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.
  "Praise be to Allah." - President Donald J. Trump, Easter Sunday 04/05/2026