Two honored turkeys.

If you think the Academy Award has any credibility at all, I'd like to point out just two reasons you're absolutely mistaken. The Greatest Show on Earth, Best Picture of 1952. And Around the World in 80 Days, the Best Picture of 1957. Both of these mediocre films are overblown and overrated bores. They are over-written, over-acted, over-produced, overlong, and incredibly melodramatic. The Greatest Show had the biggest ham of all time in it: Betty Hutton. Around the World has. among its roster of ill-used celebrities, the insipid and saccharine performance of the famous clown: Cantiflas.  So, you see, the Oscar really has very little to do with worthiness. And given a few hours, I could come up with dozens of more reasons to reject its value, including undeserving best actors, actresses, direction, etc. that were far from the best of the year they won. My friend Peter B. had a great idea. He felt that every year at the Academy Awards, certain unworthy winners should be required to return their Oscar. Unfortunately almost everyone associated with these two turkeys is dead.

Note: 
The nominees for Best Picture in 1952 were: High Noon, The Quiet Man, Moulin Rouge, and Ivanhoe. All, except Ivanhoe, were more worthy of the Oscar.

The nominees ofr Best Picture in 1957 were: Giant, The King and I, Friendly Persuasion and The Ten Commandments. All, including films that weren't nominated were more worthy than Around the World in 80 Days.