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Kaput: Failed Would-Be Oscar Films From 1964 to 2023

The films without any Oscar nominations that were at one point talked about in Oscar but fell apart entirely upon release or the ones which upon release were praised enough at the time to get into the race, but didn't. Some of these films are masterful, some are serviceable, some are bad, and then some are cryptbound. But It's all here, 60 years of failed Oscar Bait, with the intention of including earlier years at a future date.

  • Zulu
  • Man's Favorite Sport?
  • Night Must Fall
  • The World of Henry Orient
  • The Long Ships
  • Woman of Straw
  • Psyche 59
  • The Thin Red Line
  • Girl with Green Eyes
  • Bedtime Story
  • Marnie
  • Behold a Pale Horse
  • Nothing But a Man
  • The 7th Dawn
  • King and Country
  • Lilith
  • Fail Safe
  • Of Human Bondage
  • Guns at Batasi
  • Your Cheatin' Heart
  • Youngblood Hawke
  • 36 Hours
  • Kiss Me, Stupid
  • Baby the Rain Must Fall
  • Those Calloways
  • Sylvia
  • Lord Jim
  • None But the Brave
  • Young Cassidy
  • Operation Crossbow
  • Major Dundee
  • Genghis Khan
  • The Knack... and How to Get It
  • Joy in the Morning
  • The Hill
  • Repulsion
  • The Hallelujah Trail
  • Harlow
  • Rapture
  • Mickey One
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing
  • The Nanny
  • The Bedford Incident
  • The Loved One
  • The Cincinnati Kid
  • Mirage
  • Return from the Ashes
  • The War Lord
  • Shakespeare-Wallah
  • Life at the Top
  • Battle of the Bulge
  • 7 Women
  • Judith
  • Lord Love a Duck
  • Harper
  • Madame X
  • The Group
  • The Trouble with Angels
  • Cast a Giant Shadow
  • Nevada Smith
  • Duel at Diablo
  • The Blue Max
  • A Fine Madness
  • Torn Curtain
  • This Property Is Condemned
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • The Appaloosa
  • Persona
  • The Quiller Memorandum
  • Follow Me, Boys!
  • El Dorado
  • The Family Way
  • The Deadly Affair
  • A Countess from Hong Kong
  • The Night of the Generals
  • Accident
  • Hurry Sundown
  • Marat/Sade
  • Enter Laughing
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • Hombre
  • The Honey Pot
  • Welcome to Hard Times
  • To Sir, with Love
  • The Flim-Flam Man
  • Our Mother's House
  • The Day the Fish Came Out
  • Doctor Faustus
  • Reflections in a Golden Eye
  • Bedazzled
  • The Comedians
  • Will Penny
  • Half a Sixpence
  • The President's Analyst
  • Sebastian
  • The Anniversary
  • Bye Bye Braverman
  • No Way to Treat a Lady
  • Madigan
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade