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

  11. 11.
    The Thing from Another World
    by Christian Nyby
  12. 12.
    Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Gene Kelly
  13. 13.
    The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
    by John Ford
  14. 14.
    Shane

  15. 15.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang
  16. 16.
    Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder
  17. 17.
  18. 18.
    Johnny Guitar
    by Nicholas Ray
  19. 19.
    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  20. 20.
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Donen
  21. 21.
    A Star Is Born

  22. 22.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton
  23. 23.
    Blackboard Jungle
    by Richard Brooks
  24. 24.
    East of Eden (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Ara Chekmayan
  25. 25.
    Kiss Me Deadly
    by Robert Aldrich
  26. 26.
    Mister Roberts

  27. 27.
    Rebel Without a Cause (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Nicholas Ray
  28. 28.
    The Searchers (Two-Disc 50th Anniversary Edition)
    by John Ford
  29. 29.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    by Don Siegel
  30. 30.
    The Killing

  31. 31.
  32. 32.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick
  33. 33.
    A Face in the Crowd
    by Elia Kazan
  34. 34.
    Sweet Smell of Success
    by Alexander Mackendrick
  35. 35.
    12 Angry Men (Decades Collection)
    by Sidney Lumet
  36. 36.
  37. 37.
  38. 38.
    North By Northwest
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  39. 39.
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Created by RobT2 on Dec 03, 2007.
 

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