Oscar: Worst Nominees for Best Picture (in alphabetical order):
Full Frontal: My choice of poor films is strictly based on my subjective aesthetic taste.
Artistically speaking, at least 10 percent of the Best Picture nominees have been bad or below mediocre features, that is, feature whose overall ranking is below B- (**).
My list excludes the 10 worst films that have actually won Best Picture Oscar. (See earlier article).
Worst Nominees
A:
Accidental Tourist, The (1988)
Airport (1970)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Atonement (2007)
Awakenings (1990)
B:
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
C:
Chocolat (2000)
Citadel, The (1938)
Country Girl, The (1954)
D:
Disraeli (1929)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
E:
Elizabeth (1998)
F:
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Full Monty, The (1997)
G:
Gangs of New York (2002)
Ghost (1990)
Goodbye Girl (1977)
Good Earth, The (1937)
Green Mile, The (1999)
H
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Help, The (2010)
Hidden Fifures (2016)
Hollywood Review of 1929, The (1929)
House of Rothschild, The (1934)
I
Imitation Game, The (2014)
J
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Julia (1977)
K
Kitty Foyle (1940)
L:
Life Is Beautiful (1998)
Love Is a Many Splendored Things (1955)
Love Story (1970)
M:
Madame Curie (1943)
Les Miserables (2012)
Mission, The (1986)
N
Nebraska (2013)
P
Philomena (2013)
Pied Piper, The (1942)
Places in he Heart (1984)
Postman, The (1995)
R
Reader, The (2008)
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Room (2015)
Rose Tattoo, The (1955)
S:
Sand Pebbles, The (1966)
Separate Tables (1957)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Soldier’s Story, A (1984)
Story of Louis Pasteur, The (1935)
Sundowners, The (1960)
T
Tale of Two cities, A (1936)
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Thousand Clowns, A (1965)
Touch of Class, A (1973)
Towering Inferno, The (1974)
Turning Point, The (1977)
W
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Wilson (1944)
Working Girl (1988)
Note:
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