Oscar films nominated that deserved the win

The Academy is referred to as a mystical entity.
It's hated more than Republicans or Democrats or Independents.
People still don't know how it works, despite the innovations of internet.
And we all know they don't watch the films and just pick based on what critics choose,
AS LONG AS THEY UNDERSTAND THE FILM

Bold refers to the fact that the best nominee won.

1929/30: All Quiet on the Western Front
1931/32: Grand Hotel
1932/33: A Farewell to Arms
1934: Cleopatra
1935: The Informer
1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1937: The Life of Emilie Zola
1938: La Grande/Grand Illusion
1939: The Wizard of Oz
1940: The Great Dictator
1941: Citizen Kane
1942: The Magnificient Ambersons
1943: Casablanca
1944: Double Indemnity
1945: The Lost Weekend
1946: The Best Years of Our Lives
1948: Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1950: All About Eve
1951: A Streetcar Named Desire
1952: High Noon
1956: Giant
1957: Bridge on the River Kwai/12 Angry Men/Sayonara
1959: The Diary of Anne Frank/Anatomy of a Murder
1963: How the West Was Won
1964: Dr. Strangelove
1965: The Sound of Music
1966: A Man for All Seasons
1967: Bonnie and Clyde
1968: Oliver!
1969: Midnight Cowboy
1970: MASH
1972: The Godfather
1973: The Exorcist
1974: The Conversation
1975: Barry Lyndon
1976: Taxi Driver
1977: Star Wars
1978: The Deer Hunter
1979: Apocalypse Now
1980: Ordinary People
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
1983: The Right Stuff
1984: The Killing Fields
1985: The Color Purple
1986: Platoon
1987: The Last Emperor
1988: The Last Temptation of Christ
1989: My Left Foot
1990: Goodfellas
1991: Silence of the Lambs
1992: Unforgiven
1993: Schindler's List
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: Sense and Sensibility
1996: The English Patient
1997: Good Will Hunting
1998: The Thin Red Line
1999: American Beauty
2000: Gladiator
2001: A Beautiful Mind
2002: Gangs of New York
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: The Aviator
2005: Munich
2006: Babel
2007: There Will Be Blood
2008: WALL-E
2009: District 9
2010: Inception
2011: The Tree of Life
2012: The Master
2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
2014: Birdman