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Best Picture Winners That Went Home Empty Handed

Every year, a slate of films are nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, but many of those films don't win a single Oscar. Given the years and number of nominations, how many of these beloved losers can you name?
Year = year that the films were released
Movies are sorted by # of nominations, not alphabetically
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Year
# of Nominations
Best Picture Nominee
2025
9
Marty Supreme
4
Bugonia
The Secret Agent
Train Dreams
2024
8
A Complete Unknown
2
Nickel Boys
2023
10
Killers of the Flower Moon
7
Maestro
2
Past Lives
2022
9
The Banshees of Inisherin
8
Elvis
7
The Fabelmans
6
Tár
3
Triangle of Sadness
2021
4
Don't Look Up
Nightmare Alley
3
Licorice Pizza
2020
6
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2019
10
The Irishman
2017
5
Lady Bird
2
The Post
2016
6
Lion
4
Hell or High Water
3
Hidden Figures
2015
7
The Martian
3
Brooklyn
2013
10
American Hustle
6
Captain Phillips
Nebraska
5
The Wolf of Wall Street
4
Philomena
2012
4
Beasts of the Southern Wild
2011
6
Moneyball
War Horse
3
The Tree of Life
2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2010
10
True Grit
6
127 Hours
4
The Kids Are All Right
Winter's Bone
2009
6
Up in the Air
4
District 9
3
An Education
2
A Serious Man
2008
5
Frost/Nixon
2005
6
Good Night, and Good Luck
5
Munich
2003
7
Seabiscuit
2002
10
Gangs of New York
2001
5
In the Bedroom
2000
5
Chocolat
1999
7
The Insider
6
The Sixth Sense
4
The Green Mile
1998
7
The Thin Red Line
1996
5
Secrets & Lies
1994
7
The Shawshank Redemption
4
Quiz Show
2
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1993
8
The Remains of the Day
7
In the Name of the Father
1992
4
A Few Good Men
1991
7
The Prince of Tides
1990
7
The Godfather Part III
3
Awakenings
1989
3
Field of Dreams
1987
7
Broadcast News
6
Fatal Attraction
5
Hope and Glory
1985
11
The Color Purple
1984
3
A Soldier's Story
1983
5
The Dresser
3
The Big Chill
1982
5
The Verdict
1981
7
Atlantic City
1980
8
The Elephant Man
1978
3
An Unmarried Woman
1977
11
The Turning Point
1976
4
Taxi Driver
1974
6
Lenny
3
The Conversation
1973
5
American Graffiti
1972
4
The Emigrants
Sounder
3
Deliverance
1971
4
A Clockwork Orange
1970
4
Five Easy Pieces
1968
4
Rachel, Rachel
1966
8
The Sand Pebbles
5
Alfie
4
The Russians Are Coming
the Russians Are Coming
1964
4
Dr. Strangelove
1962
7
Mutiny on the Bounty
1961
5
Fanny
1960
5
The Sundowners
1959
8
The Nun's Story
7
Anatomy of a Murder
1958
6
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1957
9
Peyton Place
6
Witness for the Prosecution
3
12 Angry Men
1956
6
Friendly Persuasion
1954
7
The Caine Mutiny
1952
3
Ivanhoe
1951
8
Quo Vadis
2
Decision Before Dawn
1950
3
Father of the Bride
1947
5
Crossfire
1946
5
It's a Wonderful Life
4
Henry V
1944
7
Double Indemnity
1943
7
Madame Curie
3
Heaven Can Wait
2
In Which We Serve
1
The Ox-Bow Incident
1942
7
Random Harvest
The Talk of the Town
4
The Magnificent Ambersons
Wake Island
3
Kings Row
The Pied Piper
1941
9
The Little Foxes
6
Hold Back the Dawn
3
The Maltese Falcon
1
One Foot in Heaven
1940
7
The Letter
6
Foreign Correspondent
The Long Voyage Home
Our Town
5
The Great Dictator
3
All This, and Heaven Too
1939
6
Love Affair
4
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
3
Dark Victory
1938
5
Four Daughters
4
The Citadel
3
Test Pilot
1
Grand Illusion
1937
4
Dead End
Stage Door
1936
4
Romeo and Juliet
3
Three Smart Girls
2
A Tale of Two Cities
1
Libeled Lady
1935
7
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
5
Captain Blood
4
Les Misérables
Top Hat
3
Broadway Melody of 1936
David Copperfield
2
Alice Adams
1
Ruggles of Red Gap
1934
4
The Thin Man
Viva Villa!
3
Imitation of Life
2
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Flirtation Walk
The White Parade
1
Here Comes the Navy
The House of Rothschild
1933
4
Lady for a Day
3
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
2
42nd Street
State Fair
1
She Done Him Wrong
Smilin' Through
1932
4
Arrowsmith
1
Five Star Final
One Hour with You
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931
3
The Front Page
1
East Lynne
Trader Horn
1930
1
The Love Parade
1929
3
Alibi
1
The Hollywood Revue
1928
1
The Racket
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