Biggest Oscars Shocks of All Time

Citizen Kane DOESN'T Win Best Picture

Despite topping almost every Best Film poll throughout the last two decades, the much lauded Citizen Kane lost the 1942 Best Picture Oscar to How Green Was My Valley? The reason? Citizen Kane is a parody of U.S. media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, who not only restricted its release, but also allegedly threatened to sue the Academy for recognising it.

Photo by Paramount Pictures Feb 16, 2012

With the Academy Awards fast approaching it seems a good opportunity to look back at some of the Oscar wins that left many people scratching their heads...

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Kelly SissyKnickers07:32pm Monday 27th February 2012 ESTReport Abuse
I've never got over the final scene where Rosebud is burning. All that wealth yet he yearned for his childhood toboggan. There's a lesson there for all of us somewhere...
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GG02:22pm Monday 27th February 2012 ESTReport Abuse
This is the worst list! The Best Supporting Actress category is full of surpises & barely any are mentioned. Saving Private Ryan not winning Best Picture in 1999, Martin Scorsese missing out all those times, ...
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Christopher12:32pm Monday 27th February 2012 ESTReport Abuse
Might Aphrodite was the biggest joke.
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Mad Meg10:16am Monday 27th February 2012 ESTReport Abuse
Can't agree entirely Peter. How Green Was My Valley has some merit, but typically of it's time, is terribly sentimental. Gone With The Wind I agree is overblown and highly overrated. But Citizen Kane? Brilliant! Still eminently watchable after all these years - like that other Orson Welles masterpiece The Third Man.
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Sunshine09:59pm Sunday 19th February 2012 ESTReport Abuse
Hmmmmm "how green is my cactus." Now that was a winner! Not a movie but...............
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