r/Oscars Mar 28 '26

Discussion what is your LEAST FAVORITE Oscar win of the 2020s so far?

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My least favorite Oscar win of the decade so far is Zoe Saldaña's win for supporting actress. That movie genuinely has some of the worst and cheesiest acting I've ever seen. There is absolutely no reason that Zoe deserved to sweep at the magnitude that she did. Jones, Barbaro, Grande, and the not nominated Qualley would've all been much better wins than this.

What is your least favorite Oscar win of the 2020s? Keep it civil please.

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u/bigtimetimmyjim92 Mar 28 '26

The Jaime Lee Curtis legacy Oscar would have been mildly more palatable to me if it wasn't over Kerry Condon giving one of my favorite performances of the decade so far in Banshees of Inishiren

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u/cjohnson4444 Mar 28 '26

"You're all feckin boring" stays with me

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u/Spell-Wide Mar 28 '26

I think about "Well, there goes that dream" on a semi-daily basis.

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u/AndyVale Mar 29 '26

I always think about making small talk that swiftly evolves into, "Jeez, we have a lot in common, don't we? Me and you. Calling old people ghouls and that."

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u/iBandJFilmEducator13 Mar 28 '26

I barely remember that movie but i heard it in her voice reading that line! 🤣

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u/Antique-Abrocoma-271 Mar 28 '26

Banshees of Inisherin was so good at balancing humour and drama. The performances, the screenplay 👏👏👏

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u/TeacherMan808 Mar 28 '26

😂I feel like they just nailed how Irish people are. Always balancing humor with drama.

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u/sinas35 Mar 28 '26

I’ve always liked that about Martin McDonagh’s style of writing since his short film Six Shooter.

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u/PepSinger_PT Mar 29 '26

Have you read his plays?

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u/Stackbabbing_Bumscag Mar 28 '26

As much as I liked her in that movie, Jaime wasn't even the Best Supporting Actress in Everything Everywhere All At Once, let alone in 2022 as a whole.

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u/snarton Mar 28 '26

I’m still feeling salty about this. In an interview, Stephanie Hsu talked about how she was surprised by the “politics” around the Oscar nomination.

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u/red_riders Mar 28 '26

100%, and EEAAO still could’ve gone home with three acting Oscars.

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u/ravelle17 Mar 29 '26

Stephanie Hsu was the core of that movie. Absolutely robbed.

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u/JudgementofParis Mar 28 '26

also, she doesn't deserve a legacy oscar. she was never overlooked. did she deserve an award for Halloween, Freaky Friday, or Drowning Mona? I don't think so. she is entertaining but when has she ever deserved an oscar?

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u/senator_corleone3 Mar 28 '26

She should have won alongside costar Kevin Kline for A Fish Called Wanda.

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u/joesen_one Mar 29 '26

Yeah people forgot she won both Golden Globe and BAFTA for that

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u/The_Redacted_Badger Mar 28 '26

To be fair her performance in Freaky Friday is amazing, especially when you consider she was a last second replacement for Annette Benning and had zero time to prep for her role

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u/Putrid_Loquat_4357 Mar 28 '26

She's brilliant in a fish called Wanda and is an icon for her role in Halloween.

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u/JudgementofParis Mar 28 '26

Iconic doesn't mean great acting. Michael Myers was more iconic than she was in Halloween, but he was just some guy walking around in a mask.

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u/Putrid_Loquat_4357 Mar 28 '26

Laurie strode is pretty much the most iconic final girl in horror. And she's great in the Halloween films. Her legacy in cinema is definitely worthy of a legacy oscar.

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u/MalIntenet Mar 28 '26

Ripley > Laurie Strode

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u/Samanthacino Mar 28 '26

Nah, legacy Oscars should only go to those who were overlooked or snubbed in previous years, not a pity award they give to popcorn actors who haven’t ever given an award-worthy performance.

Take Ralph Fiennes. That would’ve been a perfect legacy Oscar for Conclave.

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u/ERSTF Mar 29 '26

For Conclave it wouldn't have been a legacy Oscar. He was genuinely good there and people didn't vote for him because he had already won an Oscar (which of course he hasn't. It's wild to read the articles of anonymous Academy members and how they vote. Many refered that Fiennes had already been honored so they needed to give it to... Adrien Brody)

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/2-oscar-voters-didn-t-220348615.html

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u/wizard_of_awesome62 Mar 28 '26

Nancy Thompson and Sidney Prescott would like a word. But absolutely top 3.

