The fact that Meryl Streep was nominated for "Florence Foster Jenkins" and "Into the Woods" but Toni Colette wasn't for "Hereditary" says everything about the Oscars.

People are arguing that "Jennifer Lopez was playing herself" in Hustlers… that's a terrible argument because Brad Pitt basically played himself in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and won the Oscar that year and Margot Robbie basically played herself in Bombshell and was nominated that year.

You can't talk about Denzel in Roman J Israel Esq. without talking about James Franco in The Disaster Artist. It was Franco's nomination to lose but when the accusations against him came out, Denzel was the next man up.

I agree, Arrival is Amy Adams' best performance. What sucks, is she's likely to win for something much worse - like Julianne Moore.

Daniel bruhl from rush should have been nominated over Bradley cooper. Rush is such a great film

Night crawler deserved alot of oscar nominations Best actor Best supporting actress and supporting actor Best director Best screenplay Best picture

I don't know if you're reading this Brian, but from the other side of the globe, I cannot describe how much your videos mean to me. Oscars are kind of a niche interest, and living in a small town in the Balkans, I have no one to exchange opinions with. I hope you do more best and worst nominations per decade, as well as rank acting wins for every category in recent decades. Those are my favourite videos of yours! ❤

I think instead of Denzel, they were probably going to nominate James Franco for the disaster artist, that is until the allegations came out… so they’re like who do we nominate instead? Tom Hanks for the post? Not. Steve Carell for The Battle of the Sexes? Maybe.. Denzel Washington? Fine😅

I know JLO has a reputation for thinking highly of herself but that snub for Hustlers is an occasion when she was 100% correct. She was a dynamic force of nature in Hustlers and it should have at least been recognized with a nomination.

Half of this list could’ve been filled with performers from O’russell’s films. Loud, empty, obnoxious, and just plain annoying.

10. 0:22 Laura Dern / Wild 9. 2:21 Denzel Washington / Roman J Israel, Esq. 8. 4:03 Bradley Cooper / American Hustle 7. 5:50 Jacki Weaver / Silver Linings Playbook 6. 7:38 Charlize Theron / Bombshell 5. 9:51 Kathy Bates / Richard Jewell (I love Kathy but I agree 100% Jlo on Hustlers deserved it more 😤) 4. 12:40 Eddy Redmaine / The Danish Girl 3. 14:17 Kenneth Branaugh / My Week With Marilyn 2. 16:31 Meryl Streep / Florence Foster Jenkins 1. 19:21 Sam Rockwell / Vice

Mine: 1. Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) …. should’ve been Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) 2. Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) …. should’ve been Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) 3. Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes) …. should’ve been Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems) 4. Eddie Redmayne (Danish Girl) …. should’ve been Jake Gyllenhaal (Southpaw) 5. Viggo Mortensen (Green Book) …. should’ve been Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) 6. Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) …. should’ve been Amy Adams (Arrival) 7. Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) …. should’ve been Jessica Chastain (Crimson Peak) 8. Meryl Streep (Into the Woods) …. should’ve been Jessica Chastain (Interstellar or A Most Violent Year) 9. Christian Bale (American Hustle) …. should’ve been Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) 10. Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook) …. should’ve been Kelly Reilly (Flight)

BOTH Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu should've been nominated for Hustlers

Top ten times the Independent Spirt Awards got it right over the Oscars. We are waiting…

I completely disagree with you putting Laura Dern in Wild on the list. She is great in the movie. Limited Screen time but huge impact on the Story. She deserved the nomination.

I disagree with your statement about Meryl Streep in "Florence Foster Jenkins." I thought she was brilliant in this role.

Sam Rockwell was riding high on the popularity train when he was nominated for Vice

I’ve always said it but y’all can say what y’all want about Jennifer Lopez but Chica can ACT the house down when she wants too. I’m still shocked that she wasn’t nominated for her all timer performance in “Selena” she embodied THE ICON HERSELF. I’ve always gotten the flack about her music but never about her acting.

I’m always super happy to get a new video from you Brian ❤

Just love your content, man. Keep up the great work!

I have gone on and experienced many unexplainable phenomena of the universe. But nothing trumps Amy Adams not being nominated for Arrival.

