I think Benigni was good. True enough, Benigni is always Benigni, he just made an epic movie so his benigniness was tightened within that firm context. But I agree. The Truman Show is my favorite Jim Carrey movie. And I love him in general.
I remember being shocked that Liam Neeson didn't win an Oscar for Schindler's List, but when I heard it went to Tom Hanks for Philadelphia, I thought "Ah okay, that could've gone either way." The fact that Tommy Lee Jones won for The Fugitive that year over Ralph Fiennes?? That one is more of a shocker.
The "Consolation" or "Belated" Oscar. I'm not saying that _The Departed_ was a bad movie and not worthy of winning Best Director, but Scorsese losing for either Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino was simply criminal.
@@fabrislemos Absolutely correct! Director Michael Mann knows how to pull riveting performances from his actors. Russell Crow for The Insider, Tom Cruise for Collateral, and the entire cast of Heat, all should have gotten Oscars. Michael Mann never winning an Oscar for Best Director is just criminal. Ridley Scott is another director who was unceremoniously snubbed by the Academy.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Raging Bull and Goodfellas, yes, but he didn't deserve it for Casino. I think it should have been Ron Howard for Apollo 13, who bizarrely wasn't nominated.
Cate Blanchett should have won for Elizabeth but she has the last laugh. She now has two Oscars and she will continue to work for years to come. You can’t say that about Paltrow.
It's funny how people say "I wish more comedic performances won the Oscar", and then paradoxically include on their "worst winners lists" practically every Oscar winner for a comedic role...
I think the only comedic performances that have won at the Oscars and aren't so hated are Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday) and Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy)
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s list is one of the most horrifyingly menacing performances. The way you hate him, laugh at him, the way he plays the character perfectly as someone who is presenting as superior in every way, but between the lines you see he even hates himself. It gives me the creeps, he humanized that deplorable human somehow making you pity and loathe him at the same time.
I’m glad Jamie Lee Curtis has an Oscar but she wasn’t even the Best supporting actress in her movie. Stephanie Tsu and Angela Basset should have been battling each other with Jamie just glad to be there. Never did I think she’d win.
@@christiansoto1367 I'm sorry, but she is not very good in Halloween. The climax of that film, she is just screaming uncontrollably, falling over and making some dumb decisions. She was much better in H20 and the recent trilogy because her character had matured and was more intelligent than the generic "final girl".
Jamie Lee Curtis should not have even been nominated let alone win. The Best Supporting Actress Oscar that year should have gone to Frankie Corio for AFTERSUN. What an amazing performance! AFTERSUN should have received a lot of nominations and more recognition that year.
Exactly! I don't necessarily believe the story as it was portrayed and Ike is dead and can't defend himself. I've also heard not so good about Tina but Angela KILLED that part! Everyone remembers What's love got to do with it but hardly anyone knows the Piano ..which wasn't that great
As the guy who has not yet seen Schindler's List, I can clearly say that the Fugitive was an excellent movie that wouldn't have worked without Tommy Lee Jones. He's that supporting actor who really is a second lead. Also, it could have been because they wanted to give that award to someone other than a Spielberg film. His two (two of his best and the most iconic) together won ten Oscars. That could have heavily influenced the ceremony
AL SHOULD HAVE FUCKIN HAD 3 OSCARS FOR DOG DAY AFTERNOON AND SERPICO AND GODFATHER , his oscar is the definition of "a win for a career not for the acting"
I agree, Al should have won for Godfather 1 and 2, but I can understand him not winning for Dog Day Afternoon. He was up against Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
For 1998, I agree that Edward Norton in AMERICAN HISTORY X is the better performance, but I think you're being too harsh on Roberto Benigni. Whatever you may think of LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, he does a good job combining physical comedy with pathos, being serious when he needs to be, always having an extra scheme up his sleeve. It's a strong tragi-comedic performance.
As an italian, he does (did, he almost quit acting, now he does television) the same role in every movie with minimal variations, he is basically just being himself in that movie. I'm not a fan of Life is beautiful and I find that win pretty absurd but I can't be mad about him because of how funny he is in his speeches😂 btw unlike it's said in the video here the movie is still well known and popular, it's that kind of movie that everyone has heard of, that you see at school and your grandma loves
For some reason I always thought he won for Godfather II, and I'm shocked that he didn't win for either film I'm not even a Pacino fan and I recognize that he's a standout among standouts in those movies. It took Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro to stay on the level he was on That's like a case for three of the best actors of all time, all giving some of their best work, but one didn't win despite being in both films. Kinda unbelievable
Sandra Bullock deserved the Oscar, who do you think deserved it that year? Meryl Streep did more of the same in "Julie and Julia", the scenic force of "Preciosa" was Mo'nique, she swallowed Gaborey in that film, "Education" Carey Mulligan's film was boring and she gave a good performance, but not extraordinary , Helen Mirren had recently won for "The Queen"... don't you think that's an exaggeration of yours about Bullock. She was the best of 2009, whether you like it or not.
Not only I hate the fact that Patrow won over Fernanda Montenegro dazzling performance but also Life is Beautiful won against Central Station in Best Foreign Film, an incredible movie
Any other actress would be better than Gwyneth Paltrow. The fact that "Central Station" lost to "Life is Beautiful" it was sad, but expected because of the theme. What I think is even worse is "Shakespeare in Love" (which is a nice film, but not Oscar worthy of Best Picture) winning over "Saving Private Ryan". That's absurd.
Something similar happened to the year before John Wayne's win. Cliff Robertson for Charly, seriously? That year should be O'Toole's win for The Lion in Winter to me.
Brazilians have a serious problem with Gwyneth 😂😂😂 Cate Blanchett, ok! We could understand… but Gwyneth… I mean! Fernanda is a legend, comparable to Isabelle Huppert in France, Judy Dench in UK and Meryl in Us
I completely agree with this list. And it's impressive how much Miramax totally cursed the 1999 Oscars. It's an eternal stain on the Academy's history, even more so today knowing all the horrors involving Miramax's owners. A total shame.
Denzel Washington even said recently he was glad Al Pacino won since Denzel already won an Oscar for Glory. He admitted that Al was one of the actors that influenced him, and the fact that was his 8th nomination it was time for Al to get his Oscar.
Yea sure that’s fine but we’re looking at stats here And Al pacino did not deserve it Denzel did but I’m also glad he won cause that would have been a crime to not have al pacino get one Oscar
Judy Garland should have won for A Star is Born, I can't count how many Oscars Bette Davis should have won, she was a far better actress than Katherine Hepburn. Angela Bassett for What's Love Got to do With It, Glenn Close The World According to Garp or Fatal Attraction, and Annette Bening The Kids are Alright
The supporting actor should have gone to Schindler’s List. Ralph Fiennes performance is chilling. He plays an outstanding villain in whatever movie he’s in. It’s voice acting or live action. He deserves an award.
Fiennes is one of my fave actors--he can do anything from heavy drama to flat out comedy with seemingly total ease. Of course he's never won and probably won't at this point. A shame.
@@robertkirby4822 RF has won so many acting awards that his exclusion at the Oscars has become a little ridiculous. He's posting the usual phenomenal reviews for his work in "Conclave." Maybe this will be his year.
I really liked Peter O'Toole as an actor. Even late in life with films like "Troy" and "Ratatouille", he was still at the top of his game. The fact he never won an Oscar despite starring in all time classics like "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Lion in Winter", "The Last Emperor" and "Venus" is a travesty.
I know that the critics never liked Man of La Mancha much, but I always adored his performance in that film. To this day, even when I see the show on West End, I still compare the actors to O'Toole's performance
As soon as they cut the audio after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, proving it was not a bit, my first thought was “Does this mean Andrew Garfield wins?!?!?!”
Ralph Fiennes had a seminal performance as Amon Goethe. To this day, when I see Ralph Fiennes in anything, my stomach churns thinking about him as Amon Goethe. Forget Hannibal Lechter, Darth Vader, and other villains. Fienne’s Amon Goethe was the most horrific villain ever, and he was based on a real person which makes it all the more terrifying a performance.
