The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread

13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier

13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier
7. Anthony Perkins in Psycho

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13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier
7. Anthony Perkins in Psycho
8. Brenda Blethyn in Secrets and Lies

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Buddha

13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier
7. Anthony Perkins in Psycho
8. Brenda Blethyn in Secrets and Lies
9. Bjork in Dancer in the Dark

Blethyn was nominated for her performance in Secrets & Lies, the year Frances McDormand won for Fargo.


13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier
7. Anthony Perkins in Psycho
8. Björk in Dancer in the Dark
9. Al Pacino in Scarecrow

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13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier
7. Anthony Perkins in Psycho
8. Björk in Dancer in the Dark
9. Al Pacino in Scarecrow
10. Timothy Spall in Secrets and Lies

13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier
7. Anthony Perkins in Psycho
8. Björk in Dancer in the Dark
9. Al Pacino in Scarecrow
10. Timothy Spall in Secrets and Lies
11. John Huston in Chinatown

13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier
7. Anthony Perkins in Psycho
8. Björk in Dancer in the Dark
9. Al Pacino in Scarecrow
10. Timothy Spall in Secrets and Lies
11. John Huston in Chinatown
12. Jason Robards in A Thousand Clowns

13 Great Performances NOT Nominated for an Oscar

1. Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place
2. Marianne Sagebrecht in Bagdad Cafe
3. Sigourney Weaver in Death & the Maiden
4. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Forest Whitaker in Bird
6. Clive Owen in Croupier
7. Anthony Perkins in Psycho
8. Björk in Dancer in the Dark
9. Al Pacino in Scarecrow
10. Timothy Spall in Secrets and Lies
11. John Huston in Chinatown
12. Jason Robards in A Thousand Clowns
13. Dustin Hoffman in Papillon

13 Movies Featuring A Writer As The Main Character

1. Adaptation

13 Movies Featuring A Writer As The Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love

13 Movies Featuring A Writer As The Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink

13 Movies Featuring a Writer as the Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink
4. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

13 Movies Featuring a Writer as the Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink
4. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
5. Misery

13 Movies Featuring a Writer as the Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink
4. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
5. Misery
6. Smoke (1995)

13 Movies Featuring a Writer as the Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink
4. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
5. Misery
6. Smoke (1995)
7. The door in the Floor

13 Movies Featuring a Writer as the Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink
4. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
5. Misery
6. Smoke (1995)
7. The door in the Floor
8. Funny Farm

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13 Movies Featuring a Writer as the Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink
4. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
5. Misery
6. Smoke (1995)
7. The Door in the Floor
8. Funny Farm
9. Naked Lunch

13 Movies Featuring a Writer as the Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink
4. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
5. Misery
6. Smoke (1995)
7. The Door in the Floor
8. Funny Farm
9. Naked Lunch
10. Almost Famous

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13 Movies Featuring a Writer as the Main Character

1. Adaptation
2. Big Bad Love
3. Barton Fink
4. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
5. Misery
6. Smoke (1995)
7. The Door in the Floor
8. Funny Farm
9. Naked Lunch
10. Almost Famous
11. Bullets Over Broadway