Top 10 WORST Acting Oscar Wins of ALL TIME

This goes back a way, but to me, one of the very worst Oscar wins was Joel Grey in Cabaret. Why? I see that movie & still can't understand why they gave that to him ...

Bohemian rapsody is indeed a horrible movie. Great song though

I really couldn't care less about the Oscars but I totally agree with the #1 Renée Zellweger travesty. Her southern accent in Cold Mountain was ridiculous. It alone turned me off on the movie. Being from the region and familiar with several variants of southern draw, it was painfully fake and forced yet she won an Oscar.

Why me Lord

I expected Gwyneth Paltrow....

Airport is a complete joke

In my opinion:
1. Angela Bassett should have won for Wakanda Forever.
2. Linda Blair should have won for The Exorcist.
3. Sylvester Stallone should have won for Creed.
4. Kate Winslet should have won for Titanic.
5. Lady Gaga should have won for A Star is Born.
6. Shohreh Aghdashloo should have won for House of Sand and Fog.
7. Sigourney Weaver should have won for Gorillas in the Mist.

Worst Oscar injustice ever was for best picture in 1969: Oliver! beating out 2001: A Space Odyssey for best picture.

You talk too much.

I think Sandra Bullock was GREAT in The Blindside...just my opinion

I think most people are now aware that the Academy Awards are influenced and controlled by internal politics and promotional money rather than actual talent and performance. That being said, I am surprised that Gwenyth Paltrow is not on this list

I hated Cold Mountain. That said, I thought Renee Zellweger was the best thing in it.

Paltrow had to be Nr 1. Come on. That win over Blanchett was criminal 😂💀

True Grit - John Wayne was awful

Bullock won because of the race issue, same with Ali. The Academy panders sickeningly to minorities. Hayes won because she was old and still working. Louise wasn't that great and Mills was bad. Ryan's Daughter is a lousy film but Hollywood loves when someone plays a simpleton, a retarded person (Cliff Robertson in Charlie). That Rami guy stinks. Pickford was personally popular and had clout. Zellweger was awful and so was the film.

Oscars are, and have always have been, political. Hattie McDaniel winning Best Supporting Actress for Gone with The Wind was one of the few deserved blind-side wins.

I have to disagree with Rami Malek being included in this list. His reenactment of Freddy Mercury's performance at Live Aid was worthy of an Oscar in itself.

I'm still sore about Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich winning over Ellen Burstyn in Requiem For A Dream...

Aside from Suspicion, Butterfield 8 and Airport, all the films were BORE fests. Still even in suspicion Joan shouldn't have won the Oscar, Nor Helen for Airplane. But I'm okay with the Liz win, just because. lol Str8 dude Rami certainly didn't deserve that Oscar. PS, leave Cold Mountain alone. That totally from YOUR perspective lol

Tommy Lee Jones winning for "The Fugitive" over Leonardo De Caprio's performance as Arnie in "What is Eating Gilbert Grape."

John Wayne ?

I disagree!! Sandra Bullock deserved the Oscar!

Ok First Strike for this commentator sayings Sandra Bullock doesn't deserve an Oscar. Second strike for this commentator saying Hugh Grant does deserve an Oscar the only way that man deserves an Oscar is if you melt it down turn it into bullets and award him it at Extreme velocity and finally third strike for this commentator saying Remy Malik doesn't deserve an Oscar shameful.

Rami Malek won bc of his amazing reenactment of the Live Aid performance. Also think it was honoring Freddie, in a way. And Bradley Cooper? Seriously? That movie was just God-awful. Talk about overrated.

I'm constantly astonished that Sandra Bullock is employed as an actress.... pretty much destroyed any respect most people ever had for the Academy

Can't believe Gwyneth Paltrow didn't even get a mention you surely haven't forgotten the dross that was Shakespeare in Love surely? Bad Oscar wins some alternative suggestions Russell Crow in Gladiator and anything Nicole Kidman has won for,

Gwyneth Paltrow has to be Number 1 here. Fernanda Montenegro should have won that Oscar, as should Central do Brasil!

I totally agree. How can you compare Gwenith Paltrow's ditzy,one-dimensional performance to Cate Blanchett's deep portrayal of Elizabeth. You just have to look at their body of work since.

I agree with john Mills, but Elizabeth Taylor, no way! She deserved her Oscar in that too.

