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The 15 Worst Oscar Best Picture Winners of All Time and the Movies That Should Have Won Instead

From Crash to Gigi to Driving Miss Daisy, here are the Academy Award winners that just don't measure up—and the movies that should have won instead
By
Mark Keizer
Published on March 9, 2023
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Crash (2005)
Crash (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
2
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
3
Green Book (2018)
Green Book (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
4
Blackkklansman (2018)
Blackkklansman (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
5
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
6
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
7
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
8
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
9
Gigi (1958)
Gigi (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
10
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
11
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
12
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   70%
14
Giant (1956)
Giant (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
15
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
16
The Insider (1999)
The Insider (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
17
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   49%
18
High Noon (1952)
High Noon (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
19
Cimarron (1931)
Cimarron (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   52%
20
The Front Page (1931)
The Front Page (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
21
Out of Africa (1985)
Out of Africa (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
22
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
23
CODA (2021)
CODA (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
24
Belfast (2021)
Belfast (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
25
The Broadway Melody (1929)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   42%
26
The Patriot (1928)
The Patriot (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
28
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
30
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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