Last year’s Dreamgirls garnered the most Oscar nominations, yet failed to nab the most precedented honor of all – the nomination for Best Picture of the Year. Let’s take a look back at some of the all-time brush-offs, movies that garnered the most Oscar nominations without getting a best picture nod. After all, movies like last year’s The Departed, with only 5 nominations, are often a reality check for Oscar buffs who take it for granted that the most obvious choice is not always The Return of the King they have come to expect.

6 nominations:
1960 – Spartacus…
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And now, a break from Oscar season as we take a look at the best films this analyst has had the pleasure of viewing.

10 (tie). The Insider – A searing behind the scenes probe about 60 Minutes’ broadcast of an interview with a high-level tobacco executve. Al Pacino and Russell Crowe deliver masterful performances in this powerful tale of one man’s fight to tell the truth.

10 (tie). Heat – Same director. Same actor. This time Pacino share screen time with Robert De Niro as obsessive cop versus sophisticated bank robber. The characters are frightening authentic, especially…
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