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The nominations are in! Who will come home with an Oscar? We can’t predict the winners of this month’s Academy Awards—but we do have some unusual contenders. Check out our version of the Best Pictures of all time:

The Flick: "From Here To Eternity"
Our Pick: North Rim Of The Grand Canyon

The Flick: "A Room With A View"
Our Pick: Wind Cave National Park (photo gallery)

The Flick: : "Tree Of Life"
Our Pick: Go Zero's Forest Restoration

The Flick: "The Greatest Show On Earth"
Our Pick: Behold! The Prairie Chicken

The Flick: "A River Runs Through It"
Our Pick: Big River And Salmon Creek Forests

The Flick: "On The Waterfront"
Our Pick: Chesapeake Bay Initiative

The Flick: "Rocky"
Our Pick: Rocky Fork, Tennessee

The Flick: "Moonstruck"
Our Pick: Petrified Forest National Park (photo gallery)

The Flick: "Chicago"
Our Pick: Chicago Wilderness

The Flick: "You Can't Take It With You"
Our Pick: Planned Giving

Image courtesy Forrest Brown, iStockphoto.com (banner).; Eruk Sucek (top).

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