TRIVIA-OSCAR LOSERS

1. 1940: Though it lost to box office pinnacle “Gone with the Wind,” this fantasy musical broke the cinematic mold when it spun a vibrant rainbow of onscreen colors.

2. 1942: This mystery mysteriously missed out to “How Green Was My Valley,” but on two occasions since, the American Film Institute named it the best movie ever, and Steven Spielberg bought its main prop for $60,000.

3. 1947: The Best Picture that year was “The Best Years of Our Lives,” but boasting a similar title, this heartwarming drama was runner-up and is now a classic television staple every holiday season.

4. 1963: This legal drama lost to “Lawrence of Arabia,” but its lesson on color belies its black-and-white film, so it’s often screened in middle school English class as an accompaniment of its book.

5. 1976: Not that Best Picture winner “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” isn’t a worthy film, but this watershed thriller shifted movie marketing and became the first real summer blockbuster.

6. 1981: “Ordinary People” was the winner by decision, but this biographical sports semi-tragedy established a winning trifecta among the director and two of its actors that couldn’t be knocked down.

7. 1991: Ten years later, that same trifecta made this crime drama, which lost to “Dances with Wolves” in an unspeakable miscarriage of justice. Courtesy of The Democratic Republic of Trivia