Ernst Lubitch's Heaven Can Wait
was nominated for Best Picture in 1943. Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait
was also nominated for Best Picture in 1978. The latter was a remake,
but of 1941's Here Comes Mr. Jordan, not of its namesake.

Moulin Rouge was a Best Picture nominee in 1952 and 2001.
The former was a biopic of the painter of the painter Toulouse-Lautrec
starring José Ferrer. The latter, a lavish musical with Nicole Kidman.

Originals/Remakes sharing the same title that were nominated for Best Picture are:
Cleopatra (1934/1963)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935/1962)
Romeo & Juliet (1936/1968)

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