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1950s Best Picture Oscar Nominees - Multiple Choice
Identify the 50s 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 honored, not the date of the ceremony.
Year given is the year in film being awarded, not the date of the ceremony.
*Known as the award for Best Motion Picture in this era.
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Last updated: March 12, 2021
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1.
Which 1950 Best Picture nominee lost to All About Eve?
Annie Get Your Gun
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Adam's Rib
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Sunset Boulevard
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2.
Which 1951 Best Picture nominee lost to An American in Paris?
A Streetcar Named Desire
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Strangers on a Train
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The African Queen
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3.
Which 1952 Best Picture nominee lost to The Greatest Show on Earth?
Five Fingers
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High Noon
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The Big Sky
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4.
Which 1953 Best Picture nominee lost to From Here to Eternity?
The War of the Worlds
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Roman Holiday
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Titanic
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5.
Which 1954 Best Picture nominee lost to On the Waterfront?
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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A Star Is Born
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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6.
Which 1955 Best Picture nominee lost to Marty?
East of Eden
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Bad Day at Black Rock
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
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7.
Which 1956 Best Picture nominee lost to Around the World in 80 Days?
Richard III
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War and Peace
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The Ten Commandments
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8.
Which 1957 Best Picture nominee lost to The Bridge on the River Kwai?
Funny Face
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12 Angry Men
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A Farewell to Arms
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9.
Which 1958 Best Picture nominee lost to Gigi?
I Want to Live!
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The Old Man and the Sea
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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10.
Which 1959 Best Picture nominee lost to Ben-Hur?
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Some Like It Hot
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The 400 Blows
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