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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?
Adam's Rib
Annie Get Your Gun
Sunset Boulevard
2. Which 1951 Best Picture nominee lost to An American in Paris?
The African Queen
Strangers on a Train
A Streetcar Named Desire
3. Which 1952 Best Picture nominee lost to The Greatest Show on Earth?
The Big Sky
High Noon
Five Fingers
4. Which 1953 Best Picture nominee lost to From Here to Eternity?
The War of the Worlds
Roman Holiday
Titanic
5. Which 1954 Best Picture nominee lost to On the Waterfront?
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
A Star Is Born
6. Which 1955 Best Picture nominee lost to Marty?
East of Eden
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Bad Day at Black Rock
7. Which 1956 Best Picture nominee lost to Around the World in 80 Days?
War and Peace
Richard III
The Ten Commandments
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?
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Old Man and the Sea
I Want to Live!
10. Which 1959 Best Picture nominee lost to Ben-Hur?
Some Like It Hot
The Diary of Anne Frank
The 400 Blows
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