Erik Lundegaard: Why We Stopped Seeing Best Picture Nominees

From 1950 to 1979, in other words, the most popular film of the year was almost always nominated best picture. In the three decades since? The reverse. Since 1983, it’s only happened five times: Rain Man in 1988, Forrest Gump in 1994, Titanic in 1997, Saving Private Ryan in 1998 and Rings in 2003.

There once was a time (before the modern megablockbuster) when the most popular movie in a given year would also be nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award.

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