Favorite Oscar Best Picture Winner

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Rocky - 1976

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 1975

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American Beauty - 1999

[Jack of Arcades]

The Godfather - 1972

[smokingrobot]

damn, rocky is a good choice.

i'll say godfather pt 2

casablanca's another good one.

or five easy pieces (which did not win, but should have, or so the argument goes)

[Jack of Arcades]

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damn, rocky is a good choice.

i'll say godfather pt 2

casablanca's another good one.

or five easy pieces (which did not win, but should have, or so the argument goes)

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Five Easy Pieces is disqualified, otherwise Shawshank takes this.

[smokingrobot]

shawshank lost to forrest gump?

i think the oscars are definately ignorable after a certain date, of which i havent thought much about yet...

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damn, rocky is a good choice.

i'll say godfather pt 2

casablanca's another good one.

or five easy pieces (which did not win, but should have, or so the argument goes)

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Five Easy Pieces is disqualified, otherwise Shawshank takes this.

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Very true Shawshank would have won best picture but it was made in the same year as Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction.

Another favorite - The French Connection 1971

[Jack of Arcades]

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shawshank lost to forrest gump?

i think the oscars are definately ignorable after a certain date, of which i havent thought much about yet...

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both shawshank AND pulp fiction lost to forrest gump

clearly one of the worst oscars of all time

that's a good prop bet, that shawshank didn't win best picture in '94. both matusow and doyle have lost it.

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both shawshank AND pulp fiction lost to forrest gump

clearly one of the worst oscars of all time

There was a movie about a big ship sinking which takes the title of the worst best picture winner ever

[coffeecrazy1]

Braveheart - 1995

Worst Best Pictures: Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan in 1998, Titanic over LA Confidential in 1997, and, as much as I love it, Gladiator over Crouching Tiger or Traffic in 2000.

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On The Waterfront- 1954

I can't believe some of these choices. Rocky might be a good time-waster, but I think even fans of the movie admit that it's hackneyed and pretty cheesy. Now way it compares favorably to other films of that year like Taxi Driver and All The President's Men.

[Jack of Arcades]

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both shawshank AND pulp fiction lost to forrest gump

clearly one of the worst oscars of all time

There was a movie about a big ship sinking which takes the title of the worst best picture winner ever

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Titanic beat out LA Confidential and Good Will Hunting. That's vastly inferior competition than Forrest Gump, which beat out the two best movies of the past 20 years.

[swede123]

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both shawshank AND pulp fiction lost to forrest gump

clearly one of the worst oscars of all time

There was a movie about a big ship sinking which takes the title of the worst best picture winner ever

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Titanic beat out LA Confidential and Good Will Hunting. That's vastly inferior competition than Forrest Gump, which beat out the two best movies of the past 20 years.

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Calling L.A. Confidential vastly inferior to Titanic might qualify you for moron of the day honors.

In addition to the ones mentioned:

Casablanca - 1943
The Sting - 1973
Amadeus - 1984
Unforgiven - 1992

Swede

[jakethebake]

This should be a poll.

[johnnycakes]

Annie Hall - 1977

[Soul Daddy]

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Amadeus - 1984

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If it weren't for the Godfathers, this would get my vote.

[RunDownHouse]

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Calling L.A. Confidential vastly inferior to Titanic might qualify you for moron of the day honors.

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Not realizing what he was talking about pretty much makes you a lock.

[PTjvs]

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both shawshank AND pulp fiction lost to forrest gump

clearly one of the worst oscars of all time

There was a movie about a big ship sinking which takes the title of the worst best picture winner ever

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Titanic beat out LA Confidential and Good Will Hunting. That's vastly inferior competition than Forrest Gump, which beat out the two best movies of the past 20 years.

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Calling L.A. Confidential vastly inferior to Titanic might qualify you for moron of the day honors.