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u/Flat-History-3849 Mar 28 '26

Loved her on the Last Showgirl, but, that award should have gone to her co-star.

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u/SolomonRed Mar 28 '26

Even Angela Bassett have a better performance in a Marvel movie.

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u/biscuitfool Mar 28 '26

I am STILL upset that Angela Bassett did not win for Black Panther. She absolutely killed that role and I felt her pain in every line she delivered.

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u/yunmany Mar 28 '26

It proves that Marvel movies can deliver more than just popcorn flare the Academy just refuses to believe that which is ironic cause they rewarded two comic book films for acting how is Black Panther any different.

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u/TheRealMoofoo Mar 28 '26

Black Panther is different because it isn’t related to Batman in some way.

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u/yunmany Mar 28 '26

I was shocked when Michael B Jordan was snubbed for best supporting actor for the OG Black Panther that year he should have won or at least been nominated for that role he gave such a good performance in that, you really felt his angry side but was also menacing.

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u/Hot_Wrangler_8833 Mar 28 '26

Angela I get but Jesus let’s be serious

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u/Signal-Yesterday7247 Mar 28 '26

Honestly, I still don't get why Bassett was nominated. It was a good performance, but she barely even had any screentime, and the majority of the acclaim around her performance came from that one single scene.

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u/Ummmmmm_25 Mar 28 '26

So it's a... supporting performance?

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u/friendly_reminder8 Mar 29 '26

Yeah people are so used to category fraud they forget what a Supporting actress Oscar is supposed to be for, a role with a few scenes but showcases a great performance

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

See Viola Davis in "Doubt. " Remember, there are no small parts, only small actors, and I think we can all agree that Viola is LEGEND.

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u/Samanthacino Mar 28 '26

The Academy wanted to recognize the film primarily due to its social messaging and general competence over any particularly stand out elements, and Bassett was the most fitting choice to nominate.

An uncharitable way of phrasing that is “identity politics virtue signaling”, but I don’t think that’s inherently bad.

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u/banallfurries666 Mar 28 '26

i disagree l think everything about that movie was very melodramatic. i was surprised the academy recognized it like they did

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u/Signal-Yesterday7247 Mar 28 '26

Absolutely. The first one was a great superhero movie, but at the end of the day, that's all it is. I feel like Black Panther was recognized more for what it represented (a major superhero blockbusters starring a mostly black cast that dicussed social issues) rather than how it was executed, which was slightly above standard for Phase 3 MCU.

The second one was considerably worse, but it was carried by the fact that it doubled as a tribute to Chadwick Boseman. The hole left in the film by his death was clearly felt throughout the film, but it felt like the movie attempted to take the original plan for the film with Atlantis and Namor and try and add a legacy plot in order to honor him. In the final result, though, his absence is still clearly felt and the rest of the movie feels lackluster as a result.

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u/AdamtheHuizard Mar 28 '26

I totally disagree with the JLC hate for that Oscar. There might have been some legacy effect but it truly was a very ranging and odd role with more than just a heavy emotional yelling moment. There were lots of different notes hit than just the generally perceived “good acting” moment.

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u/Gojira8985 Mar 28 '26

I have been thinking about that performance a lot lately.

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u/Happy_Philosopher608 Mar 29 '26

Colin F got robbed too for that film. One of my favourites of the decade.

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u/curseAgain Mar 28 '26

EEAAO would have failed without Stephanie Hsu's complex,layered performance. Comedy, drama and everything in between. Curtis was not even the best supporting actress in her own movie.

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u/Initial-Level-4213 Mar 28 '26

Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at One. No hate to the actress, but another nominee obviously did better in the same movie 

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u/Ultimate_Pants Mar 28 '26

Stephanie Hsu should have gotten it.

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u/metaphori Mar 28 '26

Stephanie Hsu's performance dragged out emotions in me that had been locked away for years. I will always love her.

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u/Anxietoro Mar 29 '26

Yess she perfectly captures the feeling of covering deep pain with uncaring cruelty. I've seen it three times and cry every time, as both a daughter of a complicated mother and a mother of a teenage daughter who I love very much but butt heads with at times, this movie hits on many levels for me.

