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

5. Eighth Grade

Eighth Grade
A24

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99% (8.9/10)

Why It Deserves Best Picture: If there was an Oscar for "Best use of Enya's 'Orinoco Flow' in a movie", Bo Burnham's painfully authentic high school drama Eighth Grade would win it hands down.

Bolstered by a wonderful performance from young Elsie Fisher in the lead role, the movie is a perfectly balanced plunge into the darkness of anxiety, wrapped around a spot-on satire of contemporary high school.

Seriously, if you haven't seen it already, it's 93 minutes long. You have time.

Why It Won't Get Nominated: Despite being the year's most passionately-praised Sundance indie, Eighth Grade will likely have to settle for maybe-winning Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards, because the film's microscopic scale and lack of name actors mean many voters won't even bother watching their screener.

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