I can’t even imagine someone can play Florence Foster Jenkins rather than Meryl Streep, She played that role how FFJ was 🤷, She deserves that nomination 🔥

They just didnt want jlo to be known as an oscar nominated actress thats why they gave kathy bates that nomination 😂 Jlo wanted that nomination so bad. She campaigned HEAVILY. Giving interviews, magazine covers, wearing extravagant gowns and outfits etc the whole 9 yards .She was everywhere.

I think with American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook: the Academy seemed to be on a real David O. Russell high for a while. They seem to do this thing where certain filmmakers are front-and-center as their chosen “it” directors, and they’ll shower that filmmaker and their work with love and nominations, regardless of the quality. And I think Russell was that for a time. He’s fallen off of that in recent years, especially with his work on films like Amsterdam, and the resurfacing of his abusive tendencies on his film sets (especially towards George Clooney, Lily Tomlin, and Amy Adams). But I think that may explain why those films got so much love in those years, he was just one of “their guys” at that time. Though I agree, American Hustle didn’t click with me when I saw it. And it doesn’t seem to have aged all that well either.

Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight was a terrible nomination. The fact that Mark Rylance inexplicably won that year for Bridge of Spies notwithstanding, I think all of the following gave more challenging and memorable supporting performances than Ruffalo: Paul Giamatti in Straight Outta Compton and Love and Mercy Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina Benicio del Toro in Sicario Steve Carrel in The Big Short (Christian Bale was nominated for this movie) Michael Stuhlbarg in Steve Jobs Will Poulter in The Revenant

Lol Laura Dern is actually an inspired nom. Just because she doesn't have a lot of screen time and doesn't cry and scream into your face doesn't mean she was bad. She did take a paper thin character and created a haunting character which gives and helps Reese performance to have an emotionally punch. Subtle acting at its best. But Brian is not a fan of subtle performances. There are no small roles only small actresses.

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I really don’t agree with your opinion on Bombshell. I wasn’t a fan of the film, but i think it’s carried by its acting. Theron, Kidman, and Robbie were all excellent.

Laura Dern has so much muscle within the Academy, that the nomination for Wild albeit unnecessary doesn't surprise me. I like when Denzel plays against his typical huffing and puffing characters. So it's refreshing to see that Roman nomination. If you ask me, I would've nominated James Franco instead but we all know that wasn't happening. What is it with David O. Russell and his actors, I mean... they get in! When J.Lo missed BAFTA I already knew she wasn't going to make it in the Oscars. I don't understand the disdain for Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl. He was fantastic!! I love that Florence nomination for Meryl Streep 🤭 I still have to think about who I would take out that year because yes, Amy Adams was snubbed that year! That Rockwell nomination was crazy indeed! Timothee Chalamet should've been in there instead for Beautiful Boy. Wonderful video once again!

Loved the video 👍 I have become a huge fan of yours during last year's awards season. Keep up the good work

The academy truly wronged Nightcrawler. Zero acting nominations is criminal. I’d argue not only Gyllenhaal and Russo but ALSO Riz Ahmed should’ve gotten a supporting actor nod as well.

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

Id take out Jonathan price for the two popes and put in taron egerton in rocket man

Josh Hamilton for Eight Grade is a good shout👌🏼 such an underrated performance

Hey there! If possiable, can you keep up this series? I really like it!

Jacki Weaver's nomination for SLP baffles me to this day. I could not find one scene nor moment that warranted an Oscar nomination. I felt the same about Marina de Tavira's nomination for Roma, though I know several think that nomination was deserved.

Jennifer Lawrence was terrible in American Hustle. TERRIBLE. Just more of her typical, over the top "look at me everyone, I'm acting. I'm acting REALLY hard" performances. Not to mention she was way too young for that part. What a ridiculous nomination that was. 🙄

Sam Rockwell.... Lol, but I thought he was better in Charlie's Angels -vs- Vice. At least CA made me notice him as an actor and go who is this? -- Vice seems like more of a potential good karma nod?!? --- Rockwell did star in Clownhouse, a pretty decent low budget slasher, but behind the scenes was horrendous. Then Sam did spend well over a decade after that trying to get some momentum going, to be noticed. And one thing I do have to give younger Sam credit for is, it seems like he was willing to take on any role, do anything for the role and showed a lotta drive.

