Academy Awards, Best Picture

[pegkerr]

Bold: Seen it
Italic: Want to see it
Strike: Don't want to see it

2006: Crash (2004)
2005: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2004: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
2003: Chicago (2002)
2002: Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
2001: Gladiator (2000)
2000: American Beauty (1999)
1999: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
1998: Titanic (1997)
1997: English Patient, The (1996)
1996: Braveheart (1995)
1995: Forrest Gump (1994)
1994: Schindler's List (1993)
1993: Unforgiven (1992)
1992: Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
1991: Dances with Wolves (1990)
1990: Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
1989: Rain Man (1988)
1988: Last Emperor, The (1987)
1987: Platoon (1986)
1986: Out of Africa (1985)
1985: Amadeus (1984)
1984: Terms of Endearment (1983)
1983: Gandhi (1982)
1982: Chariots of Fire (1981)
1981: Ordinary People (1980)
1980: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
1979: Deer Hunter, The (1978)
1978: Annie Hall (1977)
1977: Rocky (1976)
1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
1975: Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
1974: Sting, The (1973)
1973: Godfather, The (1972)
1972: French Connection, The (1971)
1971: Patton (1970)
1970: Midnight Cowboy (1969)
1969: Oliver! (1968)
1968: In the Heat of the Night (1967)
1967: Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
1966: Sound of Music, The (1965)
1965: My Fair Lady (1964)
1964: Tom Jones (1963)
1963: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1962: West Side Story (1961)
1961: Apartment, The (1960)
1960: Ben-Hur (1959)
1959: Gigi (1958)
1958: Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
1957: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
1956: Marty (1955)
1955: On the Waterfront (1954)
1954: From Here to Eternity (1953)
1953: Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952)
1952: American in Paris, An (1951)
1951: All About Eve (1950)
1950: All the King's Men (1949)
1949: Hamlet (1948)
1948: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
1947: Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
1946: Lost Weekend, The (1945)
1945: Going My Way (1944)
1944: Casablanca (1942)
1943: Mrs. Miniver (1942)
1942: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
1941: Rebecca (1940)1940: Gone with the Wind (1939)
1939: You Can't Take It with You (1938)
1938: Life of Emile Zola, The (1937)
1937: Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
1936: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
1935: It Happened One Night (1934)
1934: Cavalcade (1933)
1932: Grand Hotel (1932)
1931: Cimarron (1931)
1930: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
1930: Broadway Melody, The (1929)
1929: Wings (1927)

Comments

[tiellan.livejournal.com]

Bold: Seen it

Italic: Want to see it

Strike: Don't want to see it

2006: Crash (2004)
2005: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2004: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
2003: Chicago (2002)
2002: Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
2001: Gladiator (2000)
2000: American Beauty (1999)
1999: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
1998: Titanic (1997)
1997: English Patient, The (1996)
1996: Braveheart (1995)
1995: Forrest Gump (1994)
1994: Schindler's List (1993)
1993: Unforgiven (1992)
1992: Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
1991: Dances with Wolves (1990)
1990: Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
1989: Rain Man (1988)
1988: Last Emperor, The (1987)
1987: Platoon (1986)
1986: Out of Africa (1985)
1985: Amadeus (1984)
1984: Terms of Endearment (1983)
1983: Gandhi (1982)
1982: Chariots of Fire (1981)
1981: Ordinary People (1980)
1980: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
1979: Deer Hunter, The (1978)
1978: Annie Hall (1977)
1977: Rocky (1976)
1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
1975: Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
1974: Sting, The (1973)
1973: Godfather, The (1972)
1972: French Connection, The (1971)
1971: Patton (1970)
1970: Midnight Cowboy (1969)
1969: Oliver! (1968)
1968: In the Heat of the Night (1967)
1967: Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
1966: Sound of Music, The (1965)
1965: My Fair Lady (1964)
1964: Tom Jones (1963)
1963: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1962: West Side Story (1961)
1961: Apartment, The (1960)
1960: Ben-Hur (1959)
1959: Gigi (1958)
1958: Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
1957: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
1956: Marty (1955)
1955: On the Waterfront (1954)
1954: From Here to Eternity (1953)
1953: Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952)
1952: American in Paris, An (1951)
1951: All About Eve (1950)
1950: All the King's Men (1949)
1949: Hamlet (1948)
1948: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
1947: Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
1946: Lost Weekend, The (1945)
1945: Going My Way (1944)
1944: Casablanca (1942)
1943: Mrs. Miniver (1942)
1942: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
1941: Rebecca (1940)
1940: Gone with the Wind (1939)
1939: You Can't Take It with You (1938)
1938: Life of Emile Zola, The (1937)
1937: Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
1936: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
1935: It Happened One Night (1934)
1934: Cavalcade (1933)
1932: Grand Hotel (1932)
1931: Cimarron (1931)
1930: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
1930: Broadway Melody, The (1929)
1929: Wings (1927)

