While this feature story may seem a bit cliché, it is certainly timely. Just as this feature article was being completed, one of the bigger surprises in Oscar Night history aired. Brokeback Mountain's Ang Lee wins as Best Director, with Best Picture going to Crash. Was this surprising? Absolutely. Was it the "worst" mistake Oscar ever made? Hmm. Well...

We can say this much; if it was, it's in good company. Oscars have been handed out for 78 years, and every entertainment source has their own "10 worst mistakes" list. Empire's recent list included Around the World in 80 Days, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Cavalcade, Forrest Gump, The Greatest Show On Earth, How Green Was My Valley, Ordinary People, Rocky, and Terms of Endearment. Similarly, Premiere's recent list included: American Beauty, Around the World in 80 Days, Chicago, The Great Ziegfield, The Greatest Show on Earth, My Fair Lady and Oliver.

If you ask Techtite.com, you must have sympathy only for pre-1968 films. Prior to a little B-movie called Barbarella, there was no rating system in film. No ratings meant any 10 year old could trot to the theater and see any film. That was the "law" back then; which is to say, there wasn't one. This basically meant that every film pre-ratings-board had it much rougher, because they had to make all their films child-friendly. No war movie could have any realistic  violence. No crime drama could have any "grit." This, above all, is why you'll notice this list is all post-1968, because rated films had it easier.

Oh, and as in all cases, every photo on the list is an order link for that movie. Call it "everyone is entitled to their own opinion," or call it "we don't want to get sued by a big name film company," but overall it's just a tradition. If you liked it, buy it, for yourself or for a friend. No "worst" list can be fairer than that. That said, "the envelope, please..."

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