day zero: my academy award for best picture list
Task #17 on my Day Zero list requires me to watch all movies that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. This is one of those tasks that I want to be able to say I have done, but I'm not all that excited to actually get down and do it. I think that's mostly because some of the Academy's choices over the years have sometimes been, as we all know, a bit flawed.
All that having been said, I'm determined to jump into this task along with all the others. So here's the list; movies I've already seen have been struck through. Just like with last week's list, I've decided to only count the movies I've seen in the last fifteen years. I have a hazy memory of watching Mutiny on the Bounty with my parents when I was about ten... but there's no way that counts.
As you can see, I've done OK in recent years, but I've got a lot of catching up to do. I've got 42/82 so far. How many have you seen?
All that having been said, I'm determined to jump into this task along with all the others. So here's the list; movies I've already seen have been struck through. Just like with last week's list, I've decided to only count the movies I've seen in the last fifteen years. I have a hazy memory of watching Mutiny on the Bounty with my parents when I was about ten... but there's no way that counts.
- 1928 - Wings
- 1929 - The Broadway Melody
- 1930 - All Quiet on the Western Front
- 1931 - Cimarron
- 1932 - Grand Hotel
- 1933 - Cavalcade
1934 - It Happened One Night- 1935 - Mutiny on the Bounty
- 1936 - The Great Ziegfeld
- 1937 - The Life of Emile Zola
- 1938 - You Can't Take It With You
1939 - Gone with the Wind- 1940 - Rebecca
- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley
- 1942 - Mrs. Miniver
1943 - Casablanca- 1944 - Going My Way
- 1945 - The Lost Weekend
- 1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives
- 1947 - Gentleman's Agreement
- 1948 - Hamlet
- 1949 - All the King's Men
1950 - All About Eve- 1951 - An American in Paris
- 1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth
1953 - From Here to Eternity- 1954 - On the Waterfront
1955 - Marty- 1956 - Around The World in 80 Days
- 1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 - Gigi1959 - Ben-Hur1960 - The Apartment1961 - West Side Story1962 - Lawrence of Arabia- 1963 - Tom Jones
1964 - My Fair Lady1965 - The Sound of Music- 1966 - A Man for All Seasons
- 1967 - In the Heat of the Night
- 1968 - Oliver!
- 1969 - Midnight Cowboy
- 1970 - Patton
- 1971 - The French Connection
1972 - The Godfather- 1973 - The Sting
1974 - The Godfather Part II1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- 1976 - Rocky
1977 - Annie Hall- 1978 - The Deer Hunter
1979 - Kramer vs. Kramer- 1980 - Ordinary People
- 1981 - Chariots of Fire
1982 - Gandhi1983 - Terms of Endearment1984 - Amadeus- 1985 - Out of Africa
1986 - Platoon- watched 11/20/10- 1987 - The Last Emperor
1988 - Rain Man1989 - Driving Miss Daisy1990 - Dances With Wolves1991 - The Silence of the Lambs- 1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - Schindler's List1994 - Forrest Gump1995 - Braveheart1996 - The English Patient1997 - Titanic1998 - Shakespeare in Love1999 - American Beauty2000 - Gladiator2001 - A Beautiful Mind2002 - Chicago2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2004 - Million Dollar Baby2005 - Crash2006 - The Departed2007 - No Country for Old Men2008 - Slumdog Millionaire2009 - The Hurt Locker
As you can see, I've done OK in recent years, but I've got a lot of catching up to do. I've got 42/82 so far. How many have you seen?
November 17, 2010 at 8:14 PM
I'm not much ahead, I've seen 48. I have Silence of the Lambs in my DVR waiting for a bright sunny day to be watched. GO get Out of Africa. It's Streep and Redford at their bests. Gorgeous scenery - I've been to the club where she gets married at the beginning (it looks the same, but with a parking lot). In the Heat of the Night is terrific too, but isn't quite the cultural touchstone it was 30 years ago.
November 18, 2010 at 12:56 PM
I am at 33 only! Many of the rest are in my Netflix queue, but some of these I don't think I'll ever watch. Chicago is one of the few movies that I thought was so bad that I turned it off after 15 minutes.
November 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM
I have you all beat, I've managed to avoid 65/82. Of course that means I've only seen 17.
November 18, 2010 at 4:13 PM
Jess... I've got it on my queue!
Valis... I actually loved Chicago. Got the soundtrack. ;-)
Mr. N, we'll have to remedy that.