14 Films That Should Have Won the Oscar for Best Picture But Weren’t Even Nominated

Pajamas Media ^ | 03/01/2014 | KYLE SMITH

[reed13k]

Bfl

[the OlLine Rebel]

Absolutely agree on Singin’ in the Rain, because it is the greatest of all time, period. Meet Me in St. Louis is also a great musical, a great movie.

Disagree on Pinocchio, although can’t say if it was the best that year. As I recall it was not really a big hit, rather a flop. I managed to see something of it again a while ago, and bottom line it is too long. Or at least the different segments are too long, or in some cases unnecessary.

2001 is a snooze fest I still can’t get through.

[Morpheus2009]

I wouldn’t mind seeing him suffer if I also saw his ministry time with his disciples after he had risen from the dead, when he ate with them, or when they walked with him on the road to Emmaus. The short scene of him getting up from the tomb was just not satisfactory enough to me. The whole rising from the dead was a big fulfilling purpose of all that he had to go through, not the other way around. If anything, that’s why I enjoyed another Jesus film, which I am trying to recall, in which there was some blood shown, but it did have him risen and talking to his disciples afterwards, it also showed Satan as a mobster, and showed him having visions of WWII. Now, if someone could just gladly help me figure exactly what that film was I would so gladly get a hold of a copy for keeps...

[bramps]

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/02/son_of_god_review_a_tv_movie_gets_a_big-screen_re-edit.html

[the OlLine Rebel]

I think it’s just The Haunting.

Still haven’t seen it. And my husband wouldn’t want to. Ghosts make him uncomfortable.

[BenLurkin]

Missed the most important one!

[WeatherGuy]

[Yardstick]

I like “2001”. Deep, dark, slow moving, and trippy. And I like how it overlays the 1960s onto the future. I want hot space stewardesses to bring me my meals.

[Tanniker Smith]

The book and movie were actually done concurrently, with some script changes, but not all, included in the book.

[Dogbert41]

I loved it! Stalag 17 was a great movie!

[Sans-Culotte]

2001 came out in 1968; I was in eighth grade and living in Japan. Over the next year, I went to see the movie at least 14 times, including losing the chance at a girl friend over it (I took her to the movie, then spent the remainder of the date trying to explain the movie, and that was our last date). To steal an old 7-UP ad line, 2001 was the un-movie, which is one reason why, when 2010 was made a generation later, it was much more of the traditional plot and archetypal characters that movie audiences have learned to expect. I will occasionally watch it now, but more for nostalgia than fascination, since so much of the techniques and technology in the movie is outdated.

I used to be a big fan of 2001. I still enjoy the special effects which still look great. I like the actors and all the stuff with H.A.L., which is classic. The soundtrack album helped get me into classical music. However, these days I see the whole evolution concept of the movie as rather over the top. The fetus floating in space representing the 'birth of the superman' strikes me as ridiculous now.

IMO, the great Kubrick film is Barry Lyndon.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Tom Jones is still one of the most spectacular films ever made.***

One of my favorite British movies! Much better than the 12 years later Barry Lyndon, mocked in MAD magazine as “Borey Lyndon”.

[Dogbert41]

"Well, I know it’s not what the usual would expect, but really I thought The Haunting of Hill House, 1963, really should’ve won an Oscar. The supposed scary or horror films have never reached it’s level, yet. A psychological thriller is what they called it. I am still afraid to watch it, but it was wonderfully done."

Not a Halloween goes by when I don't watch this movie! It is definitely the stick to measure other of it's kind by.

[Disambiguator]

[GeronL]

That didn’t make any sense and the best actor was HAL

[Flycatcher]

I loved it! Stalag 17 was a great movie!

Good gosh, no.

But it made for a decent TV sitcom.

It was called "Hogan's Heroes."

[napscoordinator]

I read the article. Some people just don’t want conservative films. It is evident on here to that conservative movies don’t play well with conservatives. Hollywood has tried and tried, but conservative films hardly make a dime. Then they put out really horrible movies like An American Carol which was praised on Free Republic and when I saw it I was embarrassed by my FRiends at what they consider a good film. I will take Son of God over An American Carol any day of the week. I really loved Courageous but nobody went to see it but me apparently because it didn’t make any money at the box office. The only conservative movie to make money was The Passion of Christ. We need to convince Hollywood to make good movies but if they do and you complain about nonsense like keeping out 8 hours of the original then we are never going to see conservative movies and quite frankly that is a shame.

[Mr Rogers]

“I think anybody who sat through Kubrick’s turgid “2001, etc” without falling asleep half way through should get some kind of award.”

I’ll have to go without an award. I don’t think I’ve ever lasted thru 15 minutes. The film could be used to replace waterboarding.

[Fiji Hill]

I didn’t like “2001: A Space Oddity” when I saw it in the theater. I was told at the time that you had to read the book to understand the movie, which a moviegoer should not have to do.

[dr_lew]

2001: A Space Odyssey was a good book, but the movie was boring beyond words and didn’t make any sense unless you had read the book.

The book was just the screenplay of the movie, which was based on Clark's short story, The Sentinel.

I loved that movie, and watched it maybe 4 or 5 times in the theater, but I've finally had to admit that it hasn't really aged well. You know though, there were people badmouthing it even then. It's probably the single movie that had a big affect on my personal outlook. Note that Zefferelli's ROMEO AND JULIET came out the same year and was at least nominated. This was another movie that blew my socks off. I note that Carol Reed won for Best Director over both Zefferelli and Kubrik.