18th Academy Awards: choose your alternate nominees (1945)
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sheetsadam1 — 1 week ago(March 23, 2026 05:07 PM)
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 1945 are eligible. The nominees were:
The Lost Weekend- Billy Wilder
Anchors Aweigh - George Sidney
The Bells of St. Mary's - Leo McCarey
Mildred Pierce - Michael Curtiz
Spellbound - Alfred Hitchcock
I've watched all of these other than
Anchors Aweigh
and, as much as I love Billy Wilder, I would rank both
Mildred Pierce
and
Spellbound
over
The Lost Weekend
and would ultimately give
Spellbound
the win.
My alternate nominees:
Brief Encounter - David Lean
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Elia Kazan
Detour - Edgar G. Ulmer
Scarlet Street - Fritz Lang
Leave Her to Heaven - John M. Stahl
Rome, Open City - Roberto Rossellini
With these in the mix, I think
Brief Encounter
just barely edges out
Spellbound
.
Draft Barron Trump
- Billy Wilder
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PygmyLion — 1 week ago(March 24, 2026 01:22 AM)
Two British movies that I like listed as 1945 on IMDB, seem like they are 19th academy awards movies.
Vacation from Marriage
is listed as winner of the Best Writing academy award in the 19th.
I Know Where I am Going
was released in the U.S. in 1946. On the other hand,
National Velvet
which is listed as a 1944 movie and that I mentioned for the 17th academy awards was nominated for 5 different Academy awards in the 18th Academy Awards
My Nominees list
Spellbound - Alfred Hitchcock
They Were Expendable - John Ford
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes - Roy Rowland
The Valley of Decision - Tay Garnett
The Southerner - Jean Renoir
The Story of G.I. Joe - William A. Wellman
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Elia Kazan
National Velvet - Clarence Brown
Love Letters - William Dieterle
A lot of very good movies. None that really stick out. I think I will go with
The Valley of Decision
for Best Picture.