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crappy "Best Picture" winners that no one Cares about anymore

The Artist
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  07/26/26
Crash
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OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  07/26/26
lol
gaetan dugas
  07/26/26
...
filled w the holy spirit
  07/26/26
was that the gay anti-racism movie
Cletus Van Damme
  07/26/26
ran here. Also wtf happened to Ludacris in general?
sol rosenberg
  07/26/26
...
Game Gear Battery Holocaust
  07/26/26
the gay black movie that won a few years ago
Big Bear Energy
  07/26/26
ran here. don't even remember the name either.
animeboi
  07/26/26
Need to be more specific
sol rosenberg
  07/26/26
the vast majority of winners in the 21st century. even solid...
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...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  07/26/26
argo was stupid
Cletus Van Damme
  07/26/26
it was very hollywood and cheesy, but any historical, non-sh...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
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its aged about as badly as shitlibism
Cletus Van Damme
  07/26/26
Tbh 12 Years a Slave deserved the award just for the Paul Da...
KardashevMaxxedSPCXIPOmo
  07/26/26
Hurt Locker sucked at the time
the wife guy cinematic universe
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Cavalcade CODA Going My Way The Life of Emile Zola ...
cowgod
  07/26/26
An American in Paris was huge and still holds up. You litera...
Big Bear Energy
  07/26/26
Fwiw it paved the way for the superior An American Werewolf ...
cowgod
  07/26/26
...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  07/26/26
80's james l. brooks movies like terms of endearment and bro...
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  07/26/26
...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  07/26/26
the big chill was apex boomerism imo
Cletus Van Damme
  07/26/26
Good list but kings speech was good and should come off. Als...
abcxyzabc
  07/26/26
Apart from The Sting I can't really disagree with any of the...
the wife guy cinematic universe
  07/26/26
literally all of them in the past 20 years
a twitter account that only posts "Wow"
  07/26/26
lmao titcr. and like half of them from before that. only one...
Cletus Van Damme
  07/26/26
One of the reasons movies are dying is because the Oscars we...
........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,
  07/26/26
it's gonna get worse from here on out because they changed t...
a twitter account that only posts "Wow"
  07/26/26
tbf, forrest gump was sps boomer flame and cringe
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  07/26/26
Forrest Gump was entertaining, fun, and encouraged people to...
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  07/26/26
pulp and shawshank were the same year - both better films
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  07/26/26
This is exactly the attitude i'm talking about. Pulp Fic...
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^^^Wow hating on Forrest Gump. Have you heard of this site c...
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  07/26/26
ok boomer.
animeboi
  07/26/26
never poasted there and i hated at the time -- 20 yrs before...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  07/26/26
there are no real "arthouse" movies except ones yo...
zarathustra
  07/26/26
It's all an arthouse mentality now. Good Will Hunting ha...
........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,
  07/26/26
The King's Diapers (2008)
1 Fat Englishman I Fuck Anything -
  07/26/26


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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:33 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

The Artist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025387)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: ....,....,.......,.........,....,.,....


Crash

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025394)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025398)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:47 PM
Author: gaetan dugas

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025417)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:18 PM
Author: filled w the holy spirit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025464)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:20 PM
Author: Cletus Van Damme

was that the gay anti-racism movie

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025467)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: sol rosenberg

ran here. Also wtf happened to Ludacris in general?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025804)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:31 PM
Author: Game Gear Battery Holocaust



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025830)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: Big Bear Energy

the gay black movie that won a few years ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025397)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: animeboi (.)

ran here. don't even remember the name either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025560)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: sol rosenberg

Need to be more specific

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025806)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:45 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


the vast majority of winners in the 21st century. even solid films like hurt locker and argo. are they really that memorable and withstand the test of time?

i'm not even talking about shit like crash and 12 yrs a slave. the good winners arent even that great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025412)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:45 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025413)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:17 PM
Author: Cletus Van Damme

argo was stupid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025462)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


it was very hollywood and cheesy, but any historical, non-shitlib movie deserves praise

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025466)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Cletus Van Damme

its aged about as badly as shitlibism

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025557)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: KardashevMaxxedSPCXIPOmo

Tbh 12 Years a Slave deserved the award just for the Paul Dano scene which is indelible in my hippocampus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025517)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: the wife guy cinematic universe

Hurt Locker sucked at the time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025796)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:48 PM
Author: cowgod

Cavalcade

CODA

Going My Way

The Life of Emile Zola

Green Book

The Broadway Melody

Around the World in 80 Days

The Greatest Show on Earth

Cimarron

Crash

The Great Ziegfeld

Gentleman’s Agreement

Gigi

Driving Miss Daisy

Out of Africa

The English Patient

Chicago

Argo

Chariots of Fire

Tom Jones

Oliver!

