the movie. Ex: American Gangster, inside man, out of time, man on fire, deja vu, Manchurian candidate remember the titians... Great actor, (Malcolm X, Fences, ) but training day was absolutely cut and paste action denzel
Agreed! He was so boss as Alonzo. I love him as a badass. He is usually more boring. DESERVED.
@@michellelekas211 he is a badass
I didnt expect at all to see Al Pacino as Frank Slade as the most underwhelming acting on this list. Actually I think it is one of the most enjoyable and loving characters of all cinema history and very underrated at the same time. His acting on this one was one of the best and my favorite one of him.
+Carlos Prado Guerrero Disagree. Once you watch the original played by a superb Vittorio Gassman, Al Pacino is just overacting and Oscar-baiting his way as a blind man.
+Giacomo Fracassi, I watched the original. I thought Gassman was amazing. It didn't change my opinion of the equally amazing Pacino, though.
@@giacomofracassi388 The original was fantastic and had a great performance. Pacino was better however. More layered and interesting. The use of cadence, body language, and especially the eyes is still matched by very few actors, and here he's putting everything together for one fantastic performance
The fact that they had that and not Alan Arkin's one trick pony old ass in Little Miss Sunshine, beating Djimon Hondsou in Blood Diamond one of the best performances of the decade. Also Art Carney was the worst, that Oscar belonged to Pacino
Denzel definitely deserved the oscar for Training Day.
yes
+Ben Sebastian As for the most part, WM are a bunch of clueless idiots.
Was his performance phenomenal? Yes. Was it better than Russell Crowes in a Beautiful Mind? No.
Cohen64 Yes, it was. Russell Crowe is overrated too.
+Ben Sebastian lol Russell Crowe overrated? Please, Denzels best performance by far was in Malcom X followed by Training Day and Philadelphia. Don't get me wrong I like Denzel Washington as an actor but I don't think his performance in Training Day was on the same level as Russells, hell if anything Tom Wilkinson should have won that year for In the Bedroom.
Al Pacino was great in this movie , fuckers
Gmoder dude indeed
God why no one is talking about Charlton Heston . He is such a good charecter and carried a 3 and a half hours movie . He should deserve that Oscar.
Not to mention he did most of his own stunts in the Sea Battle and the Chariot Racing sequences...
Denzel was great in Training Day, but I feel like they gave him a "make up" Oscar. Since he should have won for Malcolm X.
Just like when Morgan Freeman won for Million Dollar Baby. That was a "make up", for not winning for Driving Miss Daisy.
Yeah, I can see that.
And that's exactly why Pacino won for scent of a woman too.
Tomisha Childs And as Al Pacino
***** Agreed. Day-Lewis in My Left Foot is the best performance on celluloid ever.
Bruno Witt In retrospect, they could have waited 10 years for Insomnia. Now that is the kind of acting that proves Pacino is a legend.
Denzel KILLED it in this movie. He shows real emotion, finesse and plays the roll so well!
Al Pacino is one of these actors who really deserves the Oscar. This performance, The scent of a woman is fantastic... He 1000% deserves it!
Roberto was incredible, he deserved the Oscar so much, I was so moved by his performance .
Saw Denzel in the thumbnail...clicked just to dislike...
+Candid88 The question still stands. What was I bragging about? Don't know the meaning of the word do you?
+Invinciblez18 just fyi I agree completely with you and this other guy is being a dick. Denzel was amazing in Training Day.
+Invinciblez18 same. Wish I could dislike it twice
Lol why? What denzel did lmao hes a nice actor i think
lol
In my opinion Al Pacino SHOULD have 3 Oscars in total.
Best actor in a leading role for The Godfather (1972)
Best actor in a leading role for The Godfather Part 2 (1974)
Best actor in a leading role for Scarface (1983)
OMEGAxWARRIOR Not for The Godfather, because Michael was just part of an amazing ensemble cast. Godfather Part II is indeed the story of Michael Corleone, so definitely he was the Best Actor there. You seem to have forgotten "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Serpico." "Scarface" is an iconic role and the movie will be a favorite for a long time to come, but does not showcase his skills the way Dog Day Afternoon or Serpico did.
OMEGAxWARRIOR I agree except it should be best supporting actor for The Godfather
If he was nominated for Best Actor for "The Godfather" (the first one), he most likely wouldn't have won against Brando
Al Pacino 100% deserved the oscar
Scent of a woman was, is a masterpiece. That speech at the end, is one of the most iconic speeches ever made in a movie. wth?
this list is terrible..
