Overlooked at the Oscars: 109 movies not nominated for best picture
The films that weren’t even given a shot at winning best picture.
Here, in no particular order, is Charles Saatchi’s list of the post-1950 films that should have been nominated for a best film Oscar. Tell us your picks below.
North by Northwest
The African Queen
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
Hud
The Manchurian Candidate
The Big Country
Scarface
Vertigo
Kill Bill
Parenthood
Reversal of Fortune
Harold and Maude
Being There
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Lost in America
Minority Report
Jurassic Park
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Heat
Once Upon a Time in America
Seven
The Searchers
Psycho
Rear Window
The Producers
Toy Story
Some Like It Hot
2001: A Space Odyssey
Lolita
The Shining
Touch of Evil
Gran Torino
Beetlejuice
Edward Scissorhands
Raising Arizona
Advise and Consent
Mean Streets
King of Comedy
Reservoir Dogs
Manhattan
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Broadway Danny Rose
Klute
This is Spinal Tap
Princess Bride
Misery
When Harry Met Sally
Sleepless in Seattle
Bad Day at Black Rock
Sweet Smell of Success
An Officer and a Gentleman
Night of the Hunter
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Badlands
Three Kings
Airplane!
Blade Runner
Cool Hand Luke
Diner
True Grit
The Usual Suspects
Alien
Hannibal
American Gangster
The Court Jester
Monster
Clueless
The Odd Couple
Barefoot in the Park
The Young Lions
Winchester ’73
The Man From Laramie
Hombre
The Day of the Jackal
Cape Fear
Serpico
Changeling
East of Eden
Mrs Doubtfire
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Strangers on a Train
A History of Violence
Groundhog Day
The Leopard
Stand by Me
Body Heat
Don’t Look Now
Easy Rider
Rio Bravo
Thelma & Louise
Point Blank
Days of Heaven
Papillon
Presumed Innocent
Run Silent Run Deep
Seven Days in May
Imitation of Life
Miller’s Crossing
Charlie Wilson’s War
The Untouchables
The Asphalt Jungle
Full Metal Jacket
Suddenly, Last Summer
Straw Dogs
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Compulsion
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold