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Oscar Best Picture Winners & Nominees

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Thanks Pandemic!
Ranking Every Oscar Best Picture Winner & Nominee Ever

I am not a “movie guy” by any measure. There are years in my adult life during which I’ve never watched any movies. I am the guy who quietly slinks away when conversations turn to The Godfather or Casablanca, because I know nothing about either. (Or, really, 99.9% of movies ever made.)

Then the pandemic hit in 2019 and my wife and I started watching the Best Picture winners almost by accident. When the virus didn’t “just disappear,” I added a decade’s worth of nominees as well. When it became apparent that the pandemic’s response was non-existent at the federal level, I added every nominee ever. Ridiculous, of course, but we live in a time of streaming services and interlibrary loans. Oh, and a time when we don’t have much else to do on Friday and Saturday nights. Hoang loves movies and I love lists. Let’s do this.


There is no point in listing all 550+ nominees here. Just those I’ve watched since March 2020 and how they rank in my dumb brain. These will likely change over time and upon reflection.

Bold = winner, Italics = My favorite from its year,
Red = Did Not Enjoy, Purple = Actively Hated

Ranking of Best Picture Winners Only
Ranking per Year

My Dumb Ranking of all 95 Best Picture Nominees I’ve Seen*

*Since March 2020

No Country for Old Men
Inception
Schindler’s List
The Last Emperor
Jojo Rabbit
All About Eve
1917
Parasite
The Kings Speech
The Godfather
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Shape of Water
Spotlight
Dallas Buyers Club
The Revenant
The French Connection
The Big Short
The Artist
Dunkirk
Inglourious Basterds
Birdman
Auntie Mame (CT Movie List)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Winter’s Bone
The Favourite
Moonstruck
BlacKkKlansman
Fiddler on the Roof
Hope and Glory
The Last Picture Show
12 Years a Slave
The Sound of Music
Lion
Her
127 Hours
Roma
Moneyball
A Clockwork Orange
Boyhood
Broadcast News
Bridge of Spies
Hugo
Vice
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Social Network
Great Expectations
The Silence of the Lambs
The Kids are All Right
Green Book
Get Out
Lady Bird
Gentleman’s Agreement (CT Movie List)
The Bishop’s Wife
Joker
It Happened One Night
District 9
The Fighter
The Imitation Game
Up in the Air
The Wolf of Wall Street
Wings
Hell or High Water
Crossfire
Whiplash
Fatal Attraction
Million Dollar Baby
Rain Man
The Irishman
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Ford vs. Ferrari
Black Swan
True Grit
The Post
Little Women
Marriage Story
Phantom Thread
Black Panther (Marvel Movie List)
Up
Toy Story 3
Miracle on 34th Street
An Education
Room
Manchester by the Sea
Shanghai Express
Oliver!
Mad Max: Fury Road
Call Me By Your Name
Precious
A Star is Born (2019)
Darkest Hour
Bohemian Rhapsody
Nicholas and Alexandra
Chicago

Crash
A Serious Man
West Side Story
Hacksaw Ridge


My Dumb Ranking of Best Picture Winners I’ve Seen*

*Since March 2020

Red = Did Not Enjoy, Purple = Actively Hated

No Country for Old Men, 2008
Schindler’s List, 1994
The Last Emperor, 1988
All About Eve, 1951
Parasite, 2020
The King’s Speech, 2011
The Godfather, 1973
All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930
The Shape of Water, 2018
Spotlight, 2016
The French Connection, 1972
The Artist, 2012
Birdman, 2015
Mutiny on the Bounty, 1936
12 Years a Slave, 2014
The Sound of Music, 1966
The Silence of the Lambs, 1992
Green Book, 2019
It Happened One Night, 1935
Wings, 1929
Million Dollar Baby, 2005
Rain Main, 1989
Gentleman’s Agreement, 1948
Oliver!, 1969
Chicago, 2003
Crash, 2006
West Side Story, 1962


My Dumb Ranking of Best Picture Nominees I’ve Seen* By Year

*Since March 2020

Bold = Winner, HF = Hoang’s Favorite, HL = Hoang’s Least Favorite,
Red = I Did Not Enjoy, Purple = I Actively Hated

1929

Wings

1931

All Quiet on the Western Front

1933

Shanghai Express

1935

It Happened One Night

1936

Mutiny on the Bounty

1948

Top 4 all equally good; pretty much all tied for me.

Great Expectations
Gentleman’s Agreement (HF)
The Bishop’s Wife
Crossfire
Miracle on 34th Street (HL)

1951

All About Eve

1959

Auntie Mame

1962

West Side Story

1966

The Sound of Music

1969

Oliver!

1972

Complete! Impossible year; top 4 all very different and very, very good.

The French Connection
Fiddler on the Roof (HF-tie)
The Last Picture Show (HF-tie)
A Clockwork Orange
Nicholas and Alexandra (HL, but liked it a lot)

1973

The Godfather

1983

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

1988

Great year, but the “winner” is clear. C’mon now.

The Last Emperor (HF)
Moonstruck
Hope and Glory
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction (HL)

1989

Rain Man

1992

The Silence of the Lambs

1994

Schindler’s List

2003

Chicago

2005

Million Dollar Baby

2006

Crash

2008

No Country for Old Men

2010

Inglourious Basterds
District 9 
Up in the Air 
Up  
Precious
A Serious Man

2011

Very strong year; top 3 for me all more or less equal.

Inception
Winter’s Bone (HF)
The King’s Speech
127 Hours 
The Social Network 
The Kids are All Right
The Fighter
Black Swan 
True Grit 
Toy Story 3 (HL)

2012

The Artist
Moneyball
Hugo

2014

Dallas Buyers Club
12 Years a Slave
Her
The Wolf of Wall Street 

2015

Birdman
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

2016

Spotlight
The Revenant
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Room
Mad Max: Fury Road

2017

Lion
Hell or High Water
Manchester by the Sea
Hacksaw Ridge

2018

Complete! Tough call for both of us as the top 5 movies are all great.

The Shape of Water
Dunkirk
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Get Out (HF)
Lady Bird
The Post
Phantom Thread (HL)
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour

2019

Complete! Relatively weak year I think.

The Favourite (HF)
BlacKkKlansman
Roma
Vice (HL)
Green Book
Black Panther
A Star Is Born
Bohemian Rhapsody

2020

Complete! Impressive year, Top 3 all phenomenal. No true clunkers either.

Jojo Rabbit (HF-Tie)
Parasite (HF-Tie)
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Joker
The Irishman
Ford v Ferrari (HL)
Little Women
Marriage Story

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