Mudpuppy, WorshipCity, CECWorship and Superman1224 have all posted this list of the Academy Award’s Best Film winners since 1975.
Movies in bold I have yet to watch. Bold green denotes movies I have no interest in watching. Red denotes films I have watched and thought they were complete codswallop.
2007 – No Country for Old Men
2006 – The Departed
2005 – Crash
2004 – Million Dollar Baby
2003 – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002 – Chicago
2001 – A Beautiful Mind
2000 – Gladiator
1999 – American Beauty
1998 – Shakespeare in Love
1997 – Titanic
1996 – The English Patient
1995 – Braveheart
1994 – Forrest Gump
1993 – Schindler’s List
1992 – Unforgiven
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs
1990 – Dances with Wolves
1989 – Driving Miss Daisy
1988 – Rain Man
1987 – The Last Emperor
1986 – Platoon
1985 – Out of Africa
1984 – Amadeus
1983 – Terms of Endearment
1982 – Gandhi
1981 – Chariots of Fire
1980 – Ordinary People
1979 – Kramer vs. Kramer
1978 – The Deer Hunter
1977 – Annie Hall
1976 – Rocky
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Filed under: Fun | Tagged: Academy Awards, Films, Movies, Winners
Avoid Amadeus. Not worth it. Disgusting sick sensual stuff (that we did not even bother to finish watching) and not reality to Mozart. Kramer vs Kramer I seem to remember as being a good watch – but I also remember some language!!
I’ve been told that American Beauty was great.
I can personally vouch for A Beautiful Mind and Million Dollar Baby.
American Beauty is a modern day classic that works on so many levels. I fail to understand why you don’t like it. Now Chicago, that’s another story altogether. Waste of 2 hours of my life that I won’t get back
Hi Neil, I didn’t say Chicago was brilliant, it was ok.
I watch movies for entertainment. American Beauty was not entertaining in my opinion. I was not comfortable at all with the various elements of this story. I don’t like Kevin Spacey either. It’s a bit of a girly term, but I think he is creepy.
The film is very well put together and I can see why the “critics” love it. However, after all the hype and watched this film and I didn’t like it and that’s all there is to it.
Mud, if you get round to watching it I’d be interested to hear what you thought of it.
And Bryan – thanks for your comments. I’m not sure I can be bothered seeking out and watching those pre-86 films. I’ve enough to get on with as it is!
Haha that’s funny you just came out and blew off Beautiful Mind and English Patient! Yeah, English Patient..eh…but I thought Beautiful Mind was good! However, simply for entertainment value you may not like it. You also may not like Million Dollar Baby either. Depends on what you call “entertainment.”
Hi Conner… I know I should give these films a chance, but when I know the general plot it’s hard to bring myself to watch them, or imagine them being entertaining. Maybe I’m being too judgemental?