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The Year: 2004 What the Nominees Were: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, Sideways Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the most obvious one!

The Year: 2003 What the Nominees Were: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Lost in Translation, Master and Commander, Mystic River, Seabiscuit Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: American Splendor should definitely have gotten a nominati…

The Year: 2002 What the Nominees Were: Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Spike Jonze’s meta-mindbender Adaptation, Haynes’ mediation on melodrama Far From H…

The Year: 2001 What the Nominees Were: A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: In retrospect, the most acclaimed movie of this year is now D…

The Year: 2000 What the Nominees Were: Chocolat; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Erin Brockovich; Gladiator; Traffic Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: The Coen Brothers’ delightful O Brother Where Art Thou?

The Year: 1999 What the Nominees Were: American Beauty, The Cider House Rules, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Sixth Sense Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: This year is very frustrating for me.

The Year: 1998 What the Nominees Were: Elizabeth, Life is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, The Thin Red Line Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Wes Anderson’s Rushmore and the Coen Brothers’ The Big Lebowski.

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The Year: 1996 What the Nominees Were: The English Patient, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets and Lies, Shine Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Sayles’ greatest film Lone Star should’ve taken Jerry Maguire’s spot.

The Year: 1995 What the Nominees Were: Braveheart, Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, Sense and Sensibility Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Bizarre nominations this year.

The Year: 1994 What the Nominees Were: Forrest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, The Shawshank Redemption Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: That’s a pretty good list, but surely Tim Burton’s Ed Wood should have taken…

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The Year: 1993 What the Nominees Were: The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, The Remains of the Day, Schindler’s List Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Groundhog Day, which belongs on any shortlist for the greatest movies of all…

The Year: 1992 What the Nominees Were: The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howard’s End, Scent of a Woman, Unforgiven Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: It’s insane that Malcolm X was not even nominated.

The Year: 1991 What the Nominees Were: Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, JFK, The Prince of Tides, The Silence of the Lambs Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Richard Linklater’s Slacker is an indie masterpiece, but hardly the sort of movie that wo…

The Year: 1990 What the Nominees Were: Awakenings, Dances With Wolves, Ghost, The Godfather Part III, GoodFellas Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan is one of my favorites.

The Year: 1989 What the Nominees Were: Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Driving Miss Daisy, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Do the Right Thing; Sex, Lies and Videotape What Did Win: Driving Miss…

The Year: 1988 What the Nominees Were: The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, Rain Man, Working Girl Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Martin Donavan’s Apartment Zero is a brilliant film.

The Year: 1987 What the Nominees Were: Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Hope and Glory, The Last Emperor, Moonstruck Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: That’s a good list, but I’d add Raising Arizona and Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun What Did…

The Year: 1986 What the Nominees Were: Children of a Lesser God, Hannah and her Sisters, The Mission, Platoon, A Room With a View Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Blue Velvet What Did Win: Platoon How It’s Aged: Despite starring Charlie Shee…

The Year: 1985 What the Nominees Were: The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider-Woman, Out of Africa, Prizzi’s Honor, Witness Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Albert Brooks’ Lost in America and Allen’s Purple Rose of Cairo are great films.

The Year: 1984 What the Nominees Were: Amadeus, The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, Places in the Heart, A Soldier’s Story Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: It’s crazy that Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America wasn’t nominated.

The Year: 1983 What the Nominees Were: The Big Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies, Terms of Endearment Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Sayles’ Baby, It’s You, Allen’s Zelig, and Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander What Should’ve…

The Year: 1982 What the Nominees Were: E.

The Year: 1981 What the Nominees Were: Atlantic City, Chariots of Fire, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reds Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: Lumet’s underappreciated gem Prince of the City and Malle’s brilliant talk-fest My Dinner…

The Year: 1980 What the Nominees Were: Coal Miner’s Daughter, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, Tess Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: John Sayles arrived on the scene with Return of the Secaucus Seven.

The Year: 1979 What the Nominees Were: All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Breaking Away, Kramer Vs.

The Year: 1978 What the Nominees Were: Coming Home, The Deer Hunter, Heaven Can Wait, Midnight Express, An Unmarried Woman Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: How did Days of Heaven not get a nomination??

The Year: 1977 What the Nominees Were: Annie Hall, The Goodbye Girl, Julia, Star Wars, The Turning Point Other Movies That Should Have Been Considered: How on earth did Close Encounters of the Third Kind not get a nomination??