# How Many of the Best Pictures of the last 25 years have you seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107 "2011-03-01T21:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/21 "2011-03-01T22:27:20Z")
I have seen all of them except for Hurt Locker. In fact, I saw all of them in the theater except for Unforgiven. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/22 "2011-03-01T22:34:33Z")
11 Silence of the Lambs, and No Country for Old Men remain very, very high on my classic list. Full Metal Jacket, for me, slightly ekes out Platoon. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/23 "2011-03-01T22:43:55Z")
20 including _American Beauty_, and all of them since _Titanic_ in 1997. The five I missed were earlier winners. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/24 "2011-03-01T22:48:11Z")
Interesting. I can tell when I had kids. For 1986-1998, I’ve seen 12 of 13 (never was interested in Driving Miss Daisy). For 1999 and later, I’ve seen 1 of 12 (Return of the King). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/25 "2011-03-01T22:55:41Z")
Only four (including _American Beauty_, so I’m glad of the correction). I’m very surprised it’s so few. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/26 "2011-03-01T22:58:59Z")
I’ve seen 8, mostly clumped in the 90s. I guess I don’t watch as many movies any more. And I never saw _Cider House Rules_ nor _American Beauty_, so the error doesn’t affect me. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/27 "2011-03-01T23:00:45Z")
I’ve seen all of them except _The King’s Speech_, which I’m sure I’ll see when it hits video. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/28 "2011-03-01T23:05:51Z")
16, but I’ve seen parts of a couple more. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/29 "2011-03-01T23:08:56Z")
All except for _Braveheart_. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/30 "2011-03-01T23:15:31Z")
16 so far, plus I’ll eventually see The King’s Speech. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/31 "2011-03-01T23:15:43Z")
19 – I don’t even know what _The King’s Speech_ is about. I know it’s about a member of the royal family who has a stammer, but I don’t know who, and I don’t know why he needs to make a speech. The only ones I saw in a theater are _Return of the King, The Hurt Locker, Schindler’s List, Dances With Wolves, Titanic_. Thank you, whoever invented the VCR/DVD player. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/32 "2011-03-01T23:16:34Z")
And “American Beauty.” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/33 "2011-03-01T23:17:29Z")
All except **Crash** (warned against it by someone I trust) and **Chicago** (can’t stand musicals). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/34 "2011-03-01T23:18:31Z")
I’ve seen ten of them. A couple of them I disliked quite a lot. A few that I haven’t seen yet I am sure to, when the opportunity comes up, but there are a number I have no interest in whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/35 "2011-03-01T23:19:15Z")
21 having missed _Driving Miss Daisy, Chicago, Hurt Locker, King’s Speech_ ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/36 "2011-03-01T23:26:17Z")
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in the theater. Chicago on Netflix ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/37 "2011-03-01T23:39:00Z")
Of the 22 I’ve seen, 17 were in the theater. I like movies. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/38 "2011-03-01T23:46:46Z")
I’ve seen 7 of them. And the majority of those were on planes. I don’t go to the cinema very often. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/39 "2011-03-01T23:47:55Z")
21 including “American Beauty”. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/40 "2011-03-01T23:52:49Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Not sure what this may mean, but it occurs to me that I don’t have a single one on the list in my DVD collection. Neither do I. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107.md?page=3)