6 Regrets Filmmakers Had Over Their Oscar Winning Movies

4. Paul Haggis Doesn't Think Crash Should've Won Best Picture Either

Crash is widely considered to be just about the worst film to win Best Picture, releasing during the year that saw both Brokeback Mountain and Munich receive plaudits right across the board. Many at the time felt as though Ang Lee's neo-Western starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger deserved the lion's share of the evening's awards, but instead the evening's highest prize went to Crash - a film with all the subtlety of a steaming locomotive and none of the power to match.

Speaking to Uproxx nine years after the film's release, Haggis actually admitted that the film probably didn't deserve to win Best Picture, citing the aforementioned Brokeback Mountain and Munich as features superior to his own, along with the equally formidable Capote, which starred Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the title role.

"Was it the best film of the year? I don't think so. There were great films that year. “Good Night and Good Luck,” amazing film. “Capote,” terrific film. Ang Lee's “Brokeback Mountain,” great film. And Spielberg's “Munich.” I mean please, what a year."

Though Haggis maintains that the film's stereotypes were constructed as a means of addressing racial prejudice, many felt as though the film wasn't mature enough to juggle the themes it was trying to address.

In any case, in a year that saw Brokeback Mountain, Munich, Capote and even Walk the Line, Crash's Best Picture win stands out like a sore thumb.