13 Awesome 2018 Movies That Deserve Best Picture (But Won't Get Nominated)

8. Blindspotting

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% (8.0/10)

Why It Deserves Best Picture: An extremely impressive directorial debut for Carlos López Estrada, this black comic drama has been riding a wave of buzz ever since its Sundance premiere back in January.

Thanks to crackerjack performances from Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal - who both co-wrote the movie - it easily lives up to the hype.

A tough yet often hilarious examination of race, class and the criminal justice system in modern America, Blindspotting may not get many points for subtlety, but thanks to the powerhouse conviction of its terrifically-matched leads and its ferociously indignant tone, this is most certainly a movie the world needs right now.

Why It Won't Get Nominated: With not even $5 million in box office receipts worldwide, this one needs to rely strongly on screener mailouts to reach awards voters, and thus far it doesn't appear that Lionsgate has made much of an effort, if one at all, to push a campaign for the movie.

The June release date probably didn't help it, and while Blindspotting might've performed better by releasing later in the year, there's curiously little buzz about one of the best-reviewed films of the year which should've also benefited from its overt social justice bent.