your Top 10 Best Picture Oscar winners

[David Giancarlo]

1. Gone with the Wind
2. All about Eve
3. The Apartment
4. The Godfather: Part II
5. Titanic
6. No Country for Old Men
7. Rebecca
8. How Green Was My Valley
9. Gigi
10. An American in Paris

[forizzer69]

I rewatched The Silence Of The Lambs a few days ago (in sorta prep for Zero Dark Thirty) and I loved it. I love what Hopkins brings to his role, I love what Foster does hers, I love that despite its pulp nature, Demme gives it a timeless look, almost modernly noir, as well as builds the suspense and characters the way he does. I only have little criticisms for what he does, and virtually no criticisms for what the actors do, so there you have the heart, the soul and the artistry all in tact. That, for me, is a great picture. I almost started a thread in the criticism section for it, but I was too lazy to do so, but I now love that film, even if it hasn't much of anything to say.

Tyler's Top Ten Best Picture Winners: (of 61 seen)
01. The Godfather (1972)
02. No Country For Old Men (2007)
03. The Lost Weekend (1945)
04. Annie Hall (1977)
05. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
06. The Apartment (1960)
07. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
08. Hamlet (1948)
09. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
10. Marty (1955)

Other (9/10s): It Happened One Night, Rebecca, All About Eve, A Man For All Seasons, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King and Midnight Cowboy. I also really like The Great Ziegfeld, Ordinary People, Casablanca, On The Waterfront and Amadeus. The worst? Terms Of Endearment, maybe? There are some movies I really don't like, and I don't know what the point of that one was, but the Academy virtually never picks a film I despite as its winner. They're mostly good films, some of them masterpieces, so you know, go AMPAS! (Don't pick Lincoln!)

[Jim]

In no particular order:

GONE WITH THE WIND
THE GODFATHER I and II
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
PLATOON
CHICAGO
AMADEUS
TOM JONES
GENTLEMAN`S AGREEMENT
ALL ABOUT EVE

[TimParr]

1. Forrest Gump – 1994
2. Gone with the Wind – 1939
3. The Silence of the Lambs – 1991
4. Chicago – 2002
5. The Godfather: Part II – 1974
6. The Godfather – 1972
7. The Artist – 2011
8. Braveheart – 1995
9. Crash – 2005
10. On the Waterfront – 1954

[Bean]

1. Forrest Gump – 1994
2. Gone with the Wind – 1939
4. Chicago – 2002
7. The Artist – 2011
8. Braveheart – 1995
9. Crash – 2005

[cassius]

My favorites

1. In the heat of the night (1967)
2. The silence of the lambs (1991)
3. Ordinary people (1980)
4. Gladiator (2000)
5. Braveheart (1995)
6. One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975)
7. Shakespeare in love (1998)
8. A man for all seasons (1966)
9. Titanic (1997)
10. Mutiny on the bounty (1935)

[Pingy]

He's the sole "10" vote in the Rate Argo poll.

I bet you twenty he's running a studio.

[Donezo]

Alphabetically....

All About Eve
Amadeus
Annie Hall
The Apartment
Casablanca
The English Patient
The Last Emperor
Lawrence of Arabia
No Country for Old Men
The Silence of the Lambs

[City Lights]

From oldest to youngest.

It Happened One Night
Gone With the Wind
Casablanca
All About Eve
My Fair Lady ( )
Kramer vs. Kramer
Rain Man
Silence of the Lambs
Shakespeare in Love
The Hurt Locker

A fairly eclectic group, which is a good thing I think. A big gap in the 50s-60s area mostly because I still need to see many of those winners (also because the winners I did see were bad).

[TheOppressionRepressesMe]

Wow, this list gets bad pretty fast. I didn't expect my #1 to be my #1.

If Sunrise were eligible, it would EASILY take the lead.

1. Gone With the Wind
2. Titanic
3. Amadeus
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Annie Hall
6. The Lord of the Rings
7. All About Eve
8. West Side Story
9. Casablanca
10. Rebecca

[Genjuro]

1. The Godfather Part II
2. On the Waterfront
3. The Apartment
4. How Greeen Was My Valley
5. The Godfather
6. Casablanca
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. Rebecca
9. All the King's Men
10. Annie Hall

[oliksa]

1. The Godfather Part II
2. The Godfather
3. The Silence of the Lambs
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5. Titanic
6. Schindler's List
7. The Deer Hunter
8. Return of the King
9. Ordinary People
10. Braveheart

Ugh, Braveheart and Titanic, how could I

[Keirdancer]

1. Gone With the Wind
2. The Godfather
3. The Godfather, Part II
4. All About Eve
5. Schindler's List
6. Amadeus
7. West Side Story
8. Titanic
9. No Country For Old Men
10. Million Dollar Baby

[ladylurks]

All About Eve
The Apartment
Casablanca
The Hurt Locker
LOTR: Return of the King
Midnight Cowboy
No Country for Old Men
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
On the Waterfront
Rebecca

Hmm... nothing from the '80s or '90s.