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

You've never seen Rebecca???? Somehow, it seems to me that of course you would have.

Oh, do see A Man for All Seasons. It's worth seeing for any one of the following (but it has ALL of them!): Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey, Robert Shaw as Henry VIII, Wendy Hiller as Alice, the ethereal and impossibly young Vanessa Redgrave as Anne Boleyn, More's "give the devil the benefit of law" speech to Will Roper, his speech to the court when he sees that silence will no longer serve him, the music ...

I think everyone born between, oh, 1945 and 1960, ought to see Annie Hall for the references if nothing else, but I can't say I'm a fan--I found the character of Annie so irritating that I wanted to throw things.

Out of Africa, yes. Critics laughed, but I defy anyone to see it and leave the theater not wanting to go to Africa; it serves the beauty of the land very well. Redford and Streep, eh--I found Klaus Maria Brandauer more attractive, strangely enough. A good movie to see in the winter in Minnesota.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

This was supposed to reply to Peg's main entry, not to tiellan's comment.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Working one's way down the list is a fine idea, perhaps including the nominees as well, since there are great movies every year. I think carbonel is doing something very like that in working her way through Leonard Maltin's best movies list.

K.

[carbonel]

Yes, I was just thinking how many of these I'd seen as a result of that project; looks like 12 or so, and I'm still only up to the letter "G."

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

Interesting. For the years between 1989 and 2006, I've seen 14 out of 18. 1988 and before? I've seen four. (Sound of Music, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, West Side Story. I've seen a stage version of Amadeus and several other Hamlets, but obviously that doesn't count.)

[sternel.livejournal.com]

Gladiator the movie I didn't much care for, but the soundtrack is actually quite beautiful -- and instead of pulling the John Williams Pretending He's Written Something Better Than Holst trick, they just went ahead and used Holst! I liked that very much about it, and the final set of tracks has this haunting vocal line that lingers long after the music stops. Even if you avoid the movie, the music is worth a hear.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

I liked Gladiator a lot; however, I was raised on the spectacles of Ben-Hur and such, and have always had a weakness for historical extravaganzas. But Gladiator had me from the opening scene right through to the end (which I watched through tears). There wasn't a moment in it when I felt like I could look away from the screen; I loved Russell Crowe's performance; Joaquin Phoenix was superbly slimy. And he may have been not the greatest human being, but I adored Oliver Reed as an actor, and he played his last role in Gladiator. This is really one of my favorite movies.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

I love it too. It found every one of my buttons and pushed them hard, and no matter how big an ass Russell Crowe may be in public, I love him as an actor.

[dreadmouse.livejournal.com]

Apropos of nothing, I put American Beauty in the same category as Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List, in that they were movies that made me very uncomfortable as I watched them but in a good way, because they made me face some life truths that I had done my best to avoid before then.

