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

18. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)

All Quiet On The Western Front
Universal

This adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel is one of the more accessible earlier Best Picture winners, a heartbreaking and brilliantly wrought war drama from director Lewis Milestone, who also won the Best Director Oscar for his effort.

The performances - especially lead Lew Ayres - combine with sharp visuals and an intense depiction of conflict to create an stunningly effective statement that remains potent and relevant nearly nine centuries later.

All Quiet on the Western Front continues to rank highly on critic lists of best-ever war movies, and with damn good reason. That it only won two Oscars is, honestly, pretty shocking.

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