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20 Movies You Forgot Were Nominated For Oscars

Emma Dibdin

March 2, 2018 at 7:29 PM

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Cars (2006)

Click (2006)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

Flashdance (1983)

Gigi (1958)

The Great Gatsby (2013)

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Les Misérables (2012)

Norbit (2007)

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Scent of a Woman (1992)

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Suicide Squad (2016)

The Blind Side (2009)

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Waterworld (1995)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Won: Best Picture; Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly); Best Director (Ron Howard); Best Adapted Screenplay

Also nominated for: Best Actor (Russell Crowe); Best Film Editing; Best Makeup; Best Original Score

This movie won Best Picture! In the same year that the first Lord of the Rings movie was nominated! There are things to like about Ron Howard’s handling of the story of John Nash, a brilliant but mentally fragile mathematician, but the best movie of the year feels like a stretch.

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Some of the unlikely contenders even won.

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