The 25 Biggest Academy Award Fails

Which snubs, upsets, and lapses in logic rank among the most egregious? Find out, then tell the Academy where they can stick that statue!

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Edward Norton

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Gary Oldman

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Andy Serkis

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Memento

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Chicago Winning For Best Picture

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Do The Right Thing Snub

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Million Dollar Baby

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The King's Speech Beating The Social Network

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The English Patient

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Pacino Over Denzel

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Forrest Gump beating Pulp fiction

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Ordinary People Beating Out Raging Bull

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Sidney Lumet

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Kramer vs Kramer Beating Apocalypse Now

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Clockwork Orange Not Winning A Single Award

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Alfred Hitchcock

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Rocky Beating Taxi Driver

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Charlie Chaplin

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Marisa Tomei

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Akira Kurosawa

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Stanley Kubrick

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Dances With Wolves Beating GoodFellas

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Crash Beating Brokeback Mountain

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Shakespeare in Love

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How Green was my Valley beating Citizen Kane

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