Pulp Fiction Losing Best Picture to Forrest Gump in 1995.

Despite missing out on Oscars top prize, Tarantinos Pulp Fiction did win best original screenplay and became a cultural mainstay. Miramax Films/Courtesy Everett Collection Pulp Fiction I felt was one of the biggest snubs, only because I was about to go to college at that time and 90 percent of the people in film school [were there] because of Pulp Fiction. But I know the movies that really change things arent always rewarded or recognized at that moment because its

just too soon. I think Quentin Tarantino changed the landscape and changed a whole generation of filmmakers. Raging Bull Losing Best Picture to Ordinary People in 1981.

Raging Bull, Robert DeNiro, (left) United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection. Raging Bull was so extraordinary. It was deserving of every single prize that year. (Martin Scorseses gritty boxing classic was nominated for eight Oscars, tied for the most that season, but won only two, for editing and best actor.)

Maren Moris Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig not getting nominated for best director in 2024.

It was weird that Greta wasnt nominated, and coming off of Little Women when she wasnt nominated, either. It was very bizarre. Barbie has such cultural impact.

Honorable mention: Richard Curtis 2003 holiday classic Love Actually. It was very underrated [by voters]. (The film got zero Oscar noms.)

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