Top 25 'Best Picture' Winners of All Time | DEADLINE: Jan 15, 2014

[riczhang]

It's my criteria.  I'm kinda marching to the beat of my own drum here.

 

Oh k. Thnx.

 

 

Clearly better than No Country For Old Men. There is no denying that. But, I still say that out of the nominated movies, Juno is the choice.

 

I am only picking from what was actually nominated. I am not picking what I believe is the best movie for the year. If I was, then clearly Mr. Brooks should have been the winner. It was just superb. A true gem.

 

I don't actually know how to respond to that. Well I suppose at least you didn't think Atonement deserved to win. 

Edited January 3, 2014 by riczhang

[Dementeleus]

1 - "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)

2 - "Casablanca" (1943)

3 - "Schindler’s List" (1993)

4 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003)

5 - "The Godfather Part II" (1974)

6 - "The Godfather" (1972)

7 - "Chariots of Fire" (1981)

8 - "Amadeus" (1984)

9 - "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)

10 - "Unforgiven" (1992)

11 - "It Happened One Night" (1934)

12 - "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)

13 - "The Sting" (1973)

14 - "Titanic" (1997)

15 - "Gone with the Wind" (1939)

16 - "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

17 - "No Country for Old Men" (2007)

18 - "On the Waterfront" (1954)

19 - "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008)

20 - "The Departed" (2006)

21 - "Braveheart" (1995)

22 - "Gladiator" (2000)

23 - "Platoon" (1986)

24 - "A Man for All Seasons" (1966)

25 - "Gandhi" (1982)

 

Worst:

1 - "Million Dollar Baby" (2004)

2 - "Crash" (2005)

3 - "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956)

4 - "Out of Africa" (1985)

5 - "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989)

Edited January 3, 2014 by Telemachos

[The Stingray]

Great turnout so far. Thanks y'all!

[The Stingray]

And guys, try to PM me the lists instead of posting them here. I'm not putting a gun to your heads or anything, but it'd be funner to sustain the suspense until the reveal. You can post FYCs here.

[chasmmi]

I'll put a list together,

 

Hunger Games and Harry Potter both won best picture right?

[chasmmi]

Okay provisional top 25 if I do not see any other films before deadline (or rewatch any of the ones in the list and change my opinion) 

 

 

1- 1991 - "The Silence of the Lambs"

2- 1994 - "Forrest Gump"

3- 1976 - "Rocky"’

4- 1993 - "Schindler’s List"

5- 1995 - "Braveheart"

 

6- 2010 - "The King's Speech"

7- 1943 - "Casablanca"

8- 1997 - "Titanic"

9- 1988 - "Rain Man"

10- 2008 - "Slumdog Millionaire"

 

11- 1957 - "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

12- 1962 - "Lawrence of Arabia"

13- 1999 - "American Beauty"

14- 1981 - "Chariots of Fire"

15- 1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

 

16- 1956 - "Around the World in 80 Days"

17- 1959 – Ben Hur

18- 1968 - "Oliver!"

19- 2000 - "Gladiator"

20- 1998 – Shakespeare in Love

 

21- 1954 – On the Waterfront

22- 1990 – Dances with Wolves

23- 1939 – Gone with the Wind

24- 1982 – Gandhi

25- 1973 – The Sting

 

 

And the worst...

 

1989 - "Driving Miss Daisy" - One of the most boring things I have ever seen and its a shame I forgot about this when making my list for Iceroll's vote.

 

2003 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - Won purely because the first two films were amazing and the Academy held off awarding them so it could do the end trilogy clean sweep thing.

 

2002 - Chicago - In general I hate most musicals - this is a massive example of why 

 

1965 – The Sound of Music - The original reason I hated musicals, this was shoved down my throat so many times and each time it was worse than before

 

1996 – The English Patient - Just plain dull

[Jake Gittes]

Does Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) count? At the very first ceremony,

 

Sunrise won the award for Unique and Artistic Production and Wings won the award for Outstanding Picture (now known as Best Picture), these two categories at the time were seen as equally the top award of the night intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior film making. The next year, the Academy dropped the Unique and Artistic Production award, and decided retroactively that the award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded.

