The Runner-Ups

A column dedicated to exploring artists who should've been nominated for Oscars, but never got the chance.

1. Peter Lorre in M (1931)

2. The Music of Walk Hard (2007)

3. Stanley Donen in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

4. Shelley Duvall in 3 Women (1977)

5. The Editing of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

6. Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity (1944)

7. Mia Wasikowska in Stoker (2014)

8. Jonny Greenwood in There Will Be Blood (2007)

9. Bernadette Peters in The Jerk (1979)

10. Jean-Luc Godard in Breathless (1960)

11. Bruce Willis in Twelve Monkeys (1995)

12. Harold Ramis in Groundhog Day (1993)

13. Ewan McGregor in Big Fish (2003)

14. Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

15. Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon (1973)

16. Bill Lancaster in Bad News Bears (1976)

17. Andrew Garfield in The Social Network (2010)

18. Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

19. Derek Cianfrance in The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

20. Greta Gerwig in 20th Century Women (2016)

21. Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Smashed (2012)

22. Fred Melamed in A Serious Man (2009)

23. Carrie Fisher in Star Wars (1977)

24. James Whale in The Invisible Man (1933)