70% of this production is just YOUR fucked up opinion. Next time ... Keep it to yourselves.
Top 10 Underwhelming Best Actor Oscar Winning Performances given by Hispanic Retired Gynecologists with an Undergrauate in Philosophy
***** Hispanic?
Well most lists are just opinions you dumb dumb
***** LOL ! Dumbass hipocrite
***** Stop being so salty. Not everyone shares your opinion. I don't agree with all of this list, but stop being a child about it.
Charlton Heston overwhelming in Ben-Hur? No way!
It was a 4hr fucking film he held the the entire thing together.
Watchmojo knows how hard it is to carry a 4hour long movie on your own back, right?
I'm suprised that Tommy Lee Jones isn't mentioned! I mean I love that guy and he was great in "The Fugitive" but was he better than Ralph Fiennes in the same year? No, I don't think so!
Couldn't agree more. Tommy Lee Jones also beat Leonardo DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape that same year
agree. Fiennes was n.1 that year, followed by DiCaprio
Michael Caine "mastering" an American accent? Is that a joke? Caine is a legend, but he's never been that great with accents.
TheScytheman666 Thought that too. WM is becoming more and more of a troll's list. Now Hugh Laurie, who played Dr. House, now THERE was a great American accent by a British actor.
TheScytheman666 MY COCAINE!
TheScytheman666 yep, same as anthony hopkins who sucks at american big time as well
DarthCruciare87 just like McNulty and stringer bell from the wire, gourmand from the walking dead and the fella from homeland.... never knew they were English at the time
Like half of the Walking Dead cast members. I didn't even know any of them were English until I heard them on the Talking Dead, all of them have damn good American accents!
I'm not sure anyone on your staff speaks Italian. Otherwise, you'd have understood the amazing subtlety of Roberto Benigni's dialogue, and how he managed to convey the character's inner pain by the way he used the inflections in his speech and the pauses between words. I highly recommend a Re-watching of A Beautiful Life to your staff with an Italian speaker in the room to translate the emotional depths of the performance.
Totally disagree with Denzel in Training Day. He gave us one of the most original, believable characters in cinema history.
erom1970 indeed
Micheal Corleone?
Roberto was great but he just shouldn't have beat Edward Norton. That's still my favorite Edward Norton performance and I don't think it will ever be topped.
goldmineken since then
You were right about every other pick except #10, denzel washington was AMAZING in training day & totally deserved the oscar. It's actually scary how damn good he was...
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In light of Jada Smith controversy these lists show how bogus the Oscars can be. Most of the time, though the members get it right but it is still just a statue with no real meaning.
+Holly Roxy i know he was intense and played it with such ferocity !! i know people often are so busy quoting his ''KING KONG AIN'T GOT SHIT ON ME!!''' that they forget the context of the scene where in we realize his HARRIS is just a manipulating sociopath whose completely melting down in that scene!! ENJOY THE NIGHT LUV!!
+Holly Roxy Charlton Heston deserved it for Ben-Hur
Matei Lascu he seems to be routinely confused as the same character in various movies as either Moses or EL CID !! and then the bloke from Planet of the apes '' DAMN YOU DAMN YOU ALL TO HEEELLL!!''
sorry watchmojo, this is is one of your first, that is absolutely terrible. I absolutely disagree on nearly all choices.
Especially Roberto Begnini... What a shame, saying he did not deserve it!!!!
That movie is disgusting. I will never understand how that happened.
+ana martinez Your interpretation of it is so confused and our right wrong. Life is Beautiful is many things but disgusting is definitely not one of them.
Charles Heiston im italian and Norton should have won, but Life is beautiful is still a great movie
Benigni's performance ain't got shit on Edward Norton's on AHX
Kristóf Gellén I disagree
MoJo falls into the usual Oscar trap: Calling a performance "underwhelming" just because they thought somebody else that year deserved the Oscar more. That's complete nonsense. A performance either convinces you or it doesn't, but it doesn't not convince you just because what's happening in the cinema right next to yours.
Scent of woman is an amazing movie. I loved his performance.
How can it be bad for anyone?
I disagree with your #1.. Pacino deserved that Oscar and then some..
+Amit Vyas nah they only gave it to him because they had robbed him for Godfather and Godfather 2 it was just a award for him for all his work they did the same thing with Bogart
+Addy O they do that very often, dont forget directors, they pulled that card with Scorsese.
