baumer Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) 1974: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1975: Jaws 1977: Star Wars 1979: Rocky II 1978: Halloween 1980: Empire Strikes Back 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982: ET 1985: Back to the Future 1988: Mississippi Burning 1991: JFK 1996: Fargo 1998: Saving Private Ryan 2001: FOTR 2003: Mystic River 2004: Man on Fire 2008: TDK 2010: Inception 2011: Anything except The Artist 2012: Silver Linings Playbook Edited August 7, 2013 by tiffybaumer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Asuming we have to choose between nominees, this is my list. I will only post years that I do not agree with final result (I do not have enough criteria to choose in most of 20s and 30s): 1939 - Stagecoach 1940 - I am fine with Rebecca, but both The Great Dictator or The grapes of Wrath deserved too. 1941 - Citizen Kane 1944 - Double Indemnity 1950 - Sunset Boulevard 1951 - A streetcar named desire 1952 - The quiet man 1955 - Picnic 1957 - 12 angry men (although I love The Bridge on the River Kwai too, real winner) 1961 - Judgement at Nuremberg 1962 - To kill a mockingbird 1967 - The graduate 1969 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1976 - Taxi Driver 1977 - Star Wars 1980 - Raging Bull 1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 - E.T. The Extraterrestrial (although if Tootsie had won I would not have bothered) 1990 - Goodfellas 1994 - The Shawshank Redemption 1996 - Fargo 1997 - L.A. Confidential (for me Titanic is behind of As good as it gets and Good Will Hunting too) 1998 - Saving private Ryan 1999 - The insider 2001 - The Fellowship of the Ring 2002 - The Two Towers 2004 - Sideways (I like Million Dollar Baby, but I love this movie) 2005 - Good night, and good luck 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine 2009 - Up 2010 - Inception If we can choice any movie of the year, then I should think about it more... Edited August 6, 2013 by peludo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Just out of the things that were nominated for best picture, to make it easier for me.... 2012 - Django Unchained 2011 - Moneyball 2010 - 127 Hours 2009 - Up 2008 - Frost/Nixon 2007 - There Will Be Blood 2006 - The Departed* 2005 - Brokeback Mountain 2004 - Sideways 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* 2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring or Moulin Rouge 2000 - Gladiator* 1999 - The Insider 1998 - Saving Private Ryan 1997 - LA Confidential 1996 - Fargo 1995 - Apollo 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 2007-Michael Clayton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 No way should have Crash and Wall-e have won. Brokeback and the Dark Knight should have won instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 2001 FOTR or MR 2004 HP PoA 2009 IB or Avatar 2010 Inception 2012 DU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 LOP in 2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 rather than trying to pick between no country for old men and there will be blood, i'll just post whether i agree or disagree with the academy's designation of these films as great 1927 sunrise: a song of two humans 1930 all quiet on the western front 1942 casablanca 1957 the bridge on the river kwai 1965 the sound of music (polanski's repulsion) 1973 the sting (if foreign language films are allowed, la nuit americaine. haven't seen anything else from this year) 1994 forrest gump (seen nothing great from this year) 1997 titanic (nor from this year, in fact titanic is the best i've seen) 1999 american beauty 2000 gladiator (dancer in the dark) 2001 a beautiful mind (moulin rouge!) 2003 lord of the rings: return of the king (dogville) 2007 no country for old men 2008 slumdog millionaire (yep, the dark knight is better than this) 2010 the king's speech (black swan or social network would've been acceptable) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 rather than trying to pick between no country for old men and there will be blood, i'll just post whether i agree or disagree with the academy's designation of these films as great 1927 sunrise: a song of two humans 1930 all quiet on the western front 1942 casablanca 1957 the bridge on the river kwai 1965 the sound of music (polanski's repulsion) 1973 the sting (if foreign language films are allowed, la nuit americaine. haven't seen anything else from this year) 1994 forrest gump (seen nothing great from this year) 1997 titanic (nor from this year, in fact titanic is the best i've seen) 1999 american beauty 2000 gladiator (dancer in the dark) 2001 a beautiful mind (moulin rouge!) 