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Poll: Best Picture Winners that are also Box Office Winners

It's always great when a well-made film can connect with both the audience and the critics. The following films are Best Picture Winners and also the highest grossing films of their respective years of release worldwide (without taking the grosses from any subsequent re-releases into account). Which of these films do you think is best example of all-round film-making ?

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