Oscar’s Best

Just so you don’t get the idea that “the Academy” is flawless, here is a list of some great films which weren’t nominated for a single Oscar in ANY category which I think are worth seeing … to name just SEVENTY:

• Roaring Twenties The (1939)
• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• They Live By Night (1949)
• His Girl Friday (1940)
• Taking of the Pelham One Two Three The (1974)
• Gentleman Jim (1942)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• Palm Beach Story The (1942)
• Queen Christina (1933)
• Night of the Hunter The (1955)
• Major and the Minor The (1942)
• Mortal Storm The (1940)
• High Sierra (1941)
• Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
• Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
• Love Me Tonight (1932)
• The Searchers (1956)
• Scaramouche (1952)
• Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
• King Kong (1933)
• Shop Around The Corner The (1940)
• Out of the Past (1947)
• Killing The (1956)
• In A Lonely Place (1950)
• Women The (1939)
• Male Animal The (1942)
• I Love You Again (1940)
• Secret Garden The (1949) – full review!
• Gaslight (1940) – full review!
• Nothing Sacred (1937)
• In This Our Life (1942)
• Frankenstein (1931)
• Postman Always Rings Twice The (1946)
• D.O.A. (1950)
• Anna Karenina (1935)
• Bringing Up Baby (1938)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• Dracula (1931)
• Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
• Brute Force (1947)
• Edge of Darkness (1943)
• Big Sleep The (1946)
• Destry Rides Again (1939)
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• Big Heat The (1953)
• Dawn Patrol The (1938)
• Day the Earth Stood Still The (1951)
• Command Decision (1948)
• Dinner at Eight (1933)