Films that should be nominated for Oscars in 2024, but won’t be
When awards season is as crowded as this one is, some of the best films of the year are bound to be overlooked
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There are only so many Oscar nomination slots to go around, which means that every year there will be some noteworthy contenders who will get shut out. The reasons for this vary widely, and aren’t always the same from year to year. Some films aren’t high-profile enough. Some might be too controversial, or too risque. Some are the types of films or genres the Academy tends to disregard, like science-fiction or horror. Others simply miss the cutoff by a small margin.
This year looks to be no exception. Plenty of fine films from 2023 will fall into one of these categories, or maybe one we haven’t even thought of yet. With major releases like Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers Of The Flower Moon taking up so much space in the run-up to the nominations, we figured we’d give the rest of the field the credit they deserve. Just in case no one else does.
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If there were a category for Best Depiction of Killing Nazis, SISU would be a lock.
Spike Lee angrily tweets Quentin Tarantino’s address.
SISU was absolutely everything I was hoping it would be from the trailer. Over the top and insane, and downright gleeful in Nazi killing. Good times.
2023’s best cathartic violent revenge film to watch while drunk , it would be a LOCK .
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Thought Bottoms was insufferable and mostly came off like a bunch of people trying way too hard to be quirky.I liked Cage in Dream Scenario, but thought the film was a mixed bag overall. The second half was a huge drop in quality and its satire became muddy in terms of what it wanted to be.
Two of the films in the article, Robot Dreams (won’t be released in the US until sometime this year) and Rye Lane (straight to Hulu) aren’t even eligible.
Ah but that would require research skills and an actual knowledge of movies. Both of which have become unrealistic expectations here.
Rye Lane IS eligible. It had a theatrical release in January 2023 at Sundance, and only came to Hulu two months later. Speaking of research skills, it took me 30 seconds to obtain this info.
Rye Lane did not go straight to Hulu. It was released theatrically last January, which means it’s eligible.
Another potential article in this vein might be “Films that shouldn’t be nominated for an Oscar, but probably will be.”
Barbie. THERE I SAID IT.
Ya know… Mz Robbie never said where her Harley Quinn baseball bat went, so might wanna be careful there, puddin…
I’ll be shocked if Barbie doesn’t win Best Picture. Oppenheimer has a shot, but it made less money and had less cultural penetration – it’s the kind of movie that got Best Picture a few decades ago. Barbie is a billion-dollar crowd-pleaser with a mildly subversive edge and no superheroes. It’s a lock.
I think it wins a bunch of awards but not best picture.
With major releases like Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers Of The Flower Moon taking up so much space in the run-up to the nominations…Off the top of my head I’d add Poor Things, The Holdovers, Saltburn, Anatomy of a Fall, and The Zone of Interest as locks for multiple nominations, as well. 2023 had a bumper crop of excellent films. The whole such-and-such film or so-and-so actor should have been nominated back-and-forth is going to be especially insufferable this year.
>The whole such-and-such film or so-and-so actor should have been
nominated back-and-forth is going to be especially insufferable this
year.It’s like that every year, that’s part of the fun.
Almost as exhausting as the Academy Awards themselves?
I genuinely believe that Glenn Howerton should at least be in the conversation for acting nominations at the various awards for Blackberry but I would be shocked if he actually gets seriously considered for any of them.
Really puzzled that “The Creator” is practically forgotten in every list like this. And I the only person that not only liked it, but thought it was fantastic? “Talk to me” was ok, but “The Creator” was miles above it from a film standpoint imo.
Very hopeful Godzilla Minus One gets (at least!) a Best Foreign Language nom. It is spectacular.
none of these would be nominated for anything in any year.
I know next to nothing about wrestling, but I thought Iron Claw was an instant classic with a number of exceptional performances. Zac Efron is good, but Maura Tierney, Holt Holt McCallany and Jeremey Allen White are all exceptional. Plus it’s not really about wrestling.
Ahh “are you there god” was so incredible – I really wish it was the kind of thing that the Academy gives accolades to. Rachel McAdams gives such a quietly moving performance and IMO absolutely deserves a supporting nod.
…for which Oscars? As good as these films are (of what I’ve seen), very few of these make sense as Best Picture nominees and in many cases I struggle to see what particular element(s) deserve(s) recognition.