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Three Billboards won the BAFTA for best film on Sunday, but based on recent history it won't win the Oscar. The list below is all the films which won the BAFTA but missed out at the Oscars. Pick your favourite.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Dr Strangelove (1963) 5
Bicycle Thieves (1948) 4
Cabaret (1972) 2
The Elephant Man (1980) 2
Goodfellas (1990) 2
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 1
Lacombe Luciene (1974) 1
Jean de Florette (1986) 1
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 1
Brokeback Mountain (2005) 1
Boyhood (2014) 1
The Graduate (1967) 1
The Wages of Fear (1953) 1
La Ronde (1950) 1
The Commitments (1991) 0
Howard's End (1992) 0
Jeux Interdits (1952) 0
The Sound Barrier (1952) 0
The Full Monty (1997) 0
The Lords of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 0
The Pianist (2002) 0
The Aviator (2004) 0
Sense and Sensibility (1995) 0
The Queen (2006) 0
Atonement (2007) 0
The Revenant (2015) 0
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) 0
Dead Poet's Society (1989) 0
La nuit americaine (1973) 0
Richard III (1955) 0
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) 0
The Hustler (1961) 0
Ballad of a Soldier (1959) 0
Room at the Top (1957) 0
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 0
Julia (1977) 0
Manhattan (1979) 0
Gervaise (1956) 0
Educating Rita (1983) 0
The Killing Fields (1984) 0
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) 0
A Room with A View (1985) 0
La La Land (2016) 0


Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link

Unsurprisingly Brits love British films. Also very keen on Scorsese and Allen.

Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link

Well my least favourite is Howard's End.

carrotless, turnip-pocketed (fionnland), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link

I love Howard's End.

Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link

Lacombe, Luciene is maybe my favourite on this list anyway but i'm doubly amused they gave it the BAFTA

smashong pumpgong (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link

Strangelove, Goodfellas, Bicycle Thieves, Cabaret, Wages of Fear

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link

Atonement

kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link

1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Goodfellas
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo
4. The Wages of Fear
5. Boyhood

Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link

Lacombe Luciene. I'm stunned this won anything, well, anywhere.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:27 (six years ago) link

La Ronde. Not seen Wages of Fear since my teens tho so could well be that

i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link

they used to make some brave and interesting choices way back!

Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:54 (six years ago) link

Bicycle Thieves.

Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link

Chronologically: The Hustler, The Graduate, Goodfellas, Boyhood.

clemenza, Thursday, 22 February 2018 00:07 (six years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Saturday, 3 March 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link


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