Jennifer Lopez has another chance at an Oscar nomination, with Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Omg I love you!❤️ I agree with so much of what you say. Glad to find a movie nominee snub soulmate 😍😂

As always, you make some great points. Adams's snub for Arrival was astounding. Leading into the Oscars, Arrival's chances of a Best Picture and Director nod were iffy, but Adams was supposed to be the sure thing, and then nada! I think Streep is good and I know a few people who think it is one of her best performances, but I am ambivalent about it. How cool for Rene Russo - one of the most underrated actresses of the last 25 years - to get some recognition. But alas - like her performance in The Thomas Crown Affair, it was not to be. I agree with your comments about the performances from Dern, Redmayne, Bates, and Rockwell. The Washington performance for that film is absurd - it is almost like they decided to just throw nominations at Washington just for stepping on screen. I love Theron, but agree wholeheartedly that her snub for Fury Road (like Adams, she should have been the sure thing for that film) and then getting a nod for the surface glitz nonsense of Bombshell playing a not particularly likable or interesting person is puzzling. I actually think Branagh's work is better than you give it credit for in My Week With Marilyn, although he is undoubtedly overshadowed by Williams. I also think you have underrated Weaver's work in Silver Linings Playbook because her role is not as flashy as the others. Honestly, when I saw the film I somehow knew she had a good shot at a nomination. I don't get your hatred of Cooper in American Hustle though. Honestly, going into Oscars seasons there were two sure people I knew would get nods that year and they were Cooper and Lawrence from that film. I was not surprised by Bale and Adams nominations, but the precursors did not make them a sure bet. I think both Cooper and Lawrence are both doing high caliber character work in that film, which is something marquee talents rarely get a crack at. In fact, outside of A Star Is Born, I would rank this as probably Cooper's best onscreen work - with Silver Linings close behind it.

Disagree about Laura Dern and "Wild." But I've always noticed the Oscars are suckers for roles in which the actor physically "transforms" their appearance, and your list reflects that.

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You say you don’t want to hate on a Washington nomination, and yet this is the definition of hate. He got the nom bc Franco had too much MeToo backlash.

Not Kenneth Branagh!!! Surprised at that being here. I love that movie and him in it, he probably would have been my vote if I was in the Academy 😭😭😭

How about Dame Judy being nominated for and winning supporting actress for Sheakespear in love? She even said that it was miraculous for an 8 minute role. That whole year was rigged. Paltrow for best actress and best picture? Give me a Fing break.

Alan Arkin's Oscar win for Little Miss Sunshine and his nomination for Argo still pisses me off to this day!

Sounds like I'm in the minority, but I will die on the hill of Jackie Weaver deserving her nomination. Silver Linings was my introduction to her, and she blew me away. She's playing a character who has been sidelined for decades by bigger personalities and bigger problems, and she's like a live wire of repressed anxiety and exasperation, trying to keep her family in the realm of sanity--just like the actress herself grounds every scene she's in, more often than not through hilarious facial expressions and carriage rather than dialogue. In an era of "strong women" being dominant in the conversation (whether they're well-written or not), I love seeing more naturally timid or patient characters show their strength in more subtle ways. Mama bear, she may not be, but more than anyone else in the film, Jackie made me believe her character could be a real person. It's not an exceptional movie, but I had a similar response to Amy Adams' character in Big Eyes. The way she carried her anxiety in her body reminded me so much of my own mother's mannerisms.

Loved all of the performances you mentioned! 😂 Streep in FFJ was phenomenal.

If “Vice” was gonna get a supporting actor nomination, it should’ve been for Steve Carell

I don’t see why Jennifer Lawrence won for best actress, I thought she was so over the top and young for that role. I don’t know how she won a golden globe over Lupita Nyong’o. Regina King was ok for me but I don’t see why she swept all the awards for If Beale Street Could Talk. Emma Stone in La La Land, Bradley Cooper in everything, overrated for me.

Don’t really get why Jennifer Lawrence won for silver linings playbook…

For me the Showtime series with Russell Crowe was the far superior Fox "news"/ Roger Ailes biopic. I love Scarlett Johansen in JoJo but JLo definitely deserved a nod. She was incredible in that role.

