Biggest Oscar Screenplay Snubs This Past Decade

[Awardsfan1990 Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 241 Posts: 9064 View Predictions]

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In your opinion, what are some of the most egregious snubs for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars this past decade. Here are my top 5 snubs for each:

Original:
1. Mud
2. Eighth Grade
3. Captain Fantastic
4. The Farewell
5. Zootopia

Adapted:
1. The Lost City Of Z
2. Gone Girl
3. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
4. Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
5. Steve Jobs

What are some of yours?

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 293 Posts: 5479 View Predictions]

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Best Original Screenplay:
50/50
Coco
Begin Again
Rush
Sicario

Best Adapted Screenplay:
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Gone Girl
Loving
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Steve Jobs

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 262 Posts: 18845 View Predictions]

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Original Screenplay:
Begin Again
Booksmart
I, Tonya
Toni Erdmann
Wild Rose

Adapted Screenplay:
A Man Called Ove
Gone Girl
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Steve Jobs

FYC OSCARS : PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN IN ALL CATEGORIES (ESP. ACTRESS – Carey Mulligan AND ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY — EMERALD FENNELL), VANESSA KIRBY FOR "PIECES OF A WOMAN", ESSIE DAVIS FOR "BABYTEETH"

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[William Gillquist Joined: Jan 1st, 2020 Topics: 10 Posts: 624 View Predictions]

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Definitely Eighth Grade and Booksmart. Those should have been easy locks.

FYC Oscars: Soul (Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Original Score), Regina King (Best Director), Delroy Lindo (Best Actor), Viola Davis (Best Actress), Leslie Odom Jr. (Best Supporting Actor)

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 7 Posts: 978 View Predictions]

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Looking at all of world cinema the past decade? Literal hundreds. If I limit it to what was in the predictions center? Let’s see:

Elle
Frankie
Gone Girl
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Lost City of Z
Love & Friendship
The Master
Mistress America
Mr. Turner
Peterloo
Phantom Thread
Toni Erdmann

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[Ruby Sparks Joined: Sep 26th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 178 View Predictions]

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Great question! I’ve thought about it…

Best Original Screenplay:
1. The Florida Project (2017)
2. Zootopia (2016)
3. A Quiet Place (2018)
4. 50/50 (2011)
5. I, Tonya (2017)
6. Phantom Thread (2017)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Wonder (2017)
2. Deadpool (2016)
3. Gone Girl (2014)
4. Hustlers (2019)
5. Cloud Atlas (2012)
6. The Perks of Being A Wallflower (2012)

FYC: Soul in ALL CATEGORIES

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 645 View Predictions]

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Original Screenplay:

1. Blue Valentine
2. A Quiet Place
3. Seven Psychopaths
4. A Ghost Story
5. The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Adapted Screenplay:

1. Widows
2. Burning
3. Gone Girl
4. The Handmaiden
5. Snowpiercer

FYC:

Lead Actor: Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round)

Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Supporting Actor: Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

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Letterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges

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