8. Citizen Kane - 1941, directed by Orson Welles (lost to How Green Was My Valley)
Citizen Kane is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, but Hollywood politics prevented it from winning Best Picture. However, the idea that it walked away empty handed is wrong. The movie was nominated for an incredible nine awards and won for Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz's original screenplay. And the idea that Hollywood would recognize such a radically different film from anything seen before is a bit silly.
Instead, Hollywood went with Ford's How Green Was My Valley, a wonderful movie. Ford even won a second-straight Best Director statue, something that's never happened again.
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