That’s crazy you say that because I’ve never seen Schindler’s List (I will now) but he terrified me so much in The Menu that when I never trust his character in movies he’s in, even when he’s a protagonist like in Grand Budapest Hotel
Right. She gave a stunning performance. What a technique, and grace. This movie is one of the rare "Hollywood"'s movie I've seen in a long time. It was positively astounding. I knew East Asians's creativity wouldn't have disappointed me.
Thank you sooo much for complimenting Marissa Tomei's Oscar win!! It was such a great character and performance, and her courtroom scene at the end had some incredibly difficult dialogue to deliver in one stretch. She nailed it, and deserved the Oscar win.
Exactly. I heard rumors that Tomei didn't actually win, that the wrong name was read out and they just went with it. All I have to say is: if they were able to correct the winner when La-La Land was announced as the Best Picture winner when MOONLIGHT actually won, they would've done the same thing if Tomei was incorrectly announced as the winner. But they didn't do that, so that only means one thing: Tomei was the correct winner, and deservedly so.
@@aurelialabiata By "the author", do you mean The Awards Contender? Because he has never included her in a bad list. He mentioned her in this list as a very good and surprising choice for an acting Oscar win.
As much as Paltrow's performance is undeserving, I'm not as mad as most people about her not making the first list. Sandra Bullock is the all-time worst winner in the category, imo. It was a clear popularity win and Gabourey Sidibe was robbed. I also think Fernanda Montenegro should have won in 1999.
I honestly wonder how Sandra Bullock even has an acting career let alone an oscar. I don't dislike her or anything, but she should really be in Hallmark movies. Quite how she's managed to become an a-list actor is beyond me. The same goes for Mark Wahlberg. I have no idea how he's made a career as an actor and a highly paid one at that. I've never seen him do a good performance in anything including interviews. He's a charisma vacuum.
Awards aren't given based on talent but based on popularity, how much money is invested in the propaganda for the entire awards season and how gullible they are.
I agree so much with the Jaime Lee Curtis role. After watching Everything Everywhere All at Once I was shocked that she won an Oscar for that. Not that she was bad per se, but that's a pretty simple role that most actors would hace portrayed serviceable. Certainly not an awards worthy performance.
Julia Roberts over Ellen Burstyn. Roberts played a pretty face with little more than sass underneath masquerading as hidden intelligence. Burstyn played a broken woman who lived in a delusion and just couldn't escape herself.
I’ve argued that the reason Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List) and William H Macy (Fargo) din’t win was because their characters were garbage human beings.
That makes sense to me and then I think about how the great Anthony Hopkins won for playing Dr. Lecter. Maybe the monster has to be over the top to win?
To be fair Hopkins portrayal of Lector was charming in places and kind of likeable where as Ralph Fienes and Macy were completely unlikeable characters which is probably why they didn't win.
I see the point, but that just proves why they _should_ have won; ralph and william are the opposite of garbage human beings yk😅 honestly, same level as heath ledger and joker; heath was the total opposite of a murdering psychotic
Agree with you. Andrew Garfield hit it out of the park in Tick... Tick... Boom !!! Tommy Lee Jones deserved it for JFK, not for The Fugitive, that prize belonged to Ralph Fiennes. That night in 1999 Jim Carrey himself said HE should have been nominated instead of Benigni.
Denzel’s may not have been a career win. A lot of people forget, he’d won for Supporting Actor for GLORY in 1989. Training Day was his first Lead Actor win, but his second overall. Al, though… yea, that was a career win. He REALLY should’ve won for Godfather Part 2. How on earth Art Carney won over him that year, I have no clue.
@@heymistercarter. I don't recall Denzel winning for Glory.. And Art screamed career win, but I don't mind career wins.. Especially when the actor is so beloved like John Wayne.. it's nice to be acknowledged so late in the game.. And knowing that chance will never come again in their career…
Denzel Washington for Training Day - couldn't even finish watching that film. However Malcolm X saw at least 10 times over the years - one of my favorite films ever.
I'll DIE on this hill. Linda Blair should have won for THE EXORCIST and Tatum O'Neal should have won for LEAD actress. Tatum is in 1h.and 7 minutes of that film. The movie's running time is 1h and 42 minutes. How is THAT a supporting role??
Ian McKellen should absolutely have won for Gods and Monsters. Helen hunt had ZERO chemistry w Jack Nicholson. Why the f wasn't Pam Grier nominated??? Edward Norton should've won something.
@@dannielleburrus6117 You are not in the minority, I thought she deserved that win and I think Brian Rowe is wrong about that particular win, same as Tommy Lee Jones for The Fugitive.
after the will smith slap incident and his subsequent win, I said that the Academy members should have gotten bumper stickers that said "don't blame me I voted for andrew garfield"
I heard before watching EEAAO that Jamie Lee Curtis's Oscar win was undeserved or just a career Oscar, then I watched the movie itself and I couldn't understand that sentiment at all. I loved her in the movie, she was excellent. Her performance was both hilarious and incredibly moving. She absolutely deserved her Oscar.
Did you actually see Wakanda Forever? That movie is a mediocre Marvel movie, not even one of the better Marvel movies. Basset is just fine in it. That does not earn an Oscar.
Robert Mitchums Max Cady in the original Cape Fear,Bette Midler in The Rose, James Cagney in The Roaring Twenties, Frank Sinatra in the Manchurian Candidate, Richard Burton in Becket...so many great performances overlooked
How would you have felt if Gloria Stewart had won Supporting Actress for TITANIC? Yes, I know that movie already won a bajillion Oscars and Stewart doesn't have a ton of screen time, but she is such a memorable part of that movie, and her face and narration are very haunting and a huge part of why it has such emotional resonance. It's also an accomplishment that you really believe her and Kate Winslet are playing the same character, despite them looking and sounding so different.
That's my pick too, she was the heart of the whole movie. She made the character of Old Rose so memorable and deep especially with the good iconic lines she got to say like "a woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets" etc. She probably came close to winning as she tied the Sag award with Kim Basinger plus she was a Hollywood veteran so she did have a lot of goodwill. This would've been a career win that I don't think people would have hated. When people think of the movie, they don't just think of Jack and Rose. They also think of her and her narration and yes she and Kate Winslet were so well cast as their young and old counterparts.
I don't know who she was up against, but she is fantastic. So much personality and charisma, she really sells the entire framing device and makes it believable the whole crew would be enthralled with Rose's story. A lot of her line deliveries stayed with me since I first saw the movie as a kid.
Ya know, the part of me that loves the hilariousness of "career Oscars" kinda wishes that Peter O'Toole would've gotten one for Supergirl. Just for fun! 😄
That was a tough one. I'm not a huge fan of Julia's but she did what she does best in "Erin Brokovich." It was not an embarrassing win. It was just that Ellen Burstyn's performance was so brave and phenomenal. I do agree that she probably should have won, if this award was really based on the best performance.
YES!! I SO AGREE WITH YOU!!! Ted Levine getting absolutely no nominations all award season was baffling. It takes a lot of courage and skills to portray a character so complex and sociopathic, and I think he and Brooke Smith's performances were extremely underrated. I think unfortunately due to the controversy of transphobia in TSOTL surrounding Bill and the stereotyping of LGBTQ+, it was definitely one of the biggest reasons why he wasn't nominated for anything.
Central Station loosing for that melodramatic cringy mess that is Life is Beautiful, and Gwyneth Paltrow winning over Fernanda Montenegro are two of the most heinous crimes of the history of the Oscars.
Re Jamie Lee Curtis, people in the business wanted her to win because she used her star power to promote the little indie film EEAAO on the festival circuit before wide release and was very gracious toward her costars throughout, which folks here in town really notice and appreciate.
13:07 Jaw-dropping. I hadn't realized that. Wow, you are totally right. The first thing I ever saw Ralph Fiennes in was Schindler's List and that performance was so compelling it's literally hard for me not to see Goethe whenever Fiennes is on screen, even now.
@@valmacclinchy Yes. Ralph was quoted as saying he had a hard time sometimes finding anyone to eat lunch with him during the filming. Poor guy! I've met RF and you can't imagine anyone less like Amon Goeth. But at least he and Liam Neeson became close friends out of it. ❤
As someone who is still in High School, life is beautiful was shown in our film class and the whole class fell in love with it, and our teacher even showed us the Oscar clips. I think that Roberto Benigni was very well deserved and that and the movie itself has aged beautifully
It's ironically underrated performance from Pacino in the Sent Of A Woman even though it's his only Oscar win. The character relies on his charm and acting skills
Have to love the irony that he won for a movie called “King Richard” and immediately turned himself into King Richard III… “An Oscar, an Oscar! My kingdom for an Oscar!”