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Re-read. He's calling L.A. Confidential vastly inferior to Shawshank & Pulp Fiction, not Titanic.

[swede123]

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Titanic beat out LA Confidential and Good Will Hunting. That's vastly inferior competition than Forrest Gump, which beat out the two best movies of the past 20 years.

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If that's what he meant I apologize, I agree that Pulp Fiction and Shawshack are both better than LA Confidential. However, based on his statement it sounds like he's comparing the matchups of those two years. That is, he is referring to the Titanic vs the competition AND Forrest Gump vs. the competition.

Swede

[SL__72]

I don't think Gladiator over Crouching Tiger was a stretch. I'm also supprised to hear that from someone who picked Braveheart as the best oscar winner ever.

Its cliche as hell but my favorites have been Godfather I & II, Casablanca, Schindler's List and Lawrence of Arabia.

[diebitter]

Lawrence of Arabia by far, but I stopped taking any notice of the oscars in 1994 when Forrest Gump (which is a good film, IMHO) beat Pulp Fiction and Shawshank - obviously people voting like that are not worth treating seriously.

[peachy]

Gone with the Wind
Rebecca
Lawrence of Arabia
Casablanca
My Fair Lady
From Here to Eternity
All About Eve
The English Patient
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Deer Hunter
Platoon

[samjjones]

"Forrest Gump" winning the Oscar over "The Shawshank Redemption" was almost as big a tit-scam as "How Green Was My Valley" beating "Citizen Kane" in 1942.

[djoyce003]

I loved unforgiven.

It's way up there in my list of best picture winners. Godfather as well.

"yeah i've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawls at some point. And i'm here to kill you Little Bill."

[coffeecrazy1]

I really picked Braveheart because I didn't want to pick one already picked.

And...it was Gladiator over Crouching Tiger or Traffic...I tend to think both of those are superior, and would have personally given the Oscar to Traffic. That's not to say I don't love Gladiator(I own it), but I can recognize the movie with that little extra something.

However...in order to reconcile what is, admittedly, a weak choice for favorite...I will substitute Million Dollar Baby or The Silence of the Lambs for Braveheart.

[Jack of Arcades]

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both shawshank AND pulp fiction lost to forrest gump

clearly one of the worst oscars of all time

There was a movie about a big ship sinking which takes the title of the worst best picture winner ever

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Titanic beat out LA Confidential and Good Will Hunting. That's vastly inferior competition than Forrest Gump, which beat out the two best movies of the past 20 years.

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Calling L.A. Confidential vastly inferior to Titanic might qualify you for moron of the day honors.

In addition to the ones mentioned:

Casablanca - 1943
The Sting - 1973
Amadeus - 1984
Unforgiven - 1992

Swede

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No, you idiot, I called LA confidential vastly inferior to Shawshank and Pulp Fiction.

[john smith]

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"Forrest Gump" winning the Oscar over "The Shawshank Redemption" was almost as big a tit-scam as "Ordinary People" beating "Raging Bull" in 1980.

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[MrWookie47]

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I really picked Braveheart because I didn't want to pick one already picked.

And...it was Gladiator over Crouching Tiger or Traffic...I tend to think both of those are superior, and would have personally given the Oscar to Traffic. That's not to say I don't love Gladiator(I own it), but I can recognize the movie with that little extra something.

However...in order to reconcile what is, admittedly, a weak choice for favorite...I will substitute Million Dollar Baby or The Silence of the Lambs for Braveheart.

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I dunno. Without Gladiator, we'd have never been blessed with our good moderator.

As for my pick, it's an obvious one, sure, but I'll go with the Godfather pt. 1.

[drewjustdrew]

"You just shot an unarmed man"

"He should have armed himself"

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I can't believe some of these choices. Rocky might be a good time-waster, but I think even fans of the movie admit that it's hackneyed and pretty cheesy.

I think you might be getting this film confused with its 4 horrid sequels.

