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Oscars vs. Your Favorites

twaintrain

Well-known member
For all the film buffs on here, here is a listing of the Best Picture Oscar nominees (winners in bold) since 1990. I was wondering what your favorites are per year. I am going to try to go year by year and put my top movies each year whether nominated or not, naming the one that I think should have been named the Best Picture of the year.

2015
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

2013
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

2012
Argo
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

2011
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

2010
The King's Speech
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

2009
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

2008
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader

2007
No Country for Old Men
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood

2006
The Departed
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

2005
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich

2004
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways

2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

2002
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist

2001
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge!

2000
Gladiator
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [K]
Erin Brockovich
Traffic

1999
American Beauty
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Sixth Sense

1998
Shakespeare in Love
Elizabeth
Life Is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line

1997
Titanic
As Good as It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential

1996
The English Patient
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Secrets & Lies
Shine

1995
Braveheart
Apollo 13
Babe
Il Postino: The Postman
Sense and Sensibility

1994
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

1993
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
The Piano
The Remains of the Day

1992
Unforgiven
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman

1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides

1990
Dances with Wolves
Awakenings
Ghost
The Godfather Part III
Goodfellas
 

twaintrain

Well-known member
Here are my favorites by year. Some are Oscar-worthy, some are just fun. Sometimes I went with the best achievement in filmmaking over my actual favorite (Schindler’s List over Jurassic Park or Rudy) and sometimes I couldn’t help myself (Legally Blonde over A Beautiful Mind). Also, there are some years that I hadn’t seen all of the movies nominated for Best Picture, or just can’t remember them. I’m sure I missed some.

2015
The Revenant
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Room
Spotlight
Spy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2014
Nightcrawler
American Sniper
Edge of Tomorrow
Gone Girl
Guardians of the Galaxy
Whiplash

2013
Gravity
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Prisoners
Warm Bodies

2012
Zero Dark Thirty
Django Unchained
The Hunger Games
Pitch Perfect
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall

2011
Bridesmaids
50/50
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Shame

2010
True Grit
127 Hours
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
Sectretariat

2009
The Blind Side
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
The Proposal
Up
Up in the Air

2008
The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Gran Tarino
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

2007
No Country for Old Men
3:10 to Yuma
The Bourne Ultimatum
Disturbia
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

2006
The Devil Wears Prada
Casino Royale
The Departed
Invincible
Little Miss Sunshine
Mission Impossible III

2005
Walk the Line
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Hitch
Pride & Prejudice
Red Eye
Wedding Crashers

2004
Million Dollar Baby
The Bourne Supremacy
Finding Neverland
Mean Girls
Miracle
The Notebook
The Passion of the Christ

2003
Seabiscuit
Cold Mountain
Finding Nemo
The Italian Job
Mystic River

2002
Chicago
The Bourne Identity
Minority Report
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Pianist
The Rookie

2001
Legally Blonde (I’ve seen it at least 100 times. Don’t care if it’s Oscar-worthy or not! Lol)
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
Ocean’s Eleven

2000
Gladiator
Almost Famous
Erin Brockovich
Miss Congeniality
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Remember the Titans
What Lies Beneath

1999
The Sixth Sense
American Beauty
Double Jeopardy
Fight Club
The Green Mile
Notting Hill
The Talented Mr. Ripley

1998
Saving Private Ryan
The Horse Whisperer
Shakespeare in Love
Simon Birch
(I didn’t see quite a few nominated movies from 1998)

1997
Titanic
As Good as It Gets
Good Will Hunting
Kiss The Girls
L.A. Confidential
My Best Friend’s Wedding

1996
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Mission: Impossible
Ransom
Scream
A Time to Kill

1995
Seven
Apollo 13
Babe
Braveheart
Clueless
Tommy Boy
Toy Story
While You Were Sleeping

1994
The Shawshank Redemption
The Client
Dumb & Dumber
Forrest Gump
It Could Happen To You
The Lion King
Speed

1993
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
In the Line of Fire
Jurassic Park
The Pelican Brief
Rudy
Sleepless In Seattle

1992
Unforgiven
Aladdin
The Bodyguard
A Few Good Men
Sister Act

1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast
City Slickers
Sleeping With the Enemy
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Thelma and Louise

1990
Pretty Woman
Awakenings
Dances with Wolves
Ghost
Home Alone
Misery
 
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AIgrl06

New member
Oooh, in to do this within the next day or so. Watch this space, ha.

