Every Best Picture Oscar Winner Ranked Worst To Best

94. Cimarron (1931)

Ninety years after becoming the first Western to win Best Picture, Cimarron has not aged well. Between its offensive portrayals of Native Americans, jumbled tone, and general sluggishness, there’s nothing worth noting here except the strong lead performance of Irene Dunne.

Many older Oscar winners haven’t aged well - that much is a given - but even so Cimarron is the worst of the bunch, and hard to forgive. Also, no Western would win Best Picture for another sixty years, making its landmark victory all the more baffling.