Every Best Picture Oscar Winner Ranked Worst To Best

Grand Hotel won Best Picture without being nominated in any other category, an infamous anomaly that shouldn’t take away from how fun it is as an episodic ensemble drama.

Grounded by its packed cast, which includes a scene-stealing Greta Garbo (who famously proclaims "I want to be alone") alongside Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, and Jean Hersholt, Grand Hotel is clunky and uneven, but effectively charming, with much to love thanks to its stellar cast and Old Hollywood romanticism.