Best Picture 1989 – What Should've Won?

[Marcus Snowden (The Artist Formerly Known as msnowden1)Participant Joined: Nov 18th, 2012 Topics: 146 Posts: 4401 View Predictions]

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Which film do you guys think should’ve won Best Picture of 1989?

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[marceloParticipant Joined: Nov 24th, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 371 View Predictions]

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Crimes and Misdemeanors.

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[FoolioParticipant Joined: Jan 24th, 2017 Topics: 2 Posts: 5837 View Predictions]

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Do the Right Thing was an instant classic. In retrospect it is even more of a classic.

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[Andrew DParticipant Joined: Aug 19th, 2011 Topics: 187 Posts: 6110 View Predictions]

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Dead Poets society

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[Andrew CardenParticipant Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3468 View Predictions]

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The Academy got it right though, indeed, Crimes and Misdemeanors is vastly superior to all five. Ditto Do the Right Thing and When Harry Met Sally…

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[pacinofanParticipant Joined: Nov 28th, 2011 Topics: 8 Posts: 4128 View Predictions]

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“Do the Right Thing” is the best of these films listed but my favorite films of 1989 were “Henry V” and “Crimes and Misdemeanors”. 1989 was actually a great year for movies but you couldn’t tell by the soft line-up. Out of the best picture nominees the only one that would make my top ten list would be “My Left Foot”.

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[MaccaParticipant Joined: Dec 22nd, 2015 Topics: 8 Posts: 5233 View Predictions]

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None of these nominees should have made it in

1. Driving Miss Daisy
2. Born on the Fourth of July
3. Dead Poets Society
4. My Left Foot
5. Field of Dreams

A better lineup;

1. Do the Right Thing
2. When Harry Met Sally…
3. Crimes and Misdemeanours
4. The Fabulous Baker Boys
5. Sex, Lies and Videotape

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[IntestacyParticipant Joined: Jun 29th, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 51 View Predictions]

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1989

1. Glory
2. Road House (although nobody understood how great it was at the time, so I forgive the Academy)
3. Dead Poet’s Society
4. When Harry Met Sally
5. Field of Dreams
6. Black Rain
7. The Abyss
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9. Casualties of War
10. The Dream Team (sue me, personal favorite)
11. True Believer
12. Lean on Me
13. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
14. Born on the 4th of July
15. Parenthood

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[ElazulParticipant Joined: Sep 2nd, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 448 View Predictions]

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Andrew Carden wrote:

The Academy got it right

Not a bad movie by any means, yet it’s just not “big” enough for best picture in my opinion. If Get Out or Lady Bird win this year, it will feel like the same…

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[TheRedBoyParticipant Joined: Jan 22nd, 2013 Topics: 2 Posts: 448 View Predictions]

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The Little Mermaid tbh.

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[kbfr12Participant Joined: Oct 12th, 2012 Topics: 4 Posts: 349 View Predictions]

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Someone should have started a campaign called DO THE WRITE THING: WRITE-IN DO THE RIGHT THING.

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[AtypicalParticipant Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 276 Posts: 17515 View Predictions]

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“Do the Right Thing”

Just about any damn film could have replaced “Field of Dreams” in the BP lineup.

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