The Oscars or Academy Awards (whichever you like to call it) is supposed to be an awards show that featured the best work in film in a given year. While over the years pundits have argued it’s really just an elitist Hollywood “who’s who” praising themselves for being better than anyone, in theory we’re supposed to be appreciating all the fine movies that came out that year. This year it’s looking like movies such as La La Land, Moonlight, Hidden Figures, and others will be getting plenty of accolades. But little do people know that even some of the worst films of the year actually get nominations too.
Suicide Squad was one of the most universally panned movies of the year but it actually got an Oscar nomination! We’ll tell you what it was for down below. The point is that even the worst of the worst sometimes get nominated for the best of the best.
Here are ten movies from the 90s and beyond that were rated as “horrible” from sites like Rotten Tomatoes and from general consensus that actually receive Oscar nominations (and what those nominations were:
Waterworld – 1995
Nominated for best sound
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Nominated for sound editing and mixing
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Nominated for: Sound Mixing, Sound Editing & Visual Effects
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Nominated for: Cinematography, Art Direction and Original Song.
Norbit (2007)
Nominated for: Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Eraser (1996)
Nominated for: Best Sound Effects Editing.
Hollow Man (2000)
Nominated for: Visual Effects.
Batman Forever (1995)
Nominated for: Best Cinematography, Best Sound Effects Editing & Best Sound.
Suicide Squad (2016)
Nominated for: Makeup and Hairstyling.
Click (2006)
Nominated for: Makeup and Hairstyling.
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