Unpopular opinion, but I don't think Angela Bassett should have won for Black Panther. She does an amazing job and I love her, don't get me wrong, but when you compare that to her performances in other films like What's Love Got to Do With It, I feel like it would've been another case of someone getting a career Oscar rather than one for their best performance.
She deserves better and got an honorary. It’s a bad movie and while she gets to wear cool beautiful clothes and have a few moments, her death is badly written and makes zero sense. Kerrie Condon, JLC or Steph Hsu were all great and I think after the internet pile on fades it’ll be a good win.
Hot take: Roberto Benigni was nominated in a very competitive year, but the film “Life is Beautiful” is spectacular and it’s a performance as well as a film that walked so films like “Jojo Rabbit” could run. The final scene with Guido in the alleyway is an all-time and Brian should revisit the film. It’s heartbreaking. Should it have won over Edward Norton? The jury is still out on that one, but should it have been nominated?! Absolutely.
Again, STRONGLY agree with #10! I was expecting Angela Bassett and would have taken Stephanie Hsu, but Jamie Lee Curtis’ role and performance was NOT strong enough IMO.
Benigni winning over Ian McKellen and Edward Norton was so egregious, it's not like the win did wonders for his career anyway. I never got the hype for John Wayne, guy never really showcased that much range in his career. Personally my favorite Western movie star is war hero turned actor Audie Murphy. It is upsetting that Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole never won Oscars. At least Peter won an honorary Oscar but Richard was treated so dirty by the film industry. Same feeling about that Kim Basinger win, there were better choices like Minnie Driver for Good Will Hunting and Gloria Stuart for Titanic. To me she's more as a pretty faced actress rather than someone with range.
Yes! A shame Burton and O’Toole never won. Both so good in Becket. Would’ve been cool if they tied for an Oscar, like Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand did one year. Sorry can’t remember the year. Esther S.
@@garyschwartz6777 Yeah and I don't mind career Oscar wins as long as the actor finally wins one. Richard and Peter should've gotten that luxury. Richard's last nom was for Equus and many thought he would pull off a consolation win (he did win a Golden Globe) but he lost to another Richard. Richard Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl.
I agree with everyone of these, especially Ralph Fiennes' loss. Here is another one that goes back a bit, but still rankles me to this day: 1975 Supporting Actor, George Burns for The Sunshine Boys over Chris Sarandon for Dog Day Afternoon. Absolutely ridiculous!
Totally agree, especially the snub of Denzel in "Malcolm X." But, the Academy wasn't ready to give the award to an Af-American. His win for "Training Day" was basically "We're-sorry-we-didn't-give-the-Award-for-"Malcolm X." That was a much better performance. And, I also agree that Jim Carrey was overlooked for "The Truman Show." Great film and he was great in it.
Not Life is Beautiful. Yes it's the saccharin sentimental favorite however it hasn't age well at all. I know it's against the law to be critical of Holocaust movies but c'mon.
Let’s have some more respect for Marisa Tomei. She was very memorable and lovable in My Cousin Vinny and she’s a fantastic underrated actress. That win was a feather in her cap that she deserves
While I will concede that Jamie Lee Curtis’ Oscar win is probably more for her career and her riding the coattails of her movie, I would never put her on a Worst Oscar Win of All Time list. There are so many people much more deserving of that spot. It’s true, she doesn’t get to do as much as Stephanie Hsu (who really strides the line between supporting and lead) but she makes the most of what she has in the film. She was truly a supporting actress and I’m glad she finally won the Oscar.
Agreed, I actually love the win. She's such a cool actress and human being plus she's done amazing films. People have to stop acting like she has a bad filmography when it's actually very unique and is made up of various genres. She even shouted that out in her speech and acknowledged all the fans, she never forgot her roots or sold out to do an Oscar bait type movie. The fact that she won for a totally bonkers performance which stayed true to her own film career is very worth noting.
Curtis took that role and made Dierdre an actual person rather than a caricature. She packed a lot into her limited screen time - fighting, crying, deadpan comic delivery. Since she didn't have a lot of scenes, and because of her wardrobe, I remember that I was focused on her when she was on screen. Sure, it was probably a career Oscar, but there have been plenty of career Oscars for far less deserving work.
@@raymondtitano3819 Agree! It was a *SUPPORTING ROLE* and Curtis did a gr8 job. This was the one pick on this list that I don't agree with. The others, absolutely. I'd drop Curtis and throw Sandra Bullock in.
@@raymondtitano3819I completely agree with you. Jamie Lee Curtis was quite fascinating in this role. Her award was not stolen. The performance of Stephanie Hsu was astonishing, she deserved the same as Michelle Yeoh, but it can be only one queen at a time, and she has a great career ahead of her. This movie was so refreshing and its esthetic brilliant, thanks to East Asian's creativity.
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Fernanda Montenegro was robbed! If she had lost to Blanchett I would understand, but to Paltrow, please!
I remember being shocked at how much hype 'As Good as it Gets" received at that Academy Awards. I watched that in the theaters and I thought it was too long, and realized since that it's plot was all over the place!
Julia Roberts should easily be Top 10 for least deserving winner EVER. She is not a great actress to begin with but her winning for a Hallmark Channel level performance in a forgettable movie nobody even watches anymore is ridiculous. Most people now agree that Ellen Burstyn should have easily won for Requiem for a Dream. Requiem remains extremely popular to this day even with younger generations while Erin Brockovich has already been swept into the cinematic dustbin. I'd also throw Reese Witherspoon into the mix. She sucks in Walk the Line and her win, like Roberts' and Paltrow's, screams studio purchase.
Ryan deserved it way more than she did. 2017 was a bizarre year for the Oscar’s. Casey affleck winning only to get publicly disgraced and banned from appearing the next year. The whole best picture fiasco. And it was most notable in Best Actress. Meryl Streep getting nominated for a comedy no one saw, while Amy Adams and Taraji P Henson got totally snubbed
IDK if its just me or Kevin Spacey never deserved Oscar for American Beauty. That year Russell Crowe was larger than life in The Insider and Richard Farnsworth was absolutely stellar in The Straight Story.
Ok my feelings are hurt! Scent of a Woman is one of my all time favorites, and Pacino’s performance is one of my favorites male performances, I even consider it THE BEST
Btw Fernanda Montenegro who was snubbed in 1999 is starring in a movie in 2025 named Vitória, which is based in a real life story of an old woman in Brazil who films corruption in one of Rio’s favelas and risks her life. It’s early to say if it’s gonna be good, but considering it’s Montenegro acting, it’s probably going to be really, really good.
I get that you feel that the other Best Actress nominees in 1998 were better or more deserving, but I disagree that Helen Hunt's performance (or her material) wasn't that good. I was a fan of hers for a long time when the film came out, starting with "Project X". One of my friends would constantly argue with me about the talent of actors, directors, and which films deserved Oscars each year. I kept trying to convince him that Helen Hunt was awesome, but after seeing "Twister" he wasn't having it. It wasn't until a year and a half later that he watched "As Good As It Gets" and finally saw in her what I saw. "You were right, man. She's great!" AGAIG was a wonderful showcase for her, and I think that the antagonism between her and Jack was entirely the point. It isn't until the end that Carol finally decides to give Melvin a chance, so there really shouldn't have been many "nice scenes" between the characters until then. And since I was already a fan of hers, I was VERY pleased that Helen's Oscar win really gave her a career boost, as she then had major roles in FOUR films in the year 2000.
Hi Brian, I’ve been following your videos for quite a while and I usually enjoy them, even when I don’t personally agree with you. I never left you a sort of negative comment before, but this time I felt I had to say something. You said you didn’t like Life is beautiful and that’s fine, that’s your taste, I respect that. However, you’re wrong if you say that no one nowadays still talks or thinks about this movie. I can personally guarantee you that, here in Italy, La vita è bella is still an incredibly beloved and celebrated film and there are a lot of people, around the world, still enjoying it today. Have a good day Brian
My vote: Katharine Hepburn for "Morning Glory" AND "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Neither performance can hold a candle to her work in "Alice Adams" or "The African Queen".
