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Movies That Should Have Won the Best Picture Oscar

As the Oscars are once again upon us, I've gone over the Best picture nominations for each year and have listed, in order, the pictures I believe should have won. I limited the choices to pictures nominated for best picture, so a lot of great films were ineligible. ( There are 2 exceptions: 1949 and 1968. Those two films were nominated and won in other categories, but were not nominated for best picture, even though they are both cinema landmarks. I picked them anyway.). The discrepancies in dates of some films has to do with the difference between release date and Oscar Eligibility date. Oscar eligibility is based on when the movie was released IN LOS ANGELES. In some cases, like Henry V and Casablanca, those dated fell in different calendar years from their respective release dates.
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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The Patriot (1928)
The Patriot (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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The Front Page (1931)
The Front Page (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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Grand Hotel (1932)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
6
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
7
It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
8
The Informer (1935)
The Informer (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
9
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
10
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
11
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
12
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
13
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
15
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
16
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
17
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
19
Henry V (1944)
Henry V (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
21
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
25
The Quiet Man (1952)
The Quiet Man (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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From Here to Eternity (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
27
On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
28
Marty (1955)
Marty (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Giant (1956)
Giant (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
30
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
32
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
33
The Sundowners (1960)
The Sundowners (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Lilies of the Field (1963)
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Darling (1965)
Darling (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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