 | High Noon (Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $6.50 A lone sheriff stands up to save a town that proves indifferent to him.
One of the biggest disapointments in Oscar history, the 1952 Oscar went to the over done, bloated, train wreck "Greast Show on Earth"
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 | Raging Bull (Special Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.88 Explores the life of real boxer Jake LaMottament. Lost to the dry and slow moving "Ordinary People" in 1980
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 | Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.99 Two cowboys find a love together that they can never share in public. Lost to the overly preachy and pretentious "Crash" in 2005.
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 | Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $9.00 A newspaper man becomes corrupted by his own power and greed.
It was beat by the classic "How Green is My Valley" in 1941. It's a tough one to call, but "Kane" is a slightly better film.
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 | Fargo (Special Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.47 A murder for hire situation is never good, but it get's so worse one winter in Minesota. The self important "The English Patient" got this Oscar in 1996.
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 | Reds (Special 25th Aniversary Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $11.92 This controversial film about the Russian Revolution was fantastic, but it lost to the slower than molasses story line of "Chariots of Fire" in 1981.
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 | Miracle on 34th Street (Special Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.99 A young girl finds faith in Christmas from a man who claims to be Santa Claus. This wonderful film was sadly beaten back for the 1947 Oscar by the well meaning but clumsy "Gentleman's Agreement".
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 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $10.47 3 prospectors sneak into Mexico to find gold.
In 1948 it was beat by the very stuffy (by today's standards) Hamlet. Where as "Treasure" still looks as good as ever.
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 | Network
Buy used from: $18.45 Ratings forces a TV network to comprise itself and it's audience. Lost to "Rocky" in 1976, as did "All the President's Men". "Rocky" is good but not as good as "Network" or "...President's Men"
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 | Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $5.49 / Used from: $4.46 A down on his luck screen writer finds money and some comfort with a past her prime silent film star. This one got beat by "All About Eve" in 1950. "Eve" is a great film, but watch both in one day and you'll see the difference.
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 | The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $13.49 The story of Mosses is told in this over the top but super film film.
The 1956 Oscar also could of gone to "The King and I" or "Giant" as well, but in the end it was given to the over wrought "80 Days Around the World".
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 | The Aviator (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $5.49 / Used from: $0.01 Explored the brillant but mad life of Howard Hughes.
Another big disapointment
for Martin Scorsese as he lost to the weaker "Million Dollar Baby"
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 | The Champ
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $3.00 A young boy and his boxing Dad try to get back some lost glory. 1932's winner was the muti-plot "Grand Hotel" which is an enjoyable film, but "The Champ" is a classic.
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