Oscars: Every Best Picture Winner Ever Ranked From Worst To Best

20. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)

The Best Years Of Our Lives
RKO

It's truly impressive that William Wyler's war drama can demonstrate such fierce emotional intelligence so briefly removed from the horrors of World War II, making potent comment on the human toll of war in general, and doing so with more subtlety and grace than many modern films manage.

There are those who feel it robbed It's A Wonderful Life of Best Picture - especially those who've grown up watching Frank Capra's yuletide classic every Christmas - and at nearly three hours in length it can be a tough sit at times, but the stupendous cast and perfect tonal balance make it an boundary-pushing war movie of a different kind.

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