The Caine Mutiny (1954), could've been a contender but for...
On the Waterfront
Taxidriver (1976) - Got beaten by a man who was a million-to-one shot
Rocky
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Shakespeare in Love
Chinatown (1974) - The gangsters came back
The Godfather Part II
The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - They called us Mr. Losers!
In the Heat of the Night
Goodfellas (1990)
Dances with Wolves
Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Hello, Clarice! Well done!
The Silence of the Lambs
Citizen Kane (1941)
How Green Was My Valley
The Exorcist (1973)
The Sting
Life was no box of chocolates for The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
Forrest Gump
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
An American in Paris
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - I was 'desert'ed
Lawrence of Arabia
Raging Bull (1980)
Ordinary People
Roman Holiday (1953) - Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr romancing on the beach must have swayed the voters!
From Here to Eternity
The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Got blown away!
Gone with the Wind
Star Wars (1977)
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now (1979) - A bickering couple stole it!
Kramer vs. Kramer
Deliverance (1972) - Was it the mafia?
The Godfather
E.T. (1982) - He didn't hurt anyone but still won
Gandhi
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Everyone noticed the one who shouted "I'm walking here" and ignored me!
Midnight Cowboy
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
All About Eve
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - English athletes ran away with it
Chariots of Fire