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was a masterpiece from both Spencer and Kate. Kate toned down her performance and was mesmerising...Spencer's final speech was the best performance in film. Sidney Poitier was magnificent.
How Jim Carrey wasn't even nominated for _The Truman Show_ when Benigni won still baffles me 25 years later.
He was great playing Andy Kaufman too.
I think Benigni was good. True enough, Benigni is always Benigni, he just made an epic movie so his benigniness was tightened within that firm context.
But I agree. The Truman Show is my favorite Jim Carrey movie. And I love him in general.
@@pointblack808 Carrey wss great in "The Truman Show".
It's simple. Comedians are the oppressed class of the Oscars
@@Tesla_Death_Ray Robin Williams had just won the year before.
I remember being shocked that Liam Neeson didn't win an Oscar for Schindler's List, but when I heard it went to Tom Hanks for Philadelphia, I thought "Ah okay, that could've gone either way."
The fact that Tommy Lee Jones won for The Fugitive that year over Ralph Fiennes?? That one is more of a shocker.
I think it was because Ralph just got on the scene and they like rewarding veteran actors that haven't won yet.
I think a lot of the controversial Oscar wins were correction Oscar’s, “hey sorry you didn’t get one when you should have so here’s this one”
The "Consolation" or "Belated" Oscar. I'm not saying that _The Departed_ was a bad movie and not worthy of winning Best Director, but Scorsese losing for either Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino was simply criminal.
I remember Russell Crowe getting one for Gladiator, when he should have won for The Insider the previous year
@@fabrislemos Absolutely correct! Director
Michael Mann knows how to pull riveting performances from his actors. Russell Crow for The Insider, Tom Cruise for Collateral, and the entire cast of Heat, all should have gotten Oscars. Michael Mann never winning an Oscar for Best Director is just criminal. Ridley Scott is another director who was unceremoniously snubbed by the Academy.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Raging Bull and Goodfellas, yes, but he didn't deserve it for Casino. I think it should have been Ron Howard for Apollo 13, who bizarrely wasn't nominated.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia He was not nominated for directing Casino.
Al Pacino, John Wayne, and Leonardo DiCaprio got an Oscar just because. They were all so accomplished and the Academy just kept ignoring them.
Yes, unfortunately
Fernando Montenegro should have easily won best actress for central station.
She really left me speechless in this film
Yeah. She was magnificent in that role.
Agreed. If you want to see a man who's never cried before, cry, just show them that movie.
She was only the second-best. Cate Blanchett was the best that year.
@@reinebautistamercado4286 Sorry, babe. Fernanda was the best. And it's not close.
@@pdxtim97209 Well, the awards say otherwise.
I can't believe Gwenyth won over Cate Blanchett.
Thank Harvey Weinstein
@@ZennaDdon’t ever thank Harvey Weinstein.
@@velvetalex4766 he does help Gwenyth won the Oscar.
@@blurdreamerhelped him more than her, who would want to be in bed with that
Those with even half a brain know why she won....
Cate Blanchett should have won for Elizabeth but she has the last laugh. She now has two Oscars and she will continue to work for years to come. You can’t say that about Paltrow.
Right. Paltrow Was the hot thing at the time, so she won. But I like the win
At least Cate doesnt have to sell candles with vagina scent
Who's Paltrow?
Nope. Fernanda Montenegro should have won.
People who think Cate Blanchett should have won never saw "Central Station". And, no, Fernanda didn't get the last laugh. RIP.
Andrew Garfield is so incredibly talented, I could not agree more with you on "Tick, Tick, Boom!"
One of my absolute favorites. I only knew him from Spider-Man and was not that interested, but it was a triumph
@@erinmalone2669 I noticed his acting chops in The Social Network. He's really an amazing actor and should have won for TTB, agreed
Ok i need to go watch Tick Tick Boom right now. I agree with this take so much.
Totally agree. He was incredible in that film and should have won.
You guys should watch hacksaw ridge. It's an Oscar winning performance.
It's funny how people say "I wish more comedic performances won the Oscar", and then paradoxically include on their "worst winners lists" practically every Oscar winner for a comedic role...
Exactly lol.
I was thinking that too! 😂😂😂
I think the only comedic performances that have won at the Oscars and aren't so hated are Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday) and Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy)
@@giovannyespinoza6013 i agree, thou there are people who wanted other nominees to win over the 'old lady winning a career oscar'
@@giovannyespinoza6013 i think marisa tomei also, they hated it at that time but now seems like everyone loves it
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s list is one of the most horrifyingly menacing performances. The way you hate him, laugh at him, the way he plays the character perfectly as someone who is presenting as superior in every way, but between the lines you see he even hates himself. It gives me the creeps, he humanized that deplorable human somehow making you pity and loathe him at the same time.
Ah, that's Ralph specialty. 😊
I’m glad Jamie Lee Curtis has an Oscar but she wasn’t even the Best supporting actress in her movie. Stephanie Tsu and Angela Basset should have been battling each other with Jamie just glad to be there. Never did I think she’d win.
Should of been nominated for Freaky Friday, A Fish Called Wanda, Trading Places, Halloween, and True Lies
@@christiansoto1367 I'm sorry, but she is not very good in Halloween. The climax of that film, she is just screaming uncontrollably, falling over and making some dumb decisions. She was much better in H20 and the recent trilogy because her character had matured and was more intelligent than the generic "final girl".
@jims7383 I would agree but it’s slightly negated by the fact I forgot about her. Not a very memorable performance.
Well they definitley didn't give it to her as a career award or Glenn Close and Annette Bening would have one by now.
Jamie Lee Curtis should not have even been nominated let alone win. The Best Supporting Actress Oscar that year should have gone to Frankie Corio for AFTERSUN. What an amazing performance! AFTERSUN should have received a lot of nominations and more recognition that year.
Angela Bassett should've won for What's Love Got to Do With It 100%!
For a comic movie ?... 😂 naah!...
@@randyb2796a comic movie? Far from it
Yep.
@randyb2796 regardless if you believe the story or not...Angela still did a good job
Exactly! I don't necessarily believe the story as it was portrayed and Ike is dead and can't defend himself. I've also heard not so good about Tina but Angela KILLED that part! Everyone remembers What's love got to do with it but hardly anyone knows the Piano ..which wasn't that great
How in hell did Ralph Fiennes not win the Oscar for Schindler's List?
Because Tommy Lee Jones won for The Fugitive.
As the guy who has not yet seen Schindler's List, I can clearly say that the Fugitive was an excellent movie that wouldn't have worked without Tommy Lee Jones. He's that supporting actor who really is a second lead.
Also, it could have been because they wanted to give that award to someone other than a Spielberg film. His two (two of his best and the most iconic) together won ten Oscars. That could have heavily influenced the ceremony
@@NeoConnor1 You obviously didn't watch the video.
Agreed, Fiennes was robbed. Tommy Lee Jones gave a SNL-Razzie level performance. Kinda cringe even though I love The Fugitive.
Fiennes would have been my top pick, followed by John Malkovich for In the Line of Fire.
AL SHOULD HAVE FUCKIN HAD 3 OSCARS FOR DOG DAY AFTERNOON AND SERPICO AND GODFATHER , his oscar is the definition of "a win for a career not for the acting"
There is only one Pacino! Truly an amazing actor!
@@shadykatie100 one of a kind indeed , i see him on the screen and i get sooo excited he is just so good and his acting is extremely engaging
@@hamssayusuf1430 He is my favorite actor of all time. 😃
I agree, Al should have won for Godfather 1 and 2, but I can understand him not winning for Dog Day Afternoon. He was up against Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
Totally agree. I feel like Serpico is one of his more underrated performances
For 1998, I agree that Edward Norton in AMERICAN HISTORY X is the better performance, but I think you're being too harsh on Roberto Benigni. Whatever you may think of LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, he does a good job combining physical comedy with pathos, being serious when he needs to be, always having an extra scheme up his sleeve. It's a strong tragi-comedic performance.
Agreed. I actually think it’s a superb film on many levels
Oh my Gosh no…. That was one of the most annoying acting performances of all time!
