A couple of recent ones(can't think of many now naturally) I liked.

Julia Roberts, Closer
Brad Pitt, Babel
Olympia Dukakis, Away From Her
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead
Sigourney Weaver, The Ice Storm
Sigourney Weaver, A Map of the World

Anamaria Marinca, 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile

Julianne Moore, A Map of the World

Miranda Richardson, The Crying Game; Dance with a Stranger; Spider

Rosalind Russell, The Women; His Girl Friday

Kristin Scott Thomas, Il y a longtemps que je t'aime

Meryl Streep, Plenty

Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr.

Sigourney Weaver, The Ice Storm; A Map of the World; Death and the Maiden

Kate Winslet, Heavenly Creatures

Viggo Mortensen - A History of Violence
Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Kevin Costner - Upside of Anger

Joan Allen - Upside of Anger
Glenn Close - Reversal of Fortune
Kathleen Turner - War of the Roses
Michelle Pfeiffer - Batman Returns, Age of Innocence, Frankie & Johnny, White Oleander

The biggest snubs that I can think of right now are:

Naomi Watts- Mulholland Drive
Sean Astin- The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Matt Damon- The Talented Mr. Ripley
Joan Allen- The Upside of Anger
Jim Carrey- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/The Truman Show
Paul Giamatti- Sideways/American Splendor
Christian Bale- American Psycho/Rescue Dawn
Uma Thurman- Kill Bill Vol 1/2
Sally Hawkins- Happy-Go-Lucky
Evan Rachel Wood- Thirteen
Angelina Jolie- A Mighty Heart (much better perf than 'Changeling')
Gael Garcia Bernal (any number of films- 'The Motorcycle Diaries', 'Bad Education', 'Amores Perros', 'Y tu mama tambien', 'Babel'...how has he eluded Oscar???)
Gwyneth Paltrow- The Talented Mr. Ripley/Proof
Vera Farmiga- Nothing But The Truth/The Departed (but more towards 'NBTT')
Dakota Fanning- I Am Sam/The Secret Life of Bees
Leslie Mann- Knocked Up (I know this was a mainstream raunchy-type comedy, but she was a knockout)
Reese Witherspoon- Election
Cameron Diaz- Vanilla Sky

These are performances I can't believe were missed by Oscar. I'm sure I can think of even more...

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I absolutely love Gena Rowlands performance in "Another Woman".

So did I, and I would have considered Sandy Dennis and Betty Buckley for Supporting Actress in the same film.

Other notable ommissions for starters:

Harry Dean Stanton, Best Actor, "Paris Texas"
Ian Holm, Best Actor, "The Sweet Hereafter"
Gary Oldman & Alfred Molina, Best Actor, "Prick Up Your Ears"
Tim Roth, "Little Odessa"
Daniel Auteuil, Best Actor, "Un Couer En Hiver"

Irene Jacob, Best Actress, "Tri-Colors: Red" and "The Double Life of Veronique"
Barbara Hershey, Best Actress, "Shy People"
Susan Sarandon, Best Actress, "Bull Durham"
Katrin Cartlidge, Best Actress, "Before the Rain" & "Career Girls"
Jessica Lange, "Crimes of the Heart"
Judy Davis, "High Tide"

Clifton Collins, Jr., Best Supporting Actor, "Capote"
Jason Butler Harner, Best Supporting Actor, "Changeling"
Serge Lopez, Best Supporting Actor, "With a Friend Like Harry" and "Dirty Pretty Things"
Dermot Mulroney, Best Supporting Actor, "About Schmidt"
Gerard Depardieu, Best Supporting Actor, "Jean de Florette"

Nastassja Kinski, Best Supporting Actress, "Paris, Texas"
Lisa Eichorn, Best Supporting Actress, "Cutter's Way"
Lena Olin, Best Supporting Actress, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
Barbara Baxley, Best Supporting Actress, "Nashville"
Leslie Mann, Best Supporting Actress, "Knocked Up"
Amanda Plummer, Best Supporting Actress, "The Fisher King"

Lena Olin in "Chocolat"
I'm not sure she exactly deserved a nomination and was one of the top 5 that year, but if they were going to single out one of the supporting gals from "Chocolat" for an oscar nom, it should have been Olin who was much much better.

