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When Does The Academy "Get It Right"?
 119  7.6  7.7 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Michael M's rating:
 
55 6.6 6.3 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Michael M's rating:
 
431 7.8 8 Did They Get It Right? - Yes
Lewis Milestone's anti war masterpiece marks the first time the Academy gets it right, but not a trend that gets repeated often. Michael M's rating:
171 7.6 7.6 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Trouble in Paradise Michael M's rating:
183 7.4 7.8 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
1935's 4th highest rated picture, it could be alot worse. Should Have Lost To: A Night at the Opera Michael M's rating:
 
72 7.2 6.9 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Modern Times 
91 7.6 7.3 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Make Way for Tomorrow 
174 7.4 7.9 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Bringing Up Baby Michael M's rating:
1958 7.8 8.2 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Michael M's rating:
871 8 8.3 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Although a very close call. Should Have Lost To: The Great Dictator Michael M's rating:
209 7.6 7.8 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Citizen Kane Michael M's rating:
108 7.7 7.6 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: To Be or Not to Be Michael M's rating:
 
74 7.2 7.3 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Double Indemnity 
355 7.9 8.1 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Brief Encounter Michael M's rating:
308 7.9 8.2 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: It's a Wonderful Life Michael M's rating:
119 7.3 7.3 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Build My Gallows High 
157 7.4 7.8 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 
79 7.5 7.6 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: The Third Man 
775 8.2 8.4 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Sunset Boulevard Michael M's rating:
 
339 7.3 7.2 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Strangers on a Train Michael M's rating:
113 6.6 6.7 Did They Get It Right? - No
Ha, nowhere near close. One of the award's most questionable winners. Should Have Lost To: Singin' in the Rain Michael M's rating:
371 7.6 7.8 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Stalag 17 Michael M's rating:
709 8.1 8.3 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Rear Window Michael M's rating:
149 7.8 7.7 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: The Night of the Hunter Michael M's rating:
255 6.4 6.8 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: The Killing 
782 8 8.3 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: 12 Angry Men Michael M's rating:
225 7 6.8 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Vertigo Michael M's rating:
 
999 7.5 8.1 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: North by Northwest Michael M's rating:
825 8.3 8.4 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Psycho Michael M's rating:
917 7.2 7.6 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Judgement at Nuremberg Michael M's rating:
1069 7.5 7.8 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Michael M's rating:
1835 7.5 7.9 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Doctor Zhivago Michael M's rating:
184 7.4 7.9 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 
350 7.7 8 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Cool Hand Luke Michael M's rating:
236 7.4 7.4 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: Once Upon a Time in the West Michael M's rating:
725 7.8 7.9 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Michael M's rating:
726 7.8 7.9 Did They Get It Right? - No
Should Have Lost To: A Clockwork Orange Michael M's rating:
3461 8.5 8.8 Did They Get It Right? - Yes
Michael M's rating:
2143 7.4 8.1 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Taxi Driver Michael M's rating:
1745 8.1 8.2 Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Michael M's rating:
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Also, The Hurt Locker was released in 2009, therefore The Dark Knight wouldn't have qualified for the Best Picture Oscar.
Did They Get It Right? - Close Call
Should Have Lost To: Aliens
ahahah yeah right