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Movies That Should've Won Best Picture

These are my picks for what I think should've won Best Picture for every single Academy Awards. I do think the Academy has gotten it right quite a few times which is why you'll see some years unchanged. However, there have also been many snubs, most notably in 1941, 1998, and 2005. For many of my picks, I chose films based mainly on cultural significance and critical acclaim while also adding some of my personal favorites. For a lot of earlier years, I didn't know much about that year in film so I just stuck with the original winner. 1958 and 1963 were exceptions to this rule, because while I don't really know anything about those years, I refuse to believe that Gigi and Tom Jones were the best films for their respective years.
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Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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The Broadway Melody (1929)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   42%
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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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City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Grand Hotel (1932)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Cavalcade (1933)
Cavalcade (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
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It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
8
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
9
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
10
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
13
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
15
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
17
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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All the King's Men (1949)
All the King's Men (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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High Noon (1952)
High Noon (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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From Here to Eternity (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Marty (1955)
Marty (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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West Side Story (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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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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The Sound of Music (1965)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
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A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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