Danny Peary's "Alternate Oscars": Best Picture nominees (The 1950s)

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These are the movies that film critic Danny Peary nominated for “best picture” from 1950 to 1959 in his book “Alternate Oscars” from 1993. I’ve put the winners at the head of each year, with the non-winning nominees following in alphabetical order.

  1. 1.
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

  2. 2.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  3. 3.
    ?
    The Asphalt Jungle

  4. 4.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray

  5. 5.
    The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)
    by Carol Reed

  6. 6.
    Winchester '73
    by Anthony Mann

  7. 7.
    Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  8. 8.
    Ace in the Hole (The Criterion Collection)
    by Billy Wilder

  9. 9.
    ?
    The African Queen

  10. 11.
    The Thing from Another World
    by Christian Nyby

  11. 12.
    Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Gene Kelly

  12. 13.
    The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
    by John Ford

  13. 14.
    Shane

  14. 15.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  15. 16.
    Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

  16. 17.

  17. 18.
    Johnny Guitar
    by Nicholas Ray

  18. 19.
    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  19. 20.
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Donen

  20. 21.
    A Star Is Born

  21. 22.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton

  22. 23.
    Blackboard Jungle
    by Richard Brooks

  23. 24.
    East of Eden (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Ara Chekmayan

  24. 25.
    Kiss Me Deadly
    by Robert Aldrich

  25. 26.
    Mister Roberts

  26. 27.
    Rebel Without a Cause (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Nicholas Ray

  27. 28.
    The Searchers (Two-Disc 50th Anniversary Edition)
    by John Ford

  28. 29.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    by Don Siegel

  29. 30.
    The Killing

  30. 31.

  31. 32.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick

  32. 33.
    A Face in the Crowd
    by Elia Kazan

  33. 34.
    Sweet Smell of Success
    by Alexander Mackendrick

  34. 35.
    12 Angry Men (Decades Collection)
    by Sidney Lumet

  35. 36.

  36. 37.

  37. 38.
    North By Northwest
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  38. 39.

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Created by RobT2 on Dec 03, 2007.
 

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