The Oscar nominations are in again, and we all know there's only one more thing more interesting than those that made the shortlists – those that didn't.
The snubs of 2016 are already setting the Twittersphere alight. Here are eight actors and films that couldn't win themselves some little gold man-love at the 88th Academy Awards:
1. Straight Outta Compton
Sure, the acclaimed NWA biopic managed to score itself a single nod – for Best Original Screenplay. But once again, someone forgot to remind the old men and women of the Academy that Hollywood isn't as uniformly white as they are, and only Caucasian writers Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff have any chance of making it to the stage to collect a trophy. Also, what about a Best Original Song nod: is it just us who think a nice rendition of 'F**k Tha Police' might liven up the ceremony a bit?
2. Michael B Jordan
Ditto for the superb Creed. Sly Stallone managed to bag his second Oscar nomination (30 years after his first nod for the original Rocky film). But what about talented young up-and-comer Michael B Jordan – widely tipped for a long and successful career – who was overlooked for an all-white Best Actor shortlist? Do better, Hollywood.
3. Quentin Tarantino
The Best Director gong has always eluded Quentin Tarantino, but his last two films both won him a spot on the list. And yet despite the popularity of his "dark and devilish" epic The Hateful Eight – which showed up in Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (for Jennifer Jason Leigh) – old QT didn't get a look-in for either directing or writing.
4. Ridley Scott
Amazingly, considering his IMDb page, Ridley Scott hasn't won before. And true, the 78-year-old can't really have too much to complain about, what with The Martian appearing in seven categories. But even though the Academy thought it could be worthy of Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, Scott isn't even in the running to take home that elusive first Oscar. He's going to have to make do with his Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA: poor guy.
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5. Carol
So Todd Haynes's "intoxicating" period romance Carol is worthy of a Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, but isn't one of the eight movies in the running for Best Picture. Oh Hollywood – sometimes we just don't get you.
6. Idris Elba
Maybe the Academy still hasn't quite got to grips with this Netflix thing, or maybe it's another case of the Oscars being as WASP-y as ever, but where was Idris Elba's Best Supporting Actor nod for Beasts of No Nation? Whatever the reason, his terrifyingly unpredictable turn as a West African warlord deserved some recognition, and came up with nothing.
7. Room's Jacob Tremblay
Full disclosure: when we first saw the trailer for Lenny Abrahamson's devastating Room, we thought the little boy who stars with Brie Larson was - well - a girl. It was the long hair – damn you, gender binary norms! But all confusion aside, if Larson deserved her Best Actress nomination, surely her brilliant 7-year-old co-star earned at least a Best Supporting Actor nom.
8. Going Clear
Some brave individuals are already crying 'Scientologist conspiracy' over the absence of Going Clear – Alex Gibney's exposé of the popular-in-Hollywood religion – from the Best Documentary Feature list. We aren't saying anything. At least not while Xenu's watching.
The 88th Academy Awards winners will be announced on February 28.
