Watch Every Academy Award Winner for Best Picture
Okay, I have thought long and hard about this. I think the easiest thing to do to impart my feelings on this goal entry is to become a temporary movie critic. Here are my lists from the Academy Award winners...
My "why in the heck did this win ANY award much less Best Picture" list:
Midnight Cowboy
The Life of Emile Zola
From Here to Eternity
Tom Jones
Most memorable (not necessarily the best, just made you think):
Slumdog Millionaire
No Country for Old Men
Crash
Schindler's List
Amadeus
Gandhi
The Broadway Melody
Gentleman's Agreement
The Lost Weekend
Ben Hur
Best Romantic:
Titanic
Best Value or Message:
The Sound of Music
2nd Best Value or Message:
Gentleman's Agreement
Most Depressing:
The Lost Weekend
Just Plain Fun:
Oliver
The Greatest Show on Earth
It Happened One Night
Marty
Around the World in 80 Days
The Sting
Rocky
My Least Favorite:
Midnight Cowboy
My Most Favorite:
The Sound of Music
Other Favorites:
Out of Africa
Amadeus
Terms of Endearment
Bridge on the River Kwai
Marty
Gentleman's Agreement
Rebecca
How Green Was My Valley
You Can't Take It With You
It Happened One Night
The Great Ziegfeld
The Broadway Melody
Gone With the Wing
The One I Thought Was Surprisingly Good yet CREEPY:
No Country for Old Men
Ones that I think EVERYONE Should See:
Gentleman's Agreement
Sound of Music
Marty
West Side Story
Forrest Gump
Best Heroes:
Gladiator
Braveheart
Platoon
Rocky
Lawrence of Arabia
Mrs. Miniver
On the Waterfront
Ben Hur
A Man For All Seasons
In the Heat of the Night
Movies with strangest "what the huh" moments:
Cimarron
No Country for Old Men
The Apartment
Midnight Cowboy
The Deer Hunter
I think that does it! This has been an interesting experience, re-thinking through this list of films that is rather expansive. For your own enjoyment, here is the entire list. If I had to pick two most people have never seen that they should see, it would be Gentleman's Agreement and The Broadway Melody. Broadway Melody is an old, old film that has surprising depth to it. Check it out.
My "why in the heck did this win ANY award much less Best Picture" list:
Midnight Cowboy
The Life of Emile Zola
From Here to Eternity
Tom Jones
Most memorable (not necessarily the best, just made you think):
Slumdog Millionaire
No Country for Old Men
Crash
Schindler's List
Amadeus
Gandhi
The Broadway Melody
Gentleman's Agreement
The Lost Weekend
Ben Hur
Best Romantic:
Titanic
Best Value or Message:
The Sound of Music
2nd Best Value or Message:
Gentleman's Agreement
Most Depressing:
The Lost Weekend
Just Plain Fun:
Oliver
The Greatest Show on Earth
It Happened One Night
Marty
Around the World in 80 Days
The Sting
Rocky
My Least Favorite:
Midnight Cowboy
My Most Favorite:
The Sound of Music
Other Favorites:
Out of Africa
Amadeus
Terms of Endearment
Bridge on the River Kwai
Marty
Gentleman's Agreement
Rebecca
How Green Was My Valley
You Can't Take It With You
It Happened One Night
The Great Ziegfeld
The Broadway Melody
Gone With the Wing
The One I Thought Was Surprisingly Good yet CREEPY:
No Country for Old Men
Ones that I think EVERYONE Should See:
Gentleman's Agreement
Sound of Music
Marty
West Side Story
Forrest Gump
Best Heroes:
Gladiator
Braveheart
Platoon
Rocky
Lawrence of Arabia
Mrs. Miniver
On the Waterfront
Ben Hur
A Man For All Seasons
In the Heat of the Night
Movies with strangest "what the huh" moments:
Cimarron
No Country for Old Men
The Apartment
Midnight Cowboy
The Deer Hunter
I think that does it! This has been an interesting experience, re-thinking through this list of films that is rather expansive. For your own enjoyment, here is the entire list. If I had to pick two most people have never seen that they should see, it would be Gentleman's Agreement and The Broadway Melody. Broadway Melody is an old, old film that has surprising depth to it. Check it out.
wow those are big stats!
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