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Story by Ella Bennet. • 10m. There are times when the Academy’s choice for “Best Picture” doesn’t quite align with the opinions of film critics and general audiences. Despite the Oscars’...
- 'The Godfather' (1972) With violence, betrayal, drama, Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, the sprawling gangster epic is the cannoli on top of the Oscars' best picture cake.
- 'Casablanca' (1943) As Humphrey Bogart learns, you can stay neutral in war only until love and righteousness walk back through your nightclub doors.
- 'Schindler’s List' (1993) A moving, devastating Holocaust tale about hope and kindness, it's the best Steven Spielberg movie without a certain globetrotting archaeologist.
- 'On the Waterfront' (1954) Marlon Brando's New Jersey boxer-turned-longshoreman “coulda been a contender” but is definitely the champ of this stunning crime drama.
Feb 14, 2022 · In fact, if you listen to the critics, some best picture Oscar winners are downright terrible. Here's a look at every best picture winner, ranked from worst to best. We compiled our...
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The Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody was already entering the Oscars with several controversies, including the firing of director Bryan Singer after he was accused of sexual assault and the film's perceived lack of attention to Mercury's sexuality and the larger AIDS crisis. Upon the release of the final film, one particular scene...
Critics and pundits predicted Ben Affleck would be honored with a Best Director nomination for his well-received work in Argo. However, the actor-director was surprisingly absent from the list of nominations. Instead, the winner of that year's trophy was Ang Lee, who had won the same award for Brokeback Mountain, this time winning for Life of Pi. T...
With a director with the pedigree of Sydney Pollack and stars like Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, Out of Africa seemingly had all the right ingredients for an Oscar-worthy picture. But upon release, the romantic drama film ended up with more of a lukewarm reception due to a long running time and for Redford's performance. Even today, critics are ...
The space opera film Star Wars (retroactively renamed as Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope) by George Lucas came into the Academy Awards with a lot of momentum. Star Wars won several technical Academy Awards, but what many believe is one of the most influential films of all time lost to Woody Allen's Annie Hall. While the classic film is still highl...
In an unprecedented move, actor George C. Scott declined an award for Best Actor for his work as George S. Patton in the film Patton. While Scott's work in the film was highly praised, with his opening monologue going on to be a memorable and iconic scene, Scott disliked the awards process, already warning the Academy months in advance to not nomin...
The win for Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age drama Moonlight wasn't particularly controversial, but rather how the win during the televised ceremony came to be. Initially, presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty accidentally announced the winner of Best Picture to be the musical film La La Land. However, that was the result of a mixup by accounting f...
The Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali-starring movie Green Book, based on a true story, had already received extensive criticism before the Oscars rolled around. The family of Ali's character, jazz pianist Don Shirley, condemned the film, which was produced by Nick Vallelonga, the real-life son of Mortensen's character Frank Vallelonga. Director P...
Actress Hattie McDaniel made film history by becoming the first black American to win an Academy Award, winning for her role as "Mammy" in Gone With the Wind. While the award was an honor, McDaniel had to face racism and segregation. McDaniel was only allowed into the ceremony upon the intervention of the film's producers. Even then, McDaniel was s...
Unusual for the Best Picture category, 1990 winner Driving Miss Daisy did not even receive a nomination for Best Director, making the win an odd one out, especially against competition that included Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, and My Left Foot. Today, the film's depiction of race relations is considered to be lowkey, safe, and derivative, ...
Famed actor Marlon Brando had previously won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in On the Waterfront, but took a different approach with his win for The Godfatherin the wake of the Wounded Knee incident. Instead of accepting the award for his role as Vito Corleone in-person, Brando sent Apache actress and activist Sacheen Littlefe...
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)97%. #15. Critics Consensus: An engrossing look at the triumphs and travails of war veterans, The Best Years of Our Lives is concerned specifically with the...
Apr 22, 2021 · With Oscars in the air, though, we decided to ask a different question in the latest episode of our podcast, Rotten Tomatoes Is Wrong: What are the greatest Best Picture winners of all time? And does Rotten Tomatoes’ ranking of the 93 movies to win Best Picture so far stack up to scrutiny?
Mar 11, 2024 · Awards to movies like “Mariupol” make the academy seem less parochial. Also, it is a great movie. Chernov’s acceptance speech was one of the most moving of the evening, and one of the most ...