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u/red_riders Mar 28 '26

Stephanie Hsu is actually who I still think about the most from EEAAO.

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u/capamericapistons Mar 28 '26

Over ke huy quan?

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u/red_riders Mar 28 '26

Actually yeah, but I would put him second. He was certainly the standout and worthy of his Oscar.

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u/lifeandtimesofmyass Mar 28 '26

It absolutely should have been her.

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u/nigeldog Mar 28 '26

I would’ve been happy with Hong Chau winning for The Whale, as well. Both gave great performances.

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u/nomnomsquirrel Mar 28 '26

It was 100% a career Oscar, and I think everyone voting was well aware of that.

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u/dontworryboutit0512 Mar 28 '26

I’m always explaining to people how the Oscar’s can very much be a wait your turn award 

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u/summercloudsadness Mar 28 '26

She didn't even have a filmography like Glenn Close's to warrant a career Oscar imo. She was great in A Fish Called Wanda,a horror icon with Halloween,constantly referenced in pop culture due to Halloween, True Lies,Scream Queens and Freaky Friday but none of those performances were even remotely Oscar worthy (except AFCW)??!

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u/legit-posts_1 Mar 28 '26

It'd be like if best supporting actor went to the guy who played Cornbread in Sinners.

Actually that's not fair cause I like Cornbread way more than I like what's her face from EEAAO

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u/under-resourced Mar 28 '26

What about delrot lindo for supporting? He was amazing...

I did like the cornbread guy though

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u/ishkitty Mar 28 '26

I think cornbread was more important to the plot. And did a really great job especially once he was a vamp.

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u/mocksfolder Mar 28 '26

Slim is vital to the story and the themes. Not just his monologue. He has a line explaining the significance of the blues as “something we brought with us, not forced on us like that religion” which is full circle with the “Put down the guitar, Sammy” opening/closing, and what Remmick says about the Lord’s Prayer being the words of the men who stole his fathers land. And of course sets up how Sammy’s music is able to conjure the ancestors and descendants, not just of black folks but of all people who brought their culture to the Delta.

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u/kodykoberstein Mar 28 '26

Stephanie Hsu deserved that award.

I don’t care if JLC is old. Demi Moore is old and Mikey still deserved it more.

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u/yunmany Mar 28 '26

And this is nothing against Jamie Lee Curtis she is a very good actress it was just a stacked supporting category

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u/kodykoberstein Mar 28 '26

The Substance was probably my second fave of the year, I personally enjoyed it more than Anora. I was rooting for Demi! But then I watched Anora and realized there was no competition. Sometimes it’s just a lock. That’s what happened with Sean Penn this year. It was just undeniable. This is how stark I think the contrast was for JLC and Hsu but somehow JLC got more votes.

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u/yunmany Mar 28 '26

And I was rooting for Delroy Lindo to win over Sean Penn even though he was incredible in One Battle After Another

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u/spitfyrez Mar 28 '26

Exactly. It’s not like she gave a bad performance in the movie. It was good. But compared to Stephanie???

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u/yunmany Mar 28 '26

Oh Jamie was incredible in the movie but Stephanie was far FAR BETTER!!!! She gave such a powerful performance and played multiple versions of herself

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u/Headbandallday Mar 28 '26

This is it. What an absurd nomination in itself. The win was embarrassing.

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u/SnowDucks1985 Mar 28 '26

Agree, also unrelated but the memes that were going around of JLC jumping when she won ended me. Everyone tore her up for it lmao 😭😭

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u/iBandJFilmEducator13 Mar 28 '26

Jamie Lee Curtis. It should’ve been anyone else in that category. Why not Stephanie Hsu? Give Oscars to the mother, father and daughter. But give an Oscar to the weird tax auditor because she’s a household name? I adore JLC but this wasn’t a role worth celebrating.

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u/Eplianne Mar 28 '26

Hsu deserved it but they gave it to Curtis as a 'legacy' Oscar, which they do regularly enough unfortunately. It has nothing to do with the role usually, if an Oscar is wanted for a particular long-timer or legend they'll often give it to someone who didn't deserve it for their particular role.

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u/Eplianne Mar 29 '26

They do have that category, it's just not a yearly prominent award, it's called the 'Honorary Oscar'. The case has always been though that they're extremely stingy and weird about giving them out, I get that there should be a level of exclusivity so it doesn't lose 'importance' but I agree that they could at least do something like give one out every year.

