67. BUSTER KEATON
The General (1927)

Oscar's very first missed opportunity came in year 1 of the awards, when they deemed this silent comedy classic ineligible. Jackie Chan ain't got nuthin' on the Great Stone Face, who does all his own eye-popping stunts as a nebbishy Civil War engineer who single-handedly takes on the Union army. Even though he's playing a Reb (and the movie's essentially a 75-minute chase scene), the profoundly human Keaton makes you care about the character's fate.