25 worst Oscar snubs of all time

POSTED: 01:39 AM PST Feb 26, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 25, 2013 

Oscar history is littered with great films and performances that didn't go home with a statuette. Here are just 25 that we think stand out.

Oscar snubs - The Shining
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Warner Bros. Pictures

Jack Nicholson is often knocked for only playing one role: himself. But those who say that never have seen the slow-burning menace he brings to Jack Torrance in "The Shining." Apparently the Academy didn't either, as Nicholson received the same number of Oscar nods for the role as did Stanley Kubrick's 1980 movie itself: zero.

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