Controversial BPs
- Pulp Friction
- 1942: ‘Citizen Kane’ vs. ‘How Green Was My Valley’
- 1953: ‘High Noon’ vs. ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’
- 1968: ‘The Graduate’ et al. vs. ‘In The Heat of the Night’
- 1977: ‘All the President’s Men’ et al vs. ‘Rocky’
- 1991: ‘Goodfellas’ vs. ‘Dances With Wolves’
- 1995: ‘Pulp Fiction’ vs. ‘Forrest Gump’
- 1999: ‘Saving Private Ryan’ vs. ‘Shakespeare in Love’
- 2006: ‘Crash’ vs. ‘Brokeback Mountain’
- 2010: ‘The Hurt Locker’ vs. ‘Avatar’
- 2011: ‘The King’s Speech’ vs. ‘The Social Network’
Oscar Robbery: 10 Controversial Best-Picture Races
Does the best film always win? Here are some of the bitterest Best Picture battles in Academy Awards history