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(Though Danny Peary’s 1993 book Alternate Oscars proves there’s a lot to be learned from doing that.) It’s not an attempt to suggest that these films are better than the films that won, even if they sometimes are. It’s not an attempt to pick a winner from the year in its entirety. This list attempts to do just that: Pick a second film from the list of Best Picture nominees that would both make for a deserving winner and offer a fuller sense of film history. Around the World in 80 Days’ Best Picture win, for instance, looks like the pendulum swinging back from the grit of On the Waterfront and Marty, the previous years’ winners.īut what if each year produced two winners? Madness, right? But it would have the advantage of offering a fuller picture of what was going on in the world of film at the time.

Running through the list of Best Picture winners, you’ll see trends wax and wane and at least get a rough sense of what was valued in movies for each year and the progression of trends. An imperfect history, sure, but a history nonetheless. If nothing else, the Academy’s winners double as a history of film. Whatever your opinion of the Academy Awards, if you care about film, you can’t just dismiss them. This story was originally published in 2019 and has been updated to reflect the events of the 94th Annual Academy Awards.

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