2003 lord of the rings: return of the king (dogville) 2007 no country for old men 2008 slumdog millionaire (yep, the dark knight is better than this) 2010 the king's speech (black swan or social network would've been acceptable) The Exorcist is the best from 1973 but I've never seen The Sting. Disagree on Dogville though - no matter how good it was, LOTR deserved BP for one of the films. 1994 has Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, and The Lion King - a near perfect quartet (haven't seen Pulp Fiction but people say it's amazing) I definitely consider 1994 one of my favorite film years because of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The Exorcist is the best from 1973 but I've never seen The Sting. Disagree on Dogville though - no matter how good it was, LOTR deserved BP for one of the films. 1994 has Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, and The Lion King - a near perfect quartet (haven't seen Pulp Fiction but people say it's amazing) I definitely consider 1994 one of my favorite film years because of these. You must see The Sting. Maybe your opinion about 1973 would change. It is an amazing and extremely entertaining film. Just unforgettable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 You must see The Sting. Maybe your opinion about 1973 would change. It is an amazing and extremely entertaining film. Just unforgettable. Yeah I haven't seen that, Sleeper or Enter the Dragon so I can't accurately say what's the absolute best. But The Exorcist made you forget it was a horror movie and Linda Blair should have gotten a Supporting Actress Oscar. I do want to see The Sting but it's never on TV and they took it off instant Netflix a few months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel M Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) From BP nominees only 1990: Goodfellas 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: The Remains of the Day 1994: Pulp Fiction 1995: Apollo 13 1996: Fargo 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love/Elizabeth 1999: American Beauty 2000: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2001: Gosford Park/Moulin Rouge 2002: The Two Towers 2003: Lost in Translation/Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Brokeback Mountain 2006: The Departed 2007: There Will be Blood 2008: Slumdog Millionaire/ Benjamin Button 2009: The Hurt Locker/Inglourious Basterds 2010: The Social Network 2011: Moneyball 2012: Zero Dark Thirty 2013: Wolf of Wall Street/12 years a slave 11/24 not bad. Edited September 4, 2014 by Joel M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 All right... 2008: The Dark Knight 2009: Up 2010: The Social Network The Descendants >>> The Artist = Up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 All right... 2008: The Dark Knight 2009: Up 2010: The Social Network Midnight in Paris shouldn't have won either. Clearly you're letting you Pixar fanboy get the better of you when you simply replace Wall E winning to Up winning. None of them deserved to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 FROM NOMINEES ONLY 1990: Dances (they made the right choice, IMHO) 1991: Silence of the Lambs (right choice also) 1992: Unforgiven (right choice) 1993: Schindler's List (they got it right - pretty good year) 1994: Forrest Gump or Shawshank (I really don't get the PF praise) 1995: Braveheart! (they got it right. I love also A13 and S&S) 1996: Fargo (that's so obvious now that it hurts) 1997: Titanic (a piece of film history, impossible not to reward it; poor LA Confidential) 1998: Saving Private Ryan (WTF were they thinking?) 