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With the acting categories taken care of and now there being a thread for Original Song, I figured I’d get the ball rolling and do a thread for Best Picture.
I feel like this is a category where I frequently look back at some of the winners/nominees and end up baffled at what I see.
I do think foreign films were far more deserving in many of the years.
What are some of your favorite wins and the snubs that still piss you off?
I’m also going to do a list of my personal winners as well.
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A lot of films not in the English language were much better than the Picture nominees.
Both Toni Erdmann and A Separation should have been nominated in Picture in their respective years and whilst I’m glad A Separation got the Original Screenplay nomination there was no reason as for why it shouldn’t have won over Midnight in Paris. A Separation is truly a masterpiece!
Amelie should have been nominated in Picture too. So should Cold War considering it was superior than most of the lineup that year in Picture.
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Let’s talk about snubs….
This trio from the mid 90s:
The Age of Innocence
Little Women
Casino
each one of them was worthy of being nominated for Best Picture and winning!Downfall was one of the most deserving foreign films. Should’ve been nominated for Best Picture.
Walk the Line should’ve been the Best Picture of 2005 (Crash who????)
Sherlock Holmes (2009) should’ve been nominated. It was great!
The snub of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo still hurts. I really enjoyed the original with the great Noomi Rapace, but this was a great remake.
In more recent years I would’ve nominated Molly’s Game and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
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A lot of films not in the English language were much better than the Picture nominees.
Both Toni Erdmann and A Separation should have been nominated in Picture in their respective years and whilst I’m glad A Separation got the Original Screenplay nomination there was no reason as for why it shouldn’t have won over Midnight in Paris. A Separation is truly a masterpiece!
Amelie should have been nominated in Picture too. So should Cold War considering it was superior than most of the lineup that year in Picture.
Yes to all of this! I’m going to posting all of my personal choices soon but A SEPARATION easily gets my vote for BP of 2011. Amelie, Cold War, and Toni Erdmann should’ve been nominated in their years a as well.
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Biggest Picture nomination snubs each year for me.
2019: The Farewell
2018: Cold War
2017: I, Tonya
2016: Toni Erdmann
2015: Steve Jobs
2014: Wild
2013: Saving Mr. Banks
2012: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2011: A Separation
2010: Dogtooth2009: In the Loop
2008: The Class
2007: Enchanted
2006: Notes on a Scandal
2005: Howl’s Moving Castle
2004: Vera Drake
2003: Thirteen
2002: Spirited Away
2001: Amélie
2000: Billy Eliot1999: Election
1998: The Truman Show
1997: Jackie Brown
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Let’s talk about snubs….
This trio from the mid 90s:
The Age of Innocence
Little Women
Casino
each one of them was worthy of being nominated for Best Picture and winning!Downfall was one of the most deserving foreign films. Should’ve been nominated for Best Picture.
Walk the Line should’ve been the Best Picture of 2005 (Crash who????)
Sherlock Holmes (2009) should’ve been nominated. It was great!
The snub of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo still hurts. I really enjoyed the original with the great Noomi Rapace, but this was a great remake.
In more recent years I would’ve nominated Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
PORTRAIT was robbed, plain and simple. It was my #2 after PARASITE.
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Here are my personal selections of the Best Picture winners from every single Oscar year. I am choosing for my own favorites and not based on the nominees.
Here’s part 1 from 1928 to 1969:
1928: Sunrise
1929: (unsure)
1930: All Quiet on The Western Front
1931: City Lights/M (I cannot decide yet)
1932: Trouble in Paradise
1933: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934: It Happened One Night
1935: Top Hat
1936: Modern Times
1937: Grand Illusion
1938: Bringing Up Baby
1939: The Rules of the Game
1940: The Great Dictator
1941: Citizen Kane
1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943: Casablanca
1944: Double Indemnity
1945: Children of Paradise
1946: A Matter of Life & Death
1947: Out of the Past
1948: Bicycle Thieves
1949: Late Spring
1950: All About Eve
1951: Early Summer
1952: Ikiru
1953: Tokyo Story
1954: Seven Samurai
1955: Pather Panchali
1956: Aparajito
1957: Wild Strawberries
1958: Vertigo
1959: The 400 Blows
1960: Psycho
1961: La Notte
1962: Lawrence of Arabia
1963: 8 1/2
1964: Woman in the Dunes
1965: The Shop on Main Street
1966: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967: Persona
1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Let’s talk about snubs…. This trio from the mid 90s: The Age of Innocence Little Women Casino each one of them was worthy of being nominated for Best Picture and winning!
I wouldn’t really say Age of Innocence or Little Women were worthy of winning given the latter was up against Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, and Pulp Fiction while the former was up against Schindler’s List.
ReplyCopy URLbut A SEPARATION easily gets my vote for BP of 2011.
It not only should have gotten nominated or even won Best Picture but both the leads of the film should have gotten nominated as well. In fact I’d argue Leila Hatami was more deserving than Meryl that year.
Same with Toni Erdmann. Both its leads should have gotten nominated (Sandra Huller is my personal winner that year). Maren Ade should have gotten nominated for both Original Screenplay and Director as well.
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It not only should have gotten nominated or even won Best Picture but both the leads of the film should have gotten nominated as well. In fact I’d argue Leila Hatami was more deserving than Meryl that year.
Same with Toni Erdmann. Both its leads should have gotten nominated (Sandra Huller is my personal winner that year). Maren Ade should have gotten nominated for both Original Screenplay and Director as well.
Oh for sure the two leads should’ve gotten in! I would’ve sooner voted for Leila Hatami over any of the nominees. She and Swinton and Dunst were robbed.
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She and Swinton and Dunst were robbed.
And even Colman in <i>Tyrannosaur </i>(although she had no chance considering the film was ignored at the Oscars and BAFTA).
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Here are my remaining choices for Best Picture from 1970-Present:
1970: Women in Love
1971: A Clockwork Orange
1972: The Godfather
1973: Day for Night
1974: Scenes from a Marriage
1975: Dog Day Afternoon
1976: Taxi Driver
1977: Annie Hall
1978: Days of Heaven
1979: Apocalypse Now
1980: The Shining
1981: My Dinner with Andre
1982: Tootsie
1983: Fanny & Alexander
1984: Paris, Texas
1985: Come & See
1986: Blue Velvet
1987: Au Revoir Les Enfants
1988: Cinema Paradiso
1989: Do The Right Thing
1990: Goodfellas
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1992: Malcolm X
1993: Schindler’s List
1994: Three Colors-Red
1995: Toy Story
1996: Fargo
1997: Boogie Nights
1998: The Truman Show
1999: Being John Malkovich
2000: In The Mood For Love
2001: Mulholland Drive
2002: City of God
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005: The Squid & The Whale
2006: Pan’s Labyrinth
2007: The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
2008: Wall-E
2009: The White Ribbon
2010: The Social Network
2011: A Separation
2012: Amour
2013: Her
2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015: Carol
2016: Moonlight
2017: I need to reevaluate this year but my tentative choice is Three Billboards
2018: Burning
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2010: The Social Network 2011: A Separation 2012: Amour 2013: Her 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel 2015: Carol 2016: Moonlight 2017: I need to reevaluate this year but my tentative choice is Three Billboards 2018: Burning 2019: Parasite
All excellent
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