Bombshell. Not much of a story??????? What? There was a great story, the movie may not captured it or presented it to your liking, but there was a story.

Thank you for acknowledging Jennifer Lopez’s snub for Hustlers.

Academy voters just can't get enough of nominating actors for impersonating real life figures whether they deserve it or not and there are so many of them in the past few decades, particularly in the musical biopic genre, that are totally unwarranted.

15:30 it felt like the whole novelty of “oh Lawrence Oliver starred and directed all those Shakespeare movies in the ‘40s and ‘50s and then Branagh did the same thing in the ‘80s and ‘90s and now he’s playing Oliver so cool” got him the nom

My Top 10 Worst Oscar nominations of the 2010's 1. Meryl Streep for Best Actress (Florence Foster Jenkins) 2. Eddie Redmayne for Best Actor (The Danish Girl) 3. Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor (The Judge) 4. Max Von Sydow for Best Supporting Actor (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) 5. Ruth Negga for Best Actress (Loving) 6. Jackie Weaver for Best Supporting Actress (Silver Linings Playbook) 7. Sam Rockwell for Best Supporting Actor (Vice) 8. Denzel Washington for Best Actor (Roman J. Israel, Esq.) 9. Charlize Theron for Best Actress (Bombshell) 10.Bradley Cooper for Best Supporting Actor (American Hustle)

No offense man, but you apparently don’t know much about acting. Have you ever acted, or taken an acting class, or taken a theater arts class? Do you know what character work is? Creating a character? It’s probably the most challenging thing about acting. Jacki Weaver was wonderful in Silver Linings Playbook. I was shocked to find out afterwards that she’s actually from Australia. She was soooo Philly. The run-of-the-mill performance from that movie that didn’t need to be there was actually Robert De Niro’s. Charlize Theron was so authentic as Megyn Kelly that I had to keep reminding myself that she wasn’t her. Eddie Redmayne’s portrayal in The Danish Girl was a thing of astonishing beauty. I haven’t seen the movie since it came out, and all these years later, I still remember the look in his eyes when he got his first kiss from a man, or rather when she. All the emotions and fear and elation from that life milestone played out in his eyes for just a couple of seconds. Actors strive to achieve tiny, authentic, moving effects like that in the moment. I think it’s his best performance. And Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins was absolutely hilarious. The scene where she’s singing the aria in the theater is one of the funniest moments in any movie I’ve ever seen. If there is a movie, she should not have been nominated for, it is as Music of the Heart, 1999. Not this one.

I disagree with you on kathy bates. She did amazing in Richard Jewell

I hated American Hustle. Unbearable to be honest. Nobody should have been nominated for anything

I think you missed a mile on Florence Foster Jenkins. I thought she was delightful in it. What was that Amy Adams movie you mentioned?

I loved Laura Dern in the Wild! She's the absolute heart of the movie in a very little screen time she was in

Laura Dern was phenomenal IMO

Renee Zellweger for Judy is a stretch for a nomination but for an all out win? WRETCHED!

they were just making up for not nominating Laura for Jurassic park back in the day. 😹 Yeah why didn’t the guy who played Richard jewell get a nom

Amazingly, I agree with 90% of these choices! Good job.

coming out as a florence foster jenkins defender. early teenager men watched that movie alone in bed on a hot summer day and i was SOBBING

I agree with most of your choices, and while I don't want to suggest all of Meryl's nominations are award-worthy, I would commend 'Florence,' knowing as a singer myself how genuinely hard it is to sing off-key and badly when you are naturally gifted in voice as Meryl is. Her nom for 'Into the Woods is even worse...

Oh my god, I'm so with you on those, especially circa 2013-2016 Oscar seasons. The snobs you mentioned(BlackMass, Arrival, MadMax, 45 years, Exmachina...) was the reasons I eventually realize Oscar was just a game that was not all about good craftsmanship and gave up on following Oscar. I would also wish Annette Bening got nominated for 20century women in best actress in a leading role and even win

Did not remember Branagh was even IN My Week with Marilyn I’m SHOCKED he was nominated

I couldn't get into American Hustle

Anything David O. Russell related is sketchy. Also they need to stop nominating Cooper and Lawrence.

