In 2013, the Academy Awards presented their 85th ceremony and honored films released the previous year. Some films released in 2012 that could have been eligible for the awards were, Should Have Been:The Vow, Project X, People Like Usand One for the MoneyNone of those films received any nominations, though.

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The films that were nominated for the biggest category of the night, Best Picture, were: Silver Linings Playbook, Amour, Django Unchained, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, Les Miserables, Beasts of the Southern Wildand Argo, which won the award. There were more than a few films this year that were overlooked, and although some gained attention with other judges, others received little attention at all, despite their value.

Should Have Been: Flight

Denzel Washingotn in pilots uniform walks through doors

This dramatic feature film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and stars Denzel Washington an airplane pilot, struggling with alcoholism, who crash lands his plane and saves all of his passengers, but his heroic deed is eventually called into question.

Denzel Washington gives an incredible performance in this film and received a nomination in the Best Actor category, but the film as a whole didn't do as well as filmmakers and critics had predicted.

Should Have Been: Lawless

This western film directed by John Hillcoat, boasts an impressive cast, starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Guy Pearce.

The film is about three brothers who are bootleggers fighting each other and the Sheriff trying to shut them down during the Prohibition Era. The film received a lot of critical acclaim, with most thinking it would gain a lot of recognition during award season, but the film as whole was mostly snubbed.

Should Have Been: Safety Not Guaranteed

Mark Duplass and Aubrey Plaza talking in Safety Not Guaranteed

Safety Not Guaranteed is an independent romantic comedy starring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, and Kristen Bell. The film did incredibly well in critics' reviews and still holds a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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This feature was nominated for a lot of awards in the independent film circuit, but was left out of the major award season the year it would have been eligible for it.

Nominated: Amour

This French romance film won Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2013 and was nominated in a few other major categories, including Best Picture.

Most fans and critics agree that it was a shoe-in for the Best Foreign Language Feature award and because of that, it wouldn't win Best Picture, so to give it a nomination, seemed like a wasted effort, especially considering all of the other films that could have taken its place.

Should Have Been: Looper

A man aims a gun down at the ground in Looper.

Rian Johnson's brilliant time traveling film, Looper, stars Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the same character in two different timelines, and Emily Blunt as the woman they fall in love with.

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The film became a favorite amongst Johnson's fanbase and was heavily praised by critics. It received a lot of recognition from smaller awards shows, but was completely left out of the major award ceremonies in 2013.

Should Have Been: The Dark Knight Rises

Bane in The Dark Knight Rises

This is another film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt that was heavily snubbed by the Academy the year it was released. The final film in Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise, The Dark Knight Rises was packed full of new villains and even a new surprise hero.

The film received some recognition from The Grammy and The People's Choice Awards, but as for the major award ceremonies, the film was entirely left out of every category.

Nominated: Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln with serious expression in Lincoln

One movie that was nominated for a lot of Academy Awards, but should have been left out of the coveted Best Picture category was Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. The film's praise was all because of Daniel Day-Lewis and his incredible performance as the title character, Abraham Lincoln.

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The supporting cast, again including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, seemed to struggle to keep up, working across from such an incredible actor, and it brought down the quality of the film as a whole.

Should Have Been: Dark Shadows

This film is a dark comedy based on the television soap opera with the same name. The film stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller and Chloë Grace Moretz and was directed by Tim Burton.

The film was a box office success and received a majority of good reviews from critics, yet its clear the Academy was bored of the Johnny Depp and Tim Burton chemistry by this point.

Should Have Been: Anna Karenina

Another style of filmmaking that the Academy has grown out of in recent years is Keira Knightley starring in period pieces.

Anna Karenina seemed to have everything the Academy loved, yet the film received only a few nominations from Academy voters that year and was left out of the bigger categories, including Best Actress for Knightly and Best Picture for the film as a whole.

Should Have Been: Stuck In Love

Rusty and Sam look alarmed at a party in Stuck in Love.

This romance comedy-drama is one of the most underrated films of the year. The film stars Jennifer Connelly and Greg Kinnear as a recently separated couple, trying to raise two young adults, who both want to be writers. What this family goes through in a year is heartbreaking and the performances are so relatable.

It's a shame this film didn't receive any recognition from major award shows, especially considering it was so loved by fans and critics.

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