History Main / AwardSnub

* 1939: Considered one of the strongest lineups in cinema history, ''GoneWithTheWind'' beat out ''MisterSmithGoesToWashington'', ''GoodbyeMisterChips'', ''TheWizardOfOz'', ''Stagecoach'', ''OfMiceAndMen'', and ''WutheringHeights'' -- any one of which could have won an Oscar in almost any other year.

** [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV] on whether or not ''Fargo'' deserved the award, either.

* 1949: ''TheThirdMan'' failed to get nominated in this category, and is the worst snub being for Best Picture. It was huge in England, but didn't quite fly so big at first in America. Now it's considered a classic.

* 1949: ''TheThirdMan'' failed to get any nominations, the worst snub being for Best Picture. It was huge in England, but didn't quite fly so big at first in America. Now it's considerd a classic.

* 1962: Patty Duke won for ''The Miracle Worker'' over Mary Badham's role as Scout in ''ToKillAMockingBird''.

** Amy Winehouse won the BNA award for her second, and more well known, ''Back to Black'' album. Actually, the award name is kind of misleading, since the rules are that artists are eligible if they have established themselves in the year of nomination.

** It can also be argued that HelenaBonhamCarter (in ''Wings of the Dove'') amd JudiDench (in ''Mrs. Brown'') were more deserving than Hunt that year.

* 1999: One got the sense that no matter how good ''SouthPark: Bigger, Longer and Uncut'' was as a musical, there was no way "Blame Canada" was going to beat ''Film/{{Tarzan}}''[='=]s "You'll Be in My Heart" for the award. Trey and Matt were not pleased and put in a vicious series of {{Take That}}s against Collins in the episode "Timmy 2000" as a result.

** Additionally, Sally Hawkins missing out completely for her leading role in ''Happy-Go-Lucky''. It's suspected that she lost out to the better-known Angelina Jolie for ''Changeling'' -- although Hawkins' performance was much rarer and received ''far'' more critical praise, Jolie was a much bigger name playing an extremely Oscar-baity role, and in an American movie that was more high-profile than ''Happy-Go-Lucky.''

* Say what you like about the StarWars prequels, but they gave cinema some the most astounding visual effects sequences of all time, yet not a single one of they won an oscar for it. RevengeOfTheSith was the biggest upset, it lost to TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe.

* These examples are all peanuts compared to the biggest snub of all. ''{{Babe}}'' winning Best Visual Effects in 1996 beating out ''[=Apollo13=]'', a movie whose VisualEffectsOfAwesome had jaws dropping EVERYWHERE. Meanwhile ''{{Babe}}'' had....''talking'' ''pigs''. WTF??

* ''BandOfBrothers'' or ''ThePacific'' earned a mindblowing total of 43 Emmy nominations between the two of them, and yet not a single one for acting.

** Pedro Martinez not even being considered for MVP in 2000 is even more mindboggling. Inning for inning, he put together arguably the most dominant pitching performance in history, especially in the context of being in the middle of the biggest year for offense in the middle of the steroid era. His ERA was nearly two full runs better than that of the AL runner up, and his WHIP (walks + hits per inning pitched) was lower than any in the dead ball era.

-->--'''Bob Hope''', 1968 Oscars host

In terms of the Television side, much like The Emmys, there has been a lot of questionable snubs.
* Sarah Michelle Gellar's lone nomination in the Best Actress category for ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' came in 2000. The one year that really did not warrant inclusion. Made worse when Jennifer Garner would win the award in 2001 for her role on ''Alias''. The show never received a nomination for Best Drama Series in its run.
* ''TheSimpsons'' has never gotten a nomination for Best Comedy, most likely due to [[AnimationAgeGhetto the stigma of being animated]].

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** It wasn't just his issues with Jordan. Isiah made some comments that Magic Johnson may have been gay or bisexual, resulting in Johnson voting against bringing Thomas into the dream team.

** Robert Pattinson wins the "Global Superstar" award over ''JohnnyDepp'' -- and this not long after Depp's latest film, ''[[Film/AliceInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]]'', amassed $1 billion-plus worldwide.
***And Robert Pattinson appearing in the total flop of [[Film/RememberMe Remember Me]] came out even closer to the award.
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* 1927-1928: ''TheJazzSinger'', the ''first-ever sound film'', wasn't even nominated. The winner? ''Wings'', a war film forgotten in time. In fact, ''TheJazzSinger'' was ''rendered ineligable'' to give silent films their only chance at the award.