Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
* Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

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FilmSchoolRejects.com has put together a great list of some amazing movies that got the big old shaft come awards time… Then again, do awards really matter? Everyone knows these are kickass movies?? Still interesting to see who they lost to: 

Citizen Kane: Though Citizen Kane was nominated in nine categories in 1941, it won only Best Original Screenplay by Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. It has been said that boos were heard whenever the name Citizen Kane was mentioned because powerful newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, on whose life the film was alleged to be based, threatened voters with the old chestnut, “You’ll never work in this town again.” An interesting note: Kane’s editor was future Oscar-winning director Robert Wise. continue reading...