Vote and see what others are saying. How many Oscars did Argo win? They may have been critically and commercially popular but other films have long since buried it in the public conscious. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. Ben Affleck’s film has now emerged as the underdog for Best Picture at the Oscars, reports Ramin Setoodeh.This year’s Academy Awards race for Best Picture is a lot like A few weeks ago, it started to look one of the candidates had become the clear frontrunner. ‘Argo’ Oscar Vote: Did ‘Argo’ deserve to win Best Picture at the 2013 Academy Awards? For Industry Professionals. It's so stressful to think this might happen again, but Honda says nothing can be done. Coronavirus: Bay Area facing a ‘delicate threshold’ as Alameda County reports most deaths yet (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Claire Folger)-->Director and producer Ben Affleck accepts the Oscar for best picture for "Argo" at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 24, 2013.‘Argo’ beat out ‘Lincoln’ and other films to take Best Picture. There are plenty of films that win Best Picture but are turned on by the public and retroactively labelled as terrible messes. Born Today Most Popular Celebs Most Popular Celebs Celebrity News. By Claude Brodesser-Akner. Two government watchdog groups have also filed separate ethics complaints against Chad Wolf and Mike Pompeo over their actions during the GOP convention. The early precursor awards that were supposed to go to There’s so much talk about Affleck’s snub—Fox News hilariously asked “Academy Awards voting runs from Feb. 8 to Feb. 19, so there’s still time for the race to change again. Top Answer. Celebs. Wiki User. My minivan stalled on a busy street because of anti-theft code: Roadshow The award is not based on how popular a movie is, but rather the substance of these elements. Alameda County DA charges Livermore woman with ID theft Photo: Warner Bros. But if that omission plays into the race at all, it will only boost Argo ’s chances. It won 3 Oscars in 2013. The last time a movie won Best Picture without a Best Director nomination was 1989’s Driving Miss Daisy. "Argo" now is poised to do what only four movies have managed before at the Oscars: win best picture without a nomination for its director.Bryan Cranston, left, and Ben Affleck star in "Argo," which is about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, at top.