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The Wrong Stuff

How many times do the Oscars get it wrong, not just in who wins but who is even nominated? Here's a list of 10 movies that should have been nominated for Best Picture their respective years over what was and, in some cases, what won. Technically it's 11 movies but the last two are tied in my book, since it's two times the same director made films that were so seismic and so massively ignored by the Academy. Say what you will about Spike, but come on...

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  • Zodiac
  • The Truman Show
  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • Heat
  • Fitzcarraldo
  • Jackie Brown
  • Empire of the Sun
  • The Last Temptation of Christ
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Malcolm X