10 worthy films that nominated for an Oscar, but never received it

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The films in this selection do not have a Best Picture Oscar, but that doesn't make them any less interesting.

La La Land

• Musical, drama, melodrama, comedy.
• USA, Hong Kong, 2016.
• Duration: 128 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 1.

Mia is a young starlet who serves coffee to movie stars in between auditions. Sebastian is a talented pianist, forced to work in bars, playing simple melodies. She dreams of a brilliant career as an actress, he dreams of his own jazz club.

One day Mia and Sebastian meet, and sympathy arises between them, gradually developing into a great feeling. Success is not long in coming, and now the couple will have to make a difficult decision: keep the relationship or devote themselves entirely to the work they have dreamed of for so long.

Survivor

• Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Western.
• USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, 2015.
• Duration: 156 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

The bear inflicts serious injuries on Hugh Glass, the hunter, so his comrades decide to split up. Some people must stay with Hugh and wait for his death in order to arrange a decent funeral, and the other part - to go further. However, the squad members accompanying Hugh betray him and leave him to die alone to save themselves. Driven by a thirst for revenge, Hugh decides to find the cheaters in order to repay them in full for all the trials they have doomed him to.

Hotel "Grand Budapest"

• Comedy, detective, adventure, crime.
• USA, Germany, 2014.
• Duration: 100 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 1.

An ironic comedy drama about the adventures of two hotel workers - the imposing concierge Gustav and his young protégé Zero Mustafa. The staff of the Grand Budapest Hotel find themselves embroiled in an incredible scrape involving the theft of a Renaissance painting and the huge legacy of one of the guests. To extricate themselves from this scam, they come up with a very elegant and thoughtful plan.

Dallas Buyers Club

• Drama, biography.
• USA, 2013.
• Duration: 118 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Doctors give Ron Woodruff a terrible diagnosis - AIDS and warn that he has no more than a month left to live. Not wanting to put up with this state of affairs, Ron decides to fight for his life. Gradually, he learns that there are no approved drugs to fight this disease in the United States, and they can only be obtained by smuggling. To help other people with AIDS, Ron decides to organize illegal drug supply from other countries.

Django Unchained

• Drama, Western, Adventure, Comedy.
• USA, 2012.
• Duration: 165 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 4.

Seasoned bounty hunter King Schultz is planning a cunning business that he cannot cope with alone. Therefore, he is looking for an assistant - an escaped slave Django, with whom he makes a deal in exchange for freedom and mutually beneficial cooperation.

Schultz needs to get on the trail of the bloodthirsty criminals of the Brittle brothers, and Django has other intentions - he plans to find his wife Brunhilda, from whom he was separated during the sale at an auction, and then brutally take revenge on the offenders.

Maid

• Drama.
• USA, India, UAE, 2011.
• Duration: 146 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 1.

In the 60s of the twentieth century, in a small American town, the problem of racial inequality reaches its peak. The unprincipled and dismissive attitude of wealthy white owners towards black servants is becoming the norm.

Skeeter, one of the main characters in the film, just at this time graduates from university and returns home. She dreams of becoming a writer and leaving this sleepy town forever. Seeing how hard it is for the maids, the girl decides to write a book about their life in order to draw public attention to an acute problem and achieve justice.

Start

• Science fiction, action, thriller, drama, detective.
• USA, UK, 2010.
• Duration: 148 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 8.

Industrial spy Dominic Cobb is famous for stealing corporate secrets using shared dreaming technology. To correct the mistakes of the past and return to his children, he agrees to an almost impossible job. This time, he will not have to steal another idea, but, on the contrary, introduce it into the victim's subconscious.

Avatar

• Science fiction, action, drama, adventure.
• UK, USA, 2009.
• Duration: 162 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 8.

The earth is on the brink of destruction - natural resources are running out. To prevent an impending catastrophe, people are looking for alternative energy sources on neighboring planets. Pandora is one of them. There are many reserves of anobtanium - a mineral that earthlings need so much. That's just because of its extraction and extermination of local residents by earthlings, relations between them greatly deteriorate.

Reader

• Drama, melodrama.
• USA, Germany, 2008.
• Duration: 124 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 6.

On the way from school, Michael suddenly falls ill. Hannah Schmitz, a tram conductor, offers her help and escorts the boy home. Having recovered, Michael decides to thank his savior. For some reason, he is unbearably attracted to this adult woman.

Gradually, a secret romance begins between them. The lovers spend all their free time together, but one day Hannah disappears without warning. And only a few years later Michael learns the real reason for this sudden flight, meeting Hannah in the courtroom.

Oil

• Drama, history.
• USA, 2007.
• Duration: 158 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 1.

Daniel Plainview single-handedly trades in gold and silver mining. One day, in search of another riches, Plainview falls into a deep mine and accidentally stumbles upon an oil field. Despite the injuries sustained during the fall, the man is truly happy - he is sure that now he will definitely be able to get rich. It is from this moment that the history of the oil company of the Plainview entrepreneur begins, who will make any sacrifices, if only the business goes uphill.