DISQUS

Alex (FirstShowing.net) · 1 year ago

Oh thank goodness you put Lord of the Rings: Return of the King!!! I would've had to bitch and moan like crazy if that wasn't on here. Considering Return of the King is my absolute favorite movie of all-time and also considering I believe it is one of the greatest films ever made that deserves to be in the Top 5 on IMDb, it is certainly deserving of a Best Picture Oscar. Glad you included it.

The rest are pretty good choices as well. I haven't even heard of All About Eve or Midnight Cowboy, and West Side Story, c'mon... But what about Gladiator man?! Another good one!

Michelle Graham · 1 year ago

Gone with the wind, gone with the wind, gone with the wind!

El Bicho · 1 year ago

Gladiator? Being Braveheart with bad CGI does earn top-ten status.

The story for Gone with the Wind is reminiscent of a overly melodramatic movie of the week. The cinematography looks great, but The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington were all better movies in 1939.

El Bicho · 1 year ago

whoops! does *not* earn top-ten status.

Ryan Ilcisko · 1 year ago

what...no Rocky???

SomeGuy · 1 year ago

If I would add one film, it would be The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin. This film is an amazing prediction of Hitler's rise to power and attempt to take over Europe. Watch this film knowing that it was written in 1938 and filmed in 1939!

Zeke · 1 year ago

Nothing against the Lord of the Rings movies, but can it really be said that they have stood
the test of time? I agree with most of the other picks though. And a top ten list will never
satisfy everyone, but it's a good try.

Dan · 1 year ago

NETWORK

william · 1 year ago

No Deer Hunter? Pfft. It's way better than LotR. Other than that I think it's a good list.

Chris · 1 year ago

Schindler's List? Anyone? Bueller?

Johny Rebel · 1 year ago

@Chris
Schindlers List is a Kike lovers movie

Larissa · 1 year ago

ummmmm.....Dr Zhivago anyone?

James K. · 1 year ago

How can you even put RotK up there with the like of Casablanca and Annie Hall? It's a disgrace!

Scott Bennett · 1 year ago

Gandhi?

Joe · 1 year ago

I guess you have to have the token contemporary-ish flick with these things; hence LotR at #10.

Like the the Supporting Actress & Original Screenplay nods at the Oscars themselves.

I'm just glad you didn't include the Evil Incarnate that was Forest Gump.

Pat · 1 year ago

The fact that I only strongly disagreed with one or two of your choices confirms my suspicion that the Oscars are bullshit.

The one I did STRONGLY disagree with was Return of the King. That's dumb and short-sighted.

mike · 1 year ago

Patton anybody? How about The French Connection? Even The Sound of Music still holds
up(though not one of my favs, definitely a classic that stands the test of time)
My favorite comment is the guy who has never heard of Midnight Cowboy, All About Eve or
West Side Story...but thinks Gladiator should be on the list. Hey MTV, LOTR geek guy,
Gladiator should be on the 10 worst and most forgettable academy award winners how old
are you? 16?...and Return of the King, though a good movie has NO business being on this
list

rajab · 1 year ago

thr is no gandhi in the list.. that's really bad..

Kovacs · 1 year ago

I am not going to pretend that I am initiated in classic film, but I am intelligent enough to understand the ethics of the commenting system. Someone mentioned the need for Schindler's List to be on this list. Someone else responded that Schindler's List is a "Kike lovers movie." Now I have never seen Schindler's List; for all I know, Mr. Rebel may be right. However, I do not understand the choice of words. Was it meant to be derogatory, or was it meant to be a joke. If it was meant to be derogatory, then an argument will not do any good. If it was meant as a joke or just as another way to say "Jew," you should realize that it is a disparaging term. Assuming you did not mean any harm, people will still take offense to that word. The origin of the word actually is quite innocuous, but, nonetheless, the negative sentiment that accompanies the word is offensive enough.

Guru · 1 year ago

How come Gone with the wind is missing ??

Maggie Van Ostrand · 1 year ago

Good list. Difficult to choose 10 out of 79, but I'm glad Lawrence of Arabia made your list.
One of the best movies in anyone's collection -- as is All About Eve.

