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113 Faces Of Oscar Losers Ranked From Best To Worst

Nobody likes to lose, and celebrities are no different.

The genuine good sports

The losers who are talented, beautiful, and don't need a stupid award to have a fun night out on the town.

1. Angelina Jolie, 2009

2. Michael Clarke Duncan, 2000

3. Holly Hunter, 2004

4. Clint Eastwood, 2005

5. Anne Hathaway, 2009

6. Shohreh Aghdashloo, 2004

7. Billy Bob Thornton, 1997

8. Carey Mulligan, 2010

9. Gabourey Sidibe, 2010

10. Adriana Barraza, 2007

11. Melissa McCarthy, 2012

12. Bérénice Bejo, 2012

13. Annette Bening, 2011

14. Matt Damon, 2010

15. Matt Damon, 1997

16. Peter Fonda, 1998

17. Jessica Chastain, 2012

18. Jennifer Lawrence, 2014

19. Jack Nicholson, 2003

The beautifully bewildered losers

They're not angry or upset. There's just, like, a lot going on in their minds right now, OK?

20. Helena Bonham Carter, 1998

21. Michael Caine, 2003

22. Lynn Redgrave, 1999

23. Julianne Moore, 2003

24. Woody Harrelson, 1997

25. Christopher Walken, 2003

The "fake it 'til you make it" losers

They're Oscar-nominated actors, and they'll be damned if they don't try to bring their A game to the loser's circle.

26. Renée Zellweger, 2002

27. Nicole Kidman, 2011

28. Diane Keaton, 1997

29. Cate Blanchett, 1999

30. Ed Norton, 1997

31. Don Cheadle, 2005

32. Joan Allen, 1997

33. James Woods, 1997

34. Ellen Burstyn, 2001

35. Juliette Binoche, 2001

36. Queen Latifah, 2003

37. Greg Kinnear, 1998

38. Brenda Blethyn, 1997

39. William H. Macy, 1997

40. Sally Field, 2013

41. Amy Adams, 2011

42. Amy Adams, 2014

43. Tom Cruise, 1997

44. Tom Cruise, 2000

The "grin and bear it" losers

You wouldn't be thrilled either if you had to sit for hours and hours without a trophy.

45. Helen Mirren, 2010

46. Joaquin Phoenix, 2006

47. Lauren Bacall, 1997

48. David Strathairn, 2006

49. Emily Watson, 1997

50. Woody Harrelson, 2010

51. Julie Christie, 1998

52. Ralph Fiennes, 1997

53. Rachel Griffiths, 1999

54. Heath Ledger, 2006

55. Brenda Blethyn, 1999

56. Kenneth Branagh, 2012

57. Fernanda Montenegro, 1999

58. Paul Giamatti, 2006

59. Jennifer Tilly, 1995

60. Joan Allen, 2001

61. Ed Harris, 2003

62. Judi Dench, 2002

63. Judi Dench, 1998

64. Terrence Howard, 2006

65. Daniel Day-Lewis, 2003

66. Brad Pitt, 2012

67. Johnny Depp, 2004

68. Sissy Spacek, 2002

69. Mickey Rourke, 2009

70. Marcia Gay Harden, 2004

71. Alec Baldwin, 2004

72. Djimon Hounsou, 2004

73. Patricia Clarkson, 2004

74. Benicio del Toro, 2004

75. Dustin Hoffman, 1998

76. Robert Duvall, 1998

77. Ken Watanabe, 2004

78. Annette Bening, 2005

79. Tom Wilkinson, 2002

80. Matt Dillon, 2006

81. Kathy Bates, 1999

82. William Hurt, 2006

83. Jude Law, 2000

84. Imelda Staunton, 2005

85. Jude Law, 2004

86. Robert Forster, 1998

87. Michael Fassbender, 2014

88. Penelope Cruz, 2007

89. Jake Gyllenhaal, 2006

90. Sandra Bullock, 2014

The Meryl Streep Losers

It takes an Oscar legend to know how to lose with grace. And she's lost 16 times.

91. 2003

92. 2006

93. 2008

94. 2010

95. 2014

96. 1999

The "not having it" losers

The losers who look like they just want to hit someone hard... Really hard.

97. Burt Reynolds, 1998

98. Catalina Sandino Moreno, 2005

99. Emily Watson, 1999

100. Ben Kingsley, 2004

101. Laura Linney, 2001

102. Kathy Bates, 2003

103. Nick Nolte, 2012

104. Russell Crowe, 2002

105. Rinko Kikuchi, 2007

106. John C. Reilly, 2003

107. Kristin Scott Thomas, 1997

108. Jonah Hill, 2012

109. Bill Murray, 2004

110. Kate Winslet, 1998

111. Kate Winslet, 2007

112. Kate Winslet, 2005

113. Haley Joel Osment, 2000