Sunita aka 
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With the Oscars airing tomorrow, I thought I would try to rank all the Best Picture winners from least enjoyable to watch to the greatest picture I have ever seen. I have seen all but 4 of the best picture winners from the past, so those four will not be included in the list.
Ranking Criteria, as thought up with the help of my counterpart, PJ:
- How much I liked it
- Re-watchability
- How much I actually remember it
- Nostalgia factor
Nothing really technical, nothing really over the top. They are mostly being ranked based on how much I liked it. Here goes:
Not included:
1928/1929 – “The Broadway Melody”
1932/1933 – “Cavalcade”
1948 – “Hamlet”
1980 – “Ordinary People”
Listed from least liked to most:
82 – 1963 – “Tom Jones”
81 – 1938 – “You Can’t Take It with You”
80 – 1998 – “Shakespeare in Love”
79 – 1996 – “The English Patient”
78 – 1930/1931 – “Cimarron”
77 – 1944 – “Going My Way”
76 – 1971 – “The French Connection”
75 – 1983 – “Terms of Endearment”
74 – 1969 – “Midnight Cowboy”
73 – 1929/1930 – “All Quiet on the Western Front”
72 – 1979 – “Kramer vs. Kramer”
71 – 1999 – “American Beauty”
70 – 1977 – “Annie Hall”
69 – 1984 – “Amadeus”
68 – 1990 – “Dances With Wolves”
67 – 1936 – “The Great Ziegfeld”
66 – 1942 – “Mrs. Miniver”
65 – 1985 – “Out of Africa”
64 – 1958 – “Gigi”
63 – 1986 – “Platoon”
62 – 2009 – “The Hurt Locker”
61 – 1995 – “Braveheart”
60 – 1991 – “The Silence of the Lambs”
59 – 1951 – “An American in Paris”
58 – 2000 – “Gladiator”
57 – 1968 – “Oliver!”
56 – 2001 – “A Beautiful Mind”
55 – 1981 – “Chariots of Fire”
54 – 1952 – “The Greatest Show on Earth”
53 – 1961 – “West Side Story”
52 – 1978 – “The Deer Hunter”
51 – 1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy”
50 – 2005 – “Crash”
49 – 1946 – “The Best Years of Our Lives”
48 – 1956 – “Around the World in 80 Days”
47 – 1964 – “My Fair Lady”
46 – 1975 – “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
45 – 1988 – “Rain Man”
44 – 1945 – “The Lost Weekend”
43 – 1960 – “The Apartment”
42 – 2007 – “No Country for Old Men”
41 – 2012 – “Argo”
40 – 1935 – “Mutiny on the Bounty”
39 – 1970 – “Patton”
38 – 1950 – “All About Eve”
37 – 1967 – “In the Heat of the Night”
36 – 1966 – “A Man for All Seasons”
35 – 1973 – “The Sting”
34 – 2004 – “Million Dollar Baby”
33 – 1937 – “The Life of Emile Zola”
32 – 1941 – “How Green Was My Valley”
31 – 1949 – “All the Kings Men”
30 – 2006 – “The Departed”
29 – 1934 – “It Happened One Night”
28 – 1953 – “From Here to Eternity”
27 – 1940 – “Rebecca”
26 – 1947 – “Gentleman’s Agreement”
25 – 1931/1932 – “Grand Hotel”
24 – 2011 – 12 Years A Slave
23 – 1957 – “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
22 – 2010 – “The King’s Speech”
21 – 1987 – “The Last Emperor”
20 – 1954 – “On the Waterfront”
19 – 1955 – “Marty”
18 – 1962 – “Lawrence of Arabia”
17 – 1927/1928 – “Wings”
16 – 1993 – “Schindler’s List”
15 – 1959 – “Ben-Hur”
14 – 1992 – “Unforgiven”
13 – 2011 – “The Artist”
12 – 2008 – “Slumdog Millionaire”
11 – 1974 – “The Godfather Part II”
10 – 1994 – “Forrest Gump”
9 – 2002 – “Chicago”
8- 1965 – “The Sound of Music”
7 – 1976 – “Rocky”
6- 1943 – “Casablanca”
5 – 2003 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
4 – 1997 – “Titanic”
3 – 1939 – “Gone with the Wind”
2 – 1982 – “Gandhi”
1 – 1972 – “The Godfather”
