If you’re anything like me, you’ll find it difficult to choose your three, all-time favourite films. I think my choices would depend on the time of day you ask me. Plus, there are so many cinematic gems that I haven’t even seen yet.
But if you pressed me right now, I’d have to say my favourite film is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Choosing a top three? If I may borrow a line from Donnie Brasco: forget about it.
Recently, I ran through the history of the ‘Best Pictures’ given out each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. I was wondering how many of them I’d seen. Turns out, it’s 53. Now, when running through the list of winners and nominees, I was shocked at some of the films that didn’t win. I was looking through the list with our resident film nut, Ryan, and, in his opinion, he doesn’t agree with a single winner! But that’s another story for another day.
Here are my picks for the best pics from each decade. Now I should point out that I haven’t seen every movie on the list, so I’d be keen to hear which are your choices from each decade.
Here’s the list of Best Pictures since 1927. Which is the best film from the year you were born? Which are your favourite flicks from each decade?
2015 – Spotlight
2014 – Birdman
2013 – 12 Years a Slave
2012 – Argo
2011 – The Artist
2010 – The King’s Speech
2009 – The Hurt Locker
2008 – Slumdog Millionaire
2007 – No Country for Old Men
2006 – The Departed
2005 – Crash
2004 – Million Dollar Baby
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002 – Chicago
2001 – A Beautiful Mind
2000 – Gladiator
1999 – American Beauty
1998 – Shakespeare in Love
1997 – Titanic
1996 – The English Patient
1995 – Braveheart
1994 – Forrest Gump
1993 – Schindler’s List
1992 – Unforgiven
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs
1990 – Dances With Wolves
1989 – Driving Miss Daisy
1988 – Rain Man
1987 – The Last Emperor
1986 – Platoon
1985 – Out of Africa
1984 – Amadeus
1983 – Terms of Endearment
1982 – Gandhi
1981 – Chariots of Fire
1980 – Ordinary People
1979 – Kramer vs. Kramer
1978 – The Deer Hunter
1977 – Annie Hall
1976 – Rocky
1975 – One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1974 – The Godfather Part II
1973 – The Sting
1972 – The Godfather
1971 – The French Connection
1970 – Patton
1969 – Midnight Cowboy
1968 – Oliver!
1967 – In the Heat of the Night
1966 – A Man for All Seasons
1965 – The Sound of Music
1964 – My Fair Lady
1963 – Tom Jones
1962 – Lawrence of Arabia
1961 – West Side Story
1960 – The Apartment
1959 – Ben–Hur
1958 – Gigi
1957 – The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956 – Around the World in 80 Days
1955 – Marty
1954 – On the Waterfront
1953 – From Here to Eternity
1952 – The Greatest Show on Earth
1951 – An American in Paris
1950 – All About Eve
1949 – All the King’s Men
1948 – Hamlet
1947 – Gentleman’s Agreement
1946 – The Best Years of Our Lives
1945 – The Lost Weekend
1944 – Going My Way
1943 – Casablanca
1942 – Mrs Miniver
1941 – How Green Was My Valley
1940 – Rebecca
1939 – Gone with the Wind
1938 – You Can’t Take It with You
1937 – The Life of Emile Zola
1936 – The Great Ziegfeld
1935 – Mutiny on the Bounty
1934 – It Happened One Night
1932/1933 – Cavalcade
1931/1932 – Grand Hotel
1930/1931 – Cimarron
1929/1930 – All Quiet on the Western Front
1928/1929 – The Broadway Melody
1927/1928 – Wings
Do you have a favourite movie from the list? Or do you have an all–time favourite film? Why not share your picks for best picks with our members?
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