The only one I'd add would be The Apartment. Wilder

DoinkDoink · 1 year ago

Thirding the call for "The Deer Hunter" on this list. Gonna go out on a limb and say it should be within the top 5

Nate · 1 year ago

The list is for films that won Best Picture and Network and Dr. Zhivago did not. Also, it's tough to make a perfect list but at least you chose LOTR and Lawrence of Arabia, my two all-time personal favorites. Schindler's List would be next in line so I would say you missed on that one.

Jim · 1 year ago

Schindler's List. Return of the King missed the point of the book (like the Two Towers did, but at least Jackson got the Fellowship of the Ring right). Schindler's List is far and away the most potent portrayal of evil I have ever seen.

Tom · 1 year ago

Umm, you forgot dr zhivago

sales experience · 1 year ago

Midnight Cowboy

Zany · 1 year ago

Casablanca ... GOD, not again ..... is it just me or this movie really sucks ?
There is no love story, no ___________ ahhhh, i better stop ... talking about it is hopeless :|

switchback · 1 year ago

and the movie that beats all of them but never won best picture CITIZEN KANE

Chris · 1 year ago

Yah, the inclusion of Return of the King is a bit lame. Otherwise, pretty vanilla list.

Nicholas · 1 year ago

Unforgiven doesn't deserve an Oscar, much less a "best of all time." It's the Lifetime Movie of Westerns, with extra violence. Extremely uneven tone (not in a good way either), throwaway characterization, a message that is pounded into the viewer's head and some laughable dialogue.

Doug · 1 year ago

Nice top ten, not the one I would have chosen, but nice. Return of The King seems an easy choice, based on its awesomeness’ and newness. But for my money it's Cuckoo's Nest. Great acting, fantastic adaptation, funny and tragic all in one, it truly is a movie that has stood the test of time (especially on your list).

Greg · 1 year ago

Leaving GWTW off the list automatically disqualifies the reviewer from writing this article.

Ganesh · 1 year ago

A beautiful Mind,FightClub,300?

Bob Wilson · 1 year ago

Citizen Kane should be on this list.

harkin · 1 year ago

Citizen Kane did not win Best Picture

This list says much more about the person who compiled it than it does about film quality.

MusicRingtone · 1 year ago

Am I the only person who thinks The Godfather wasn't that amazing? Acting, style, drama, sure it had it. The movie lacked drive and it was too long. I think to be listed as number three on that list you can't have a movie that's boring.

Jeremy · 1 year ago

The guy who asks where A Beautiful Mind, Fightclub & 300 needs to not read "Top 10 lists" about BEST PICTURE WINNERS.

Though I enjoyed all 3 of those films - none of them would belong on a top 10 list unless that list was "Top 10 Good.. but Not Great Films of All Time"

El Bicho · 1 year ago

"Leaving GWTW off the list automatically disqualifies the reviewer from writing this article."

Thinking that a melodramatic soap opera like GWTW is one of the ten best Best Picture winners should disqualify you from reading this article. I bet you can't wait for General Hospital: The Movie

josh · 1 year ago

this list sucks!

reservoirdog · 1 year ago

Godfather is one of the best movies ever made. LotR is good. but Casablanca as 1st? it is the most boring, typical love movie ever made! (thats my opinion :) )

but besides that a good list.

Chimera · 1 year ago

I think LOTR is right at number 10. The 11 out of 11 awards were for the project, not the ROTK movie.

knife geek · 1 year ago

When they did the flashback to every "best picture" winner I was surprised at how few of them I had actually seen. I think I may need to turn in my "movie geek" card.

Hydrolphin · 1 year ago

No River Kwai? Or on the Waterfront... I enjoyed those more than west side story...

Harry · 1 year ago

I don't agree with any picture of the list.why come the greatest and beloved motion picture gone with the wind is not on the list and casablanca which is only a little great is at the top.i disagree with that.i would list gwtw first

Igor · 8 months ago

the boock zone the table ??

Vinicius · 6 months ago

gone with the wind
2001 a space odissey

Jez · 5 months ago

where the hell were schindlers list and the departed? two quality epics