1999: American Beauty (Magnolia would have been a great winner also) Two differing opinions in the 90's 2000: Traffic (it had a huge impact on me. Gladiator was a nice choice also) 2001: FOTR (I felt sooooo embarrassed. I liked A Beautiful Mind, but... come on!) 2002: Chicago (so much fun, but The Pianist was a close runner-up) 2003: Return of the King (obvious winner) 2004: Sideways (a little gem) 2005: Brokeback Mountain (but I don't get the Crash winning hate) 2006: The Departed (but it really should have won Children of Men) 2007: There Will be Blood (it's so good that you can see it countless times despite barely having any likeable character) 2008: Frost/Nixon (but it really should habe been Wall-E. Slumdog is the worst film in the last 25 years to be honored) 2009: The Hurt Locker (it really grows as the time passes) Six years with changes in the 00's 2010: Inception (but it's difficult to pick between King's Speech, TS3 and Black Swan) 2011: The Artist (I love it, they got it right) 2012: Life of Pi, Les Miserables or Silver Linings Playbook (can't believe Argo won against such brilliant films) 2013: Gravity (12YAS in a close second place. Have yet to see some of the nominees) Only one year with my favourite film winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Slumdog is LEAGUES better than Crash. Also, it should have been The Dark Knight and not Wall-E as that is easily the more influential movie. I also can't feel for Fargo losing in an obviously weak year where it should have won because the Coens can be so horribly condescending to small towners in their movies. Fargo being no exception. Fuck, the treatment of the Jean Lundegaard character is so shitty. But otherwise I agree with all those choices. Edit: Oh wait, I didn't see the PF diss! And Moulin Rouge! over ABM. Edited September 5, 2014 by Spidey Freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesypoofs Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 8 Mile? ....... it's a good thing you aren't the Academy What's wrong with 8 mile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 90 - Goodfellas 91 - JFK 92 - Unforgiven 93 - N/A 94 - Pulp Fiction 95 - Se7en 96 - Fargo 97 - L.A. Confidential 98 - The Thin Red Line 99 - The Insider 00 - Memento 01 - Mulholland Dr. 02 - City of God 03 - Oldboy 04 - N/A 05 - Brokeback Mountain 06 - Apocalypto 07 - No Country for Old Men 08 - WALL-E 09 - Inglourious Basterds 10 - The Social Network 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 14 - Gravity13 - Life of Pi12 - The Artist (check but a bad year overall)11 - The Social Network10 - The Hurt Locker (check)09 - Slumdog Millionare (check, but the nominees were not close to being the cream of the crop)08 - No Country For Old Men (check)07 - The Departed (check)06 - Brokeback Mountain05 - Million Dollar Baby (check)04 - Return of the King (check)03 - Two Towers02 - Fellowship of the Ring01 - Gladiator (check)00 - The Green Mile99 - Saving Private Ryan98 - Good Will Hunting97 - Fargo96 - Braveheart (check)95 - The Shawshank Redemption (but Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump are equally deserving)94 - Schindler's List (check)93 - Unforgiven (check)92 - Beauty and the Beast91 - Goodfellas90 - Born on the Fourth of July89 - Rain Man (check)88 - The Last Emperor (check)87 - Platoon (check)86 - Anything but Out of Africa85 - Amadeus (check)84 - Terms of Endearment (check)83 - Gandhi (check)82 - Raiders of the Lost Ark81 - Raging Bull80 - Apocalypse Now79 - The Deer Hunter (check)78 - Star Wars77 - Taxi Driver76 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (check)75 - The Godfather Part II (check)74 - American Graffiti73 - The Godfather (check)72 - A Clockwork Orange71 - Patton (check)70 - Midnight Cowboy (check) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I'll do everything from 1990 on, as I feel that those are the years where I know the breadth of the nominees and worthy films best. I also assume we're limiting the list to the films that were nominated for Best Picture. 1990: Goodfellas 1991: Beauty and the Beast 1992: The Crying Game 1993: Schindler's List* 1994: Pulp Fiction 1995: Apollo 13 1996: Fargo 1997: Titanic* 1998: Saving Private Ryan 1999: American Beauty* 2000: Traffic 2001: Moulin Rouge! 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* 2004: Million Dollar Baby* 2005: Munich 2006: The Departed* 2007: There Will Be Blood 2008: Slumdog Millionaire* 2009: Avatar 2010: The Social Network 2011: The Tree of Life (I'm still stunned that this one squeaked in) 2012: Silver Linings Playbook 2013: Gravity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