Justice for Jloooooo❤

I did prefer Dern in Little Women over Marriage Story.

I can’t believe you think JLO should’ve gotten an Oscar nomination. Give me a break 🤣💀

22:54 I think Meryl Streep should have been nominated for Plenty. She was so slick in a movie that is so full of mysterus nuances. Another movies tat sesudave been nominated was Calling In Love with Robert de Niro. It speaks of how a casual acqarace can tur iito blossoming girl boy reatosp ta dersettifteUited Staesite 80s. Very rrfreging role for Meryl Streep. Something like a breakout

Great narrative and agreed to those choices. Rockwell should’ve been nominated for The Green Mile. Linda Blair over Tatum O’Neil on a movie no ones remember Paper Moon

I agree with BOMBSHELL. I was excited cause it was directed by Jay Roach. Cause he did GAME CHANGE with Jullianne Moore as Sarah Palin. And nobody should call that a impersonation. But BOMBSHELL did nothing & felt people in costumes. There were times I thought the tone was very oddly weird for me, times I thought there was weird black comedy undertones in it. I always felt the Academy gave recognition cause of the Post Me Too/Weinstein & maybe Academy wanted to do some reckoning over that.

Even Meryl as nominees were announced on stage made a face that said it all...WHY AM I HERE TONIGHT?

Bradley Cooper is the best part of American Hustle, imo. His sweaty, manic energy works perfect for that character and plays against type.

Dern was better in 99 Homes than Wild, but I don't remember if they were released the same year.

Normally I agree with you, but you lost me with this video! Charlize Theron became Megyn Kelly in Bombshell and not only deserved the nomination but should have won over Renee Zellweger's horrid impersonation of Judy Garland, and I adored the film American Hustle, it was my favorite from that year! I do agree with Denzel only getting nominated because they needed to fill a spot, but you failed to mention James Franco who was a shoo in until allegations surfaced about him and I also agree about Laura Dern and Kathy Bates, Jennifer Lopez was robbed!

JLO was really good in Hustlers and should have received a nomination

Kidman wasn't in the running for the Hours because she wore a prosthetic nose yet Theron (for me a crap actress) gets nominated for Bombshell wearing lots of prosthetics ? Really ?

Denzel only got in that year because of James Franco’s #metoo incident… it was Oldman vs Franco that year up until that lady called out Franco for harassment

Eighth Grade getting no recognition is a crime

Amy Adams and Albert Brooks exclusions are truly baffling. Both are career bests, as are Jake Gyllenhaal and Renee Russo. All 4 performances are Oscar worthy wins, not just nominations. The Academy kind of sucks

as a Vice fan I would snub Rockwell and swap in Carrell playing Rumsfeld

Defending Your Life is the title of the Albert Brooks film.

There are moments watching this where I begin to argue. I think, “Rockwell wasn’t that bad in Vice,” Then I hear the snubbed examples. Now I’m mad about it as well.

I totally disagree with the statements that American Hustle and Richard Jewell were not good films. I loved both of those movies. They were fantastic, and absolutely memorable. I also liked Bombshell, The Danish Girl, and Vice more than it sounds like you did. Although I agree that Timothee Chalomet deserved a nomination for Beautiful Boy.

Judy Dench getting the best supporting actress nomination instead of Catríona Balfe for Belfast. Hands-down. Such a snub.

Tom Hiddleston deserved nomination for I saw the light. The movie itself wasnt great but Tom's performance was stellar. He also sang and played guitar. Something for example R. Malek didnt do and won.

I love Jennifer Lawrence, but I wasn't a big fan of her performance in "Joy". It wasn't bad at all, but i would've replaced her nomination with Charlize Theron for Mad Max : Fury Road.

I would have taken out all the Vice nominations it’s for makeup . When I finally saw it I was shocked there was so much Oscar buzz about it.

to be fair...why did AMERICAN HUSTLE get ANY nominations? what a chore to watch!

Laura's "I'm not going to be a mom any more" in "The Fault in Our Stars" is fucking heartbreaking.

laura dern was BRILLIANT in wild. The scene after her eyes surgery is always on my mind

8 and 2 I do not agree. The Nominations of Denzel washington and Meryl streep seemed like a joke to me, especially because there were Actors who acted better than them in those years.