Why THIS Is The Worst Best Picture Winner In Oscar History

Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences comes together at The Oscars to give out awards to the years best films. Most of the time the top prize of Best Picture goes to the film that stands out above the rest. Best Picture is supposed to not only recognize the cast and crew for their achievements, but also tell the general public which movies they should go see. Though, more than a few times, The Academy hasn't always given The Oscar to the most deserving film. Which in turn leads to some of these Oscar Winners for Best Picture being forgotten before they are able to cement their legacy. Sometimes The Oscars completely misses the mark, and lets a golden opportunity pass them by.

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[Blankford]

Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan is much worse.

[Chris_]

Samuel Jackson wasn’t stunned Green Book won, he was confused because he saw the names of 3 producers before the name of the actual winner.

[waynebroadway]

Crash is the kind of movie you think is crazy deep when you’re 12

[Awww]

Vertigo and 2001: A Space Odyssey weren't even nominated for best picture but they are consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made. This just goes to show that we dont remember films that *win* awards. We remember films that *deserve* awards.

[abhikmoj]

To reaffirm the point of the video - this is the first time I'm learning about 'crash'.

[meatloaf]

In the Green Book's Oscar year (2019), it was expected that Roma would win, not BlackKKKlansman.

[jasonbeneke]

'Saving Private Ryan' (a movie that's been added to the National Film Registry & is widely regarded as the greatest war movie ever) losing Best Picture to 'Shakespeare In Love' will always be the Oscar's biggest embarrassment.

[mihaitha]

"Many academy members [...] admitted they didn't watch 'Brokeback' before voting."

This alone completely invalidates the awards in their entirety. Having watched all the candidates before the vote should be a mandatory prerequisite of any valid vote. Without such a rule being enforced, the vote means absolutely nothing.

[NikoBellic]

Jack's reaction in the beginning is pure gold!

[scottdaniels]

Crash is the reason the phrase "Oscar bait" came into use.

[vivas]

The Oscars are too worried about people reaction to the winners and not enough about films

[TheChrisHype]

The Academy Awards in general are WAY too overhyped.
They exist practically just to make people disagree with them.

[MikeMJPMUNCH]

It's impractical but I think there should be awards ceromonies taking place ten years after a certain year so it can be really measured how a film has impacted pop culture and influenced filmmaking.

[northstarpokeshipper]

“How Green is My Valley” over “Citizen Kane”. Like, do I really need to explain?

[alexman]

Is it strange that, without seeing what film this was in the thumbnail, without even having seen the film itself, I knew what movie you’d be talking about prior to clicking?

[Jack]

Saw the title of this video and was like "gotta be Crash"
That thing was a tv movie at best.

[joeyskunk]

1951 Best Picture "Greatest Show on Earth" over "High Noon"

[BuckarooBanzai]

And I ESPECIALLY agree about animated films getting snubbed! They didn't NEED a 'Best Animated Picture' category, they just needed to acknowledge the power of animation! X (

[Texan]

I think two of the biggest Oscar snubs are these: Liam Nelson in Schindler's List and The Dark Knight not at least being nominated for Best Picture.

[marcen]

People talk about Brokeback Mountain but why does NO ONE talk about Munich or Capote? Those two movies should have voters salivating.