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