Robbed By The Academy! These Incredible Films Somehow Didn’t Win Best Picture

The Color Purple (1986)

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The epic romance with Redford and Streep in colonial Kenya won over Oscar voters. Simply put, the Academy whiffed by not honoring a film featuring Whoopi Goldberg’s Golden Globe-winning performance, Oprah Winfrey’s high-profile Hollywood debut, and Steven Spielberg’s honest exploration of racism, sexism and domestic violence in the early 20th century.