I noticed when tracking the films sent to Oscar voters which ones were sent but there were a list of films that I noticed were not sent. Now, these films are not the greatest but they have aspects that may be Oscar-quality, such as costumes, sets, effects, editing, etc. Or a performance that might need to be singled out. This is not scientific just a list of movies Oscar voters did not get.

Sex and the City
Cadillac Records
The Boy in the Strpied Pyjamas
Brideshead Revisted
Appaloosa
Blindness
The Secret Life of Bees
Body of Lies
A Christmas Tale
Tropic Thunder
Narnia 2
Ballast
Stop-Loss
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
The Other Boleyn Girl

A Christmas Tale is not Oscar eligible since it has a day and date PPV schedule.

I do know what Writers Guild members got (and didn't get) -

among those they did NOT get are

Vicki Cristina Barcelona
WALL-E
Gran Torino
Rachel Getting Married
Frozen River
Wendy and Lucy
anything foreign/subtitled
Happy Go Lucky

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Originally posted by seanflynn:
A Christmas Tale is not Oscar eligible since it has a day and date PPV schedule.

I do know what Writers Guild members got (and didn't get) -

among those they did NOT get are

Vicki Cristina Barcelona
WALL-E
Gran Torino
Rachel Getting Married
Frozen River
Wendy and Lucy
anything foreign/subtitled
Happy Go Lucky

The WALL-E blu-ray release looks fabulous! The quality of the image is extraordinary. I know this film will and should win Best Animated Picture. It is regrettable that it not be considered in the Best Picture category, but this is OK because there are categories for most types of movies. An Oscar for Best Documentary, or for Best Animated, is as prestigious as for Best Picture, IMO.

Happy New Year, seanflynn!

DGA definitely got Wall-E; weird they didn't send it to WGA too...though I guess it doesn't need the benefit of a screener as much as other films on this list.

Agreed. Just for starters, there's no way I want to see The Duchess win in the best costume category over several of these listed films.

Sex and the City and The Other Boleyn Girl had some decent costume designs and though I won't be shocked anymore if they got snubbed, I hope they still pushed through for some of those movies mentioned.

Bah. I knew STOP-LOSS never had a chance in hell to begin with. But at the very least, it would've been nice to have screeners sent out to the voters.

I'm one of the few people who actually loved the film, especially Ryan Phillippe's performance.

Also, no TROPIC THUNDER screeners??? Damn.

I know a Costume Designer who got The Other Boleyn Girl as a Screener but not sure if it was from Oscar or BAFTA. I know I haven't received half the listed films as screeners. The first screener I received in the post was 'The Visitor'.