Jerry MaGuire

6/26/2011 3:42:04 PM

Shakespeare in Love

6/26/2011 3:43:10 PM

Atonement
Revolutionary Road

6/26/2011 3:48:54 PM

1928 (1st)

Sunrise Wings
1929 (2nd)

The Broadway Melody
1930 (3rd)

All Quiet on the Western Front
1931 (4th)

Cimarron
1932 (5th)

Grand Hotel
1933 (6th)

Cavalcade
1934 (7th)

It Happened One Night
1935 (8th)

Mutiny on the Bounty
1936 (9th)

The Great Ziegfeld
1937 (10th)

The Life of Emile Zola
1938 (11th)

You Can't Take It With You
1939 (12th)

Gone with the Wind v
1940 (13th)

Rebecca v
1941 (14th)

How Green Was My Valley
1942 (15th)

Mrs. Miniver
1943 (16th)

Casablanca v
1944 (17th)

Going My Way
1945 (18th)

The Lost Weekend
1946 (19th)

The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 (20th)

Gentleman's Agreement
1948 (21st)

Hamlet (1948) v
1949 (22nd)

All the King's Men
1950 (23rd)

All about Eve
1951 (24th)

An American in Paris
1952 (25th)

The Greatest Show on Earth
1953 (26th)

From Here to Eternity
1954 (27th)

On the Waterfront
1955 (28th)

Marty
1956 (29th)

Around the World in 80 Days v
1957 (30th)

The Bridge on the River Kwai v
1958 (31st)

Gigi v
1959 (32nd)

Ben-Hur
1960 (33rd)

The Apartment
1961 (34th)

West Side Story
1962 (35th)

Lawrence of Arabia
1963 (36th)

Tom Jones
1964 (37th)

My Fair Lady
1965 (38th)

The Sound of Music v
1966 (39th)

A Man for All Seasons
1967 (40th)

In the Heat of the Night
1968 (41st)

Oliver!
1969 (42nd)

Midnight Cowboy
1970 (43rd)

Patton v
1971 (44th)

The French Connection
1972 (45th)

The Godfather v
1973 (46th)

The Sting
1974 (47th)

The Godfather Part II v
1975 (48th)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest v
1976 (49th)

Rocky
1977 (50th)

Annie Hall
1978 (51st)

The Deer Hunter v
1979 (52nd)

Kramer vs. Kramer v
1980 (53rd)

Ordinary People v
1981 (54th)

Chariots of Fire v
1982 (55th)

Gandhi v
1983 (56th)

Terms of Endearment
1984 (57th)

Amadeus v
1985 (58th)

Out of Africa v
1986 (59th)

Platoon v
1987 (60th)

The Last Emperor
1988 (61st)

Rain Man v
1989 (62nd)

Driving Miss Daisy
1990 (63rd)

Dances With Wolves v
1991 (64th)

The Silence of the Lambs v
1992 (65th)

Unforgiven v
1993 (66th)

Schindler's List v
1994 (67th)

Forrest Gump v
1995 (68th)

Braveheart v
1996 (69th)

The English Patient v
1997 (70th)

Titanic (1997) v
1998 (71st)

Shakespeare in Love v
1999 (72nd)

American Beauty v
2000 (73rd)

Gladiator v
2001 (74th)

A Beautiful Mind v
2002 (75th)

Chicago v
2003 (76th)

The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King v
2004 (77th)

Million Dollar Baby v
2005 (78th)

Crash v
2006 (79th)

The Departed v
2007 (80th)

No Country for Old Men v
2008 (81th)

Slumdog Millionaire
2009 (82th)

The Hurt Locker
2010 (83th)

The King's Speech

6/26/2011 3:54:53 PM

first thing that came to mind is Crash

6/26/2011 4:17:08 PM

anything James Cameron has ever done

6/26/2011 4:32:12 PM

American Beauty and Good Will Hunting were both grossly overrated.

6/26/2011 4:41:20 PM

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"Gigi v 1959 (32nd)"

by far

Affleck and J-Lo were terrible

6/26/2011 4:54:35 PM

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"The Godfather v 1973 (46th)"

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"The Godfather Part II v 1975 (48th)"

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"The Deer Hunter v 1979 (52nd)"

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"The Silence of the Lambs v 1992 (65th)"

i must disagree that these films are overrated

i'm partial to The Godfather. having read the book, i find it to be an incredibly well-told story. if only they could have included everything from the book in the film.