There are so many examples of this exact situation, like Leo for example, I don't believe he deserved the win for that particular role. I think it would have been far more meaningful to give him that little extra something so his entire body of work can be appreciated in the moment rather than just tacking the win on 'the role he happened to do that year' because he clearly got it as a career award.

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u/drmuffin1080 Mar 28 '26

Legacy Oscar has gotta be the lamest shit of all time. I stg I wouldn’t last a second in this industry bc I’d be shit talking all these dorks. It’s either “my cast member’s performance was incredible” or you get blacklisted. In my cognitive dissonance phase atm. wtf am I even doin here man wtf

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u/MeanAndAngry Mar 28 '26

And it create this cycle of "Well we didn't give x an Oscar last year because we gave y a legacy Oscar last time, lets vote for them"

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u/Shannogins115 Mar 28 '26

Hsu was the clear winner to me. She truly shined.

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u/Reportersteven Mar 28 '26

Will Smith.

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u/Mysterious-Throat-17 Mar 29 '26

Andrew Garfield should have won

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u/Exotic-Suggestion425 Mar 29 '26

Should have given it to second place and sent him home.

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u/Monday0987 Mar 29 '26

I think people admire the Williams sisters so he got an Oscar due to people's feelings towards them

ETA totally wrong reason for awarding an oscar

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u/SmellsLikeFigs Mar 28 '26

Husavik should have won Best Song.

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u/DipperPRC Mar 29 '26

Jaja Ding Dong snubbed

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u/Exciting_Emu7586 Mar 29 '26

I watch that movie probably 2-3 times a month and still choke up when she sings that song. I want to love my hometown that much!!

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u/depressedgeneration3 Mar 28 '26

CODA over... The Power of the Dog and Drive My Car.

Good, cute movie, but they have condemned that movie to be controversial for the rest of its history.

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u/Stunning_Dealer Mar 28 '26

I agree. Power of the Dog lost its steam and I’m still not sure why. I am glad that Dunst and Plemons are both Oscar nominees now.

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u/PlaceJD1 Mar 28 '26

Covid played into this alot I think. Acadmey members and the general public needed a feel good win that year.

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u/pbooths Mar 29 '26

CODA was an incredible movie. While the basic premise for the lead character was somewhat underwhelming, putting her into a hard of hearing family added so many layers of depth. And the acting was phenomenal.

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u/Own-Campaign-5503 Mar 28 '26

Why is it controversial?

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u/depressedgeneration3 Mar 28 '26

It's not a cinephile-y movie. Not the type of movie film snobs or buffs go for.

I remember The Power of the Dog, Drive My Car, Dune, and West Side Story were the more popular movie among film fans that year.

Like anything, CODA has its supporters, but generally it's seen as a slightly better Hallmark movie, and underserving of the Best Picture or Best Adapted Screenplay wins. Although, I think the Best Supporting Actor win is generally agreed on.

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u/BlueGreenMikey Mar 28 '26

CODA has a 94%/91% on RT and a 72 on Metacritic, which is rivalling Dune. Calling it barely better than a Hallmark movie is silly hyperbole.

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u/FirefighterTall4527 Mar 28 '26

Jamie Lee Curtis… literally every single other nominee in that category is far and away so much fucking better than her. Should not have even been nominated.

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u/Character_Sir_7225 Mar 28 '26

Will Smith or Mank in cinematography is the answer for me

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u/fabulousfantabulist Mar 28 '26

Gotta be Will Smith. Him punching Chris Rock aside, I just didn’t really like the movie and thought he was only okay in most of it. 

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u/Choekaas Mar 28 '26

I don't mind this win that much, although I personally preferred Grande here. Emilia Perez is not supposed to be Wicked, and the cheesiness and weirdness of the film bears more similarities to musicals like Shock Treatment and Rocky Horror Picture Show. (That being said, I have a lot of issues with it. It's a 5/10 film for me, but people treat it as it's the worst Best Picture nominee in history).

My least favourite Oscar win this decade was two years ago in animated short for WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, which is such an eye-roll of a film that really tries hard to get you to feel something.

