Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Image 1 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  "Boyhood" lost to BIRDMAN last year. It shouldn't have.  Image 1 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  "Boyhood" lost to BIRDMAN last year. It shouldn't have.  "Boyhood" lost to BIRDMAN last year. It shouldn't have.  Image 2 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  "Lincoln" lost in the year that ARGO won. That was mistake.  Image 2 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  "Lincoln" lost in the year that ARGO won. That was mistake.  "Lincoln" lost in the year that ARGO won. That was mistake.  Image 3 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR -- the best film of 2013, not even nominated.  Image 3 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR -- the best film of 2013, not even nominated.  BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR -- the best film of 2013, not even...nominated.  Image 4 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Scarface: Not nominated, but better than "Terms of Endearment" (which I like) -- in fact, better than anything in 1983.  Image 4 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Scarface: Not nominated, but better than "Terms of Endearment" (which I like) -- in fact, better than anything in 1983.  Scarface: Not nominated, but better than "Terms of Endearment"...(which I like) -- in fact, better than anything in 1983.  Image 5 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  25TH HOUR: Spike Lee's best film, and one of the best American films of the decade. Not even nominated.  Image 5 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  25TH HOUR: Spike Lee's best film, and one of the best American films of the decade. Not even nominated.  25TH HOUR: Spike Lee's best film, and one of the best American films...of the decade. Not even nominated.  Image 6 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  A Hard Day's Night: On the cutting edge of music AND filmmaking in 1964.  Image 6 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  A Hard Day's Night: On the cutting edge of music AND filmmaking in 1964.  A Hard Day's Night: On the cutting edge of music AND filmmaking in...1964.  Image 7 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  A PLACE IN THE SUN: Better than AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in 1951.  Image 7 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  A PLACE IN THE SUN: Better than AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in 1951.  A PLACE IN THE SUN: Better than AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in 1951.  Image 8 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: Better than AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in 1951.  Image 8 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: Better than AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in 1951.  A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: Better than AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in 1951.  Image 9 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Raging Bull: Lost to "Ordinary People."  Image 9 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Raging Bull: Lost to "Ordinary People."  Raging Bull: Lost to "Ordinary People."  Image 10 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES: One of the classic westerns, and few even saw it.  Image 10 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES: One of the classic westerns, and few even saw it.  THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES: One of the classic westerns, and...few even saw it.  Image 11 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  BEFORE SUNRISE: The true best film of 1995 -- and it has gotten even better with time.  Image 11 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  BEFORE SUNRISE: The true best film of 1995 -- and it has gotten even better with time.  BEFORE SUNRISE: The true best film of 1995 -- and it has gotten even...better with time.  Image 12 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  BOOGIE NIGHTS: The best film of 1997 (co-starring Heather Graham).  Image 12 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  BOOGIE NIGHTS: The best film of 1997 (co-starring Heather Graham).  BOOGIE NIGHTS: The best film of 1997 (co-starring Heather Graham).  Image 13 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: Years later, the Academy's mistake is more obvious than it even was at the time. "Crash" won that year.  Image 13 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: Years later, the Academy's mistake is more obvious than it even was at the time. "Crash" won that year.  BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: Years later, the Academy's mistake is more...obvious than it even was at the time. "Crash" won that year.  Image 14 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  CITIZEN KANE: Yes, it lost, too.  Image 14 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  CITIZEN KANE: Yes, it lost, too.  CITIZEN KANE: Yes, it lost, too.  Image 15 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  MODERN TIMES: Lost to THE GREAT ZIEGFELD. Come on.  Image 15 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  MODERN TIMES: Lost to THE GREAT ZIEGFELD. Come on.  MODERN TIMES: Lost to THE GREAT ZIEGFELD. Come on.  Image 16 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THE GREAT DICTATOR: Lost to "Rebecca."  Image 16 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THE GREAT DICTATOR: Lost to "Rebecca."  THE GREAT DICTATOR: Lost to "Rebecca."  Image 17 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  DO THE RIGHT THING: In the year that DRIVING MISS DAISY won . . . not even nominated.  Image 17 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  DO THE RIGHT THING: In the year that DRIVING MISS DAISY won . . . not even nominated.  DO THE RIGHT THING: In the year that DRIVING MISS DAISY won . . . not...even nominated.  Image 18 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Face in the Crowd: Also not nominated in 1957.  Image 18 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Face in the Crowd: Also not nominated in 1957.  Face in the Crowd: Also not nominated in 1957.  Image 19 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  FARGO lost to THE ENGLISH PATIENT.  Image 19 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  FARGO lost to THE ENGLISH PATIENT.  FARGO lost to THE ENGLISH PATIENT.  Image 20 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  ROMEO AND JULIET: Lost to "Oliver!"  Image 20 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  ROMEO AND JULIET: Lost to "Oliver!"  ROMEO AND JULIET: Lost to "Oliver!"  Image 21 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  GOODFELLAS: Lost to "Dances With Wolves."  Image 21 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  GOODFELLAS: Lost to "Dances With Wolves."  