6/26/2011 5:10:08 PM

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"first thing that came to mind is Crash"

and An Education

[Edited on June 26, 2011 at 6:05 PM. Reason : ]

6/26/2011 6:03:58 PM

I thought Slumdog Millionaire was good, but to me it was way overhyped.

6/26/2011 6:12:28 PM

Titanic wins this thread every time.

6/26/2011 6:22:47 PM

Titanic was poo, i don't know that anyone can argue that

6/26/2011 6:51:29 PM

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"i must disagree that these films are overrated"

pretty sure ActionPants was just posting all the winners for reference

6/26/2011 6:57:50 PM

i hated Crash

major waste of time...wasn't at all interesting to me

6/26/2011 7:10:08 PM

^^that makes sense

but wasn't sure...thread title says "nominated/winning"

though in retrospect, it would be odd for someone to have an opinion on an overrated Oscar winner from the 1920s unless they are a huge film buff

6/26/2011 8:59:47 PM

awards shows are the antithesis of art

6/27/2011 1:57:39 AM

gladiator

6/27/2011 8:32:15 AM

Chariots of Fire winning over Raiders of the Lost Ark was the biggest oscar ripoff of all time.


^^ Nah not really.

6/27/2011 9:24:33 AM

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"The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King"

6/27/2011 10:21:41 AM

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"American Beauty and Good Will Hunting were both grossly overrated. "

6/27/2011 10:45:28 AM

friends of mine still try to defend Crash as a good movie. I hated it so much. i can still rant about how bad it is, but i won't.

6/27/2011 1:56:44 PM

^that movie was a contrived piece of junk

6/27/2011 2:04:14 PM

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"gladiator"

yes

6/27/2011 2:05:15 PM

The King's Speech

6/27/2011 2:14:37 PM

Of last year's noms, the only one that I thought was "overrated" was Winter's Bone but I'm sure it was only nominated to get the total to 10.

6/27/2011 2:16:54 PM

thank god gladiator was mentioned already, I still have some faith in humanity, I agree with lords of the rings too and prob pretty much most of that entire list the guy posted (except for prob no country, american beauty, godfathers and maybe the departed), it's pretty much the biggest movie of the yr that wins, not the best

also I'll echo anything james cameron has ever done

[Edited on June 27, 2011 at 3:26 PM. Reason : k]

6/27/2011 3:25:14 PM

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"friends of mine still try to defend Crash as a good movie. I hated it so much. i can still rant about how bad it is, but i won't."

I enjoyed Crash because it showed me that everyone is racist, so I shouldn't feel bad about it.

I dropped the n-bomb so much after that movie.

6/27/2011 3:43:57 PM

this crash sucks:

this crash rules:

6/27/2011 3:49:53 PM

Crash is eerily possible (the Cronenberg one)!

6/27/2011 3:50:29 PM

Gladiator again

6/27/2011 5:35:09 PM

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"it's pretty much the biggest movie of the yr that wins, not the best"

this seems pretty false. hell, shakespeare in love grossed less than half as much as saving private ryan (just from examples in this thread).

I bet any given superhero movie grosses more than half the best picture nominees this year.

6/27/2011 5:40:09 PM

Avatar sucks ass

6/27/2011 10:54:36 PM

Any fucking song that eminem ever did for some stupid fucking movie/

6/28/2011 12:19:58 AM

^^^well I'll revise that to say biggest movie with a certain level of seriousness, and I don't just mean special effects or budget, more like mass market appeal

(this isn't really even my own argument, I have more basic issues with the award system, but it's a def an idea people have brought up with stuff like titanic and lord of the rings winning at some point)

[Edited on June 28, 2011 at 6:13 PM. Reason : k]

6/28/2011 6:08:43 PM

Citizen Kane

6/29/2011 6:13:59 PM

^^ I mean I agree quite a bit that the whole awards system is hokey in a lot of ways but at the same time, I think LOTR:ROTK was the best of the films nominated for best picture that year

6/29/2011 6:27:37 PM