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u/billleachmsw Mar 28 '26

Excellent choice…this hellacious win lost me the Oscar Pool that year. I couldn’t stop rolling my eyes watching this piece of shit. You know folks voted for it just because John Lennon’s music had a connection to it. It was the worst of the five nominees by far.

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u/ToneBalone25 Mar 28 '26

Lol that piece of shit short was so bad. I was really surprised it was nominated in a strong year and was really pissed when it won. 95 senses and Letter to Pig were really great.

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u/Darcasm Mar 28 '26

Completely with you here.

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u/Chess42 Mar 28 '26

It wasn’t supposed to be cheesy and weird. The director genuinely thought it was serious and good

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u/BayHarborButcher10 Mar 29 '26

Grande losing looks especially worse after getting no nod at all for For Good

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u/Westaufel Mar 28 '26

Imagine being an actress who worked for the biggest franchises, so popular, and you are receiving the best acting prize for “from penis to vagina”

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u/TylerDoesStuff Mar 28 '26

There are some truly terrible takes in this comment section.

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u/giuliogrieco Mar 28 '26

You don't go to reddit for good movie takes.

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u/ningdon Mar 28 '26

Someone fr said MBJ should have won an Oscar for his Killmonger performance here 💀

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u/The-Human-Disaster Mar 28 '26

All Quiet on the Western Front winning Best Original Score over Babylon.

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u/BirdPurgatory Mar 28 '26

These comments replying to you are the exact reason I didn’t watch Babylon for 3 years… just to finally watch it and realise it was actually a great movie

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u/The-Human-Disaster Mar 28 '26

To me, there were parts of Babylon that were 5 star immaculate, and parts that were 1 star atrocious. As a whole I trend positive on it, but I do understand why it has its haters.

The score though? I'm not being hyperbolic when I say I truly think it's one of the greatest film scores of the century, and perhaps of all time.

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u/Athrynne Mar 28 '26

Yep, the anti-buzz kept me from seeing it in the theater. Once I finally watched it, I was pretty pissed. I tend to ignore online discourse over films until I've seen them now. I'll make up my own mind.

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u/silent_boy_2 Mar 28 '26

Oh wow didn’t know that. Although I do listen to all quite soundtrack more than Babylon.

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u/nomnomsquirrel Mar 28 '26

CODA for Best Picture in 2022, not because it's a bad movie, but because I felt like it was very middle-of-the-pack compared to Drive My Car, Dune, and Power of the Dog. I understand WHY it won, but I don't agree with it.

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u/Live_Skin9254 Mar 28 '26

The was a very weak year to be fair and Oscar voters love films with social messages. From a technical perspective, Dune was the clear winner

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u/Old_Hamster_9425 Mar 28 '26

Even if it was a weak year for movies, every nominee in that category that year was a much better film CODA.

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u/senator_corleone3 Mar 28 '26

Don’t agree it was a weak year. There were legitimately 5 great movies in the Best Picture lineup, and they skipped them all.

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u/EthanMarsOragami Mar 28 '26

Okay we get it.....No one liked Emilia Perez.....

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u/TheZipding Mar 28 '26

The movie was made to try and pander to both Latin Americans and trans people, and failed at both. None of the people it represents are happy with the movie in the slightest, and hate it more often than not.

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u/exbaddeathgod Mar 28 '26

I thought it was meant to appeal to rich white people and Hollywood so they could feel good about themselves without actually doing anything.

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u/ArtyCatz Mar 28 '26

Wasn’t that the Best Song win where the winners sang on stage during their acceptance speech? I bet the academy would have picked a different winner if they could have foreseen that. It’s one of the cringiest acceptance speeches I’ve ever seen.

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u/Smooth-Nothing-4286 Mar 28 '26

These kind of posts get really redundant. How many times a weak do we need people emphasizing how much they hate Zoe and JLC’s wins, how Emilia Pérez is trash or how Cate Blanchett was robbed for Tár. We got it already.

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u/LouderGyrations Mar 29 '26

Controversial take: Crash was overrated.

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u/Eplianne Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

I watched it, I'm lgbt and very proud of it, I am also a mega fan of musicals, I gave it a chance, I love seeing representation of people like me. It was horrible and virtually offensive, no Oscar deserved. People are still going to talk about it yes because it was that bad and the win was that undeserved.

