Worst Best Picture Nominees

“The Towering Inferno”
This star-studded disaster movie from producer Irwin Allen is perfectly fine as trashy entertainment, but its Best Picture nomination in 1974 is kind of a head-scratcher in retrospect, even as a token nod to commercially successful movies (in which regard that year's—rightful—winner, “The Godfather Part II,” was sufficient).

“The Towering Inferno”
This star-studded disaster movie from producer Irwin Allen is perfectly fine as trashy entertainment, but its Best Picture nomination in 1974 is kind of a head-scratcher in retrospect, even as a token nod to commercially successful movies (in which regard that year's—rightful—winner, “The Godfather Part II,” was sufficient).