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SUICIDE SQUAD

9 Comic Book Movies That Won Academy Awards

The 89th Academy Awards produced many a talking point, but the one we're interested in right now is the furore surrounding the fact that Suicide Squad won the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The fact that this widely critically-derided movie was actually picked as one of the best films of year really rankled a lot of people, and understandably so.
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5) Road To Perdition

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Won for: Best Cinematography.

Also nominated for: Best Supporting Actor, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing.

Here’s another movie you might not have known was based on a comic book. 1998’s Road to Perdition from Paradox Press (an imprint of DC Comics) was initially snapped by Steven Spielberg and his DreamWorks studio before Sam Mendes was chosen to direct. Starring Tom Hanks, the sombre gangster movie was very well received, resulting in it knocking up six Oscar nominations, with one win to boot.

Its nominations included Best Supporting Actor for Hollywood legend Paul Newman, Best Art Direction for Dennis Gassner and Nancy Haigh, Best Original Score for Thomas Newman and Best Sound Mixing for Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Pritchett. Finally, Scott Hecker was nominated for Best Sound Editing.

The sole win was a sadly posthumous award for cinematographer Conrad L. Hall. A big name in the business for decades, Hall had previously won the award for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969 and American Beauty in 1999 (also from director Sam Mendes).


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'