GOODFELLAS: Lost to "Dances With Wolves."  Image 22 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS lost to THE HURT LOCKER.  Image 22 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS lost to THE HURT LOCKER.  INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS lost to THE HURT LOCKER.  Image 23 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  JFK: The best movie of 1991 -- one of the best of the decade -- it could never have won because people felt so threatened by it.  Image 23 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  JFK: The best movie of 1991 -- one of the best of the decade -- it could never have won because people felt so threatened by it.  JFK: The best movie of 1991 -- one of the best of the decade -- it...could never have won because people felt so threatened by it.  Image 24 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Malcolm X: "Unforgiven" was a worthy choice, but 20 years later this Spike Lee film has only gotten better.  Image 24 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Malcolm X: "Unforgiven" was a worthy choice, but 20 years later this Spike Lee film has only gotten better.  Malcolm X: "Unforgiven" was a worthy choice, but 20 years later this...Spike Lee film has only gotten better.  Image 25 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  MILK lost to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. That really happened.  Image 25 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  MILK lost to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. That really happened.  MILK lost to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. That really happened.  Image 26 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  OUT OF THE PAST: Captured the dark side of the period.  Image 26 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  OUT OF THE PAST: Captured the dark side of the period.  OUT OF THE PAST: Captured the dark side of the period.  Image 27 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  CITY LIGHTS: Exactly the kind of singular masterpiece the Academy prefers to ignore.  Image 27 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  CITY LIGHTS: Exactly the kind of singular masterpiece the Academy prefers to ignore.  CITY LIGHTS: Exactly the kind of singular masterpiece the Academy...prefers to ignore.  Image 28 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Broadcast News: Even better than "The Last Emperor."  Image 28 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Broadcast News: Even better than "The Last Emperor."  Broadcast News: Even better than "The Last Emperor."  Image 29 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  PULP FICTION: Lost to "Forrest Gump." Really.  Image 29 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  PULP FICTION: Lost to "Forrest Gump." Really.  PULP FICTION: Lost to "Forrest Gump." Really.  Image 30 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  REDS: Lost to "Chariots of Fire."  Image 30 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  REDS: Lost to "Chariots of Fire."  REDS: Lost to "Chariots of Fire."  Image 31 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Revolutionary Road: Best film of 2008, not even nominated in the year that "Slumdog Millionaire" won.  Image 31 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Revolutionary Road: Best film of 2008, not even nominated in the year that "Slumdog Millionaire" won.  Revolutionary Road: Best film of 2008, not even nominated in the year...that "Slumdog Millionaire" won.  Image 32 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  SAVING PRIVATE RYAN: Lost to "Shakespeare in Love."  Image 32 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  SAVING PRIVATE RYAN: Lost to "Shakespeare in Love."  SAVING PRIVATE RYAN: Lost to "Shakespeare in Love."  Image 33 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  sex, lies and videotape (by Steven Soderbergh), not even nominated in the year that "Driving Miss Daisy" won.  Image 33 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  sex, lies and videotape (by Steven Soderbergh), not even nominated in the year that "Driving Miss Daisy" won.  sex, lies and videotape (by Steven Soderbergh), not even nominated in...the year that "Driving Miss Daisy" won.  Image 34 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  The Divorcee: Not necessarily better but as good as "All Quiet On the Western Front" and a more forward-looking choice.  Image 34 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  The Divorcee: Not necessarily better but as good as "All Quiet On the Western Front" and a more forward-looking choice.  The Divorcee: Not necessarily better but as good as "All Quiet On...the Western Front" and a more forward-looking choice.  Image 35 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THE NEW WORLD: Not even nominated.  Image 35 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THE NEW WORLD: Not even nominated.  THE NEW WORLD: Not even nominated.  Image 36 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Thelma and Louise: Lost to "The Silence of the Lambs."  Image 36 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Thelma and Louise: Lost to "The Silence of the Lambs."  Thelma and Louise: Lost to "The Silence of the Lambs."  Image 37 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THE THIN RED LINE: Lost to "Shakespeare in Love."  Image 37 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THE THIN RED LINE: Lost to "Shakespeare in Love."  THE THIN RED LINE: Lost to "Shakespeare in Love."  Image 38 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR: Not recognized as a classic in its time, one of the most prescient films of the 1970s.  Image 38 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR: Not recognized as a classic in its time, one of the most prescient films of the 1970s.  THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR: Not recognized as a classic in its time,...one of the most prescient films of the 1970s.  Image 39 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Image 39 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  Image 40 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  V for Vendetta: Not even nominated.  Image 40 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  V for Vendetta: Not even nominated.  V for Vendetta: Not even nominated.  Image 41 of 41 | Best Picture: What Should Have Won  WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?: Lost to "A Man for All Seasons."  Image 41 of 41 - Best Picture: What Should Have Won  WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?: Lost to "A Man for All Seasons."  WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?: Lost to "A Man for All Seasons."
The Motion Picture Academy gets abuse from all sides, and the abuse never stops -- down through history everyone has an opinion as to who should have won in this or that category in this or that ye...