 

Some still consider it one of the Best Picture winners, so I wanna clear that up. It would definitely be in my top 5 if it was eligible.

[Jake Gittes]

Also, is there a deadline on this?

[CoolioD1]

The Academy don't really count Sunrise as a best picture winner (it wasn't on that montage of all the winners they did a few years ago) so I didn't include it. I would have otherwise.

[The Stingray]

Does Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) count? At the very first ceremony,

 

Some still consider it one of the Best Picture winners, so I wanna clear that up. It would definitely be in my top 5 if it was eligible.

 

Don't think so. Says on Wiki that Wings won.

 

Also, is there a deadline on this?

 

Nothing set in stone. Say 2 more weeks, something like that. Sound good?

[Jake Gittes]

 

 

Nothing set in stone. Say 2 more weeks, something like that. Sound good?

Alright. I'll send a list by the 15th or so then. Seen 36 BP winners, might as well catch a couple more.

[MovieMan89]

 

1 - "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)

2 - "Casablanca" (1943)

3 - "Schindler’s List" (1993)

4 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003)

5 - "The Godfather Part II" (1974)

6 - "The Godfather" (1972)

7 - "Chariots of Fire" (1981)

8 - "Amadeus" (1984)

9 - "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)

10 - "Unforgiven" (1992)

11 - "It Happened One Night" (1934)

12 - "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)

13 - "The Sting" (1973)

14 - "Titanic" (1997)

15 - "Gone with the Wind" (1939)

16 - "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

17 - "No Country for Old Men" (2007)

18 - "On the Waterfront" (1954)

19 - "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008)

20 - "The Departed" (2006)

21 - "Braveheart" (1995)

22 - "Gladiator" (2000)

23 - "Platoon" (1986)

24 - "A Man for All Seasons" (1966)

25 - "Gandhi" (1982)

 

Worst:

1 - "Million Dollar Baby" (2004)

2 - "Crash" (2005)

3 - "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956)

4 - "Out of Africa" (1985)

5 - "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989)

 

We have relatively similar taste. Except Million Dollar Baby as your worst? What do you dislike so much about it?

 

I need to see Bridge on the River Kwai and Chariots of Fire, always meant to.

Edited January 3, 2014 by MovieMan89

[Michael Gary Scott]

Hey tele I put Lawrence on my worst list

[CoolioD1]

Hey tele I put Lawrence on my worst list

WTF?

 

btw tele, I put Chariots of Fire on my worst list.

[JohnnY]

i haven't seen enough, but here's my rankings anyway.

 

 

is this some kind of website you use to rate movies? Or you just made up the image?

 

Anyway, I realized I also haven't seen enough movies to make a ranking, but here it is.

 

1. All About Eve (1950)

2. Rebecca (1940)

3. The Apartment (1960)

4. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

6. Casablanca (1943)

7. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

8. American Beauty (1999)

9. Schindler's List (1993)

10. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

11. The Hurt Locker (2008)

12. The Artist (2011)

13. The Return of the King (2003)

14. Forrest Gump (1994)

 

(not really good)

15. The King's Speech (2010)

16. Titanic (1997)

17. Argo (2012)

 

(bad)

18. Crash (2005)

[riczhang]

Hey tele I put Lawrence on my worst list

 

 

WTF?

 

btw tele, I put Chariots of Fire on my worst list.

 

Both of you guys deserve a good smiting

[Sims]

I'm assuming that we're assessing these movies solely on their own merits? In other words I'm guessing that we won't be taking into account how "deserving" they were in their particular year in comparison to other films.

[4815162342]

Hey tele I put Lawrence on my worst list

 

[riczhang]

I'm assuming that we're assessing these movies solely on their own merits? In other words I'm guessing that we won't be taking into account how "deserving" they were in their particular year in comparison to other films.

 

I think it depends on your own preference. I'm judging movies on their own merit but Baumer's judging on a mix of that and how deserving they were. 

[Sims]

FYC for worst BP winner: Terms of Endearment (1983)