So I decided to list my top ten favorite movies that did NOT win Best Picture. And here they are, in chronological order:
TOP TEN LOSERS
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 – lost to Gone With the Wind)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940 – lost to Rebecca)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946 – Lost to The Best Years of Our Lives)
High Noon (1952 – Lost to The Greatest Show on Earth)
The Ten Commandments (1956 – Lost to Around the World in 80 Days)
12 Angry Men (1957 – Lost to The Bridge on the River Kwai)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969 – Lost to Midnight Cowboy)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994 – Lost to Forrest Gump)
Saving Private Ryan (1998 – Lost to Shakespeare in Love)
The Green Mile (1999 – Lost to American Beauty)
As a closing thought, here are (in my opinion) the worst travesties in Academy history:
WORST TRAVESTIES
That Wizard of Oz had to compete with Gone With the Wind;
That Mr. Smith goes to Washington had to compete with Gone With the Wind;
That Star Wars (or anything else) was beaten by Annie Hall;
That a western hasn’t won Best Picture since Unforgiven, in 1992 (although Braveheart and Gladiator might be considered westerns);
That politics is so prevalent in the movie industry;
That they just don’t make ‘em like they used to!
Shhhhhhh – and pass the popcorn.
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