MOVIES THAT SHOULD HAVE WON BEST PICTURE FOR THEIR YEAR

1931- Tabu

1934- The Scarlet Empress

1940- The Great Dictator

1947- The Lady from Shanghai

1952- Rancho Notorious

1953- Pickup on South Street

1955- Night of the Hunter

1960- Psycho

1962- Sweet Bird of Youth

1975- Taxi Driver

1986- Blue Velvet

1989- Drugstore Cowboy

1999- L.I.E.

2002- Adaptation

2007- There Will Be Blood

2008- Milk

2009- don’t know yet

2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2007: There Will Be Blood
2006: The Departed
2005: Capote
2004: The Aviator
2003: Return of the King
2002: Gangs of New York
2001: ………….
2000: Traffic
1999: American Beauty
1998: The Thin Red Line
1997: Titanic
1996: Fargo
1995: ………….
1994: Pulp Fiction
1993: Schindler’s List
1992: Unforgiven
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1990: GoodFellas
1989: ………….
1988: ………….
1987: The Last Emperor
1986: Hannah and Her Sisters
1985: Out of Africa
1984: Amadeus
1983: …………..
1982: The Verdict
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980: Raging Bull
1979: Apocalypse Now
1978: The Deer Hunter
1977: Annie Hall
1976: Taxi Driver
1975: Barry Lyndon
1974: The Godfather Part II
1973: Cries and Whispers
1972: The Godfather
1971: A Clockwork Orange
1970: Patton
1969: Midnight Cowboy
1968: ……………
1967: Bonnie and Clyde
1966: A Man for All Seasons
1965: Doctor Zhivago
1964: Dr. Strangelove
1963: ……………
1962: Lawrence of Arabia
1961: The Hustler
1960: The Apartment
1959: Ben-Hur
1958: ……………
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956: Giant
1955: Marty
1954: On the Waterfront
1953: From Here to Eternity
1952: High Noon
1951: A Streetcar Named Desire
1950: Sunset Blvd.
1949: All the King’s Men
1948: The Red Shoes
1947: Gentleman’s Agreement
1946: The Best Years of Our Lives
1945: Spellbound
1944: Double Indemnity
1943: Casablanca
1942: The Magnificent Ambersons
1941: Citizen Kane
1940: Rebecca (barely)
1939: Gone with the Wind
1938: Grand Illusion
1937: ……………..
1936: ……………..
1935: Mutiny on the Bounty
1934: It Happened One Night
1933: ……………..
1932: Grand Hotel
1931: ……………..
1930: All Quiet on the Western Front
1929: ……………..
1928: Sunrise

This is based purely on what was nominated so this is not my favorite film of each year. I originally posted this in this…. http://www.theauteurs.com/topics/1498/comments …..thread.

That’s a nice list. I meant we could go off the res and pick what we thought was best for the year, nominated or not.

1997: L.A. Confidential. Great movie.

Wait, you think Return of the King should have won? I mean, it sure was well-made, but Best Picture? I’d have to say Lost In Translation. Not only was it my favorite movies of the year, but it’s one of the best films I’ve ever seen.

Now, I don’t know if we’re talking only about films that were nominated, or not. If not, I would say that Synecdoche, New York should have won last year; it was, without a doubt in my mind, the best film of the year. If we are only talking about films, though, that were nominated, I would say either Milk or Frost / Nixon. Van Sant is an expert director, with incredible skill; the film was just overall a very good movie. Frost / Nixon, though, was absolutely brilliant, a work of extreme craftsmanship. I just love that movie.

Savvy

1928: Sunrise
1929: Pandora’s Box
1930: All Quiet on the Western Front
1931: City Lights
1932: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1933: King Kong
1934: It Happened One Night
1935: The 39 Steps
1936: San Francisco
1937: Nothing Sacred
1938: Grand Illusion
1939: Stagecoach
1940: Rebecca
1941: Citizen Kane
1942: The Magnificent Ambersons
1943: Casablanca
1944: Double Indemnity
1945: Mildred Pierce
1946: Notorious
1947: Great Expectations
1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949: A Letter to Three Wives
1950: All about Eve
1951: A Streetcar Named Desire
1952: Singin’ in the Rain
1953: Shane
1954: On the Waterfront
1955: Marty
1956: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958: Vertigo
1959: Some Like It Hot
1960: Psycho
1961: The Hustler
1962: Lawrence of Arabia
1963: Hud
1964: Dr. Strangelove
1965: Doctor Zhivago
1966: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967: Bonnie and Clyde
1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey
1969: Midnight Cowboy
1970: M*A*S*H
1971: The Last Picture Show
1972: The Godfather
1973: Cries and Whispers
1974: The Conversation
1975: Nashville
1976: Taxi Driver
1977: Annie Hall
1978: The Deer Hunter
1979: Apocalypse Now
1980: Raging Bull
1981: Atlantic City
1982: Tootsie
1983: Tender Mercies
1984: Amadeus
1985: Kiss of the Spider Woman
1986: Platoon
1987: The Princess Bride
1988: Mississippi Burning
1989: My Left Foot
1990: GoodFellas
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1992: Unforgiven
1993: The Piano
1994: The Shawshank Redemption
1995: The Usual Suspects
1996: Secrets and Lies
1997: Titanic
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1999: American Beauty
2000: Traffic
2001: In the Bedroom
2002: Gangs of New York
2003: Mystic River
2004: The Aviator
2005: The Squid and the Whale
2006: The Departed
2007: There Will Be Blood
2008: Milk

Ok I will think about it and post another list off of the nominations. I just figured I would post that one since I had it done.

