OSCARS: WHAT WON verses WHAT SHOULD HAVE WON

My opinion only! This was difficult. In some years there were more than one film that really deserved it, and in others I had trouble even coming up with one I thought was worthy.


1928 Wings / The Circus
1929 Broadway Melody / Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front / All Quiet on the Western Front
1931 Cimarron / City Lights
1932 Grand Hotel / Scarface: Shame of a Nation
1933 Cavalcade / King Kong
1934 It Happened One Night / It Happened One Night
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty / The Informer
1936 The Great Zigfeld / Modern Times
1937 The Life of Emile Zola / Stage Door
1938 You Can’t Take it With You / The Adventures of Robin Hood
1939 Gone With the Wind / The Wizard of Oz
1940 Rebecca / The Grapes of Wrath
1941 How Green Was My Valley / Citizen Kane
1942 Mrs. Miniver / To Be or Not to Be
1943 Casablanca / Casablanca
1944 Going My Way / Gaslight
1945 The Lost Weekend / Spellbound
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives / It’s a Wonderful Life
1947 Gentleman’s Agreement / Monsieur Verdoux
1948 Hamlet / The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949 All the King’s Men / All the King’s Men
1950 All About Eve / Sunset Boulevard
1951 An American in Paris / A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth / Singin’ in the Rain
1953 From Here to Eternity / From Here to Eternity
1954 On the Waterfront / Rear Window
1955 Marty / Mister Roberts
1956 Around the World in 80 Days / The Searchers
1957 Bridge on the River Kwai / 12 Angry Men
1958 Gigi / Touch of Evil
1959 Ben-Hur / North by Northwest
1960 The Apartment / Psycho
1961 West Side Story / West Side Story
1962 Lawrence of Arabia / Lawrence of Arabia
1963 Tom Jones / From Russia with Love
1964 My Fair Lady / Dr. Strangelove
1965 The Sound of Music / Dr. Zhivago
1966 A Man for All Seasons / A Man for All Seasons
1967 In the Heat of the Night / The Graduate
1968 Oliver! / 2001: A Space Odyssey
1969 Midnight Cowboy / Midnight Cowboy
1970 Patton / M*A*S*H
1971 The French Connection / A Clockwork Orange
1972 The Godfather / The Godfather
1973 The Sting / American Graffiti
1974 The Godfather Part II / Chinatown
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest / One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1976 Rocky / Taxi Driver
1977 Annie Hall / Annie Hall
1978 The Deer Hunter / The Deer Hunter
1979 Kramer verses Kramer / Apocalypse Now
1980 Ordinary People / Raging Bull
1981 Chariots of Fire / Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 Gandhi / E.T.
1983 Terms of Endearment / The Right Stuff
1984 Amadeus / Amadeus
1985 Out of Africa / Brazil
1986 Platoon / Platoon
1987 The Last Emperor / Empire of the Sun
1988 Rain Man / Mississippi Burning
1989 Driving Miss Daisy / Do the Right Thing
1990 Dances With Wolves / Goodfellas
1991 The Silence of the Lambs / The Silence of the Lambs
1992 The Unforgiven / Malcolm X
1993 Schindler’s List / Schindler’s List
1994 Forrest Gump / The Shawshank Redemption
1995 Braveheart / Apollo 13
1996 The English Patient / Fargo
1997 Titanic / Titanic
1998 Shakespeare in Love / Saving Private Ryan
1999 American Beauty / Being John Malkovich
2000 Gladiator / Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
2001 A Beautiful Mind / Moulin Rogue
2002 Chicago / Gangs of New York
2003 Return of the King / Return of the King

2003: Return of the King/Mystic River

1976's Academy Awards, all the awards that Rocky was up for, and didnt get, it should have won :wink:

.....especially Best Actor for Sly :rock:

1990 Dances With Wolves / Edward Scissorhands
1991 The Silence of the Lambs / The Silence of the Lambs
1992 The Unforgiven / Unforgiven
1993 Schindler’s List / The Piano
1994 Forrest Gump / The Shawshank Redemption
1995 Braveheart / Toy Story
1996 The English Patient / Fargo
1997 Titanic / Titanic
1998 Shakespeare in Love / The Truman Show
1999 American Beauty / The Talented Mr Ripley
2000 Gladiator / Almost Famous
2001 A Beautiful Mind / Moulin Rouge
2002 Chicago / Spirited Away
2003 Return of the King / Return of the King

I daren't go any further back than 1990.

Good choices! Making me rethink mine...

Thanks! I'm particularly glad to see you agree with my Edward Scissorhands suggestion.

The only years I'm a bit iffy on are 2000 and 1999. 1999 because it was such a stellar year in terms of films (the final choice was between Ripley and The Iron Giant), and 2000 because it was so bobbins comparatively speaking (the final choice was between Almost Famous and Requiem for a Dream).

It's nice to have such a fantasy life, isn't it? :wink:

Snrub, seriously....Toy Story over Braveheart??!!!

EXPLAIN THIS MADNESS!!!

A couple that come to my head:


1997 Titanic / L.A. Confidential
1998 Shakespeare in Love / Saving Private Ryan
2001 A Beautiful Mind / Moulin Rouge
2002 Chicago / The Pianist

Aw, c'mon, man, I could understand some other choices, but this one?!

Totally understandable!!!!!! :wink:

Why not? Toy Story was perfect. Just because it was animated doesn't mean it wasn't the best picture of the year.

I'm sure there were better films released in 1993 than the Piano (I had a bit of trouble finding a full list), but of the nominees for BP that year The Piano was easily the best film.

You have no idea, my magical pixie friend.

Schindler's List was undoubtedly better