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1940s Best Picture Oscar Nominees - Multiple Choice
Identify the 40s films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture* but lost.
Other decades in this quiz series here.
Wrong answers were nominated in categories other than Best Picture in the same year.
Year given is the year in film being awarded, not the date of the ceremony.
*Known as the award for Outstanding Picture, Outstanding Production or Best Motion Picture in this era.
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Last updated: March 15, 2021
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1.
Which 1940 Best Picture nominee lost to Rebecca?
The Great Dictator
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Angels Over Broadway
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They Knew What They Wanted
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2.
Which 1941 Best Picture nominee lost to How Green Was My Valley?
Citizen Kane
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All That Money Can Buy
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Billy the Kid
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3.
Which 1942 Best Picture nominee lost to Mrs. Miniver?
The Magnificent Ambersons
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Woman of the Year
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Bambi
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4.
Which 1943 Best Picture nominee lost to Casablanca?
The North Star
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Lassie Come Home
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5.
Which 1944 Best Picture nominee lost to Going My Way?
Double Indemnity
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Kismet
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Laura
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6.
Which 1945 Best Picture nominee lost to The Lost Weekend?
The Southerner
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Spellbound
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Objective, Burma!
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7.
Which 1946 Best Picture nominee lost to The Best Years of Our Lives?
The Killers
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It's a Wonderful Life
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Brief Encounter
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8.
Which 1947 Best Picture nominee lost to Gentleman's Agreement?
Miracle on 34th Street
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Mother Wore Tights
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Ride the Pink Horse
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9.
Which 1948 Best Picture nominee lost to Hamlet?
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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The Naked City
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The Search
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10.
Which 1949 Best Picture nominee lost to All the King's Men?
The Heiress
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Bicycle Thieves
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Champion
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