- MovieWebMovieWeb2h
- The WrapThe Wrap2h
- SlashFilmSlashFilm2h
- IndiewireIndiewire3h
- DeadlineDeadline3h
- The WrapThe Wrap4h
- The WrapThe Wrap5h
- Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter5h
- DeadlineDeadline6h
- DeadlineDeadline7h
- PubityPubity8h
- IndiewireIndiewire8h
- The WrapThe Wrap8h
- SlashFilmSlashFilm9h
- ComicBook.comComicBook.com9h
- Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter10h
- PubityPubity11h
- VarietyVariety13h
- AV ClubAV Club22h
- The WrapThe Wrap1d
- MovieWebMovieWeb1d
- Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter1d
- VarietyVariety1d
- The WrapThe Wrap1d
- Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter1d
- VarietyVariety1d
- VarietyVariety1d
- VarietyVariety1d
- VarietyVariety1d
The First Western To Win Best Picture At The Oscars
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
scrn logline
After decades of Westerns getting the cold shoulder, a controversial classic becomes the first of the genre to take home the coveted Best Picture Oscar.
beat sheet
- The Western that made Oscars history is the 1931 film 'Cimarron,' which has since been widely panned as one of the weakest winners in the ceremony's long history.
- This unexpected victory for the Western genre at the Oscars came at a time when the public's appetite for the classic American cowboy tale was waning, making the win all the more surprising.
call sheet
'Cimarron'