Some reviewers consider '' The Greatest Show on Earth '' among the worst choices the Academy made for Best Picture . In 2005 , '' Empire '' listed it as the third worst Best Picture winner . The following year , in an article for MSNBC about the 78th Academy Awards selection of '' Crash '' as Best Picture , Erik Lundegaard called '' Crash '' the " worst Best Picture winner since the ' dull , bloated ' film '' The Greatest Show on Earth '' " In 2013 , the fact that '' The Greatest Show on Earth '' won over '' High Noon '' was listed by '' Time '' among the 10 Most Controversial Best Picture Races
78th Academy Awards
78th Academy Awards
The Greatest Show on Earth (film)