1941: Citizen Kane
1961: To Kill A Mockingbird
1964: Dr. Strangelove
1971: Clockwork Orange
1973: Cries and Whispers
1976: Taxi Driver
1980: Raging Bull
1986: Top Gun
1990: GoodFellas
1994: Pulp Fiction
1996: Fargo
1997: Good Will Hunting
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1999: The Insider
2001: Moulin Rouge
2006: Little Miss Sunshine
2008: None of the Above should have been nominated, yet then again there really wasn’t anything else.

1968:2001
OK?

1982: Bladerunner

Woah, Ryan. You most certainly did not see the same films I saw last year. There were many movies that came out last year that were great, and which, sadly, were shunned by the Oscars. Frankly, The Wrestler could have gone on there; that was a rather superb film. The Reader, though, definitely should NOT have been on the ballot, as it just was not a good movie.

Sure, there are some years that aren’t so great for movies, but there were plenty of good ones that came out last year.

Savvy

2005 – BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

For 2005, I would have actually chosen Good Night and Good Luck, but that’s for sheer love of the movie. Also, it was expertly made.

Savvy

2010: The Social Network or True Grit or The Fighter
2009: Avatar
2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2004: The Aviator
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1995: Apollo 13
1994: Pulp Fiction
1991: Beauty and the Beast
1989: Do The Right Thing
1985: The Color Purple
1982: E.T.
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1979: Apocalypse Now
1977: Star Wars
1976: Network
1972: Cabaret
1971: A Clockwork Orange
1967: The Graduate
1956: Giant
1951: A Streetcar Named Desire
1939: Gone with the Wind

’76—Taxi Driver
’07—The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

1997: LA Confidential over Titanic any day of the week!

1997: L.A. Confidential

1998: Saving Private Ryan

2005: Brokeback Mountain

2007: There Will Be Blood

2010: The Social Network

1979: All That Jazz
1980: Raging Bull
1990: Goodfellas
1996: Fargo
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Sideways
2010: Inception

I hate Forrest Gump solely because it beat Pulp Fiction for Best Picture. I think I watch the Oscar to give me something to be angry about.

I will put films that won, and then the films that Should Have Won (SHW). If I don’t put a film that should have won on a year, that means I agree with it.

1989: Driving Miss Daisy. SHW: Do The Right Thing
1990: Dances With Wolves. SHW: Goodfellas
1991: The Silence of The Lambs
1992: Unforgiven
1993: Schindler’s List
1994: Forrest Gump. SHW: Pulp Fiction
1995: Braveheart. SHW: Apollo 13
1996: The English Patient. SHW: Fargo
1997: Titanic
1998: Shakespear in Love. SHW: Saving Private Ryan
1999: American Beauty
2000: Gladiator
2001: A Beautiful Mind. SHW: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: Chcago. SHW: The Pianist
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004: Million Dollar Baby
2005: Crash. SHW: Brokeback Mountain
2006: The Departed
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: Slumdog Millionaire
2009: The Hurt Locker. SHW: Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
2010: The King’s Speech. SHW: The Social Network

Scuba, no way “Pulp Fiction” was worthy of Best Picture—so glad it didn’t win.

I’d take any of the following 1994 releases over “Pulp Fiction”…

“Quiz Show”—Totally friggin’ underrated film, lays bare the bullshit of television ala “Network”, great performances, cinemaphotography, direction, screenplay…unlike “Pulp Fiction” (a non-think film masquerading as counterculture art), “Quiz Show” is an intelligent movie with a bitter taste of cynicism that is well overdue for the praise it deserves as one of the greatest films of the 1990s.

“Fresh”—actually made in 1991, but this is miles ahead of “Pulp Fiction”—and Samuel L. Jackson’s performance here is much more intriguing than the one he gave in Tarantino’s overrated splatterfest.

“Ed Wood”—I still don’t believe Tim Burton gets enough respect for this film. A commercial flop due to several reasons: it’s in black-and-white, about a relatively obscure filmmaker (and a lousy one at that), and I guess Johnny Depp playing a fairly unsexy character was another reason for its quick evaporation from cinema screens. Say what you shall about Burton’s later flicks, but “Ed Wood” is a masterpiece all the way. At least Martin Landau got his due, picking up the Oscar for Supporting Actor.

“The Professional”—very fair to compare one crime drama to another crime drama, and Luc Besson’s underworld thriller leaves “Pulp Fiction” in the dust. Also, Natalie Portman wears the pageboy haircut better than Uma Thurman: compare…

—and what IS it with that Uma-Travolta dance scene? It looks like your unhip teachers trying to shimmy at your grade six disco.

The only way you’ll see two people looking stiffer than this is if you watch a particularly hot gay porno.

…and those 1994 film picks are just off the top of my head in the wee hours of the morning.

1976 had “Taxi Driver”, “Network” and “Rocky” all jostling for the Best Picture award.

A tough choice…I’m very fond of “Network.” But I can say the same for the other films. Still, if “Network” had won, maybe the film would be better remembered. It’s not exactly well-known with the post 1980 generation (by the way, anyone under the age of 30 who knows and loves “Network” seriously impresses me).