we should do a thread where we all pick the best american movies of all the years since 1927/28. i.e. "what should have won the oscar?"
There's an Oscar for best American movie?
― Alba, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
I got '95 on lockdown.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
most mediocre of my lifetime
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
Not too hard to improve the nominations tho.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
rebecca easily my fav hitch these days
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link
Probably time to revise my list from upthread. Now it'd be more like ...
01. Sunrise02. All About Eve03. Annie Hall04. The Best Years of Our Lives05. No Country for Old Men06. How Green Was My Valley07. The Godfather (I give)08. maybe West Side Story09. I dunno, maybe The Hurt Locker?10. Ordinary People
― Eric H., Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link
revised:
SunriseAll About EveThe ApartmentThe Godfather, Part IIIt Happened One NightFrom Here to EternityHow Green Was My ValleyNo Country for Old MenRebeccaThe Best Years of Our LivesOn the Waterfront12 Years a Slave
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link
Chronologically:
On the WaterfrontThe ApartmentMidnight CowboyThe GodfatherThe Godfather IIOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestAnnie HallThe Deer HunterAmerican BeautyNo Country for Old Men
"American blah blah blah?"--it's okay, I'm aware, I'm aware.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Missed From Here to Eternity--probably that over Annie Hall, but it's close.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:23 (ten years ago) link
1. Forrest Gump2. Amadeus3. Rain Man4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest5. Silence of the Lambs6. Titanic7. Platoon8. The Godfather9. Driving Miss Daisy10. The Deer Hunter
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:24 (ten years ago) link
rebeccasunrisethe apartmentone flew over the cuckoo's nestthe best years of our livescasablancamidnight cowboyhow green was my valleyall quiet on the western frontthe lost weekend
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
the lost weekend is a really good movie, I forgot about that one
― espring (amateurist), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 00:00 (ten years ago) link
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/every-best-picture-oscar-winner-ranked-from-worst-to-best/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 February 2019 14:53 (five years ago) link
don't know the guys who wrote abt Gigi and My Fair Lady, but they're kind of embarrassing
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 February 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
at first I thought, "but a lot of these 'What Should Have Won' choices are dubious too" before realizing they're only choosing from the other nominees
― Josefa, Saturday, 16 February 2019 15:50 (five years ago) link