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Below is a list of all the films nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award since 1944 (with the winning picture at the top of the list for each year, with the exception of 2006).

Bold the ones you've seen.


1944 (17th)
Going My Way
Double Indemnity
Gaslight
Since You Went Away
Wilson

1945 (18th)
The Lost Weekend
Anchors Aweigh
The Bells of St. Mary's
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound

1946 (19th)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Henry V
It's a Wonderful Life seen it once, hated it, never gonna watch it again.
The Razor's Edge
The Yearling

1947 (20th)
Gentleman's Agreement
The Bishop's Wife
Crossfire
Great Expectations
Miracle on 34th Street

1948 (21st)
Hamlet
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1949 (22nd)
All the King's Men- never saw it but read a decent part of the book in high school, got really bored with it. Lover Robert Penn Warren's poetry, not so much on the prose.
Battleground
The Heiress
A Letter to Three Wives
Twelve O'Clock High

1950 (23rd)
All about Eve
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
King Solomon's Mines
Sunset Blvd.

1951 (24th)
An American in Paris
Decision before Dawn
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire

1952 (25th)
The Greatest Show on Earth
High Noon
Ivanhoe
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man

1953 (26th)
From Here to Eternity
Julius Caesar
The Robe
Roman Holiday
Shane

1954 (27th)
On the Waterfront
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Three Coins in the Fountain

1955 (28th)
Marty
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo

1956 (29th)
Around the World in 80 Days
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I- liked it, except that I'm not big on the Rogers and Hammerstein musical aspect.
The Ten Commandments

1957 (30th)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Peyton Place
Sayonara
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution

1958 (31st)
Gigi
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones
Separate Tables

1959 (32nd)
Ben-Hur Saw most of it in history class in 7th grade.
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top

1960 (33rd)
The Apartment
The Alamo
Elmer Gantry
Sons and Lovers- read the book in college
The Sundowners


1961 (34th)
West Side Story- well, I slept through a large chunk of this one.
Fanny
The Guns of The Navarone
The Hustler
Judgment at Nuremberg

1962 (35th)
Lawrence of Arabia
The Longest Day
Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
To Kill a Mockingbird

1963 (36th)
Tom Jones
America America
Cleopatra
How the West Was Won
Lilies of the Field

1964 (37th)
My Fair Lady
Becket
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Mary Poppins
Zorba the Greek

1965 (38th)
The Sound of MusicE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial- I just don't see why this movie is so freakin' great.
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict

1983 (56th)
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies

1984 (57th)
Amadeus
The Killing Fields
A Passage to India
Places in the Heart
A Soldier's Story

1985 (58th)
Out of Africa
The Color Purple- seen bits and pieces, but not much of it
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Witness- I'm from Lancaster County, I think it's a local law or something that everyone has to see it.

1986 (59th)
Platoon
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
A Room with a View

1987 (60th)
The Last Emperor- it's on my list.
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
Hope and Glory
Moonstruck

1988 (61st)
Rain Man
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
Working Girl

1989 (62nd)
Driving Miss Daisy
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society- Own it. this was once my favorite movie. Until I saw Fearless. (I love Peter Weir movies)
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot

1990 (63rd)
Dances With Wolves
Awakenings
Ghost

The Godfather, Part III
Goodfellas

1991 (64th)
The Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast

Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides

1992 (65th)
Unforgiven
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman- just bits and pieces

1993 (66th)
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
The Piano
The Remains of the Day

1994 (67th)
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral

Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption
- seen most of it

1995 (68th)
Braveheart
Apollo 13
Babe- another one of those "why on earth is this so great????" movies.
Il Postino
Sense and Sensibility

1996 (69th)
The English Patient
Fargo
Jerry Maguire- I hate this movie, more than almost any other.
Secrets & Lies
Shine- it's on my list to see.

1997 (70th)
Titanic- I shall never see this movie. Uhg.
As Good as It Gets- another movie that I just don't get why it was so great. It was annoying.
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential

1998 (71st)
Shakespeare in Love
Elizabeth

Life Is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan- just bits and pieces
The Thin Red Line

1999 (72nd)
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense - seen bits and pieces. Can't stand Haley Joel Who? (okay, so his annoyingness worked in AI) No interest in seeing any more.
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
The Insider

2000 (73rd)
Gladiator
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - own it.
Erin Brockovich
Traffic

2001 (74th)
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

2002 (75th)
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist

2003 (76th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

2004 (77th)
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways

2005 (78th)
Crash
Brokeback Mountain saw most of it. Yawn.
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich

006 (79th)
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

2007 (80th)
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Looking over this list, it amazes me how many of these movies I've enver heard of, how many supposedly great movies I can't stand, and how many more I have no interst in seeing.

Date: 2008-07-06 03:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glitteringlynx.livejournal.com
Did you mean to italicise half of the meme?

Ur italicks iz escaped-ed

Date: 2008-07-06 08:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fervid-dryfire.livejournal.com
The Last Emperor is an amazing flick. I first watched it when I was about 8 or 9; definitely wasn't fully ready for it, but wow what a movie. Lots of other items on this list comes highly recommended, at least from me. =)

also...

Date: 2008-07-06 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fervid-dryfire.livejournal.com
1966 through 1982 is missing...

Re: also...

Date: 2008-07-07 07:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fuego.livejournal.com
grrr...thanks. stupid LJ

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