The Biggest Oscars Snubs and Surprises Of All Time

The 2019 Academy Awards was a strange sort of ceremony in general. It had a host, and then it didn’t have a host. And then it wound up with a series of sort of hosts that kind of did a better job than a regular host would have done anyways. Also, nobody predicted any of the winners.

Because the best picture was a complete toss-up. And yet it was full of surprises. These are the biggest Oscars snubs (and surprises) this year, and of all time.

SURPRISE: Green Book (2019)

And, by default, Roma’s and BlacKkKlansman’s best picture snubs. In an awards season that seemed to have little idea which way it was actually headed, Green Book wasn’t really on the top of anyone’s list to take the big prize.

Its problematic approach to race relations certainly didn’t help, either. 

SNUB: Eighth Grade (2019)

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Bo Burnham’s indie hit Eighth Grade had all the makings of a best original screenplay nod. But it was completely shut out of the Academy Awards, in favor of films like the above mentioned Green Book.

SNUB: Bradley Cooper (2019)

The Academy really, really hates actors-turned-directors. Just look at Ben Affleck and Argo. Still, it’s hard to understand how A Star Is Born managed to pick up nominations in every major category except for best direction.

SNUB: John David Washington (2019)

Like Bradley Cooper, John David Washington’s lack of a nomination for best actor was surprising, if for no other reason than the fact that BlacKkKlansman received six other noms. That Washington’s co-star, Adam Driver, got a supporting actor nod was just icing on the snub cake.