5 Worst Oscar Robberies

Note: None of the movies that won were bad movies, they just didn't deserve to win.

5. Crash beating Brokeback Mountain
I'll give Crash this, no one expected it to win. Released in 2004, Crash beat out Munich, Good Nigh, and Good Luck, Capote, and the movie that should have won Brokeback Mountain. Going into the Oscars, some people argued that Crash shouldn't have been nominated for best picture. While some people like Roger Ebert praised the movie (he even named it his best of the year), many gave it negative reviews. On the other hand Brokeback Mountain was almost universally praised, some called it one of the best love stories in years. Brokeback wasn't just a critical success but a huge financial one to, making almost 200 million off its budget of only 14 million. Crash wan't bad, but it shouldn't have won.

4. Forrest Gump beating everything
I really don't know how else to put it, Forrest Gump some how beat every other movie nominated. I truly don't understand how it beat Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Hoop Dreams, and Quiz Show. The reason it won was because it is a feel good movie starring the biggest actor at the time playing a mentally retarded man, it's like a perfect combination for an Oscar. It shouldn't have won best director, actor, adapted screenplay, and certainly not best picture. That same year two of the greatest movies of all time (Pulp Fiction and the Shawshank Redemption) were released, and they somehow lost to Forrest Gump. Don't get me wrong, I love Forrest Gump, I got the DVD on my shelf. But Forrest Gump is the last movie that should have won.

 3A. Rocky beating Network and Taxi Driver
Nominated for 10 Oscars, it won 3, none of which it deserved. Rocky was written by actor Sylvester Stallone, shot for one million dollars, and made an astounding 225 million dollars; that is truly amazing. But it baffels me that it beat Network or Taxi Driver. A good number of people have seen Taxi Driver but few have seen Network, personally I would have given the Oscar to Network. I'm watching it as I'm writing this article, it's brilliant. Rocky won for the same reason Forrest Gump did, it's a feel good/underdog movie. Rocky is one of the greatest sports movies of all time, but it sits in the shadows of Network and Taxi Driver.


3B. Shakespeare In Love beating Saving Private Ryan
I decided to make number three a two parter because they were neck and neck. Saving Private Ryan is one of the greatest war epics of all time, and it lost to a sub par and forgettable love movie. The Oscars have never been a fan of bloody/violent movies like Saving Private Ryan, they do prefer the feel good love stories like Shakespeare In Love. Same as all the rest of the movies on this list Shakespeare is a good movie, I'm not denying that, but Saving Private Ryan is a much better movie that has reached legendary status. One of the best movies by the legendary director Steven Spielberg. Even though it won six Oscars, it should have one best picture.


2. Ordinary People beats Raging Bull
Ordinary People, one of the most forgettable Oscar winners. Ordinary People was a good movie, given positive reviews by crittics and considered one of the best of the year. But is it better than Raging Bull? F*ck no. Raging Bull is the greatest sporting movie of all time, it makes Rocky look like Here Comes the Boom. Considered one of Scorsese's best movies, Raging Bull is an incredible film about a damaged man fighting his demons. Starring De Niro, he gives the best performance of his career. Raging Bull was even ranked as AFI's number 4 movie of all time, and it should have won.



1. Dances With Wolves beating Goodfellas
I can't even... I don't even understand. How could the Academy even justified this decision. You have Goodfellas, arguably the greatest gangster film ever, loses to Dances With Wolves, I have trouble comprehending this. Dances With Wolves isn't even that great, if it were to come out in 2012 I wouldn't have put it in my top 10. I consider Goodfellas to be the best movie of the 1990's, and I even have it in my top 10 movies of all time. It is Scorsese's masterpiece. Taxi Driver and Raging Bull losing were bad, but Goodfellas losing is unforgivable. And is unquestionably the worst Oscar robbery.