As an italian, he does (did, he almost quit acting, now he does television) the same role in every movie with minimal variations, he is basically just being himself in that movie. I'm not a fan of Life is beautiful and I find that win pretty absurd but I can't be mad about him because of how funny he is in his speeches😂 btw unlike it's said in the video here the movie is still well known and popular, it's that kind of movie that everyone has heard of, that you see at school and your grandma loves
Yes!
It is one of my favourite movies ever! And perhaps it is not talked about in the US, but In Europe, yes!
The Banshees of Inisherin not getting a single Oscar Is one of the worst Oscar snubs ever
Seriously. The film as a whole is incredible. The cinematography was gorgeous, the entire cast gave their best roles if that makes sense.
Absolutely. I was hoping so much for Colin Farrell to win. He was unbelievable in that movie.
I think people just didn't get the film.
Colin Farrell should have won. Barry Keoghan should have won but we were fine with Ke because he was the heart of his film.
Fernanda Montenegro performance in "Central Station" still one of my favs of all time. She should've won.
Julia Roberts over Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream was a crime
Al Pacino should have won for The Godfather, The Godfather II or Serpico.
He Gave a riveting performance in Dog Day Afternoon.
For some reason I always thought he won for Godfather II, and I'm shocked that he didn't win for either film
I'm not even a Pacino fan and I recognize that he's a standout among standouts in those movies. It took Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro to stay on the level he was on
That's like a case for three of the best actors of all time, all giving some of their best work, but one didn't win despite being in both films. Kinda unbelievable
Or all three.
or even Dog Day Afternoon
@@PhantomFilmAustralia My favorite!
You forgot Sandra Bullock in ‘the Blind Side’. Just ridiculous award for that movie.
He said this in other video, this is like part two, 20 worst pick, he mention Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock deserved the Oscar, who do you think deserved it that year? Meryl Streep did more of the same in "Julie and Julia", the scenic force of "Preciosa" was Mo'nique, she swallowed Gaborey in that film, "Education" Carey Mulligan's film was boring and she gave a good performance, but not extraordinary , Helen Mirren had recently won for "The Queen"... don't you think that's an exaggeration of yours about Bullock. She was the best of 2009, whether you like it or not.
@@victorfarias7022You’re ridiculous. Her performance was so mediocre. She was so much better in Gravity. And I love Sandra.
@@victorfarias7022Bullock was better (and more realistic) in Traffic than she was in the wholly manipulative Blindside...
@@victorfarias7022 Hellen M. had recently won. -- So you admit SB was okay in a mediocre movie so she deserved it. Gimme a break.
Not only I hate the fact that Patrow won over Fernanda Montenegro dazzling performance but also Life is Beautiful won against Central Station in Best Foreign Film, an incredible movie
Who the fuck is Patrow ???
@@bingovegas4867 Oh sorry "Paltrow" dude is just a missing l
Any other actress would be better than Gwyneth Paltrow. The fact that "Central Station" lost to "Life is Beautiful" it was sad, but expected because of the theme. What I think is even worse is "Shakespeare in Love" (which is a nice film, but not Oscar worthy of Best Picture) winning over "Saving Private Ryan". That's absurd.
Totally agree! ❤❤
Fernanda agreed! She didn’t “act” happy at all when Gwyneth won. She looked discussed.
Paltrow; no, shouldn’t have won…Blanchett; certainly worthy of a win…but Fernanda Montenegro in Central Station deserved an Oscar the most imho.
Gwyneth Paltrow...WTF was THAT for? Looking back I think that was a horrible decision.
And to make it worse, I'm pretty sure she got cast after hooking up with Weinstein.
Anyone that actually saw "Central Station" voted for Fernanda Montenegro. The problem was most voters didn't.
Happens if you knew Harvey Weinstein back then.Madonna won for Masterpiece over Elton John / Mary J. Blige coz of him.
Fernanda Montenegro should have won for CENTRAL STATION, but Harvey Weinstein....
Bought by Harvey Weinstein.
Judi Dench deserves a BEST ACTRESS trophy. That was so wrong
Got one for Bullets over Broadway, no?
@ralfkohler3671 No only for her 8 minute "apperance" in Shakespeare In Love
@@ralfkohler3671 that was Diane Weiss
Something similar happened to the year before John Wayne's win. Cliff Robertson for Charly, seriously? That year should be O'Toole's win for The Lion in Winter to me.
good example!
Yes, I agree completely! The Lion in Winter is a great movie and O'Toole got robbed.
@@davedavis8786Ditto!
@@davedavis8786he was robbed 3 times
Totally agree with you!
Brazilians have a serious problem with Gwyneth 😂😂😂 Cate Blanchett, ok! We could understand… but Gwyneth… I mean! Fernanda is a legend, comparable to Isabelle Huppert in France, Judy Dench in UK and Meryl in Us
I completely agree with this list. And it's impressive how much Miramax totally cursed the 1999 Oscars. It's an eternal stain on the Academy's history, even more so today knowing all the horrors involving Miramax's owners. A total shame.
Don't blame Miramax, blame the voters.
@@richarddeleon8601 Don't act like Miramax was ever worth defending.
Tom Hanks and Saving Private Ryan were absolutely robbed, the 99 Oscars should be investigated.
Denzel Washington even said recently he was glad Al Pacino won since Denzel already won an Oscar for Glory. He admitted that Al was one of the actors that influenced him, and the fact that was his 8th nomination it was time for Al to get his Oscar.
People saying Denzel was robbed was nonsense
Yea sure that’s fine but we’re looking at stats here
And Al pacino did not deserve it Denzel did but I’m also glad he won cause that would have been a crime to not have al pacino get one Oscar
I believe he deserved the win....spectacular performance....
however Malcolm X is one of my favorite movies ever - andDenzel Washington captured that to its depth.
I love Denzel, he was amazing as Malcolm X but also in many of his many excellent roles!❤
Judy Garland should have won for A Star is Born, I can't count how many Oscars Bette Davis should have won, she was a far better actress than Katherine Hepburn. Angela Bassett for What's Love Got to do With It, Glenn Close The World According to Garp or Fatal Attraction, and Annette Bening The Kids are Alright
The supporting actor should have gone to Schindler’s List. Ralph Fiennes performance is chilling. He plays an outstanding villain in whatever movie he’s in. It’s voice acting or live action. He deserves an award.
Fiennes is one of my fave actors--he can do anything from heavy drama to flat out comedy with seemingly total ease. Of course he's never won and probably won't at this point. A shame.
@@robertkirby4822 RF has won so many acting awards that his exclusion at the Oscars has become a little ridiculous. He's posting the usual phenomenal reviews for his work in "Conclave." Maybe this will be his year.
@@cherylhulting1301 totally agree.
Sometimes the Oscars are like those Rolling Stone Magazine greatest lists: They leave you saying WTF.
I couldn't agree more!
Spot On.
Exactly
If Julianne Moore wins supporting in ‘98, then Rosemund Pike wins in ‘15 for Gone Girl.
No she doesn't. They stopped giving awards like to genre films a long time ago.
@@jurney3478 Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscar for Joker. Everything Everywhere All At Once won seven Oscars.
@@jurney3478EEAAO won best picture last year lol.
I really liked Peter O'Toole as an actor. Even late in life with films like "Troy" and "Ratatouille", he was still at the top of his game. The fact he never won an Oscar despite starring in all time classics like "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Lion in Winter", "The Last Emperor" and "Venus" is a travesty.
I agree..." The Ruling Class" was another upset loss. He was robbed!!
Yup. I think he lost Lawrence of Arabia to Gregory Peck (which I guess is understandable), but for the Lion In Winter? He lost to who again?
@@craven5328 Cliff Robertson, for Charly. You know, the original Uncle Ben.
I know that the critics never liked Man of La Mancha much, but I always adored his performance in that film. To this day, even when I see the show on West End, I still compare the actors to O'Toole's performance
As soon as they cut the audio after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, proving it was not a bit, my first thought was “Does this mean Andrew Garfield wins?!?!?!”
That’s similar to how I was thinking
But it happened like 30 minutes before Smith won so the vote was already in
@@seankoontz4235 I know. I was joking
The voting closed before the ceremony began.
