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What Is the "Best" Best Picture Nominee of Each Year (1927-2022)

Trying to be as "objective" as I can to make for a justifiable list.
A film on this list is necessarily not the best during the year of it's release. For example, Braveheart isn't the best film released in 1995 (La Haine and Before Sunrise are superior films, not nominated) but it's pretty much the most impressive out of it's fellow nominees.
Here's hoping that the Academy awards a deserving film in the 2024 ceremony. I think Oppenheimer is in the bag, personally.
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Wings (1927)
Wings (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
In Old Arizona (1928)
In Old Arizona (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   56%
3
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
The Champ (1931)
The Champ (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
5
Shanghai Express (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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 Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
14
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
15
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
16
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
17
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
19
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
20
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
21
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
22
The Heiress (1949)
The Heiress (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
24
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
25
High Noon (1952)
High Noon (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
26
Roman Holiday (1953)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
28
Marty (1955)
Marty (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
29
Giant (1956)
Giant (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
30
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
32
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
34
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
35
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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America, America (1963)
America, America (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
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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%
38
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
39
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
40
The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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