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Poll: Non Best Picture Nominees from AFI's Best Pictures

Out of the 100 all-time greatest American movies according to the American Film Institute, only 24 were not nominated for the Best Picture Oscar despite the fact that they were eligible and had gained iconic status shortly after their release.

Assuming that most of these movies deserved at least a Best Picture nod, which one, would you say, should have actually won the Oscar? In other words, which non-Best Picture nominee is your 'Best Picture'?

Discuss here

In addition, the Best Picture nominees for each year of release, in capital letters, the BEST PICTURE of the year, and in bold letters, a film that made the AFI's Top 100 (ironically, 11 of the featured years didn't have a single Best Picture nominee that made the AFI's Top 100).

Results of 2,199 votes:

  1. 1.

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

     
    OLIVER! Funny Girl The Lion in Winter Rachel, Rachel Romeo and Juliet
  2. 2.

    Psycho (1960)

     
    THE APARTMENT The Alamo Elmer Gantry Sons and Lovers The Sundowners
  3. 3.

    Blade Runner (1982)

     
    GANDHI E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Missing Tootsie The Verdict

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