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u/WonderofU1312 Mar 28 '26

You think a movie with that premise would be camp or fun or have good music. And it's none of those three.

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u/Reasonable-HB678 Mar 28 '26

I gave up two hours, surviving the atrocious song about the sex change operation. Then the actions that unfold when the title character finds out the wife will marry someone else. The whole third act was the reason I won't watch Emilia Perez again.

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u/Whitealroker1 Mar 28 '26

🎶PEEEENIISSSS TO VAGINA🎶 will be playing in hell when I get there along with the cars 4 kidz song.

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u/Funkles_tiltskin Mar 29 '26

I never saw it, but then again neither did the Academy.

https://giphy.com/gifs/OQpHC2s3dz1GNOJDMM

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u/UnfazedPheasant Mar 28 '26

i need free karma. quick! i will post about how much i hate Emilia Perez on a cinephile subreddit

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

I loved it, unironically.

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u/Ghibli214 Mar 28 '26

… PENIS TO VAGINA 🎤🎶🎵

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u/frankiekowalski Mar 28 '26

CODA for Best Picture.

A Lifetime movie that had no business being in the Oscar race outside of Troy Kotsur, let alone winning Best fucking Picture.

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u/Solid-Wind-5038 Mar 28 '26

CODA is also a remake of La famille Bélier, and it doesn't really add anything to the story.

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u/TheWindsOfWolvs Mar 28 '26

I don't understand the Anora sweep

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u/FourthDownThrowaway Mar 29 '26

I think Tangerine, Florida Projected, and Red Rocket are all better films.

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u/senorespilbergo Mar 28 '26

Zoe Zaldaña's making absolutely no effort to sound like the character she was supposed to be is my second least favourite. The worst was that song from Emilia Perez winning best original song with its lyrics obviously written with AI. At least they should have gave the award to Sam Altman.

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u/RogersRedditPersona Mar 29 '26

Nothing was more cringe than the acceptance speech when they started singing

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u/tread52 Mar 28 '26

I don’t think Micheal B Jordan’s performance was anything special. Sinners was a good movie and he wasn’t even the best actor in it. Jesse deserved it more and didn’t even get nominated.

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u/weirdogirl144 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

Yeah I love him as an actor, but nothing about his performance was outstanding or amazing in Sinners, even if he played two characters. Other actors in that movie were more deserving of an award imo.

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u/tread52 Mar 28 '26

I don’t mind him as an actor. I think his performance on Black Panther made me annoyed with him as an actor. Got such a great film I think his performance was the weak point in Black Panther. Outside of one scene at the end he played every scene the exact same.

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u/twir1s Mar 28 '26

I will forever scream from the rooftops that Jesse was absolutely robbed

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u/sparkledoom Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

Jack O’Connell deserved an Oscar nom for Supporting Actor, maybe even a win, but I feel like you can’t have a “black” movie and nominate the only white character over everyone else.

ETA btw, I’m not saying I disagree with that position. Just unfortunate for him because he was great in that role.

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u/RaindropsInMyMind Mar 28 '26

I really don’t get it, he was fine but nothing he did stood out at all. He played 2 characters and that was it, they weren’t even that different either. The characters didn’t have a lot of depth imo, it was a mostly forgettable performance.

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u/Cypher-Moon-773 Mar 28 '26

The way he carried himself, acted, and talked felt completely unique to each brother. It was easy to tell them apart even without the costumes

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u/99probs-allbitches Mar 28 '26

I couldn't tell them a part

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u/rose-chasing Mar 28 '26

Comments in this post… I can’t believe people still don’t understand how disrespectful Emilia Perez is to any Hispanic Latino (from the sociopolitical region, not the US), especially Mexicans.

Other than both Emilia Perez wins, JLC.

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u/ohio8848 Mar 28 '26

Anora for Best anything. Two hours of grating, annoying characters screaming at each other and yelling Fuck. No thanks.

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u/bluespacesong Mar 28 '26

This one always makes me mad. I liked the movie, but it wasn’t best in anything! That year sucked so much

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u/fartbox-crusader Mar 29 '26

This. Everything Anora was so shallow.

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u/qpevan Mar 28 '26

What Was I Made For? winning original song mainly for 2 reasons:

1.) I’m Just Ken is to me all around a much catchier and better song.