Although, I don't think I'll be able to go back all the way to '90. I'll try going back to 2000, 'cause there are SO many movies from pre-2000 I haven't seen.

I'll start off by saying my top five for 2015 so far is:

Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight
Inside Out
Far from the Madding Crowd

In that order. Wrestled with putting Brooklyn and Ex Machina in there.

By the way, I'm loving some of your choices, like The Devil Wears Prada, Zero Dark Thirty and Bridesmaids! :D
 

twaintrain

Well-known member
I used Wikipedia to find the listings of all the movies in each year. You can put in "2015 in film" and it shows all the major movies released that year. Good luck!
 

Grace_Of_God

New member
My favorites, in order of favorites at the top of the list per year.

2015
Inside Out
Spotlight
Star Wars Force Awakens
Brooklyn
Ex Machina
The Martian

2014
Nightcrawler
Whiplash
X Men Days of Future Past
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1
Captain America Winter Solider

2013
Her
Saving Mr.Banks
The Hunger Games-Catching Fire

(woof. apparently I didnt Like movies this year)

2012
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Moonrise Kingdom
The Avengers
Pitch Perfect
The Perks of Being a Wallflower


2011
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Bridesmaids
Carnage
Melancholia
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Descendants
The Muppets
Scream 4
X-Men First Class
Young Adult

(What a great year for movies I liked haha I was trying really hard to just keep each year to 6 movies but alas)

2010
Black Swan
The Social Network
Easy A
Toy Story 3
Salt
127 Hours

2009
Up In The Air
(500) Days of Summer
Up
Inglorious Basterds
Zombieland
Taken
An Education
Everybody's Fine

2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Iron Man
27 Dresses
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2007
Freedom Writers
Across the Universe
Hairspray
August Rush

(A Very Musical Year apparently)

2006
The Devil Wears Prada
The Pursuit of Happyness
Dream girls
She's the Man
Stranger Than Fiction
The Holiday
The DaVinci Code
Accepted
Bobby
Children of Men

2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Hitch
In Her Shoes
Rent
The Wedding Date

(clearly I have a very refined taste in movies)

2004
Finding Neverland
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mean Girls
The Terminal
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Saw
The Incredibles
13 Going on 30

2003
Finding Nemo
Love Actually
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Elf
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
X2 Xmen United
Bend it like Beckham
Holes
Uptown Girls

2002
Catch Me If You Can
The Bourne Identity
SpiderMan
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Punch Drunk Love

2001
The Princess Diaries
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
Legally Blonde
Monsters Inc
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Others
The Majestic

2000
Erin Brockovich
Final Destination
Bring it On
Pay it Forward
American Psycho
X-Men
Remember the Titans

1999
American Beauty
Drop Dead Gorgeous
The Iron Giant
Boys Don't Cry
Fight Club
The Green Mile
 
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sur_crazy4carrie

New member
My god that is comprehensive...... that's going to take some time.

I'll just list my favorites from recent years for now. What I can remember of them at least.

2015
Mad max: Fury Road
Inside Out
Spotlight
Room
The martian

2014
The grand budapest hotel
Whiplash
LEGO movie
Gone Girl
Captain America: Winter Soldier
A most violent year

2013
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Gravity
American Hustle

2012
Zero dark thirty
The perks of being a wallflower
Looper
Wreck-it Ralph
The avengers

2011
A separation
Midnight in Paris
The artist
Hugo
Contagion
Shame

2010
The Social Network
Black swan
127 hours
How to train your dragon
Toy Story 3
Inception

more to come soon.... I gotta get ready for class.
 
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twaintrain

Well-known member
I've agreed with the Academy 8 times in 25 years, 32%, but it's been 8 years since my choice for Best Picture won. Hopefully that streak will end this year.
 

AIgrl06

New member
I've agreed with the Academy 8 times in 25 years, 32%, but it's been 8 years since my choice for Best Picture won. Hopefully that streak will end this year.

Your favorite being The Revenant, I think that's highly possible, lol.

My favorite (nominated) film of 2011 was The Artist, so that was the last time I agreed with the Academy.
 

AIgrl06

New member
Well, here's my list back to 2010.

2014:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
Gone Girl
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Lucy

2013:
Inside Llewyn Davis
Her
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
Gravity
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2012:
Zero Dark Thirty
Amour
Rust and Bone
Silver Linings Playbook
Les Miserables
The Master

2011:
A Separation
The Artist
Midnight in Paris
Shame
Hugo
Bridesmaids

2010:
Blue Valentine
Black Swan
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Inception
Easy A
 
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