The Academy Award for Best Picture is among the most important and coveted honors in the entertainment industry.
Everyone remembers the Best Picture winner, the seminal and game-changingThe Silence of the Lambs.
However,that movie’s strength has all but eclipsed its fellow nominees, with many outright forgetting them.
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Such is the case forBarry Levinson’s gangster biopicBugsy, starring Oscar winnerWarren Beattyand Oscar nomineeAnnette Bening.
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1991 also producedOliver Stone’s political thrillerJFK.
JFKwas actually quite controversial at the time, as it presented conspiracy theories thatmany considered exploitative.
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However, it was a box office success and accrued eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
However,its status as a Best Picture nominee might take more than one by surprise.
Nowadays,The Prince of Tidesis best remembered asthe film thatdidn’tgive Streisand a Best Director Oscar nomination.
For all its accomplishments,The Prince of Tideswill always bethe movie for which la Streisand was snubbed.
But what about the fifth and final nominee?
Well, that would beRobert Redford’s magnificentQuiz Show, based on theTwenty-Onequiz show scandals of the 1950s.
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Excellent performances fromRalph Fiennesand an Oscar-worthyJohn Turturroonly enhance its strengths.
Despite all it does right,Quiz Showis simply no competition for the likes ofPulp Fiction.
However,seldom do foreign movies stay in the minds of mainstream audiences, andIl Postinowas no exception.
However,Shine’s actual Best Picture nomination might take more than a few by surprise.
Such was the case in 1997 whenPeter Cattaneo’s delightful British comedyThe Full Montyreceived a Best Picture nod.
At leastThe Full Montycan flaunt its status as a Best Picture nominee.
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It follows a young orphan who becomes a skilled physician in World War II, Maine.
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