It’s a depressing fact that films directed by previous winners have more chance of being nominated than those directed by newcomers.
Find a gallery compiling the films that should never have won an Oscar here.
But when it’s really broken down, the Oscars are essentially just a microcosm of Hollywood.
Over the decades, there have been countless glaring omissions – films that were nominated but were beaten by far inferior films and classic films that failed to secure a single nomination.