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SALT LAKE CITY — Lighthearted comedies have won an Oscar for best picture only a handful of times in the history of the Academy Awards. The nominees for the 90th annual Academy Awards, which airs Sunday, reveal that comedies continue to have a slim presence in the awards ceremony.
To get in the spirit of the Oscars, here are seven movies that, if we lived in a world where only comedies won best picture, might’ve won the award in their respective years, compared to the films that did win.
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