Every Best Actress Oscar Movie Winner Of The 21st Century Ranked

22. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side (2009)

Who should have won: Gabourey Sidibe - Precious.

The Blind Side isn't a totally terrible film really, it's just not a particularly great or challenging one, despite Sandra Bullock's central performance dominating award season and scooping Best Actress without much of a battle to the finish line.

As Leigh Anne Tuohy, a woman who adopted up-and-coming football player Michael Oher and helped him realise his dreams, Bullock embodies the film's uplifting spirit and fiery perseverance, in the process ticking all the boxes as an inspirational cliché with not much depth.

The Blind Side exaggerates Tuohy's involvement in Oher's success, making it a typical white saviour tale that sacrifices authenticity for melodrama, and Bullock's so-so performance somehow beat Gabourey Sidibe's wrenching turn in Precious.