With the 2023 ceremony taking place in March, we have highlighted 17 films that really should not have been awarded Oscars. CODA (2021)The first half of CODA probably ranks as the worst 45 minutes of any film that has ever won Best Picture. To everyone else, it’s the damp squib that somehow came out of nowhere to snatch Best Picture from under Roma’s nose. He won Best Director for The Pianist, an award the French-Polish filmmaker could have done without. The rightful winner – The Dark Knight – wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture, an omission that led to the Academy increasing the number of Best Picture nominees.
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