Brokeback Mountain

(Actual Winner: Crash)

Aside from "Green Book" beating "Roma," the Academy Awards have never been derided as much as they were when "Crash" won the Best Picture award at the 78th Academy Awards, defeating "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel."

Ang Lee' dramatic tour de force and pioneering homosexual romance received eight Academy Award nominations and won awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Director. Sadly, it was still not enough to stop "Crash," the ensemble-driven racial drama directed by Paul Haggi, from taking home the grand prize.

In addition to winning the Golden Globes, the British Academy Film Awards, and the Producers Guild of America awards, "Brokeback Mountain" also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture. However, it was Haggis' win for "Crash" as Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture that helped to shift the tide of the awards season in his favor. According to IndieWire, "Crash" is the worst Best Picture candidate of the twenty-first century.

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Year of Release: 2005

Director: Ang Lee

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87/100

IMDB Score: 7.7/10