Poll: IMDb Top 250 Oscar Nominated Films with Zero Wins
These films from the IMDb Top 250 list got at least 3 Oscar nominations each but did not win any. Which of these films most deserved to win at least an Oscar? Discuss the poll here.
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Nominated for 7 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: Morgan Freeman Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Frank Darabont Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins Best Sound: Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie D. Burton Best Film Editing: Richard Francis-Bruce Best Music, Original Score: Thomas Newman Best Picture -
12 Angry Men (1957)
Nominated for 3 Oscars Best Director: Sidney Lumet Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Reginald Rose Best Picture -
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: Peter Sellers Best Director: Stanley Kubrick Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern Best Picture -
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Nominated for 5 Oscars Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Leonardo DiCaprio Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Jonah Hill Best Achievement in Directing: Martin Scorsese Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter Best Motion Picture of the Year -
City of God (2002)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Director: Fernando Meirelles Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Bráulio Mantovani Best Cinematography: César Charlone Best Film Editing: Daniel Rezende -
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Nominated for 5 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: James Stewart Best Director: Frank Capra Best Sound, Recording: John Aalberg Best Film Editing: William Hornbeck Best Picture -
Psycho (1960)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Janet Leigh Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: John L. Russell Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: George Milo, Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy -
Rear Window (1954)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock Best Writing, Screenplay: John Michael Hayes Best Cinematography, Color: Robert Burks Best Sound, Recording: Loren L. Ryder -
The Green Mile (1999)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Michael Clarke Duncan Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Frank Darabont Best Sound: Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie D. Burton Best Picture -
The Great Dictator (1940)
Nominated for 5 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: Charles Chaplin Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jack Oakie Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Charles Chaplin Best Music, Original Score: Meredith Willson Best Picture -
North by Northwest (1959)
Nominated for 3 Oscars Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: Ernest Lehman Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank R. McKelvy Best Film Editing: George Tomasini -
Amélie (2001)
Nominated for 5 Oscars Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Aline Bonetto, Marie-Laure Valla Best Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel Best Sound: Jean Umansky, Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche Best Foreign Language Film -
Das Boot (1981)
Nominated for 6 Oscars Best Director: Wolfgang Petersen Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Wolfgang Petersen Best Cinematography: Jost Vacano Best Sound: Mike Le Mare, Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke Best Film Editing: Hannes Nikel Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Mike Le Mare -
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James L. Schoppe, Michael Ford Best Sound: Tony Dawe, Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Ben Burtt Best Music, Original Score: John Williams -
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Director: Stanley Kubrick Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Stanley Kubrick Best Film Editing: Bill Butler Best Picture -
Taxi Driver (1976)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: Robert De Niro Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jodie Foster Best Music, Original Score: Bernard Herrmann Best Picture -
Double Indemnity (1944)
Nominated for 7 Oscars Best Actress in a Leading Role: Barbara Stanwyck Best Director: Billy Wilder Best Writing, Screenplay: Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: John F. Seitz Best Sound, Recording: Loren L. Ryder Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Miklós Rózsa Best Picture -
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Nominated for 6 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: Charles Laughton Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Elsa Lanchester Best Director: Billy Wilder Best Sound, Recording: Gordon Sawyer Best Film Editing: Daniel Mandell Best Picture -
Toy Story (1995)
Nominated for 3 Oscars Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter Best Music, Original Song: Randy Newman, for the song "You've Got a Friend in Me" Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Randy Newman -
Die Hard (1988)
Nominated for 4 Oscars Best Sound: Don J. Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton Jr. Best Film Editing: Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard Shorr Best Effects, Visual Effects: Thaine Morris, Richard Edlund, Al Di Sarro, Brent Boates -
The Elephant Man (1980)
Nominated for 8 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: John Hurt Best Director: David Lynch Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: David Lynch, Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Stuart Craig, Robert Cartwright, Hugh Scaife Best Costume Design: Patricia Norris Best Film Editing: Anne V. Coates Best Music, Original Score: John Morris Best Picture -
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Nominated for 3 Oscars Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sydney Greenstreet Best Writing, Screenplay: John Huston Best Picture -
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Nominated for 6 Oscars Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Haley Joel Osment Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Toni Collette Best Director: M. Night Shyamalan Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: M. Night Shyamalan Best Film Editing: Andrew Mondshein Best Picture -
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Nominated for 7 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Pete Postlethwaite Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Emma Thompson Best Director: Jim Sheridan Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Jim Sheridan, Terry George Best Film Editing: Gerry Hambling Best Picture -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Nominated for 3 Oscars Best Achievement in Makeup: Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson Best Achievement in Art Direction: Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan -
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Nominated for 3 Oscars Best Director: Gillo Pontecorvo Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas Best Foreign Language Film -
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Nominated for 5 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role: Johnny Depp Best Makeup: Ve Neill, Martin Samuel Best Sound Mixing: Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David E. Campbell, Lee Orloff Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes, George Watters II Best Visual Effects: Terry D. Frazee, John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson -
The Truman Show (1998)
Nominated for 3 Oscars Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ed Harris Best Director: Peter Weir Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Andrew Niccol -
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Nominated for 5 Oscars Best Achievement in Film Editing: Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: John Williams Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Matthew Wood, David Acord Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould -
The Martian (2015)
Nominated for 7 Oscars Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Matt Damon Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Drew Goddard Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Paul Massey, Mark Taylor, Mac Ruth Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Oliver Tarney Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner Best Achievement in Production Design: Arthur Max, Celia Bobak Best Motion Picture of the Year