The Academy Awards are meant to honor the best in cinema, but sometimes their omissions are more telling than their choices . For every celebrated win, there are plenty of brilliant performances that slip through the cracks. These are the focus of this list.

Whether because of genre bias, critical misunderstanding, or sheer oversight, these snubs remain some of the most baffling in Academy history. The following ten performances, ranging from indie revelations to iconic star turns, are all phenomenal, continuing to resonate despite the lack of Oscar recognition.

10 Ethan Hawke

'First Reformed' (2017)

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"Courage is the solution to despair, reason provides no answers." Ethan Hawke ' performance in Paul Schrader 's First Reformed is one of the best of his car

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