Films that deserved to be recognized at the Academy Awards
This is a list with films that (in my opinion) deserved to be recognized at the Academy Awards, be it with a nomination or a win in a specific category. Films marked with a * are films that weren't nominated in a specific category, but that in my opinion should have been nominated or won in their respective years.
This is my personal opinion, so if you wish to post a film that you think deserved to be nominated for an Oscar you are free to do it.
Note that the majority of the list consists on films I have already watched. I haven't seen some of the films that won an Academy Award over some that I put on the list, but considering that these films are held in high regard (like "2001: A Space Odyssey") and their status as classics I considered them to be more deserving that those I haven't seen yet like "Oliver!", which took the awards that year.
This is my personal opinion, so if you wish to post a film that you think deserved to be nominated for an Oscar you are free to do it.
Note that the majority of the list consists on films I have already watched. I haven't seen some of the films that won an Academy Award over some that I put on the list, but considering that these films are held in high regard (like "2001: A Space Odyssey") and their status as classics I considered them to be more deserving that those I haven't seen yet like "Oliver!", which took the awards that year.
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- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSoma SantokiMasaki SudaKô ShibasakiIn the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.*Best Picture: Nomination
*Best Original Score: Nomination - DirectorJoaquim Dos SantosKemp PowersJustin K. ThompsonStarsShameik MooreHailee SteinfeldBrian Tyree HenryMiles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.*Best Picture: Nomination
*Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomination
*Best Original Score: Nomination - DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...*Best Picture: Nomination
*Best Director: Nomination
*Best Original Screenplay: Nomination - DirectorGuillermo del ToroMark GustafsonStarsEwan McGregorDavid BradleyGregory MannA father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.*Best Original Song: "Ciao Papa" - Nomination
- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaKeke PalmerBrandon PereaThe residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.*Best Sound: Nomination
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsBrad PittMargot RobbieJean SmartA tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.Best Original Score: Win (Robbed by "All Quiet on the Western Front")
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsAlexander SkarsgårdNicole KidmanClaes BangA young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father's murder.*Best Cinematography: Nomination
*Best Production Design: Nomination
*Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Nomination - DirectorMatt ReevesStarsRobert PattinsonZoë KravitzJeffrey WrightWhen a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, The Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.*Best Original Score: Nomination
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverJake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.*Best Cinematography: Nomination
- DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsTom CruiseJennifer ConnellyMiles TellerAfter thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.*Best Cinematography: Nomination
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHidetoshi NishijimaTôko MiuraReika KirishimaA renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.Best Adapted Screenplay: Win (Robbed by "CODA")
*Best Cinematography: Nomination - DirectorDavid LoweryStarsDev PatelAlicia VikanderJoel EdgertonA fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.*Best Production Design: Nomination
*Best Cinematography: Nomination - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametRebecca FergusonZendayaA noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.Best Picture: Win (Robbed by "CODA")
*Best Director: Nomination - DirectorMichael RiandaJeff RoweStarsAbbi JacobsonDanny McBrideMaya RudolphA quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.Best Animated Feature Film: Win (Robbed by "Encanto")
- DirectorJared BushByron HowardCharise Castro SmithStarsStephanie BeatrizMaría Cecilia BoteroJohn LeguizamoA Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.*Best Original Song: "We Don't Talk About Bruno" - Nomination
- DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsKaho NakamuraRyo NaritaShôta SometaniSuzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.*Best Animated Film: Nomination
- DirectorCharlie KaufmanStarsJesse PlemonsJessie BuckleyToni ColletteFull of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents' secluded farm. Upon arriving, she comes to question everything she thought she knew about him, and herself.*Best Actress: Jessie Buckley - Nomination
*Best Cinematography: Nomination - DirectorTomm MooreRoss StewartStarsHonor KneafseyEva WhittakerSean BeanA young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.Best Animated Feature Film: Win (Robbed by "Soul")
*Best Original Screenplay: Nomination - DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsGeorge ClooneyFelicity JonesDavid OyelowoThis post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.*Best Original Score: Nomination
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDelroy LindoJonathan MajorsClarke PetersFour black veterans battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Viet Nam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.*Best Actor: Delroy Lindo - Nomination
- DirectorLeigh WhannellStarsElisabeth MossOliver Jackson-CohenHarriet DyerWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.*Best Visual Effects: Nomination
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRosa SalazarChristoph WaltzJennifer ConnellyA deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.*Best Visual Effects: Nomination
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsRobert PattinsonWillem DafoeValeriia KaramanTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.*Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe - Nomination
*Best Production Design: Nomination
*Best Sound Editing: Nomination - DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanEmma WatsonFlorence PughJo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.*Best Director: Nomination
*Best Film Editing: Nomination - DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris EvansMark RuffaloAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.*Best Production Design: Nomination
*Best Sound Editing: Nomination
*Best Sound Mixing: Nomination