Best movie to never be nominated for Best Picture

[TheMainEvent]

Filmies- Is there some obvious standard answer for this?

[esad]

Seven Samurai

[amplify]

2001

[ThomasPHoolery]

If we limit ourselves to English language films, Vertigo, 2001 and The Searchers are probably 1,2,3. The Searchers didn't even get a single nod, so it probably wins that distinction hands down.

[Dominic]

usually, the films are from 1939...here are the nominees for Best Picture that year:

Dark Victory
Gone With the wind
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights

As you can see, they nominated more films back then.

Now here's a list of films from 1939 NOT nominated:

Destry Rides Again
The Four Feathers
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
It’s A Wonderful World
Rules Of The Game
The Women
Bachelor Mother
Dark Victory
Gunga Din
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Son Of Frankenstein
You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
Intermezzo
Only Angels Have Wings

As you can see, 1939 was a hell of a year for great movies!

[Seadood228]

Of recent note, I'd say Malcom X and/or Do the Right Thing rank up there.

[acoustix]

Taps

[Dominic]

I'd also throw in Blade Runner, Dead Man Walking, The Empire Strikes Back, Amelie, and many more...

but like another poster said, I'd have to go with The Searchers, as it's widely considered to be one of the 10 best films of all-time.

[bisonbison]

South Park.

[GambleGamble]

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