Of the 85 Best Pictures awarded the Oscar, I can only be sure of seeing

[valerief]

61 all the way through, opening credits to closing credits.

Of that list, I've probably watched The Broadway Melody the most. What a hoot. I can't pick a favorite. I'll always love The Apartment, All About Eve, Gandhi, Marty. So many actually.

I've never seen Braveheart or Dances With Wolves and probably never will. I wish I could unsee Forrest Gump and The English Patient.

What's your score and favorites?

Here's a list (below the picture)
http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/best-pictures.html

[rocktivity]

1. I've seen 36 all the way through

and in the case of 25, I felt it was worth the effort.


rocktivity

[valerief]

2. I agree. Most of the winners are always terrific. Some are just a matter of taste. nt

[Bjorn Against]

3. I have only seen about thirty of them

Gandhi was probably my favorite on the list, I have seen the majority of the best picture winners in recent years but not nearly as many of the winners from decades past. As far as the two you said you will never see, Braveheart can be skipped but I would actually recommend you give Dances With Wolves a chance. I normally don't like Kevin Costner or westerns but that movie is actually quite powerful, it is far better than you probably expect.

[valerief]

6. Okay, thanks. Maybe I will. nt

[mockmonkey]

4. I've seen 41 of them

The ones I've seen the most are "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Ordinary People", "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "All Quiet on the Western Front".

My favorite movie is "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" which was nominated but didn't win.

[valerief]

7. Love that movie, too. Great character study.

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I remember, back when it was released, all the press around how fat Liz got. I thought she was soooo fat. I should be that fat now! Ha!

[scarletwoman]

5. I counted 32 that I know I've seen in full for sure. I may have seen a few others on TV,

but I can't remember for sure. I was a kid in the 50s, and lots of good movies, and classic older movies, used to be shown on TV - even through the 60s - so I may have seen a few more and just don't recall.

Gandhi and Amadeus are probably the two I've watched repeatedly the most. I also have to admit (embarrassing as it is), that I've cranked up the DVD player for Titanic quite a few times over the years. I can't explain why, I think it's fairly awful in a lot of respects, but in a certain mood I get into it.

I also particularly like the The Last Emperor, although it's been a number of years since I last watched it.

I only liked Dances With Wolves for Graham Greene and the depiction of the Lakota, which I thought was well done. Otherwise it was actually pretty offensive to me, the white hero saving the day for the Indians. Blech.

Among my other favorites from the list: Gladiator, Out of Africa, Midnight Cowboy, One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The West Side Story, The Sting, Tom Jones, On the Waterfront, Rebecca, Gone with the Wind, and Casablanca (of course).

[valerief]

8. I don't recall ever seeing ALL of On the Waterfront. I really should.

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I know what I have seen of it and can recall I liked it.

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. I bolded all the ones I can remember for certain I've seen.

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 Kings 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"

The one I've seen the most: most likely Casablanca

The one I think was least deserving: Tough call. Annie Hall comes to mind because I think Star Wars was a much better film.

Favorite: Damn, that's hard. Schindler's List is brilliant. I love Casablanca. I love An American in Paris and Ben-Hur. The Sting, The Godfathers I & II, Lawrence of Arabia, and Bridge on the River Kwai are also high on my list.

I want those 2-3 hours of my life back: That's easier. The Artist, American Beauty, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Chariots of Fire

My favorite of your favorites: All About Eve -- the irony of Hollywood is that before the feminist movement of the 60s-70s, women often had stronger, better written roles. Thank God Bette Davis was there to play those roles.

[JustAnotherGen]

11. ITA on The Artist

And I felt the winner should have been Hugo that year. Close runner up - Midnight In Paris.

[valerief]

14. Midnight in Paris was lots of fun, but I haven't seen Hugo yet. I think it's streaming on Netflix,

too. I should!

[JustAnotherGen]

15. That's how we watch it now!

Netflix - its a rainy/snowy Sunday afternoon staple.

[OmahaBlueDog]

16. I liked Hugo, but I felt the Best Picture was Moneyball

However, it should not have been The Artist.

