Here are movies that make you go "damn that was so good... was this movie nominated for an Oscar?" Basically movies that have won Oscars, were nominated for one, and were completely ignored by the academy and have won an Oscar in my heart.
- Whiplash (2014)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- The Favourite (2018)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- The Witch (2015)
- Lion (2016)
- Black Swan (2010)
- Room (2015)
- La La Land (2016)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) animated
- The Handmaiden (2016) in korean
- A Star Is Born (2018)
- A Quiet Place (2018)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
- Eighth Grade (2018)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- Lady Bird (2017)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Get Out (2017)
- The Florida Project (2017)
- Carol (2015)
- Sing Street (2016)
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- Wind River (2017)
I will continue to add to this list when I think of more.