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

Send to Printer Danny Peary's "Alternate Oscars": Best Picture nominees (The 1950's) 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.		Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition) by Billy Wilder
	2.		All About Eve by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
	3.		The Asphalt Jungle by John Huston
	4.		In a Lonely Place by Nicholas Ray
	5.		The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)
	6.		Winchester '73 by Anthony Mann
	7.		Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition)
	8.		Ace in the Hole (1951) - Criterion Collection
	9.	?	The African Queen
	10.		A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Elia Kazan
	11.		The Thing from Another World by Christian Nyby
	12.		Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Donen, Stanley
	13.		The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition) by John Ford
	14.		Shane
	15.		The Big Heat by Fritz Lang
	16.		Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition) by Billy Wilder
	17.		Salt of the Earth by Rosaura Revueltas
	18.	?	Johnny Guitar by Nicholas Ray
	19.		Rear Window (Collector's Edition)
	20.		Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Stanley Donen
	21.		A Star Is Born by George Cukor
	22.		The Night of the Hunter by Charles Laughton
	23.		Blackboard Jungle
	24.		East of Eden (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Elia Kazan
	25.		Kiss Me Deadly by Robert Aldrich
	26.		Mister Roberts by Joshua Logan
	27.		Rebel Without a Cause (Two-Disc Special Edition)
	28.		The Searchers (Two-Disc Anniversary Edition) by John Ford
	29.		Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Don Siegel
	30.		The Killing by Stanley Kubrick
	31.		Richard III - Criterion Collection
	32.		Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick
	33.		A Face in the Crowd by Elia Kazan
	34.		Sweet Smell of Success by Alexander Mackendrick
	35.		12 Angry Men (Decades Collection with CD) by Sidney Lumet
	36.	?	Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles' Vision)
	37.		Some Like It Hot
	38.		North By Northwest
	39.	?	Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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