I had to gird my psychic loins for all of them, and I can't say that I really "enjoyed" them either, at least not in the happy escapist way that I enjoyed Lord of the Rings. I am glad that I watched them and I feel better for it.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Kind of sad that of the post-1966 portion of the list, I've seen three movies, two of those with so much regret that I'd be happy if those movies dropped off the face of the earth, and am interested in seeing only one that I haven't yet seen (Gandhi). 1966 and earlier, I've seen four movies, and am interested in seeing a bunch more.

... I bet I'd be much more interested in a best animated movie list...

[naomikritzer]

I am surprised that you haven't seen Braveheart or Schindler's List. I haven't seen a lot of movies on this list (I don't get to the movies much, nor do I seem to get around to renting things) but I've seen both of those, and were I to make a list of movies I think you'd like, they'd both be on it.

Braveheart has a small amount of completely unnecessary, egregious homophobia in it, and as a result Lyda won't watch it. Which is too bad, because I think she would love the movie.

Schindler's List is rather more of an upper than you'd expect from a Holocaust movie, though there are plenty of incredibly disturbing scenes.

[anghara.livejournal.com]

I don't know how to do strikethroughs, but I'll try and bold...

2006: Crash (2004)
2005: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2004: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
2003: Chicago (2002)
2002: Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
2001: Gladiator (2000)
2000: American Beauty (1999)
1999: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
1998: Titanic (1997)
1997: English Patient, The (1996)
1996: Braveheart (1995)
1995: Forrest Gump (1994)
1994: Schindler's List (1993)
1993: Unforgiven (1992)
1992: Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
1991: Dances with Wolves (1990)
1990: Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
1989: Rain Man (1988)
1988: Last Emperor, The (1987)
1987: Platoon (1986)
1986: Out of Africa (1985)
1985: Amadeus (1984)
1984: Terms of Endearment (1983)
1983: Gandhi (1982)
1982: Chariots of Fire (1981)
1981: Ordinary People (1980)
1980: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
1979: Deer Hunter, The (1978)
1978: Annie Hall (1977)
1977: Rocky (1976)
1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
1975: Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
1974: Sting, The (1973)
1973: Godfather, The (1972)
1972: French Connection, The (1971)
1971: Patton (1970)
1970: Midnight Cowboy (1969)
1969: Oliver! (1968)
1968: In the Heat of the Night (1967)
1967: Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
1966: Sound of Music, The (1965)
1965: My Fair Lady (1964)
1964: Tom Jones (1963)
1963: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1962: West Side Story (1961)
1961: Apartment, The (1960)
1960: Ben-Hur (1959)
1959: Gigi (1958)
1958: Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
1957: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
1956: Marty (1955)
1955: On the Waterfront (1954)
1954: From Here to Eternity (1953)
1953: Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952)
1952: American in Paris, An (1951)
1951: All About Eve (1950)
1950: All the King's Men (1949)
1949: Hamlet (1948)
1948: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
1947: Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
1946: Lost Weekend, The (1945)
1945: Going My Way (1944)
1944: Casablanca (1942)
1943: Mrs. Miniver (1942)
1942: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
1941: Rebecca (1940)1940: Gone with the Wind (1939)
1939: You Can't Take It with You (1938)
1938: Life of Emile Zola, The (1937)
1937: Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
1936: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
1935: It Happened One Night (1934)
1934: Cavalcade (1933)
1932: Grand Hotel (1932)
1931: Cimarron (1931)
1930: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
1930: Broadway Melody, The (1929)
1929: Wings (1927)blockquote>


I think I watch too many movies...

[bordergold.livejournal.com]

out of curiosity, why don't you want to see Patton? I think it's a great movie :)

[metmamandy.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed American Beauty -- you ought to give it a chance.

Also, I can't believe Crash beat out Brokeback Mountain! I don't want to prejudice you against Crash, but honestly, it didn't hold a candle to Brokeback. See what you think.

Annie

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

I love how you use your Tolkien quotations; they are always so apt, sometimes very subtly so.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Thanks!