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1940s Best Picture Oscar Nominees - Multiple Choice
Identify the 40s films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture* but lost.
Other decades in this quiz series here.
Wrong answers were nominated in categories other than Best Picture in the same year.
Year given is the year in film being awarded, not the date of the ceremony.
*Known as the award for Outstanding Picture, Outstanding Production or Best Motion Picture in this era.
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Last updated: March 15, 2021
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1. Which 1940 Best Picture nominee lost to Rebecca?
They Knew What They Wanted
Angels Over Broadway
The Great Dictator
2. Which 1941 Best Picture nominee lost to How Green Was My Valley?
Billy the Kid
Citizen Kane
All That Money Can Buy
3. Which 1942 Best Picture nominee lost to Mrs. Miniver?
Bambi
The Magnificent Ambersons
Woman of the Year
4. Which 1943 Best Picture nominee lost to Casablanca?
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The North Star
Lassie Come Home
5. Which 1944 Best Picture nominee lost to Going My Way?
Laura
Double Indemnity
Kismet
6. Which 1945 Best Picture nominee lost to The Lost Weekend?
Objective, Burma!
Spellbound
The Southerner
7. Which 1946 Best Picture nominee lost to The Best Years of Our Lives?
It's a Wonderful Life
The Killers
Brief Encounter
8. Which 1947 Best Picture nominee lost to Gentleman's Agreement?
Mother Wore Tights
Miracle on 34th Street
Ride the Pink Horse
9. Which 1948 Best Picture nominee lost to Hamlet?
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Search
The Naked City
10. Which 1949 Best Picture nominee lost to All the King's Men?
Champion
The Heiress
Bicycle Thieves
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