Eight Westerns have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, but did not win. They were: "In Old Arizona (1927/28), "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), "High Noon" (1952), "Shane" (1953), "Giant" (1956), "How the West Was Won" (1963) and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969).
Only three Westerns have won the Best Picture Oscar: "Cimarron" (1931), "Dances with Wolves" (1990) and "Unforgiven" (1992).
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No. Although John Ford's classic Western was one of 10 films nominated for Best Picture of 1939, the award went to "Gone With the Wind."
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