Watch the original as a stand alone and block out all the garbage Stallone produced after it(First Blood excluded).

You may then appreciate what the film has to say.
If not your loss

[Dominic]

Lawrence of Arabia
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II

[Dominic]

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both shawshank AND pulp fiction lost to forrest gump

clearly one of the worst oscars of all time

There was a movie about a big ship sinking which takes the title of the worst best picture winner ever

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Titanic beat out LA Confidential and Good Will Hunting. That's vastly inferior competition than Forrest Gump, which beat out the two best movies of the past 20 years.

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Calling L.A. Confidential vastly inferior to Titanic might qualify you for moron of the day honors.

In addition to the ones mentioned:

Casablanca - 1943
The Sting - 1973
Amadeus - 1984
Unforgiven - 1992

Swede

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Titanic is vastly inferior to Duece Bigelow, Male Gigolo.

LA Confidential is a piece of cinematic art, while Titanic is a piece of....well,you get the idea.

[ethan]

Casablanca. Easy.

From more recent winners, I'd go with Unforgiven.

[KDawgCometh]

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However...in order to reconcile what is, admittedly, a weak choice for favorite...I will substitute Million Dollar Baby or The Silence of the Lambs for Braveheart.

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we all know that Million Dollar Baby wasn't the best picture this past year, don't even try to pretend that it is

[Seadood228]

beat me too it...

[Claunchy]

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Rocky - 1976

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Rocky wasn't even the best movie made that year, cause we all know Taxi Driver's a much better film.

I'm going Deer Hunter here.

[MyTurn2Raise]

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American Beauty - 1999

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no way...stereotypes galore, too simple with the ideas
reminds me of American Pie for its genre

[MyTurn2Raise]

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 1975

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[savman]

why all the hate for Forrest Gump? FWIW I am willing to concede Shawshank could have easily won here....sort of a 1010 v AK; although i submit 2 plus 2 is not a represenative demographic.

[Analyst]

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Amadeus - 1984

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If it weren't for the Godfathers, this would get my vote.

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Even with the Godfathers, Amadeus gets my vote.

Shawshank Redemption

[KDawgCometh]

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Shawshank Redemption

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have you read this thread at all, or even gone to the oscars website so that you don't embarass yourself again

[Soul Daddy]

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Shawshank Redemption

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have you read this thread at all, or even gone to the oscars website so that you don't embarass yourself again

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He's embarassed himself 39 times today already.

[KDawgCometh]

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Shawshank Redemption

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have you read this thread at all, or even gone to the oscars website so that you don't embarass yourself again

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He's embarassed himself 39 times today already.

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I haven't read any of his other posts, but if this is indicative of his body of work, I think I'll be having another person to ignore

[Moneyline]

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I think you might be getting this film confused with its 4 horrid sequels.

Watch the original as a stand alone and block out all the garbage Stallone produced after it(First Blood excluded).

You may then appreciate what the film has to say.
If not your loss

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Don't get me wrong, I like Rocky, but I like it for what it is. It's a well-paced B-Movie where you can root for the underdog. It also has a great score and two great character actors who are fun to watch (Burgess Meredith and Joe Spinell). But let's face it. The boxing scenes are really bad, Stallone can't act, the dialogue is completely cheesy in parts, and the "message" is a pretty corny one. It's not difficult to "appreciate what the film has to say" because we've seen it and heard it a thousand times before.

And please don't poo-poo the Rocky sequels. Rocky IV is awesome. Like the original, it's a well paced movie with great character actors. The "message" of Rocky IV is just as hackneyed as that of the original... people just seem to have an easier time accepting that.

[Dantes]

whenever I think of rocky I think of the "montage" skit in South Park and regretably recycled in Team America.

[pryor15]

the godfathers
annie hall
cassablanca
million dollar baby
unforgiven
on the waterfront
marty

honestly, gladiator was rubbish. it was easily the worst of the 5 nominees.