Unforgiven won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1993. You know what didn't win? The Muppet Christmas Carol! For that, the Academy remains... unforgiven.

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The Muppet Christmas Carol isn't just a great holiday movie or a great Muppet movie; it's a great piece of classic American cinema.

Michael Caine cries real, human tears multiple times, yells, screams, and gives a career-defining performance as Ebenezer Scrooge, and he does all of this while talking to Muppets.

Sure, Jim Henson wasn't around when the story was first written, but we have a feeling Charles Dickens' original intention for this legendary tale was for it to involve frogs, pigs and whatever Gonzo is. Here's why we think the film was majorly snubbed for not winning an award: