ACADEMY AWARDS®
Best Pictures Not Nominated
for Best Picture
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ACADEMY AWARDS® Best Pictures Not Nominated |
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For A Best Picture Academy Award® See List of Best Picture Winners |
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Best Picture Nominees and Winners |
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Not Nominated: Metropolis
(0 Nominations, not eligible),
Sunrise (4 Nominations; 2 wins, one as 'Best Unique and Artistic Picture') 'Best Production' Nominees: The Last Command, The Racket, Seventh Heaven, The Way of All Flesh 'Best Production' Winner: Wings |
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Not Nominated: The Wind
(0 Nominations), The Wedding March (0 Nominations) 'Best Production' Nominees: Alibi, Hollywood Revue, In Old Arizona, The Patriot 'Best Production' Winner: Broadway Melody |
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Not Nominated: Applause
(0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: The Big House, Disraeli, The Divorcee, The Love Parade Best Picture Winner:
All Quiet on the Western Front |
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Not Nominated:
City Lights (0 Nominations), Frankenstein
(0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Skippy, East Lynne, The Front Page, Trader Horn Best Picture Winner: Cimarron |
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Not Nominated: Scarface:
The Shame of the Nation (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Arrowsmith, Bad Girl, The Champ, Five Star Final, One Hour With You, Shanghai Express, Smiling Lieutenant Best Picture Winner: Grand Hotel |
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Not Nominated:
King Kong (0 Nominations), Queen
Christina (0 Nominations),
Trouble in Paradise (0 Nominations), Dinner
at Eight (0 Nominations),
Duck Soup (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: A Farewell to Arms,
42nd Street, I Am a Fugitive
From a Chain Gang, Lady for a Day, Little Women, The Private Life
of Henry VIII, She Done Him Wrong, Smilin' Thru,
State FairBest Picture Winner: Cavalcade |
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Not Nominated: The Scarlet
Empress (0 Nominations), It's a Gift (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Cleopatra, Flirtation Walk, The Gay Divorcee, Here Comes the Navy, The House of Rothschild, Imitation of Life, One Night of Love, The Thin Man, Viva Villa, The White Parade Best Picture Winner:
It Happened One Night |
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Not Nominated: The
39 Steps (0 Nominations, not eligible),
A Night at the Opera (0 Nominations),
Bride of Frankenstein (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Alice Adams, Broadway Melody of 1936, Captain Blood, David Copperfield, The Informer, Les Miserables, Lives of a Bengal Lancer, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Naughty Marietta, Ruggles of Red Gap,
Top HatBest Picture Winner: Mutiny on the Bounty |
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Not Nominated:
Modern Times (0 Nominations),
Swing Time (1 Nomination, 1 Win), Fury (1 Nomination,
0 Win), Show Boat (0 Nominations), My Man Godfrey
(6 Nominations, 0 Wins) Best Picture Nominees: Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth, Libeled Lady, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Romeo and Juliet, San Francisco, The Story of Louis Pasteur, A Tale of Two Cities, Three Smart Girls Best Picture Winner: The Great Ziegfeld |
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Not Nominated:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1 Nomination, 0 Win) Best Picture Nominees: The Awful Truth, Captains Courageous, Dead End, The Good Earth, In Old Chicago, Lost Horizon, One Hundred Men and a Girl, Stage Door, A Star is Born Best Picture Winner: The Life of Emile Zola |
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Not Nominated:
Bringing Up Baby, (0 Nominations), Angels
With Dirty Faces (3 Nominations, 0 Wins), The Lady Vanishes (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees:
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Boys Town,
The Citadel, Four Daughters, Grand Illusion, Jezebel,
Pygmalion, Test PilotBest Picture Winner: You Can't Take It With You |
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Not Nominated: Destry
Rides Again (0 Nominations), Gunga Din (0 Nominations), The Women
(0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Dark Victory, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Love Affair,
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,
Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men,
Stagecoach,
The Wizard of Oz,
Wuthering HeightsBest Picture Winner:
Gone With The Wind |
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Not Nominated:
His Girl Friday (0 Nominations),
Pinocchio (2 Nominations, 2 Wins), The Sea Hawk (4 Nominations, 0 Wins),
The Shop Around the Corner (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: All This, and Heaven Too, Foreign Correspondent,
The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, Kitty Foyle, The
Letter, The Long Voyage Home, Our Town,
The Philadelphia StoryBest Picture Winner:
Rebecca |
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Not Nominated: Ball of
Fire (4 Nominations, 0 Wins), That Hamilton Woman (4 Nominations, 1 Win) Best Picture Nominees: Blossoms in the Dust,
Citizen Kane, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Hold Back the Dawn, The Little
Foxes,
The Maltese Falcon, One Foot in Heaven, Sergeant York, SuspicionBest Picture Winner: How Green Was My Valley |
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Not Nominated:
Sullivan's Travels (0 Nominations),
The Palm Beach Story (0 Nominations), To Be or
Not to Be (1 Nomination, 0 Win) Best Picture Nominees: The Invaders, Kings Row,
The Magnificent Ambersons, The Pied Piper, The Pride of the Yankees,
Random Harvest, The Talk of the Town, Wake Island,
Yankee Doodle DandyBest Picture Winner: Mrs. Miniver |
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Not Nominated:
Shadow of a Doubt (1 Nomination, 0 Win) Best Picture Nominees: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, The Human Comedy, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, The More the Merrier, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, Watch on the Rhine Best Picture Winner: Casablanca |
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Not Nominated: Laura
(5 Nominations, 1 Win),
Meet Me in St. Louis (4 Nominations,
0 Wins), Murder, My Sweet (0 Nominations), The Suspect (0 Nominations),
Hail the Conquering Hero (1 Nomination, 0 Win), Lifeboat (3 Nominations,
0 Wins), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1 Nomination, 0 Win) Best Picture Nominees:
Double Indemnity, Gaslight, Since
You Went Away, WilsonBest Picture Winner: Going My Way |
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Not Nominated: They Were
Expendable (2 Nominations, 0 Wins), Scarlet Street (0 Nominations), A
Tree Grows in Brooklyn (2 Nominations, 1 Win) Best Picture Nominees: Anchors Aweigh, The Bells of St. Mary's, Mildred Pierce, Spellbound Best Picture Winner: The Lost Weekend |
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Not Nominated:
My Darling Clementine (0 Nominations),
Notorious (2 Nominations, 0 Wins),
The Big Sleep (0 Nominations), Brief Encounter
(3 Nominations, 0 Wins) Best Picture Nominees: Henry V,
It's A Wonderful Life, The Razor's Edge, The YearlingBest Picture Winner:
The Best Years of Our Lives |
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Not Nominated: Monsieur
Verdoux (1 Nomination, 0 Win), Black Narcissus (2 Nominations, 2 Wins),
Nightmare Alley (0 Nominations),
Out of the Past (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: The Bishop's Wife, Crossfire, Great Expectations, Miracle on 34th Street Best Picture Winner: Gentleman's Agreement |
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Not Nominated: Fort Apache
(0 Nominations),
Letter From an Unknown Woman
(0 Nominations),
Red River (2 Nominations, 0 Wins),
Oliver Twist (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Johnny Belinda, The Red Shoes, The Snake Pit,
The Treasure of the Sierra MadreBest Picture Winner: Hamlet |
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Not Nominated: Gun
Crazy (0 Nominations), On the Town (1 Nomination, 1 Win), They Live
By Night (0 Nominations), White Heat (1 Nomination,
0 Win) Best Picture Nominees: Battleground, The Heiress, A Letter to Three Wives, Twelve O'Clock High Best Picture Winner: All The King's Men |
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Not Nominated: The
Asphalt Jungle (4 Nominations, 0 Wins), In a Lonely Place (0 Nominations),
The Third Man (3 Nominations,
1 Win), Winchester '73 (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines,
Sunset BoulevardBest Picture Winner:
All About Eve |
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Not Nominated:
The
African Queen (4 Nominations, 1 Win), Strangers on a Train (1 Nomination,
0 Win), The Big Carnival/Ace in the Hole (1 Nomination, 0 Win), The Thing
(0 Nominations), The Day the Earth Stood Still (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Decision Before Dawn, A Place in the Sun, Quo Vadis?,
A Streetcar Named DesireBest Picture Winner:
An American in Paris |
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Not Nominated:
Singin' in The Rain (2 Nominations, 0 Wins), The
Bad and the Beautiful (6 Nominations, 5 Wins), The Member of the Wedding
(1 Nomination, 0 Win), Pat and Mike (1 Nomination, 0 Win), Rancho Notorious
(0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees:
High Noon, Ivanhoe, Moulin Rouge,
The Quiet ManBest Picture Winner: The Greatest Show on Earth |
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Not Nominated: The
Big Heat (0 Nominations), Stalag 17 (3 Nominations, 1 Win), The Band
Wagon (3 Nominations, 0 Wins) Best Picture Nominees: Julius Caesar, The Robe,
Roman Holiday,
ShaneBest Picture Winner: From Here to Eternity |
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Not Nominated:
Rear Window (4 Nominations, 0 Wins), Johnny Guitar (0 Nominations),
A Star is Born (6 Nominations, 0 Wins) Best Picture Nominees: The Caine Mutiny, The Country Girl, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Three Coins in the Fountain Best Picture Winner:
On the Waterfront |
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Not Nominated:
The Night of the Hunter (0
Nominations), The Blackboard Jungle (4 Nominations, 0 Wins), East
of Eden (4 Nominations, 1 Win), Kiss Me Deadly
(0 Nominations),
Rebel Without a Cause (3 Nominations,
0 Wins), Bad Day at Black Rock (3 Nominations,
0 Wins), Oklahoma! (4 Nominations, 2 Wins), To Catch
a Thief (3 Nominations, 1 Win) Best Picture Nominees: Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mister Roberts, Picnic, The Rose Tattoo Best Picture Winner: Marty |
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Not Nominated:
The Searchers (0 Nominations), Invasion of the
Body Snatchers (0 Nominations), The Killing (0 Nominations), Richard
III (1 Nomination, 0 Win), The Seven Samurai (2 Nominations, 0 Wins),
The Bad Seed (4 Nominations, 0 Wins), Bus Stop (1 Nomination, 0 Win),
High Society (3 Nominations, 0 Wins), Lust for Life (4 Nominations, 1
Win), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1 Nomination, 1 Win), Written
on the Wind (3 Nominations, 1 Win) Best Picture Nominees: Friendly Persuasion, Giant, The King and I, The Ten Commandments Best Picture Winner: Around the World in 80 Days |
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Not Nominated:
Paths of Glory (0 Nominations), A Face in the Crowd (0 Nominations),
Sweet Smell of Success (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Peyton Place, Sayonara, 12 Angry Men, Witness for the Prosecution Best Picture Winner:
The Bridge On The River Kwai |
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Not Nominated:
Vertigo (2 Nominations, 0 Wins),
Touch of Evil (0 Nominations), I Want to Live!
(6 Nominations, 1 Win), Some Came Running (5 Nominations, 0 Wins), South
Pacific (3 Nominations, 1 Win), Teacher's Pet (2 Nominations, 0 Wins),
The Tarnished Angels (0 Nominations) Best Picture Nominees: Auntie Mame, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Defiant Ones, Separate Tables Best Picture Winner: Gigi |
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Not Nominated:
Some Like It Hot (6 Nominations, 1 Win),
North by Northwest (3 Nominations, 0 Wins), Rio Bravo (0 Nominations),
Imitation of Life (2 Nominations, 0 Wins), Pillow Talk (5 Nominations,
1 Win), Porgy and Bess (4 Nominations, 1 Win) Best Picture Nominees: Anatomy of a Murder, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Nun's Story, Room at the Top Best Picture Winner:
Ben-Hur |
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Although
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® has awarded many
deserving honors to its nominees over the years (
