All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
instead of Rebecca (1940)
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Poll: Hear ye! Hear ye! Vote for most unfair Best Picture verdict!
Although the 'legal movie' genre has provided some of the finest, most gripping and intellectually challenging American classics, it is also the most frequently snubbed when it came to the Oscars, especially the most important of all : the Best Picture.
To date, only a few trial movies have won the Oscar : The Life of Emile Zola (1937), On the Waterfront (1954), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and (to some extent) Chicago (2002)
So, from this list of Courtroom Dramas or Trial Comedies nominated for Best Picture, which one would have most deserved to beat the actual winner?
(are included all the movies in which a system of justice, of any sort, plays a significant role to the plot)
Make Your Choice
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The Letter (1940)
instead of Rebecca (1940) -
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
instead of The Great Ziegfeld (1936) -
The Talk of the Town (1942)
instead of Mrs. Miniver (1942) -
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
instead of Casablanca (1942) -
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
instead of Gentleman's Agreement (1947) -
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
instead of On the Waterfront (1954) -
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
instead of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -
12 Angry Men (1957)
instead of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
instead of Ben-Hur (1959) -
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
instead of West Side Story (1961) -
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
instead of Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -
Lenny (1974)
instead of The Godfather Part II (1974) -
The Verdict (1982)
instead of Gandhi (1982) -
JFK (1991)
instead of The Silence of the Lambs (1991) -
A Few Good Men (1992)
instead of Unforgiven (1992) -
In the Name of the Father (1993)
instead of Schindler's List (1993) -
Erin Brockovich (2000)
instead of Gladiator (2000) -
The Reader (2008)
instead of Slumdog Millionaire (2008) -
The Social Network (2010)
instead of The King's Speech (2010)
