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sheetsadam1 — 3 weeks ago(March 09, 2026 05:12 PM)
Thanks to
@PygmyLion
for keeping this going last week!
The idea is this: what if the nominees for Best Picture each year weren't nominated? Which films should have taken their place in that scenario? Pick your alternate selections for Best Picture and, if you wish, mention anybody who you feel was overlooked in any other category. No need to confine yourself to the types of films which typically get nominated or to English-language cinema. If you missed the previous years, they can be found on the classic film board.
All films released in 1943 are eligible. The nominees were:
Casablanca- Michael Curtiz
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Sam Wood
Heaven Can Wait - Ernst Lubitsch
The Human Comedy - Clarence Brown
In Which We Serve - Noel Coward and David Lean
Madame Curie - Mervyn LeRoy
The More the Merrier - George Stevens
The Ox-Bow Incident - William A. Wellman
The Song of Bernadette - Henry King
Watch on the Rhine - Herman Shumlin
A very strong list, with
Casablanca
obviously being one of the most-beloved winners of all. And
The Ox-Bow Incident
is a very strong second, in my opinion.
My alternate nominees:
Shadow of a Doubt - Alfred Hitchcock
Five Graves to Cairo - Billy Wilder
Hangmen Also Die - Fritz Lang
Journey Into Fear - Norman Foster
Day of Wrath - Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Seventh Victim - Mark Robson
Casablanca
still wins for me in this scenario, but
Shadow of a Doubt
moves to the #2 slot.
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PygmyLion — 3 weeks ago(March 09, 2026 06:19 PM)
Casablanca
is definitely a keeper from the original list, as is The
Ox-Bow Incident
. I might keep a few of the others like
Watch on the Rhine
,
For Whom the Bell Tolls
, and
In Which We Serve
.
From your list
Shadow of a Doubt
is one of my favorites.
Even though I'm not a big Orson Welles fan, I like him a lot in
Jane Eyre
with Joan Fontaine. I really like
Assignment in Brittany
with Jean-Pierre Aumont. I enjoyed watching
Sahara
with Humphrey Bogart just the other week. I am not a big fan of The
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
, but some people really go for it. Then there is the submarine movie -
Destination Tokyo
.
Lassie Come Home
for the dog lovers.
Edge of Darkness
about Norwegians fighting back against the Nazis with Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan.
My Nominees list is:
Casablanca- Michael Curtiz
Shadow of a Doubt - Alfred Hitchcock
The Ox-Bow Incident - William A. Wellman
Assignment in Brittany - Jack Conway
Sahara - Zoltan Korda
Jane Eyre - Robert Stevenson
Edge of Darkness - Lewis Milestone
Watch on the Rhine - Herman Shumlin
In Which We Serve - Noel Coward, David Lean
Lassie Come Home - Fred M. Wilcox
I agree with you.
Casablanca
wins with
Shadow of a Doubt
second.
- Michael Curtiz
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PygmyLion — 3 weeks ago(March 14, 2026 03:30 AM)
We didn't get much response for this one. Perhaps, people are satisfied with
Casablanca
at the top. It didn't surprise me that we didn't get a lot of response for the early 1930s, when people hadn't watched many of the movies.