And John Wayne and Liz Taylor. They shoulda gven them Lifetime achievement awards, more deserving and right.
+Addy O yes but that doesn't take anything away from the fact Pacino is magnificent in Scent of a Woman.
absolutely right
Can't believe Al Pacino's performance in scent of a woman is number one, absolute rubbish. The speech at the end of the film is one of the best pieces of acting you'll ever see!
Tom cruise was easily the biggest snub.
the most loved and hated all at once unfortunately he won’t win ... doing only action films now!
Benini deserved that Oscar, & the fact that you didn't understand the movie, doesn't mean he didn't.
lurch321 Nolte or McKellen or Norton or Hanks
is this list a troll?
yes
Ya'll are seriously disrespecting Denzel. I cant even watch the rest of the video. And Russell Crowe SUCKED in a Beautiful Mind.
+ARob90 Agree. I hated that overrated movie and his ridiculous performance
+Edwin Montanez You're talking about Training Day, right?
Suada Bešlagić Pretty sure he was talking about Beautiful Mind and Russell Crowe
ARob90
I know he was, but I think exactly the same about Training Day
then why wouldn't you just say that? He obviously wasn't talking about the same movie. dumb question...
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything. Nobody deserved that oscar as much as Michael Keaton. And I still can't figure out for the life of me why Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't nominated for nightcrawler
+Banana Joe
Yeah, Jake Gyllenhaal was at least in the same league as Robert de Niro, Anthony Hopkins, and Edward Norton (all Oscar - nominated), and the Oscar was the only "Big 5"-award he didn't get nominated for
StrasbergProtégé Sly Stallone should have nominated for F.I.S.T, Copland, First BLOOD and Escape to Victory
Are you high? Redmayne gave an amazing performance. Portraying a disability so well is extremely difficult. I thought he was flawless. Just look at Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot."
Christopher Silva I wouldn't compare Redmaynes performance to Lewis's and yes it was a good performance but Michael Keaton gave a much more interesting and well acted performance
indeed
How the hell did Denzel not deserve that Oscar? He was amazing!
#1.Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) - should have won Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Daniel has amazed me with some of his performances. But Lincoln was not one of them, and Phoenix gave the best performance of the entire century in The Master and 100% deserved to win. This should not have even been a contest.
Phoenix did a great job but Lewis performance as Lincoln was a masterpiece but i respect your opinion
Gani Ibraimi ah I thought he was just ok. He had given way better performances before. What Phoenix did in The Master was other worldley.
+Calvin Candie ok i respect your opinion but if his performance was just ok then he wouldnt have his 3rd oscar for best actor
Gani Ibraimi Jack Nicholson has 3 Oscars despite the fact 2 of them were for mediocre performances. It happens. DDL deserved his first 2, not the 3rd one. He only one because Licnoln was Oscar bati
+Calvin Candie i agree to disagree
In my opinion, no performance has ever been more deserving of an Oscar than Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption. I'm not saying Tom Hanks' performance was bad, it too was good enough for an Oscar, but Shawshank Redemption is one of the greatest films of all time, not least because of Tim Robbins
Chris Oliver I love you. A little over a year ago, I couldn't care less about movies. Then I watched Shawshank and instantly fell in love, now I collect movies XD with Shawshank becoming my 4th fav of all time.
slug237711 only 4th?!
Chris Oliver Well that just means there are 3 that I like better ^.^
Chris Oliver Tim Robbins was great but my choice would have been Morgan Freeman.
slug237711 What is your top three? Just curious :)
Brad Dourif for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 was an awesome performance. They gave it to George Burns instead.
Robert Shaw wasn’t nominated for Jaws which was released the same year.
What?! Al Pacino was awesome in Scent of a Woman and he deserved the oscar more than anyone.He's performances in all of he's films are amazing.
List sucked as soon as they said Training Day.
Unsubscribed. This is an awful list.
Your subscribed to annoying orange, exposedathiests and horses4eva......this is really the channel u unsub from?
We won't miss you :)
FunnyAssortment You certainly did a lot of research...
Troy Wullbrandt You still subscribed
What are you doing subscribing to a channel solely based on peoples opinions in the first place if you cry when they differ to yours?
Denzel made me hate him in Training Day. I refuse to watch the movie again because I hate his character so much. Do you know how hard it is for me to hate Denzel???? That alone tells me he deserved that dang Oscar! That man worked for that!
