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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
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Children of Paradise
Rome, Open City
Scarlet Street
Detour
Dead of Night
If it could have won then Children of Paradise should have won.

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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.

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