Top 10 Shocking Oscar Scandals

These Oscar scandals will shock even the most hardcore cinephiles. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most infamous moments in Academy Awards history. Our countdown includes #PresentAll24 & #PresentAll23, Harvey Weinstein’s “Shakespeare in Love” Campaign, #OscarsSoWhite, and more! Which Oscar scandal shocked you the most? Let us know in the comments.

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[WatchMojo]

Which Oscar scandal shocked you the most? Let us know in the comments.

[JuanRodriguez-hzxt]

Number 1:

Marlon Brando: “Declines Oscar”
Will Smith: “Hold my beer.”

[StriderStryker]

I am still mad about *Shakespeare In Love winning Best Picture* instead of *Saving Private Ryan.*

[ajpat]

Who's here after that Oscar scandal with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face and made profanities at him?

[trinaq]

Ah yes, nobody can ever forget the infamous 2017 "Best Picture" scandal. Major Kudos to "La La Land" producer Jordon Horowitz for managing to diffuse the awkward situation to the best of his ability, and even inviting the "Moonlight" team to take to the stage and accept the award.

[roxy]

Still forever furious over the Saving Private Ryan/Shakespeare in Love drama. Harvey Weinstein Shame on you! Just because his film had more nominations doesn't mean that the movie was better. Sorry Saving Private Ryan should've won Best Picture in 1999. Weinstein's reasoning is just horseshit! In conclusion Saving Private Ryan was ROBBED of the Oscar. 😡😡😡

[acedirt]

We need an oscar for best stunt performances

[GodbodyRoku]

Even after Halle Berry won her award it still has been what.. 20 years since a black woman has won that category. She said the door was opened but it seems like a heavy door to keep open 😐

[yoboinicossman]

What about giving Roman Polanski a standing ovation?

[NekoHibaCosplay]

I remember the scandal about that Mad Max Fury Road costume designer that came on the stage accepting the Best Costume Design award wearing average clothes and a leather jacket with Immortan Joe's insigna on the back instead of some fancy dress.
And she was clearly upset by this, because she didn't wanted to wear anything fancy, she wanted to be herself.

[postmastersgt]

"ACADEMY AWARDS"

Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Animated Short Film
Best Casting 
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Documentary Feature Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Best Film Editing
Best International Feature Film
Best Live Action Short Film
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Production Design
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects

[matthewpaul]

I would've also included The Color Purple being snubbed in every single category

[manuvincent]

Looks like you got one more for the list.

[dominiqueodom]

Oh man that Moonlight Debacle was hilarious when I watched that live with my mom.

[donjuan]

2022 And we have a new winner at number 1 for most shocking moment

[Trah_boat]

Watchmojo: Makes this list.
Will Smith: Hold my beer.

[maiawatson]

Now number 1 will be Will Smith attacking Chris Rock

[davidpumpkinsjr.]

The Moonlight/La-La Land debacle was hardly a scandal. It's not like Warren Beatty intentionally read the wrong name.

They should have mentioned the fact that William Randolph Herst leaned on the Academy to not give the Best Picture Award to Citizen Kane.

[cabe]

The Oscars has been a pandering mess for the last 15 years.

[AndreSonofMogh]

One of the most disturbing things about 2021 Oscars related to Chadwick Boseman losing and that weird ending which I will get to after the disturbing moments related to Chad. Is that on the red carpet one of the reporters who had spent the day talking to members of the academy who vote for the winners the reporter stated during the red carpet that many voters said to him that “Chadwick’s gonna win but i’m voting for Anthony Hopkins” the reporter was told that by many of the Academy Voters! Which lead him to predict that Chadwick could lose the Oscar to Anthony. Which is exactly what happened!

The abrupt ending was due to Joaquin Phoenix going off script. Best actor and best actress segments that year were written to have had the presenter saying specific things about each of the nominees. This took longer then usual then those segments in the past. But Phoenix didn’t want to do that! He mentioned they wanted him to go out there and say something about each and every nominee in that category but he felt it could have been something more generalized! This defiant break from the script meant that the extra added time provided to this new format of speaking about each nominee was drastically shorter. It threw off the timing as well as all the timing provide for the acceptance speech.

So when you take all the time given for the new format disrupted by Joaquin Phoenix’s refusal to follow the script throw in the time set aside for the acceptance speech which Hopkins was not there to give and you have 15-20 minutes you the producer set aside that was done in 2 mins. And thats why the ending was weird they basically finished really early because A. Joaquin Phoenix going off script meant his part was shorter then intended and B. Hopkins not being there meant the time allotted for the Acceptance speech went unused. Leaving them with time but no show left to fill that time.