I can’t even finish watching this video past #10. Every eye movement and facial expression Denzel did throughout that film was IMPECCABLE. He embodied a sociopath and his acting was every bit of masterful!
Looool, knew by the dislikes that this video would be good.
+alZiiHardstylez Denzel...
+alZiiHardstylez
Denzel's performance wasn't good at all, shouting throughout the whole movie and screaming zippy one liners isn't good acting.
Russell Crowe was much superior in A Beautiful Mind.
I agree. The only reason they didn't award Crowe is because he got into a fucking bar fight. They always award based on politics than quality
gregg mikulla
Exactly
+Lt. Col. Frank Slade Yeah I agree.. Denzel is a great actor but Russel Crowe deserved the Oscar that year
Hoffman certainly deserved the win for 'Midnight Cowboy.' For me, that's one of the single greatest acting performances of all time.
My heart actually dropped seeing Roberto Benigni's name pop up on this list, and in my all-time favorite movie too... I tend to heavily agree with these lists, but wow I could not disagree more with him being on this Top 10 list
My grandparents were killed in Auschwitz. I know a lot about the Holocaust, including what the camps were like. I didn't believe Life Is Beautiful's depection of a concentration camp for one instant.
Al Pacino got nominated five times back in '70s for Oscar and few other times in '90s finally taking my Oscar for movie was deserved for him but he was his other performer so well well performing he should have a few more in my opinion
denzel was awesome in training day
While I'll admit some of the choices make sense I think Al Pacino's performance in Scent of a Woman was hands down one of my favourite performances of his after his heyday
The list was fine until I saw #1. I was shocked by it...I feel he definitely deserved an Oscar for that performance.
Charlton Heston held together a 4 hour long super epic film with his steady balanced acting and along with Steven Boyd did most of his own dangerous stunts(before Tom Cruise made it cool for every actor to do it) in the Sea Battle scene and the Chariot Racing scene, he legit put his blood, sweat and tears into that role. Ultimately he gave a much better performance in Ben Hur than his famous turn as Moses.
But yeah.... Somehow didn't deserve to have that recognised.
Heston was brilliant as the Player King in Kenneth Branaugh's Hamlet. He should have done more Shakespeare.
He should've won for planet of the apes
Yawn. Charleton Heston is charter member of over-acting anonymous. Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson also members. Plays movies like a stage actor who never learned the camera is not 100 feet away.
(Did you know Al Pacino was ordered to tone it down for the Godfather, which won him an Oscar? I find it hilarious that an actors greatest glory came from losing a fight with a director.)
SCENT OF A WOMAN WAS AMAZING
Al Pacino and Denzil deserve their Oscars for both of their roles.
Yep. Heston deserved his too, as did John Wayne.
Benicio del Toro ("Traffic") for Best Supporting Actor in 2001 over Joaquin Phoenix - "Gladiator"! C'mon!!
I totally agree, the problem is he is not so much loved in the Academy.
Even 15 years ago?
...Yeah, maybe. But what's the point then, if they have "other" criteria for granting these Oscars?!
So you're saying that the Academy was not merciful…
buenasvidas or worse phillip seymour hoffman over joaquin phoenix in walk the line travesty
Harlie Quinn Joaquin Phoenix was also overrated in walk the line
I did not see the movie Life is Beautiful when it came out, so I only knew Benigni as the character who jumped over chairs at the Oscars. I recently saw it on tv and was absolutely mesmerized. I thought it was one of the most unique, touching, funny, charming, special films I've ever seen. I think his Oscar win was very well-deserved.
@Diego Pisfil Your opinion!
If anybody thinks that denzel washington's performance was over the top then you don't know what a great performance is.smh!
so...Denzel over-acted? really? in this list of "underwhelming" wins? fail, mojo
Although Al Pacino certainly deserved the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman' , the Academy was just apologising for snubbing him in Godfather Part II.
Denzel was deserving, but I still feel like they gave it to him to avoid Russell Crowe winning two years in a row like Tom Hanks did several years prior.
So true, but Crowe felt threathend to his spot
Well after this video I'm Glad That WatchMojo has no say in the oscars.
Al Pacino deserved that one with Lt.Col. Frank Slate, and it was not at all forgettable.
Charlton Heston can't act? Are you freaking high?!? And Ben-Hur is one of the greatest performances of all time!!
Washington, Benigni and Pacino?! Are you crazy? These were one of the greatest performances in oscar history.