r/Oscars • u/jordankch • 1d ago
Discussion Favorite movie that only got 1 nomination?
My favorite is 2009's Coraline. It was nominated for Animated Feature, and never would win against Up. However, I do think it would have been worthy of nominations in score, production design, and even adapted screenplay.
What is your favorite movie that got only 1 nomination?
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u/RedRawTrashHatch 1d ago
Y Tu Mamá También was only nominated for best original screenplay. It wasn’t submitted for consideration for best foreign language film, which is BS.
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u/BusinessKnight0517 1d ago
I’m going to say Silence (2016) since it should have some love here
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u/EthanHunt125 1d ago
Gone Girl only had one nomination for Rosamund Pike
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u/Aromatic_Tension_194 1d ago
Gone Girl for sure deserved more love from the Academy.
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u/Mediocre-Gas-1847 1d ago
Can’t believe it didn’t atleast get screenplay
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u/AlfonsoMcQuack 1d ago
It should’ve WON screenplay that year. That it wasn’t even nominated is baffling.
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u/friendly_reminder8 11h ago
I remember early in the season it was predicted to win Adapted Screenplay so I was shocked it wasn’t even nominated
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u/MrGoat37 1d ago
Spirited Away (2002) - Best Animated Feature
Aftersun (2022) - Best Actor
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) - Best Animated Feature
Prisoners (2013) - Best Cinematography
Gone Girl (2014) - Best Actress
Nightcrawler (2014) - Best Original Screenplay
The Lighthouse (2019) - Best Cinematography
First Reformer (2018) - Best Original Screenplay
The Florida Project (2017) - Best Supporting Actor
The Princess Bride (1987) - Best Original Song
Incendies (2011) - Best International Feature
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u/wolfben83 1d ago
Rene Russo was robbed of a nomination for Nightcrawler. IMO, she was the best supporting actress in 2014.
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u/Mediocre-Gas-1847 1d ago
Knives Out, Trainspotting, Another Year and The Squid and the Whale all only got one screenplay nom 😢
My favourite is probably the Florida Project tho, also special mention to Dancer In The Dark
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u/LucilleTheVampireBat 1d ago
Fight Club, Seven, Drive
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 1d ago
What were they nominated for?
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u/EthanHunt125 1d ago
Fight Club and Drive were nominated for Sound Editing. Se7en was nominated for Film Editing.
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 1d ago
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, only nominated for best animated feature
Not quite sure if The Muppets Movie got more nominationsnotuside of the rainbow conenction song, but if it didn't then that would be my second answer
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u/StoryIcy8494 1d ago
Casino! It got one well-earned nom for Sharon Stone in Best Actress, but the rest of the film is equally as spectacular!
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u/wonpeelie 1d ago
Better Man (2024)
it's one of my favourite films from 2024 and I would have liked to see it getting more nominations on top of Best Visual Effects
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u/NicholeTheOtter 1d ago
Considering it was a box office disaster primarily due to the crucial American market’s unfamiliarity with Robbie Williams and his career, it was even incredible that it got an Oscar nomination in the first place. It did of course have great critical reception despite the box office performance.
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u/squeakycleanarm 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'm usually terrible in these questions because I've very short term memory, so yk, my favorite movie that got only 1 nomination is probably not this, BUT, the first one that comes to mind is Hiroshima My Love
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u/Dmitr_Jango 1d ago
Jackie Brown, nominated only for Best Supporting Actor (the incredible Robert Forster).
Should've also been nominated for Picture, Directing, Actress (Pam Grier), Actor (Samuel L. Jackson), Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Supporting Actress (Bridget Fonda), Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Costume Design.
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u/No-Reaction-9793 1d ago
What a fun prompt. I bet a lot of these films only got nominated because some passionate people thought they deserved it, even if they didn’t fit the usual awards fodder mold.
Here are my favorites. I don’t think I knew these films were even nominated until I looked it up:
Macabe and Mrs Milller, Return to Oz, The Fly (Cronenberg), Blue Velvet, Contact, Heavenly Creatures, Breaking the Waves, Ghost world, The Royal tennenbaums, The Florida project, First reformed
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u/Price1970 1d ago
Rocketman.
It was only nominated and won Best Original Song.
At BAFTA, it was nominated for Best Actor, Hair and Makeup, Sound and British Film.
At Critics Choice, it was up for Hair and Makeup, Costume Design, and won Best Song.
At the Golden Globes, it won Best Actor Musical or Comedy, and was up for Best Picture Musical or Comedy, and won Best Song.
At the Satellite Awards, it won Best Actor Comedy or Musical, and was up for Best Picture Comedy or Musical, Costume Design, Cinematography, Sound Editing, Film Editing, and won Best Song.
At SAG, it was up for Best Actor.
It was also up for various categories with regional film critics.
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u/gojoeygo87 1d ago
The town (supporting actor) is a solid choice here. I’d also throw out a better life (lead actor) here
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u/ProfessionThin1745 1d ago
The Great Escape, Papillon, The Fly, Predator, Casino, Seven, The Rock, American History X, Fight Club, Downfall, Batman Begins, The Town, Drive, Warrior, Prisoners, Gone Girl, Nightcrawler, X-Men: Days of Future Past
All movies I would at least nominate in one more category
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u/Frogfisherman07 23h ago
The Nightmare Before Christmas got in for Best Visual Effects, which is cool, but it should have been in for Best Original Score.
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u/Dry-Pumpkin-2112 1d ago
I wish that Coraline had beaten Up. It is the much better movie.
But would it have become the Shakespeare in Love of the Best Animated film race? A great movie that is only remembered for beating a film that people think was more deserving? Would Coraline now be hated if it had won?
Funnily enough, Up and Saving Private Ryan have a few similarities...both have one of the best openings of all time, an opening that feels a little separate from the rest of the film, and both films become more basic the farther they get from their openings.
I love both Coraline and SiL and it's interesting to think how much their legacies are tied to their Oscar performances.
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u/Guilty-Bookkeeper512 1d ago
Animal Kingdom
Jackie Weaver was the only nomination but I love that movie, the whole movie!
So many animated movies fit this. They're basically ineligible in every other category except BP, Song, and Score - and they never get nominated for BP (with 3 exceptions). Although many have done quite well in the song category.
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u/Unlucky_Effective_60 10h ago
Kwaidan was just nominated for international or at that time foreign picture. It could easily could have been a serious contender for director, picture, production design, costume design, special effects, cinematography and sound.
The Lighthouse was just nominated for cinematography, it could have been nominated for picture, director, actor and supporting actor, costume and makeup.
The lobster was just nominated for original screenplay, when it should have been nominated for director, picture, actor and supporting actress.
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u/Fun-Ferret-3300 1d ago
In Bruges (2008)
Only recieved a Best Original Screenplay nomination.