1950s Best Picture Oscar Nominees - Multiple Choice

Identify the 50s films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture* but lost.

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Wrong answers were nominated in categories other than Best Picture in the same year.Year given is the year in film being honored, not the date of the ceremony.
Year given is the year in film being awarded, not the date of the ceremony.
*Known as the award for Best Motion Picture in this era.
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1. Which 1950 Best Picture nominee lost to All About Eve?
Annie Get Your Gun
Sunset Boulevard
Adam's Rib
2. Which 1951 Best Picture nominee lost to An American in Paris?
The African Queen
A Streetcar Named Desire
Strangers on a Train
3. Which 1952 Best Picture nominee lost to The Greatest Show on Earth?
Five Fingers
High Noon
The Big Sky
4. Which 1953 Best Picture nominee lost to From Here to Eternity?
Titanic
The War of the Worlds
Roman Holiday
5. Which 1954 Best Picture nominee lost to On the Waterfront?
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
A Star Is Born
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
6. Which 1955 Best Picture nominee lost to Marty?
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Bad Day at Black Rock
East of Eden
7. Which 1956 Best Picture nominee lost to Around the World in 80 Days?
The Ten Commandments
Richard III
War and Peace
8. Which 1957 Best Picture nominee lost to The Bridge on the River Kwai?
A Farewell to Arms
Funny Face
12 Angry Men
9. Which 1958 Best Picture nominee lost to Gigi?
I Want to Live!
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Old Man and the Sea
10. Which 1959 Best Picture nominee lost to Ben-Hur?
The Diary of Anne Frank
Some Like It Hot
The 400 Blows
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