13 Awesome 2018 Movies That Deserve Best Picture (But Won't Get Nominated)
7. Mandy
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% (7.7/10)
Why It Deserves Best Picture: Because what other movie this year saw Nicolas Cage hoofing an impossibly huge amount of cocaine while battling an acid-tripping biker cult with a giant axe he forged himself?
Without a lick of irony, Mandy has artistry and entertainment value that any eventual Best Picture nominee should be jealous of.
At face value it may be a trashy exploitation film, but thanks to Panos Cosmatos' patient direction, one of Cage's all-time best performances and a searing musical score from the late, great Jóhann Jóhannsson, Mandy is a revenge film par excellence.
Why It Won't Get Nominated: Now, it would be delusional to think that Mandy had any sort of realistic shot at landing even a single Oscar nomination for anything, though that doesn't mean the Academy will be right to exclude it.
Yes, it's too artsy, slow and weird - not to mention gory and ridiculous - which are all descriptors set to ensure a decent portion of the voting body won't even bother watching it. Their loss.