15 Worst Movies That Somehow Won Oscars

6. Crash (2004)

Won For: Best Picture

You really have to do something pretty impressive to have a collection of characters who rank significantly lower on the likability scale than the stars of New Year's Eve, but that's the feat achieved by Paul Haggis' much-maligned Crash.

The film is as subtle as a sledge-hammer in its portrait of racial tension in LA, and while the message undoubtedly has its roots in an important, nagging reality, it's presented in such a way that the insistence of its message is nothing short of infuriating. It's manipulative, melodramatic and puffed up with self-importance and pomposity that miss the point that every character is a paint-by-numbers cliche.

Was this really better than Brokeback Mountain or A History of Violence or Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind or even Spider-Man 2? Did it even deserve to be nominated for an Oscar, let alone to win Best Picture? No prizes for guessing the answers to those questions.