[valerief]

12. I agree about women's roles. I love Bette Davis and Joan Crawford movies.

There's a reason why they're enduring models for drag queens. You can't take your eyes off them in their films. From the drama of Now, Voyager, Mr. Skeffington, The Great Lie, A Woman's Face, Mildred Pierce, and The Damned Don't Cry to the campy Beyond the Forest and Torch Song, they won't let you miss a frame.

All About Eve is fun on steroids, and George Sanders is as important in that movie as Bette Davis. I also loved her with the marvelous Claude Rains in Deception, a gorgeous and thrilling film.

[JustAnotherGen]

17. Co-sign on every single word

[caraher]

18. Ah, Annie Hall v. Star Wars...

That spared me a lifetime of caring about the Oscars... for me, as a young teen boy, to see what was clearly the biggest film of the year (and of course the best in my eyes) LOSE... well, it was clear that these Oscars were awarded by some very out-of-touch people!

I only just saw Annie Hall about a year ago. Not even my favorite Woody Allen movie...

[TexasBushwhacker]

20. LOL - American Beauty is one of my favorite films

I was 42 when I saw it in 1999. I think it would mean a lot more to someone middle aged, like me.

[brooklynboy49]

29. Thanks for the list, OBD :)

I've seen 61 all the way thru.

Of the 61, there are only six I would have passed on had I known in advance what I was in for: Titanic, Driving Miss Daisy, Forrest Gump, Chariots of Fire (bored me to tears), The English Patient (ditto) and You Can't Take it With You.

There are too many favorites to mention, so I'll just mention the one that has always stood out for me -- The Apartment.

[JustAnotherGen]

10. Just did a count

I've seen 66.

And hands down - even though I love West Side Story, Titanic, In The Heat Of The Night, Marty, The Apartment, etc etc

It Happened One Night is my absolute favorite! My husband was not a movie buff when we met - but that movie? I have as much fun watching him laugh at those two and their shenanigans as I do the movie itself!

Jericho is a "naughty" word in our house now!

[valerief]

13. Great movie. I also loved Colbert in the screwball comedy The Palm Beach Story. nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. A bunch!

I think Braveheart is worth watching, although it's really a big screen movie. It has a great soundtrack too. Dances With Wolves was okay, but it's 3 hours long and that's 30 to 45 minutes too much.

I enjoyed Forrest Gump, but I'm not a fan of The English Patient. I liked the love story between the nurse and the Indian more than the main couple.

Isn't it remarkable that Hitchcock never won an Oscar except an honorary one?

Looking over the list, do you think Midnight Cowboy would be nominated now? Of course the Academy has never been a reflection of the US as a whole, but things just seem so much more conservative now than in the 60's.

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 Kings 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"

[valerief]

21. You're so right about Hitchcock. Hell, I just LOVE North by Northwest. It makes

trains so sexy. And that house on the cliff. Wow!

You may be right about Midnight Cowboy. That was nominated before the War on Poverty funds got diverted to the Vietnam War. A different time.

[Little_Wing]

22. Being older than dirt, I have to admit to seeing 83 of them

The exceptions being "Cavalcade" and "Slumdog Millionaire."

Despite the conflicting feelings I have about the Academy's selections over the years, there are still many favorites among the winners, including "All About Eve" and "Out of Africa."

Still the Oscars almost always disappoint me...

[valerief]

24. Whoa! I think you've just won the Seen The Most Oscar! nt

[davidpdx]

23. I've only seen 16

Most of them were within the last 25 years.

[mokawanis]

25. My count is 51

Some favorites -

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The French Connection
American Beauty
The Departed

I still think To Kill a Mockingbird shoulda got the Oscar in '62.

[valerief]

27. I totally did not understand why American Beauty won best pic for 1999.

It was stupid and had no depth or charm whatsoever. I just don't get it.

[mokawanis]

28. I thought it was really good

Particularly the Kevin Spacey character. It's interesting to see how people cope when their world is falling apart, as it did for pretty much everyone in that movie.

[Smarmie Doofus]

26. 51 also. Not including three that I'm not sure about. n/t