Movies that should have won Best Picture but didn't starting from 2000 to 2024

  • 2000- The Insider should have won this year (Actual Winner: American Beauty)

  • 2001- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon should have won (Actual Winner: Gladiator)

  • 2002- The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring should have won (Actual Winner: A Beautiful Mind)

  • 2003- Gangs of New York (Scorsese should have got it here for Best Picture) (Actual Winner: Chicago)

  • 2004- Lost In Translation should have won (Actual Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)

  • 2005- Ray should have won for Best Picture (Actual Winner: Million Dollar Baby)

  • 2006- Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture should have won (Actual Winner: Crash)

  • 2007- The Departed from Scorsese was such a masterpiece that it definitely deserved Best Picture so I can't even argue it

  • 2008- There Will Be Blood for Best Picture should have won (Actual Winner: No Country for Old Men)

  • 2009- Curious Case of Benjamin Button should have won for Best Picture (Actual Winner: Slumdog Millionaire)

  • 2010- Avatar should have won for Best Picture (Actual Winner: The Hurt Locker)

  • 2011- Inception should have won for Best Picture (Actual Winner: The King's Speech)

  • 2012- The Help should have won this year for Best Picture; actual winner was The Artist

  • 2013- Django Unchained should have won for Best Picture; actual winner was Ben Affleck's Argo

  • 2014- Wolf on Wall Street should have won; actual winner was 12 Years A Slave

  • 2015- American Sniper should have won; actual winner was Birdman

  • 2016- Mad Max Fury Road should have won for Best Picture; actual winner was Spotlight

  • 2017- Fences should have won for Best Picture; actual winner was Moonlight

  • 2018- Get Out should have won for Best Picture; actual winner was The Shape of Water

  • 2019- Black Panther as the first Marvel superhero movie to win Best Picture because it was that good; actual winner was Green Book

  • 2020- Joker should have won for Best Picture; actual winner was Parasite

  • 2021- Judas and the Black Messiah should have won for Best Picture; actual winner was Nomadland

  • 2022- Dune Part 1 should have won Best Picture; actual winner was CODA

  • 2023- Top Gun Maverick should have won Best Picture...actual winner was Everything Everywhere All At Once

  • 2024- Barbie should have won for Best Picture; actual winner was Oppenheimer