11 Movies Nominated For Tons Of Oscars (That Somehow Didn't Win Any)

4. True Grit (0 For 10)

True Grit is a remake of a John Wayne classic that reunited writers/directors Joel and Ethan Coen with The Big Lebowski star Jeff Bridges. It became one of the highest-grossing Westerns of all-time, and after scoring ten Oscar nominations it seemed like the Coens would add a few more Oscars to their collection. However, two factors led to True Grit being shutout. First, the 2011 Oscars is regarded as one of the stiffest competitions ever, with True Grit against The King's Speech, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, and The Social Network in a number of categories, and two of the technical awards that True Grit was nominated for (Art Direction and Costume Design) went to Alice in Wonderland. The second issue was the timing. Jeff Bridges had just won a Best Actor Oscar the year before for Crazy Heart, and Academy voters usually don't like to award actors back-to-back Oscars. Similarly, only three years earlier another Coen Brothers movie, No Country for Old Men, won four Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director(s), and Best Picture. With that recent success and such tough competition True Grit was overlooked. By the way, cinematographer Roger Deakins was nominated for both No Country for Old Men and True Grit, but they just added to his losing streak.