In 1947, Henry Koster came out with The Bishop's Wife [IMDb: 7.5; RT: 80%], a fantastical rom-com starring Gary Grant and Loretta Young, about an angel providing his own brand of guidance on a man of cloth. George Seaton brought us the first incarnation of Miracle on 34th Street [IMDb: 7.8; RT: 94%]. Charles Dickens' Great Expectations [IMDb: 8.0; RT: 100%] was brought to life yet again by David Lean. And Edward Dmytryk directed Robert Young as a detective investigating a homicide in film noir Crossfire [IMDb: 7.4; RT: 79%]. But, it was Elia Kazan's drama about anti-Semitism Gentleman's Agreement [IMDb: 7.3; RT: 78%] that would take home three Oscars, including Best Picture. But, what if the field that year was expanded to ten slots? What other films would have made it in? 
A Double Life
George Cukor film noir about an actor who gets a little too method. Winner of an acting and score category, it was also nominated for directing and screenplay. [IMDb: 7.1]
Body and Soul
John Garfield plays a boxer in this film noir directed by Robert Rossen. Nominated for lead actor, screenplay and winner of film editing. Box Office: $3.3M. [IMDb: 7.8; RT: 100%]
Life with Father
Nominated for four awards including one for its handsome lead, William Powell plays a stockbroker in who runs his family with an iron fist in this Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) comedy. Box Office: $5.1M. [IMDb: 7.0; RT: 91%]
Green Dolphin Street
Winner of two of its four nominations including black and white cinematography and visual effects, this soap opera set in the 1840s starred Lana Turner, Donna Reed, and Van Heflin. Box Office: $5M. [IMDb: 6.7]
Nominated for three awards, this Walter Lang film won for Musical Score. Box Office: $5.3M. [IMDb: 6.5]
Boomerang!
The only non-Best Picture nominee to appear in the Adapted Screenplay category, Elia Kazan, warming up for a decade full of nominations, including a win for Gentleman's Agreement that same year, directed this courtroom film noir based on the true story of an innocent man put on trial for the murder of a priest. Box Office: $2.3M. NBR. [IMDb: 7.2; RT: 77%]
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Rom-Com starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple. Sidney Sheldon won for Original Screenplay and went on to create some of the most popular TV shows of all time. Box Office: $5.5M. [IMDb: 7.2]
Mourning Becomes Electra
Nominated for both of its leads, this sordid family drama based on Eugene O'Neill's famous play was inspired by a Greek mythological tale. Writer-director Dudley Nichols had done well with The Academy in the past. Box Office: $0.4M. [IMDb: 6.4]
Nuns who set up a convent in the Himalayas begin to experience long-suppressed erotic feelings during their mission. Winner of two Oscars including color Art Direction and Cinematography, the filmmakers would make The Red Shoes the next year. [IMDb: 8.0; RT: 100%]
The Farmer's Daughter
A comedy about a Swedish-American who is forced to take a domestic position for a politician, which affects her personal and professional life in ways she never anticipated. Loretta Young surprisingly won a lead Oscar for her work. Box Office: $3.1M. [IMDb: 7.3]
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
A young turn-of-the-century widow must reconcile her feelings between a ghost and a real life suitor in this romance thriller directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who was no stranger to the Oscar game at that point. Philip Dunne (How Green Was My Valley) wrote the screenplay. Box Office: $3.8M. [IMDb: 7.8; RT: 100%]
Monsieur Verdoux
One of Charlie Chaplin's later films, and the first of which he lost his "Tramp" persona, he plays a black widower in this comedy-drama. Box Office: $1.5M. NBR winner. [IMDb: 7.9; RT: 97%]
A plot in the vein of A Star Is Born, Susan Hayward stars as an alcoholic who loses control of her life. Nominated for two awards, including Actress. Box Office: $2.1M. [IMDb: 6.5]
Kiss of Death
Henry Hathaway, nominated for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer years before, directed this film noir about a criminal who turned on vengeance-seeking partner. Nominated for two Oscars. Box Office: $1.7M. [IMDb: 7.5; RT: 86%]
The Paradine Case
Alfred Hitchcock courtroom thriller. Box Office: $2.1M. [IMDb: 6.5]
Irish police try to weed out a rebel in this Carol Reed film noir. NBR. [IMDb: 7.8; RT: 100%]
Shoeshine
Singled out for a special Foreign Language Film category, Vittorio de Sica's story about two boys earning income as shoeshiners in post-War Italy also got nominated for screenplay. NBR. [IMDb: 7.9]
Joan Crawford got a nod for lead actress for playing a woman who falls hard for a player (the dashing Van Heflin), like, Alex Forrest hard. She doesn't boil any bunnies, but she does go bat-shit crazy. And the movie was a hit. Box Office: $3.1M. [IMDb: 7.1]
Ride the Pink Horse
Elizabeth Montgomery's father Rober was both an actor and director and made this film noir chock full of mysterious characters. Ben Hecht cowrote the screenplay, as well as the one for The Paradine Case and Kiss of Death. [IMDb: 7.2]
The Egg and I
A rom-com about a couple of newly weds on a chicken farm. Box Office: $5.6M. [IMDb: 7.0]
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