Mrs. Miniver

Shakespeare in Love

Nomadland

The King’s Speech

Million Dollar Baby

Terms of Endearment

The Sting

Ordinary People

The Last Emperor

Spotlight

Birdman

Slumdog Millionaire

The Shape of Water

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Hamlet

Marty

An American in Paris

How Green Was My Valley

Grand Hotel

The Lost Weekend

Moonlight



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025418)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: Big Bear Energy

An American in Paris was huge and still holds up. You literally couldn’t make a film like that today cause no straight man can dance like Gene Kelly. Nor can Hollywood build physical sets like that anymore. There’s an 18 minute stretch at the end with no dialogue, just dancing and whatnot. A Triumph.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025425)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:16 PM
Author: cowgod

Fwiw it paved the way for the superior An American Werewolf in London and an American Werewolf in Paris imo. But it was never Best Picture Caliber imho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025460)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025440)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,.


80's james l. brooks movies like terms of endearment and broadcast news are incredible documents of boomerism. the way the characters behave is a bewildering peep at the boomer entitlement of the era. they are up there with The Big Chill as totemic relics of the yuppie age.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025569)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 7:24 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025666)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 7:25 PM
Author: Cletus Van Damme

the big chill was apex boomerism imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025667)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:18 PM
Author: abcxyzabc

Good list but kings speech was good and should come off. Also birdman even if there were better movies that year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025787)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: the wife guy cinematic universe

Apart from The Sting I can't really disagree with any of these

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025803)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 3:48 PM
Author: a twitter account that only posts "Wow"

literally all of them in the past 20 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025419)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 4:17 PM
Author: Cletus Van Damme

lmao titcr. and like half of them from before that. only ones i can think of that count are braveheart, gladiator, titanic, the godfather.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025461)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


One of the reasons movies are dying is because the Oscars went from rewarding the best movies to awarding arthouse movies.

If you tell America, "you have to go see Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Titanic, Gladiator" - they're going to go and have a good time at the movies.

If you tell them, "you have to go see The Artist, The Shape of Water, Moonlight, 12 Years A Slave", they're going to realize movies are not for them.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025658)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 7:19 PM
Author: a twitter account that only posts "Wow"

it's gonna get worse from here on out because they changed the rules for oscars so that you *have* to have non-whites, women, and shitlib themes in your movies to be eligible for awards

not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025662)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 7:50 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


tbf, forrest gump was sps boomer flame and cringe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025723)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 7:51 PM
Author: ....,....,.......,.........,....,.,....


Forrest Gump was entertaining, fun, and encouraged people to overcome obstacles. Compare that to the garbage studios are putting out now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025727)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 7:53 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


pulp and shawshank were the same year - both better films

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025736)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:33 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


This is exactly the attitude i'm talking about.

Pulp Fiction is a better film, and in some sense its a better movie because its not as much arthouse bullshit as a lot of the 2000 winners.

Pulp Fiction is a lot of fun so it would've been an okay winner, but Forrest Gump was an entertaining movie that was able to transport large swaths of audiences to another place (whereas 80% of movie goers would be confused or disugsted by Pulp Fiction)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025833)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


^^^Wow hating on Forrest Gump. Have you heard of this site called Reddit? You might like it there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025834)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: animeboi (.)

ok boomer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025847)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:42 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


never poasted there and i hated at the time -- 20 yrs before reddittt came out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025851)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:32 PM
Author: zarathustra

there are no real "arthouse" movies except ones you haven't heard about. what you're referring to is just the deterioration of mainstream adult drama, which has become so impoverished and irrelevant that it's mistaken for arthouse because mainstream drama can't possibly be so impoverished and irrelevant.

there are still blockbuster movies but they are either juvenile marvel movies designed to satisfy the increasingly juvenile populous, or a sequel, or done in an unserious way like the odyssey. "good will hunting" is "arthouse" in the same way you describe modern drama, the issue with modern drama is that you couldn't make good will hunting today without it being about a race or gender issue or about psychological disorders and past traumas instead of it just being a frank and honest depiction of life. so everything that would ever possibly be considered for an oscar is unmemorable shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025832)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:43 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


It's all an arthouse mentality now.

Good Will Hunting had a bigger budget then most movies "adult" movies do now.

More importantly, Good Will Hunting was a traditional story, with a 3-act structure and character development, conflicts, and resolution meant to appeal to adults.

Now every movie is transgressive, with non-traditional narratives, and open ended plots. Anora is a great example of this. Anora in many ways to me, is the most narratively traditional Oscar winner in recent years - yet the Cinderella story meanders for most of it and then ends with her crying while having sex with a hitman.

We used to live in a world where we'd get 5 movies a week like Anora in the theater, and the plot would be more cohesive, and it would end in a cinematiclaly satisfying way that your grandma would enjoy (rather than her crying having sex in a car recoutning her trauma).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025852)



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Date: July 26th, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: 1 Fat Englishman I Fuck Anything -

The King's Diapers (2008)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886421&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50025838)