Star Wars, 1977
Why? Would Best Picture go to Woody Allen’s nebbish romantic comedy Annie Hall over Star Wars, the most popular and beloved movie of 1977? A movie that turned the movie industry over on its head by becoming not just a blockbuster, but a pop culture juggernaut that exists to this day? Maybe Star Wars was considered too much of a kids’ movie to deserve the award, but if the Academy were a living entity, it would still be regretting the choice.