Gabourey Sidibe deserved her win. She was outstanding!

History will never forgive the Oscars for not considering Cate Blanchett for Tarr, and Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth.

But she should have never won the Oscar for Blue Jesmin (but deserved the nomination), rather it should have gone to Sandra for Gravity.

Oh thank you for your support on Taron Egerton as Elton John! He was completely robbed especially after Rami won

I'm so sick of straight actors winning for lgbtq roles

While Betty Davis has 11 oscar nominations, She's only won twice.
Should have won more.

As you moved from 10 to 1, I assumed Number 1 would be John Wayne for True Grit.

noooo....not Renee..4 sure....

And Chadwick Boseman should’ve won instead of Anthony Hopkins!

I never cared much for Liza’s win for “Cabaret”. That year and category was stacked. I think Diana Ross was robbed and some might say Cicely Tyson too. The other lady that was nominated also had critical acclaim. I think this was a gift for not wining a couple of other times and her name and lineage

Why so many women?

The academy loves a performer that either plays a disabled person or has a accent ,they also love actresses that plays a prostitute, now if someone can play all three for a role i quarantee a Oscar win

I agree. It seems quite a few wins that people take umbrage with feel like they were 'consolation' prizes for not taking home the Oscar for a previous, spectacular performance or, as you also stated, career recognition for the totality of one's oeuvre.

Blind Side,pure cheese.Brutal.

I feel you. I believe Denzel, although was great in Training Day, there were many other performances he should have won for including Malcolm X. I think Whoopi should have won for The Color Purple rather than Ghost. I agree with your assessment of Green Book. Although it is a very important story in history to be told, I believe Viggo Mortensen's performance in that movie should have gotten the Oscar.

American Beauty was a boring film and I couldn't wait for it to end. Spacey's performance was mediocre.

James Cagney should’ve won a Best Actor Oscar for White Heat instead they gave it to an undeserving Broderick Crawford for a forgettable performance in All The King’s Men in 1949

Matt Dillon should’ve won a Best Actor Oscar for Drug Store Cowboy and Do The Right Thing should’ve won Best Picture for 1989

One of the biggest snubs and unworthy oscar wins in history was the win for Hattie McDaniel over Butterfly McQueen, who won for Gone with the Wind playing the same stereotypical Mammy role that she played in so many other films and this role is redundant & bland it was a historical role. However the Oscar win for first black actress in a supporting role should have went to Butterfly McQueen as her role was significantly more memorable and quotable and very funny so memorable, quotable, & funny that it was parodied decades later on the Carol Burnett Show.Butterfly McQueen was an incredibly intelligent black women at that time, she was an outspoken atheist & activist incredibly rare in the black community especially during that time period. Butterfly also had a significantly memorable high pitched voice in the movie that was memorable & very funny .She paved the way for black actresses that did not play the boring stereotypical roles she paved the way for black comedian actresses in film & she deserves that recognition. Hattie McDaniel won basically for all her collective roles as the Mammy but it was Butterfly that made a mockery of that role , her line “ I don’t know nothin’ about birthin no babies” completely went against the stereotypical roles of both the stereotypical roles of women & servants, it was a feminist line at the time. Hattie upheld stereotypes Butterfly defied them.

I bet the real reason behind you trashing Mary Pickford’s Oscar win & legacy is because she was in the film Birth of A Nation it also explains why you claim she bought her Oscar win and yyou admit you didnmt wven watch the movie all the way theough. kor have you likely watched any if her movies all the way through. Oh she was in Birth of a Nation and she was good friends with the director which makes her a racist and so who cares about her legacy as a female icon of the silent era & a feminist icon. I find your opinions ignorant & sexist.

Claiming that Pickford bought her oscar win and was one of the worst oscar wins if all time is an incredibly ignorant & sexist opinion. I support Mary Pickford’s win after comparing it to the other performances & the movies themselves. Pickford was a legendary actress for her time period & lived up to that reputation when it comes to her acting. While Jean Eaggles acting was great as well, I found the movie to be messed up, and her nomination was not even legit, so while it should have counted it didn’t aftee her death. Still Mary Pickford deserves the win. She was definitely paved the way for women in the acting business plus she worked behind the wcenes as well. Pickford not only was an female icon of the silent era but was a feminist icon as well.