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10 Movies You Forgot Won Oscars (Even Though They Deserved Them)

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Story by Madeline Lapreziosa
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From unexpected superhero wins to forgotten holiday hits, these 10 Oscar-winning movies have fallen off the cinematic radar - until now.
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  • Men in Black, the 1997 action comedy, won the Oscar for Best Makeup, showcasing the Academy's occasional appreciation for sci-fi/fantasy blockbusters.
  • The Golden Compass, a box office disappointment based on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, still managed to take home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects in 2008.
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Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jim Carrey, Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Garner, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco, James McAvoy, Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Freddie Highmore, Ian McKellan, Christopher Lee, Kathy Bates, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Karle Urban, Zoe Saldaña, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Sonoya Mizuno, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Will Smith, Ezra Miller, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Common, Viola Davis, Peacock, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, Men in Black, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Pearl Harbor, Spider-Man 2, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Golden Compass, Star Trek, Ex Machina, Suicide Squad
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