10 Oscar-winning films that are problematic in 2025

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And when people saw SotL, they didn’t hear ‘Buffalo Bill isn’t trans.’ They saw a weirdo serial killer dancing around in women’s clothes.” Driving Miss Daisy open image in gallery Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman in ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ “When Driving Miss Motherf***ng Daisy won Best Picture, that hurt,” director Spike Lee told New York Magazine in 2008. “ no one’s talking about Driving Miss Daisy now.” The 1989 movie starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman, based on Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is often criticised for its overly simplistic portrait of US race relations in the mid-20th century. The Help open image in gallery Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, and Emma Stone in ‘The Help’ Another movie with noble intentions but an overly simplistic view on race relations, 2011 period drama The Help, based on the novel of the same name, is deservedly criticised for leaning on white characters to tell Black stories. Crash open image in gallery Thandiwe Newton and Matt Dillon in ‘Crash’ Paul Haggis' crime drama cleaned up at the 78th Academy Awards, garnering six nominations, and winning three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.