Our Little Sister, his tender 2015 drama, would have made an excellent nominee. In truth, Kore-eda should have several nominations to his name. These films feature craftsmanship so masterful both on and off the screen that they elicited nominations for the most coveted prize in show biz: the Academy Award. Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda finally broke onto the Oscars scene when Shoplifters was nominated for Best International Feature Film in 2019. His fictionalised account of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima is one such film that would have been a worthy winner, let alone nominee. It’s quite staggering to think that Paul Schrader has only ever received one Oscar nomination – for his First Reformed screenplay – considering he was behind such films as Blue Collar and Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. The other seven nominated films include David Finchers 'Mank,' Lee Isaac Chungs 'Minari,' Florian Zellers 'The Father,' Shaka Kings 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' Darius Marders 'Sound of Metal,' Emerald Fennells 'Promising Young Woman' and Aaron Sorkins 'The Trial of the Chicago 7.' MORE: 2021 Oscar nominations: See the full list. A twist-filled crime film with an ending for the ages, it’s more than worthy of a mention alongside Hackman’s greatest films.ġ6.

Gene Hackman starred in numerous Oscar nominated films (see: The French Connection, Mississippi Burning, Unforgiven), but Night Moves should be on that list.

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