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The best picture winner needs a screenplay nomination. Which movie might be in trouble?

Movies can win the Oscar for best picture without earning a screenplay nomination. But it doesn't happen often — just seven times in the 93-year history of the Academy Awards and only twice in the last six decades.

Want the list? Best picture winners without a screenplay nomination, ranked:

7. "The Broadway Melody" (1929) Let's be honest. You've probably only seen this cheesy movie — the first true Hollywood musical! — if you're an Oscars obsessive who wants to impress (alarm?) people by telling them you've seen every best picture winner. (Full

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