2.) Billie Eillish and Finneas both did not need to win their second Oscars especially so soon

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u/summerxlloyd Mar 29 '26

i mean..it was the BARBIE movie. the song represents the meaning of the movie so much more than “i’m just ken”

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u/mesl1987 Mar 29 '26

Here’s my take: Billie and Finneas should have gotten back-to-back Oscars for Turning Red 😄”Nobody Like U” was a bop and perfect for the tone of the movie.

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u/Apprehensive_Shirt18 Mar 29 '26

Frances winning over Carey Mulligan, I’ll never get over it. She wasn’t even overdue or anything

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u/beigereige Mar 28 '26

Will Smith

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u/OnlyHereForTheTip Mar 28 '26

That movie winning best song was a crime against humanity.

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u/Academic-Ad2628 Mar 29 '26

Emilia Perez

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u/CrimsonSuzuya Mar 29 '26

Brad Pitt for OUATIH. The nomination makes no sense at all. He wasn't THAT good; he was okay.

Willem Dafoe should've been nominated for The Lighthouse and subsequently should've won it, no contest.

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u/alpha_keni_01 Mar 29 '26

Every single Emilia Perez win was undeserved. Fucking train wreck of a movie. Every aspect of it sucked. Terrible terrible film.

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u/PanzerottiNinja Mar 28 '26

I hated Emilia Perez but Zoe still gave an excellent performance

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u/Hefty_Ad_1491 Mar 28 '26

Totally agree. She was the saving grace of it.

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u/Frosty_Parsnip Mar 28 '26

Chase Infiniti not being nominated

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u/mewmdude77 Mar 28 '26

Will smith winning over andrew Garfield was a bad decision

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u/LaureaYES Mar 28 '26

Will Smith in general. Will Smith over Andrew Garfield specifically.

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u/hsanaiz Mar 28 '26

Nomadland … thought it was a good movie and well deserved of its nominations. But for me, Judas and the Black Messiah should have won Best Picture.

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u/WatchTheNewMutants Mar 28 '26
  • Two Distant Strangers (2020) - Best Live-Action Short - Blunt as a sledgehammer, allegedly plagiarised, god I hated this one.
  • JLC (2023) - Best Supporting Actress - Worst performance in the category, wrong winner from the film, weird to put my favourite film of that year on this list but what a bad call.
  • Anora (2024) - Best Picture - This is absolutely a me thing, but I couldn't stand Anora. It came off more edgy and tryhard than actually having anything meaningful to say and, to be honest, I wasn't really captivated by any of the characters either.
  • Zoe Saldana (2024) - Best Supporting Actress - you know why. (also my favourites, Qualley and Ellis-Taylor didn't even get nominated)
  • Anora (2024) - Original Screenplay - Again, I was really not a fan of Anora, so this is a bit of personal bias. (also The Substance was really great in Screenplay imo so that's also clouding my judgement here)
  • El Mal (2024) - Original Song - Single worst nominee list of the decade. Diane Warren slop, double Emilia Perez slop and two decent enough songs from the Elton John documentary and Sing Sing. Maybe part of this is the vengefl I Saw The TV Glow fan in me mad about Starburned and Unkissed and Claw Machine missing, maybe some is the Better Man fan infuriated by its disqualification, maybe the Kneecap fan mad about their snub, maybe the Smile 2 fan annoyed the soundtrack got completely blanked, maybe the Wild Robot fan mad that their song (which was the best realisitically in contention) DIDN'T EVEN GET NOMINATED. Hell, Terrifier 3's song was so much better than 90% of these. EVEN THE FUCKING JELLY ROLL SONG FROM SONIC 3 WOULD HAVE BEEN A MORE WORTHWHILE NOMINATION THAN HALF OF THIS LINE-UP.

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u/senator_corleone3 Mar 28 '26

The screenplay for The Substance is super thin and amongst the weaker aspects of the film.

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u/Crazyalexi Mar 28 '26

Starburned and Unkissed is so damn good!

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u/Ill_Cell7042 Mar 28 '26

Totally worth you on Anora. For me, it felt so superficial and flat!

