12 Best Movies of the Past 12 Years Not Nominated for Best Picture

Oscar nominations were announced last week and a few films were conspicuously absent from the list of Best Picture nominees.  Most notably, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (too dark?) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (too Harry Potter?).  Over the past 12 years (in keeping with our 12 theme for 2012, the presumptive end o' the world), there have been a few real mind-blowing omissions from the roster of Best Picture nominees.  Here are 12 of them in order of how much they got robbed:


1.   The Dark Knight


2.   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


3.   Pan's Labyrinth


4.   Memento


5.   Amelie


6.   The Matrix


7.   Cinderella Man


8.   Almost Famous


9.   WALL*E


10.  Far From Heaven


11.   The Wrestler


12.   Star Trek


Also on a good list of notable snubs:  The Town, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Magnolia, Black Hawk Down