@@seankoontz4235 Yeah, but I think it would be fine for them to disqualify Smith and give the award to the runner-up;
Ralph Fiennes had a seminal performance as Amon Goethe. To this day, when I see Ralph Fiennes in anything, my stomach churns thinking about him as Amon Goethe. Forget Hannibal Lechter, Darth Vader, and other villains. Fienne’s Amon Goethe was the most horrific villain ever, and he was based on a real person which makes it all the more terrifying a performance.
That’s crazy you say that because I’ve never seen Schindler’s List (I will now) but he terrified me so much in The Menu that when I never trust his character in movies he’s in, even when he’s a protagonist like in Grand Budapest Hotel
He is terrifying even when it's not supposed to be, when I saw him I in every movie I see the same expression, the same face. He lacks nuances.
Stephanie Hsu should have won the Oscar for best supporting actress!
Flat out 💯
Right. She gave a stunning performance. What a technique, and grace.
This movie is one of the rare "Hollywood"'s movie I've seen in a long time.
It was positively astounding.
I knew East Asians's creativity wouldn't have disappointed me.
@renacleerican7824 what??? I wish ya'll care this much about black films.
Thank you sooo much for complimenting Marissa Tomei's Oscar win!! It was such a great character and performance, and her courtroom scene at the end had some incredibly difficult dialogue to deliver in one stretch. She nailed it, and deserved the Oscar win.
Exactly. I heard rumors that Tomei didn't actually win, that the wrong name was read out and they just went with it. All I have to say is: if they were able to correct the winner when La-La Land was announced as the Best Picture winner when MOONLIGHT actually won, they would've done the same thing if Tomei was incorrectly announced as the winner. But they didn't do that, so that only means one thing: Tomei was the correct winner, and deservedly so.
Strange, because the author included this win in his "Top 10 Acting Oscar UPSETS of All Time"
I'm confused
She deserved more than Patrow in 99
@@beiraodoaloucura9295 WAY more than Paltrow. I don't even think that's a fair comparison. Paltrow was mediocre at best in Shakespeare in Love.
@@aurelialabiata By "the author", do you mean The Awards Contender? Because he has never included her in a bad list. He mentioned her in this list as a very good and surprising choice for an acting Oscar win.
As much as Paltrow's performance is undeserving, I'm not as mad as most people about her not making the first list. Sandra Bullock is the all-time worst winner in the category, imo. It was a clear popularity win and Gabourey Sidibe was robbed. I also think Fernanda Montenegro should have won in 1999.
I agree.
@@voooldo Seconded!
I honestly wonder how Sandra Bullock even has an acting career let alone an oscar. I don't dislike her or anything, but she should really be in Hallmark movies. Quite how she's managed to become an a-list actor is beyond me. The same goes for Mark Wahlberg. I have no idea how he's made a career as an actor and a highly paid one at that. I've never seen him do a good performance in anything including interviews. He's a charisma vacuum.
Paltrow is a good actress. Go back & watch her in Flesh & Bone 1993.
@@samanthab1923 no one is saying she isn't but her performance in that year wasn't better than the other nominees
Leonardo DiCaprio...Whats Eating Gilbert Grape...one of the finest acting performances in movie history.
It is by far his career best. That's the one he deserved an award for, imo.
Awards aren't given based on talent but based on popularity, how much money is invested in the propaganda for the entire awards season and how gullible they are.
Or how much you did either for or to Weinstein.
I agree so much with the Jaime Lee Curtis role. After watching Everything Everywhere All at Once I was shocked that she won an Oscar for that. Not that she was bad per se, but that's a pretty simple role that most actors would hace portrayed serviceable. Certainly not an awards worthy performance.
Central Station should have won best foreign language film instead of life is beautiful
Julia Roberts over Ellen Burstyn. Roberts played a pretty face with little more than sass underneath masquerading as hidden intelligence. Burstyn played a broken woman who lived in a delusion and just couldn't escape herself.
I’ve argued that the reason Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List) and William H Macy (Fargo) din’t win was because their characters were garbage human beings.
That makes sense to me and then I think about how the great Anthony Hopkins won for playing Dr. Lecter. Maybe the monster has to be over the top to win?
To be fair Hopkins portrayal of Lector was charming in places and kind of likeable where as Ralph Fienes and Macy were completely unlikeable characters which is probably why they didn't win.
@@rocky5000100 You are right. He is a weirdly "likable" monster
I see the point, but that just proves why they _should_ have won; ralph and william are the opposite of garbage human beings yk😅 honestly, same level as heath ledger and joker; heath was the total opposite of a murdering psychotic
That didn't stop Louise Fletcher, Anthony Hopkins or Mo'Nique from winning
Agree with you. Andrew Garfield hit it out of the park in Tick... Tick... Boom !!! Tommy Lee Jones deserved it for JFK, not for The Fugitive, that prize belonged to Ralph Fiennes. That night in 1999 Jim Carrey himself said HE should have been nominated instead of Benigni.
Hell, i would have gone with Val Kilmer for Tombstone, but he wasnt even nominated
@@JohnnyJustice777 Completely agree with you, Johnny, that was a performance for the ages !!! 👍
So many career wins here.. Especially Al Pacino..like Denzel winning for Training Day.. Why?
Denzel’s may not have been a career win. A lot of people forget, he’d won for Supporting Actor for GLORY in 1989. Training Day was his first Lead Actor win, but his second overall.
Al, though… yea, that was a career win. He REALLY should’ve won for Godfather Part 2. How on earth Art Carney won over him that year, I have no clue.
@@heymistercarter. I don't recall Denzel winning for Glory.. And Art screamed career win, but I don't mind career wins.. Especially when the actor is so beloved like John Wayne.. it's nice to be acknowledged so late in the game.. And knowing that chance will never come again in their career…
Denzel rightfully won for training day though
Denzel Washington for Training Day - couldn't even finish watching that film. However Malcolm X saw at least 10 times over the years - one of my favorite films ever.
thought Training Day a totally forgettable movie - Malcolm X great
You are so damn right about Pam Grier just take Helen Hunt out of it entirely
And I say that as someone who loves As Good As It Gets
I'll DIE on this hill.
Linda Blair should have won for THE EXORCIST and Tatum O'Neal should have won for LEAD actress. Tatum is in 1h.and 7 minutes of that film. The movie's running time is 1h and 42 minutes. How is THAT a supporting role??
To be fair, Linda did win a Golden Globe. At age 13.
Ian McKellen should absolutely have won for Gods and Monsters.
Helen hunt had ZERO chemistry w Jack Nicholson.
Why the f wasn't Pam Grier nominated???
Edward Norton should've won something.
For me.... Sandra Bullock winning Best Actress for The Blind Side
That day I stopped believing in the oscars.
On his first list. Top 10, not second 10.
Richard Burton should have won Best Actor for "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" Plain and simple.
A-men! Paul Scofield was excellent in “A Man for All Seasons,” but Burton in “Woolf” was, imho, absolutely brilliant. Plain and simple.
We all know that
The Spy who came in from the cold! He was a master class in that great film ! Check it out .
I liked LA Confidential but I never thought Basinger was that special in it. A number of these are, of course, career wins.
I must be in the minority. I love Basinger in LA Confidential.
@@dannielleburrus6117 You are not in the minority, I thought she deserved that win and I think Brian Rowe is wrong about that particular win, same as Tommy Lee Jones for The Fugitive.
@@dannielleburrus6117 I liked Basinger in LA Confidential but not as Academy award winner for Best Actress.
@@LJ-ht4zs it’s best supporting
She gave a beautiful performance. Yep, even a pretty girl can act.
Julianne Moore not winning for boogie nights is devestating!
And then she wins for Still Alice... a movie that doesn't explore enough, feels stale and just... meh
The actress from gone girl should have won @@frankcarlosanaliza
after the will smith slap incident and his subsequent win, I said that the Academy members should have gotten bumper stickers that said "don't blame me I voted for andrew garfield"
He should have been banned for life
I heard before watching EEAAO that Jamie Lee Curtis's Oscar win was undeserved or just a career Oscar, then I watched the movie itself and I couldn't understand that sentiment at all. I loved her in the movie, she was excellent. Her performance was both hilarious and incredibly moving. She absolutely deserved her Oscar.
Jamie Lee Curtis should have gotten the Honorary Oscar and Angela Bassett should've won the competitive Oscar.
