Best Picture winners that almost everyone agree deserved to win

[SNParticipant Joined: Dec 7th, 2014 Topics: 15 Posts: 222 View Predictions]

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I can remember:

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
12 Years a Slave (2013)

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[AmnistY21Participant Joined: Jan 1st, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 41 View Predictions]

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No Country For Old Men.

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[Hoster1Participant Joined: Aug 8th, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 530 View Predictions]

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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[Michael NorrisParticipant Joined: Jan 24th, 2013 Topics: 3 Posts: 285 View Predictions]

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Crash

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[Marcus Snowden (The Artist Formerly Known as msnowden1)Participant Joined: Nov 18th, 2012 Topics: 146 Posts: 4489 View Predictions]

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The Departed
Schindler’s List
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Deer Hunter

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[JakeParticipant Joined: Jul 2nd, 2011 Topics: 70 Posts: 2743 View Predictions]

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12 Years a Slave
Slumdog Millionaire

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[GusCruzParticipant Joined: Feb 26th, 2012 Topics: 53 Posts: 13379 View Predictions]

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How about Best Picture LOSERS that almost everyone agree deserved to win?

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[Thomas EaganParticipant Joined: Jan 2nd, 2015 Topics: 17 Posts: 433 View Predictions]

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Titanic
Schindler’s List
Braveheart
Godfather
Silence of the Lambs

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[Thomas EaganParticipant Joined: Jan 2nd, 2015 Topics: 17 Posts: 433 View Predictions]

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My best that didn’t win

Brokeback Mountain
Saving Private Ryan
Manchester by the Sea
The Aviator
Dead Poets Society

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[Ruby SparksParticipant Joined: Sep 26th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 85 View Predictions]

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Some mostly-universally beloved ones that I can think of:

12 Years A Slave (2013)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
The Departed (2006)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
American Beauty (1999)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Amadeus (1984)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather (1972)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Ben-Hur (1959)
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Casablanca (1943)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
It Happened One Night (1934)

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[JakeParticipant Joined: Jul 2nd, 2011 Topics: 70 Posts: 2743 View Predictions]

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^^Citizen Kane
Bonnie and Clyde/The Graduate
Network
Tootsie
Pulp Fiction
Brokeback Mountain
The Social Network

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[kazziaParticipant Joined: Feb 19th, 2015 Topics: 0 Posts: 180 View Predictions]

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Hurt Locker and 12 years a slave , no way. Most people were hoping for a Gravity victory.

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4299 View Predictions]

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All Quiet On The Western Front
Casablanca
The Best Years Of Our Lives
All About Eve
On The Waterfront
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Ben-Hur
Lawrence Of Arabia
The Sound Of Music
Patton
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Amadeus
The Silence Of The Lambs
Schindler’s List
Titanic
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
The Departed
The Hurt Locker
12 Years A Slave

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 98 Posts: 12708 View Predictions]

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kazzia wrote:

Hurt Locker and 12 years a slave , no way. Most people were hoping for a Gravity victory.

No way were “most people” rooting for 12 Years a Slave to lose Best Picture.

“It’s time.” It was time. The movie itself was perfect, the awards campaign was perfect, and I’ll never forget how Ellen DeGeneres appropriately put it in her monologue as Oscar host: “Option A, 12 Years a Slave wins Best Picture. Option B, you’re all racist.” That had me laughing so hard because of how true it was.

Seriously, if you are going to ever make any list of the Top 10 Best “Best Picture” winners of the Oscars, I feel that 3 movies are always going to need to be on there in order for the list to have any credibility: Casablanca, The Godfather, and 12 Years a Slave. Those 3 are not only among the greatest Oscar BP winners ever, they are also among the greatest motion pictures ever made in world cinema.

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[Paul HardisterParticipant Joined: Feb 26th, 2012 Topics: 15 Posts: 411 View Predictions]

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“Deserve’s got nothing to do with it” – Unforgiven

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