The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.), chagrined by the fact that none of the recent movies contending for an Oscar deals with insurance, today released its nominees for top 10 insurance films of all time.

I.I.I. noted that pictures among this year's Academy Award nominees deal with an avaricious oil man, "There Will Be Blood"; a drug deal gone bad, "No Country for Old Men"; teen-age pregnancy, "Juno"; ethically challenged attorneys, "Michael Clayton"; a tragedy of misunderstandings, "Atonement."

The I.I.I. said these are all worthy subjects for the best picture at this year's Academy Awards, but wondered "not one about insurance?"

In reaction, I.I.I. announced it had "corrected this oversight with its own category: The Top Ten Insurance Films of All Time."

The films selected by the I.I.I. all feature the subject of insurance in a starring role. Some of the I.I.I.'s top insurance movies, it was noted, have "even won or been nominated for an actual Academy Award or two."

In order of the Institute's personal preference, the winners are:

Double Indemnity (1944)

Memento (2000)

The Fortune Cookie (1966)

The Killers (1946)

Save the Tiger (1973)

The Rainmaker (1997)

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, 1999)

Sicko (2007)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Along Came Polly (2004)

A full list, including cast, description and quotes, is online at http://www.iii.org/media/research/insurancefilms/. The I.I.I. Web site is http://www.iii.org/.

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