Another I remembered:

Eric Bana- Munich

I loved his performance, it's his most subtle and complex role yet. He handles it so delicately, it gets better with multiple viewings like Viggo Mortensen in 'A History of Violence'.

Susan Sarandon, Bull Durham
Susan Sarandon, In the Valley of Elah
Charlize Theron, In the Valley of Elah
Chris Cooper, Breach

These last few a lot of you may not think are great/Oscar worthy, but I enjoyed them very much;

Ryan Phillippe, Flags of Our Fathers
Josh Brolin, No Country For Old Men

And even Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading. Sorry if that offends anyone. lol

Also agree with the mentions of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges.

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it's his most subtle and complex role yet.

"Chopper"! Have you seen it?

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Originally posted by Tye-Grr:
Angelina Jolie- A Mighty Heart (much better perf than 'Changeling')

Though Jolie didn't make my personal top 5 during that year, I would have been more okay with a nomination for A Mighty Heart rather than Changeling [and I think that Changeling was the better film]

That year, Jolie should have been included over Blanchett's hammy performance and this year, the vice versa with Cate for Benjamin Button over Jolie's histrionics in Changeling.

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Originally posted by Tye-Grr:
it's his most subtle and complex role yet.

"Chopper"! Have you seen it?

No, I have not. Should I find it?

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Originally posted by iskolar:

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Originally posted by Tye-Grr:
Angelina Jolie- A Mighty Heart (much better perf than 'Changeling')

Though Jolie didn't make my personal top 5 during that year, I would have been more okay with a nomination for A Mighty Heart rather than Changeling [and I think that Changeling was the better film]

That year, Jolie should have been included over Blanchett's hammy performance and this year, the vice versa with Cate for Benjamin Button over Jolie's histrionics in Changeling.

Agreed! I like her in 'Changeling', but it's just alot of screaming.

Amy Adams, Enchanted
Emile Hirsch, Milk
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter V.
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Keira Kngihtley, Atonement
Keira Knightley, The Duchess
Jamie-Lee Curtis, True Lies
Jamie-Lee Curtis, Freaky Friday
Lindsay Lohan, Freaky Friday
Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Leonardo DiCaprio, Titanic
Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Lauren Bacall, Murder on the Orient Express
Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
Tilda Swinton, The Deep End
Tilda Swinton, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway, The Devil Wears Prada
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Emily Blunt, The Jane Austen Book Club
Sandra Oh, Sideways
Sandra Bullock, Crash
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
Toni Collette, Muriel's Wedding

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Lindsay Lohan, Freaky Friday

Funny because this is only one of the few times [probably Mean Girls being the other] that Lohan delivered a good performance. Doesn't mean she should be nommed for an Oscar though.

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Originally posted by puxzkkx:

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Originally posted by Tye-Grr:
it's his most subtle and complex role yet.

"Chopper"! Have you seen it?

No, I have not. Should I find it?

Definitely. It is his best performance and one of the best performances of this decade.

It is a 'showy performance' but it also has subtle depths, especially in the way Bana illuminates this man's public and private personas and turns him into a character simultaneously hilarious, tragic, scary and pathetic. The performance gives fresh and true insight into the real-life person being played, which is a rare feat in biopic films.

ARE YOU DUMBER THAN A FIFTH GRADER?
Apologies for the schoolmarmish scolding but would somebody please correct the grammatical error in this thread's title?

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ARE YOU DUMBER THAN A FIFTH GRADER?
Apologies for the schoolmarmish scolding but would somebody please correct the grammatical error in this thread's title?

Done.

Well, thank you. Happy Halloween!

Along with many others that have already been mentioned, I would add:

Tom Hanks in "The Green Mile"
Michael Jeter in "The Green Mile"

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Originally posted by puxzkkx:

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Originally posted by Tye-Grr:
it's his most subtle and complex role yet.

"Chopper"! Have you seen it?

Please dont worry about Chopper. I know people loved it but his performance to me wasnt that good. As a comediene (which he was originally) he would have known how to mimic people which he does in Chopper. He will never be nominated .......