Academy Award Best Picture Project

Here is the complete list of Best Picture awards winners. I have crossed out the ones I’ve watched and added my thoughts an opinions on them. Obivously I’ve seen more of the newer movies simply due to my age but some of the older movies are definitely incredible. Feel free to contradict me and tell me why I am wrong. Also tell me which ones you’ve seen, what did you like, dislike.

1928 - Wings

1929 - The Broadway Melody

1930 - All Quiet on the Western Front

1931 - Cimarron

1932 - Grand Hotel

1933 - Cavalcade

1934 - It Happened One Night  (LOVED this film. Clark Gable does comedy well)

1935 - Mutiny on the Bounty

1936 - The Great Ziegfeld

1937 - The Life of Emile Zola

1938 - You Can’t Take it With You

1939 - Gone With the Wind (all time FAVORITE movie.)

1940 - Rebecca

1941 - How Green Was My Valley

1942 - Mrs. Miniver

1943 - Casablanca (I cry everytime I watch this movie. It is a must see!) 

1944 - Going My Way

1945 - The Lost Weekend

1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives

1947 - Gentleman’s Agreement

1948 - Hamlet

1949 - All The King’s Men

1950 - All About Eve (This movie was ok. Bette Davis is brilliant but I just couldn’t get into it)

1951 - An American in Paris

1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth

1953 - From Here to Eternity

1954 - On the Waterfront

1955 - Marty

1956 - Around the World in 80 Days

1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai

1958 - Gigi

1959 - Ben Hur

1960 - The Apartment

1961 - West Side Story

1962 - Lawrence of Arabia

1963 - Tom Jones

1964 - My Fair Lady (Loved it. But I still think Pickering and Higgins are in the closet) 

1965 - The Sound of Music (Hated it. It’s WAY too long. I love Julie Andrews but damn) 

1966 - A Man for All Seasons

1967 - In the Heat of the Night

1968 - Oliver!

1969 - Midnight Cowboy

1970 - Patton

1971 - The French Connection

1972 - The Godfather (I know it’s blasphemous but I didn’t like it and thought it was too long)

1973 - The Sting

1974 - The Godfather Part II

1975 - One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest

1976 - Rocky (Brilliant. Loved it. Must see film!)

1977 - Annie Hall

1978 - The Deer Hunter

1979 - Kramer vs. Kramer

1980 - Ordinary People

1981 - Chariots of Fire

1982 - Gandhi

1983 - Terms of Endearment (Touching movie. Guys won’t get it but the ladies will)

1984 - Amadeus (I really liked it. My ex really hated it. Very interesting story.) 

1985 - Out of Africa (LOVE this movie. Beautiful story and young Robert Redford. mmm)

1986 - Platoon

1987 - The Last Emperor

1988 - Rain Man (Nice movie, not brilliant but Dustin Hoffman is great.)

1989 - Driving Miss Daisy (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie. A must see!)

1990 - Dances With Wolves

1991 - The Silence of the Lambs (One of my all-time favs. Anthony Hopkins is brilliant.)

1992 - Unforgiven (HATED this movie. Longest most drawn out film. EVER.)

1993 - Schindler’s List (Heartbreaking, wonderful. A must see.)

1994 - Forrest Gump (Brilliant. How can anyone NOT like this movie)

1995 - Braveheart (Beautiful and moving. A great film.)

1996 - The English Patient (This film is just brutal. It’s slow and the story isn’t that good)

1997 - Titanic (I wasn’t one of the 15 y/o girls crying during this movie. It’s still great though)

1998 - Shakespeare in Love (A surprise winner but a very beautiful and sweet story)

1999 - American Beauty (Dark, a little over the top but a solid film)

2000 - Gladiator (Solid film, but not as brilliant as others I’ve seen)

2001 - A Beautiful Mind (Now this was brilliant. A must see film. Heartbreaking and beautiful)

2002 - Chicago (Good cast, good music, just not a favorite of mine)

2003 - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Do I really have to comment here?)

2004 - Million Dollar Baby

2005 - Crash

2006 - The Departed (HATED this movie. I’m just not big on cop dramas I guess.)

2007 - No Country For Old Men  (Maybe I’m just dumb but I didn’t get this movie)