Did you actually see Wakanda Forever? That movie is a mediocre Marvel movie, not even one of the better Marvel movies. Basset is just fine in it. That does not earn an Oscar.
@@dannielleburrus6117For real. She should be glad she got nominated for a Marvel flick.
No jamie nor bassett should had been nominated. Any of the other 3 deserved it.
@@juanjean4826exactly, they were only making a big deal out of Basset s performance just cuz Chadwick died
Robert Mitchums Max Cady in the original Cape Fear,Bette Midler in The Rose, James Cagney in The Roaring Twenties, Frank Sinatra in the Manchurian Candidate, Richard Burton in Becket...so many great performances overlooked
How would you have felt if Gloria Stewart had won Supporting Actress for TITANIC? Yes, I know that movie already won a bajillion Oscars and Stewart doesn't have a ton of screen time, but she is such a memorable part of that movie, and her face and narration are very haunting and a huge part of why it has such emotional resonance. It's also an accomplishment that you really believe her and Kate Winslet are playing the same character, despite them looking and sounding so different.
That's my pick too, she was the heart of the whole movie. She made the character of Old Rose so memorable and deep especially with the good iconic lines she got to say like "a woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets" etc. She probably came close to winning as she tied the Sag award with Kim Basinger plus she was a Hollywood veteran so she did have a lot of goodwill. This would've been a career win that I don't think people would have hated. When people think of the movie, they don't just think of Jack and Rose. They also think of her and her narration and yes she and Kate Winslet were so well cast as their young and old counterparts.
I don't know who she was up against, but she is fantastic. So much personality and charisma, she really sells the entire framing device and makes it believable the whole crew would be enthralled with Rose's story. A lot of her line deliveries stayed with me since I first saw the movie as a kid.
And miachel keaton should have won for birdman
Ya know, the part of me that loves the hilariousness of "career Oscars" kinda wishes that Peter O'Toole would've gotten one for Supergirl. Just for fun! 😄
Ellen Burstyn should have won for Requium instead of Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich.
Ellen Burston also should’ve won for the exorcist rather than Tatum O’Neal a nine-year-old in her first movie.
@@lindamccane4404 also for A Requiem for a dream over Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich.
That was a tough one. I'm not a huge fan of Julia's but she did what she does best in "Erin Brokovich." It was not an embarrassing win. It was just that Ellen Burstyn's performance was so brave and phenomenal. I do agree that she probably should have won, if this award was really based on the best performance.
Ted Levine in SOTL should've been nominated and won for Supporting Actor over Jack Palance in 1992.
🎶🎶"Goodbye Oscars." 🎶🎶
YES!! I SO AGREE WITH YOU!!! Ted Levine getting absolutely no nominations all award season was baffling. It takes a lot of courage and skills to portray a character so complex and sociopathic, and I think he and Brooke Smith's performances were extremely underrated. I think unfortunately due to the controversy of transphobia in TSOTL surrounding Bill and the stereotyping of LGBTQ+, it was definitely one of the biggest reasons why he wasn't nominated for anything.
What is TSOTL?
@@barbaraladouceur6305 the movie "The Silence of the Lambs"
@@lalathefilmie Levine was legit terrifying, amazing performance.
Central Station loosing for that melodramatic cringy mess that is Life is Beautiful, and Gwyneth Paltrow winning over Fernanda Montenegro are two of the most heinous crimes of the history of the Oscars.
Helen Hunt, the worst. And thank you for mentioning Marissa Tomei, who very much deserved the win, but her win got sooooo much crap at the time.
I don't mind his Oscar win, what I think was AWFUL is that he slapped someone in the face.
Re Jamie Lee Curtis, people in the business wanted her to win because she used her star power to promote the little indie film EEAAO on the festival circuit before wide release and was very gracious toward her costars throughout, which folks here in town really notice and appreciate.
Plus her parents. Hollyweird loyalty
So not for acting but her promoting the movie. Best promotion by a supporting actress.
13:07 Jaw-dropping. I hadn't realized that. Wow, you are totally right. The first thing I ever saw Ralph Fiennes in was Schindler's List and that performance was so compelling it's literally hard for me not to see Goethe whenever Fiennes is on screen, even now.
Actual Holocaust survivors on set were absolutely terrified when they saw Ralph, he was so convincing in his portrayal of Amon.
@@valmacclinchy Yes. Ralph was quoted as saying he had a hard time sometimes finding anyone to eat lunch with him during the filming. Poor guy! I've met RF and you can't imagine anyone less like Amon Goeth. But at least he and Liam Neeson became close friends out of it. ❤
Where is Jennifer Lawrence?
Justice for emmanuelle riva in amour
Emmanuelle Riva, and the young actress from Beasts of the Southern Wild were phenomenal that year, and either one of them should have the Oscar.
Totally agree! JL winning is another example of Harvey Weinstein's aggressive Oscar campaigning.
She is brilliant in Silver Linings but I have a bunch of MH diagnoses so I really resonated with her character and think she smashed it
As someone who is still in High School, life is beautiful was shown in our film class and the whole class fell in love with it, and our teacher even showed us the Oscar clips. I think that Roberto Benigni was very well deserved and that and the movie itself has aged beautifully
It's ironically underrated performance from Pacino in the Sent Of A Woman even though it's his only Oscar win. The character relies on his charm and acting skills
That character would not have been memorable if Al didn't play him. He brought so much life to that role.
@@navidhudson7065real
I am still 😡 that Ellen Burstyn lost to Julia Roberts. I was completely broken after watching Requiem for a Dream.
Will Smith, the most embarrassing Oscar win of all time having nothing to do with the movie.
That really was an embarrassing moment of all time at the Academy Awards. There is no coming back from that.
Token
He should have been kicked out after that action , not given an ovation later. Ugh
Have to love the irony that he won for a movie called “King Richard” and immediately turned himself into King Richard III…
“An Oscar, an Oscar! My kingdom for an Oscar!”
@@janerobinson4693totally agree he should have been escorted outside and handed over to the police
Unpopular opinion, but I don't think Angela Bassett should have won for Black Panther. She does an amazing job and I love her, don't get me wrong, but when you compare that to her performances in other films like What's Love Got to Do With It, I feel like it would've been another case of someone getting a career Oscar rather than one for their best performance.
She deserves better and got an honorary. It’s a bad movie and while she gets to wear cool beautiful clothes and have a few moments, her death is badly written and makes zero sense. Kerrie Condon, JLC or Steph Hsu were all great and I think after the internet pile on fades it’ll be a good win.
Apparently people don't think she deserved the win for what's love got to do with it. I'm starting to realize ya'll don't like black women in films.
Hot take: Roberto Benigni was nominated in a very competitive year, but the film “Life is Beautiful” is spectacular and it’s a performance as well as a film that walked so films like “Jojo Rabbit” could run. The final scene with Guido in the alleyway is an all-time and Brian should revisit the film. It’s heartbreaking. Should it have won over Edward Norton? The jury is still out on that one, but should it have been nominated?! Absolutely.
Again, STRONGLY agree with #10! I was expecting Angela Bassett and would have taken Stephanie Hsu, but Jamie Lee Curtis’ role and performance was NOT strong enough IMO.
Benigni winning over Ian McKellen and Edward Norton was so egregious, it's not like the win did wonders for his career anyway. I never got the hype for John Wayne, guy never really showcased that much range in his career. Personally my favorite Western movie star is war hero turned actor Audie Murphy. It is upsetting that Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole never won Oscars. At least Peter won an honorary Oscar but Richard was treated so dirty by the film industry. Same feeling about that Kim Basinger win, there were better choices like Minnie Driver for Good Will Hunting and Gloria Stuart for Titanic. To me she's more as a pretty faced actress rather than someone with range.
What about Julianne Moore for Boogie Nights the year of Good Will Hunting and Titanic?
Yes! A shame Burton and O’Toole never won. Both so good in Becket. Would’ve been cool if they tied for an Oscar, like Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand did one year. Sorry can’t remember the year. Esther S.
@@BFA100 I'm not a fan of Boogie Nights but Julianne Moore wouldn't have been a bad win for sure.