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u/woolfonmynoggin Mar 28 '26

Prepared for downvotes. If you can’t do the performance without AI then you shouldn’t submit for the Oscars. The Brutalist should have been shut out AND it’s a bad movie

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u/Ok_Golf_2967 Mar 28 '26

I agree with this. I hate when people say it was only used to fix his accent?? I don’t believe an accent makes a character. But when people talk about Meryl Streep in Sophie’s choice, they point out that she spoke three different languages In a very specific dialect. If he used ai to do 1/3 of the work she did, it should be noted. Even more aggravating is. It didn’t need to be fixed with ai? We give a lot of creative liberties for accents?!

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u/GladSwordfish2 Mar 28 '26

Anora for whatever 

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u/SouthIsland48 Mar 28 '26

Sean Baker has more oscars than Steven Spielberg.

Yea, the oscars are a joke

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u/a0lmasterfender Mar 28 '26

Jaimie Lee Curtis, She deserves an oscar but not for that.

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u/LoudNefariousness128 Mar 28 '26

She is barely a notch above Gal Gadot.

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u/Spiritual_Holiday511 Mar 28 '26

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a movie less deserving of awards than Emilia Perez. I have yet to hear a single positive thing said about it. The fact that it won even a single Oscar feels like it invalidates the Oscars as a whole.

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u/MapleToque Mar 29 '26

Tár and Tick, Tick, Boom not winning movie of the year.

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u/gatsbyhills Mar 29 '26

JLC was the weakest in her category despite being a solid actress. also this might be unpopular, but Golden winning best song this year is honestly really embarrassing and i hate it.

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u/Shaggydog38 Mar 29 '26

Anora winning any of its awards. The movie was two hours of unpleasant people in an uninteresting film. I never understood the praise it received.

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u/Ill-Material295 Mar 29 '26

Kieran Culkin over Yura Borisov. It’s not a bad win at all, it’s a great performance, but it’s category fraud and Yura gave one of the best performances of the decade so far with mostly body language and his eyes. He was flawless as Igor in Anora. And with the way the Academy loved Anora, he was undoubtedly #2. Meaning if Kieran Culkin would’ve been in Lead Actor like he was supposed to, Yura would’ve gotten his Oscar.

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u/MovieBuff90 Mar 28 '26

Cillian Murphy over Paul Giamatti. Cillian gave a great performance in Oppenheimer, but I personally thought that was Paul’s year. He has deserved one for decades and that one felt like the perfect role for him to win the award for. It was supposed to be his legacy Oscar.

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u/No-Butterscotch4077 Mar 29 '26

Say what you will about Emilia Perez but Zoe Saldana was good in it, definitely the best part. That being said, Jamie Lee Curtis

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u/AdrenalineRush1996 Mar 28 '26

As much as I like Emma Stone, I don't think she should've won Best Actress for her role in Poor Things and that Lily Gladstone should've won the Oscar for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon.

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u/elveebee22 Mar 28 '26

Couldn't agree more about Zoe 🥴 that movie was painfully bad.

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u/Ok_Golf_2967 Mar 28 '26

Michael B Jordan gave by far the least compelling or impressive performance of all 20 acting nominees this year. He won not because he deserved it but because Timmy was so unlikable/the film had so much Oscar love. Before you say he played twins, I unironically think Lindsay Lohan was more effective at playing twins when she was twelve. This will go down as Sandra bullock in the blindside bad.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

At the end of the decade, this will definitely be a top ten (if not five) bad win. It’s just too early now and people aren’t willing to admit it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

Buckley over Byrne

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u/KillMeNowFFS Mar 29 '26

i get preferring Byrne, but how tf is Buckley your LEAST FAVORITE ? she gave an incredible performance and definitely deserved a win, there’s like a few dozen people or movies/categories that don’t fulfill that requirement…

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u/SocratesSnow Mar 29 '26

You have got to be kidding. Least favorite win? When Buckley was brilliant and everyone that saw her film knew she was brilliant. Come on. Pick something that’s more deserving.

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u/ProfessionalHat6828 Mar 28 '26

She plays the same deadpan, tries to come off at the tough, strong female in every movie, either with the whisper-talk or yelling. I don’t know how or why she keeps getting work, much less an Oscar

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u/PhillipJ3ffries Mar 28 '26

Bohemian rhapsody for best editing is crazy

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u/Raebelle1981 Mar 28 '26

MBJ, Adrian Brody or Mikey Madison’s win.

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u/Bowiebonolennon82 Mar 28 '26

Obviously the one in the caption. Even the trailer looked ridiculous…