@@garyschwartz6777 Yeah and I don't mind career Oscar wins as long as the actor finally wins one. Richard and Peter should've gotten that luxury. Richard's last nom was for Equus and many thought he would pull off a consolation win (he did win a Golden Globe) but he lost to another Richard. Richard Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl.
@@navidhudson7065 Yes, talk about an undeserved win.
I actually loved Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain. I thought she was funny and original and that the film needed her energy.
I do as well. I had less than zero expectations for Cold Mountain but it’s actually a fantastic film that’s beautifully shot
Agreed
Her character is so charismatic, make thing looks better, and that is the idea, so I think it’s the right performance
I agree with everyone of these, especially Ralph Fiennes' loss. Here is another one that goes back a bit, but still rankles me to this day: 1975 Supporting Actor, George Burns for The Sunshine Boys over Chris Sarandon for Dog Day Afternoon. Absolutely ridiculous!
Totally agree, especially the snub of Denzel in "Malcolm X." But, the Academy wasn't ready to give the award to an Af-American. His win for "Training Day" was basically "We're-sorry-we-didn't-give-the-Award-for-"Malcolm X." That was a much better performance. And, I also agree that Jim Carrey was overlooked for "The Truman Show." Great film and he was great in it.
Yes, Malcolm X was a great movie. Denzel was amazing in that role.
I think a great video you should do is which Foreign Language winners should have on Best Picture instead of the actual winner
Not Life is Beautiful.
Yes it's the saccharin sentimental favorite however it hasn't age well at all.
I know it's against the law to be critical of Holocaust movies but c'mon.
Let’s have some more respect for Marisa Tomei. She was very memorable and lovable in My Cousin Vinny and she’s a fantastic underrated actress. That win was a feather in her cap that she deserves
Did I miss where she was on this list and discredited?
While I will concede that Jamie Lee Curtis’ Oscar win is probably more for her career and her riding the coattails of her movie, I would never put her on a Worst Oscar Win of All Time list. There are so many people much more deserving of that spot. It’s true, she doesn’t get to do as much as Stephanie Hsu (who really strides the line between supporting and lead) but she makes the most of what she has in the film. She was truly a supporting actress and I’m glad she finally won the Oscar.
Agreed, I actually love the win. She's such a cool actress and human being plus she's done amazing films. People have to stop acting like she has a bad filmography when it's actually very unique and is made up of various genres. She even shouted that out in her speech and acknowledged all the fans, she never forgot her roots or sold out to do an Oscar bait type movie. The fact that she won for a totally bonkers performance which stayed true to her own film career is very worth noting.
Curtis took that role and made Dierdre an actual person rather than a caricature. She packed a lot into her limited screen time - fighting, crying, deadpan comic delivery. Since she didn't have a lot of scenes, and because of her wardrobe, I remember that I was focused on her when she was on screen. Sure, it was probably a career Oscar, but there have been plenty of career Oscars for far less deserving work.
@@raymondtitano3819 Agree! It was a *SUPPORTING ROLE* and Curtis did a gr8 job. This was the one pick on this list that I don't agree with. The others, absolutely. I'd drop Curtis and throw Sandra Bullock in.
Nah it was a terrible Oscar win. It was an extended cameo and they have her an Oscar for campaigning her ass off and because of who her parents were
@@raymondtitano3819I completely agree with you.
Jamie Lee Curtis was quite fascinating in this role. Her award was not stolen.
The performance of Stephanie Hsu was astonishing, she deserved the same as Michelle Yeoh, but it can be only one queen at a time, and she has a great career ahead of her.
This movie was so refreshing and its esthetic brilliant, thanks to East Asian's creativity.
Fernanda Montenegro was robbed! If she had lost to Blanchett I would understand, but to Paltrow, please!
Michelle pfeiffer for fabulous baker boys 1989 over Jessica Tandy. She should have won.
I agree
I remember being shocked at how much hype 'As Good as it Gets" received at that Academy Awards. I watched that in the theaters and I thought it was too long, and realized since that it's plot was all over the place!
Julia Roberts should easily be Top 10 for least deserving winner EVER. She is not a great actress to begin with but her winning for a Hallmark Channel level performance in a forgettable movie nobody even watches anymore is ridiculous. Most people now agree that Ellen Burstyn should have easily won for Requiem for a Dream. Requiem remains extremely popular to this day even with younger generations while Erin Brockovich has already been swept into the cinematic dustbin. I'd also throw Reese Witherspoon into the mix. She sucks in Walk the Line and her win, like Roberts' and Paltrow's, screams studio purchase.
Laura Dern for Marriage Story was such a basic performance, how did she win?
Agree
Can you do a video about Marisa Tomei’s win?
I agree. I love Marisa Tomei! My Cousin Vinny is one of my favorite movies.
@@dannielleburrus6117 She deserved that Oscar win!
Emma Stone in La La Land. I hated that movie and her character. She was blah and the fact that she now has 2 Oscars infuriates me.
Ryan deserved it way more than she did.
2017 was a bizarre year for the Oscar’s. Casey affleck winning only to get publicly disgraced and banned from appearing the next year. The whole best picture fiasco. And it was most notable in Best Actress. Meryl Streep getting nominated for a comedy no one saw, while Amy Adams and Taraji P Henson got totally snubbed
Thank you! I feel exactly the same. Hell I think La La Land as a whole was so overrated. I mean look at Damien Chazelle's flop Babylon lol
Isabelle Huppert deserved the Oscar for Elle.
Leonardo not winning for what’s eating Gilbert grape. He convinced everyone he was his literal character. Thats the entire point of acting.
IDK if its just me or Kevin Spacey never deserved Oscar for American Beauty.
That year Russell Crowe was larger than life in The Insider and Richard Farnsworth was absolutely stellar in The Straight Story.
Ok my feelings are hurt! Scent of a Woman is one of my all time favorites, and Pacino’s performance is one of my favorites male performances, I even consider it THE BEST
Just watched it last week and enjoyed it more than ever. Especially the tango and the speech at school.
@@whaaat3632 the Speech at school: Impeccable👏🏻🙌🏻
Btw Fernanda Montenegro who was snubbed in 1999 is starring in a movie in 2025 named Vitória, which is based in a real life story of an old woman in Brazil who films corruption in one of Rio’s favelas and risks her life. It’s early to say if it’s gonna be good, but considering it’s Montenegro acting, it’s probably going to be really, really good.
I get that you feel that the other Best Actress nominees in 1998 were better or more deserving, but I disagree that Helen Hunt's performance (or her material) wasn't that good. I was a fan of hers for a long time when the film came out, starting with "Project X". One of my friends would constantly argue with me about the talent of actors, directors, and which films deserved Oscars each year. I kept trying to convince him that Helen Hunt was awesome, but after seeing "Twister" he wasn't having it. It wasn't until a year and a half later that he watched "As Good As It Gets" and finally saw in her what I saw. "You were right, man. She's great!" AGAIG was a wonderful showcase for her, and I think that the antagonism between her and Jack was entirely the point. It isn't until the end that Carol finally decides to give Melvin a chance, so there really shouldn't have been many "nice scenes" between the characters until then. And since I was already a fan of hers, I was VERY pleased that Helen's Oscar win really gave her a career boost, as she then had major roles in FOUR films in the year 2000.
Judy Dench for Shakespeare in Love was a consolation prize for sure .
Hi Brian, I’ve been following your videos for quite a while and I usually enjoy them, even when I don’t personally agree with you. I never left you a sort of negative comment before, but this time I felt I had to say something. You said you didn’t like Life is beautiful and that’s fine, that’s your taste, I respect that. However, you’re wrong if you say that no one nowadays still talks or thinks about this movie. I can personally guarantee you that, here in Italy, La vita è bella is still an incredibly beloved and celebrated film and there are a lot of people, around the world, still enjoying it today. Have a good day Brian
21:37 Fernanda Montenegro was brilliant. I cant believe she did not win for Central Station.
I think that benedict cumberbach should have won for the power of the dog
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My vote: Katharine Hepburn for "Morning Glory" AND "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Neither performance can hold a candle to her work in "Alice Adams" or "The African Queen".
Agreed!
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was a masterpiece from both Spencer and Kate. Kate toned down her performance and was mesmerising...Spencer's final speech was the best performance in film. Sidney Poitier was magnificent.