# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/41 "2011-03-01T23:53:07Z")
20 of 25 for me. By my count, I saw 8 of those in the theaters, and the rest on video. I’ll probably get around to seeing The King’s Speech at some point soon. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/42 "2011-03-02T00:16:39Z")
The ones I haven’t seen are The Last Emperor, Driving Miss Daisy, The English Patient, Chicago, The Hurt Locker, and The King’s Speech. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/43 "2011-03-02T00:24:43Z")
All + American Beautiful. I’d also guess I’ve seen 90+% of the nominees in the years in question as well. Yep, watch a lot of movies. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/44 "2011-03-02T00:27:37Z")
24 of 25. Just never got around to Schindler’s List. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/45 "2011-03-02T00:41:28Z")
All of them! Every single one. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/46 "2011-03-02T00:55:43Z")
I knew it wouldn’t be a huge number, but it’s just 5 or 25…😕 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/47 "2011-03-02T00:59:54Z")
1. 1986-96 solid, then spotty. Most of the most recent winners appeal to me not in the least. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/48 "2011-03-02T01:00:42Z")
10, five of them in theaters. None from the last seven years. i just don’t seem to have the time or interest to commit to watching a whole movie any more. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/49 "2011-03-02T01:11:42Z")
23 of 25, which surprised me, as I thought it would be far fewer than that. And of the ones I’ve seen, I’ve seen many multiple times. The ones I missed were Crash and The Hurt Locker. And I didn’t see Cider House Rules, either. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/50 "2011-03-02T01:24:47Z")
I assume you meant American Beauty for 1999 (at least you didn’t put Brokeback Mt or Saving Private Ryan in there, otherwise i’d really have to scream at you), so I’m checking it, despite not seeing Cider House. I TRIED to watch The English Patient but it was so fucking dull. Same with Chicago. Yet I managed to watch all 4 hours of Dancing With Wolves when I was like 10. The only one on the list I hadn’t seen at all was Platoon. So just ALMOST a clean sweep. The Departed only won best picture because its ONLY competition that year was The Queen, which the academy didn’t vote for because it wasn’t the movie they WANTED it to be. 2006 was a shitty year for films. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/51 "2011-03-02T01:34:29Z")
There is just one I have not seen: The Last Emperor. I’ll have to fix that. Edit: And prior to that, you’d have to go all the way back to 1968’s ‘Oliver!’ to get to one I have not seen. mmm ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/52 "2011-03-02T01:36:35Z")
oops, i forgot to check the first one, so all but two. Slumdog Millionaire and The Kings Speech I’ve yet to see. Plan to though. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/53 "2011-03-02T01:44:01Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > CORRECTION: _The Cider House Rules_ did not win Best Picture of 1999. _ **American Beauty** _ did. Can’t believe I missed that. Make my count 18. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/54 "2011-03-02T02:37:30Z")
I have no desire to see _Schindler’s List_ or _Driving Miss Daisy_. I haven’t seen _Rain Man_, _The English Patient_, _Chicago_, _Million Dollar Baby_, or _The Cider House Rules_, though I’ll get to them eventually, I hope. I’ve seen all the rest, and _American Beauty_. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/55 "2011-03-02T02:45:05Z")
22/25. I haven’t seen _Chicago_, _The Hurt Locker_, or _The King’s Speech_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/56 "2011-03-02T02:47:46Z")
24, including American Beauty. Did not see **Crash**. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/57 "2011-03-02T02:58:32Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did not see **Crash**. > [@Alessan](#): > > I’ve yet to see _Crash_ > [@Morbo](#): > > All except **Crash** > [@I'm Not Dennis Bergkamp](#): > > The ones I missed were Crash God, I envy you. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/58 "2011-03-02T03:10:38Z")
18/25 Missed: The English Patient Titanic Shakespeare in Love LOTR:Return of the King Million Dollar Baby Crash The Hurt Locker I’ll probably see Million Dollar Baby, eventually, and maybe Shakespeare in Love and LOTR. But, the rest I don’t have a burning desire to see. ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/59 "2011-03-02T03:10:39Z")
Wow, more than I thought…22 of 25. Missing The Last Emperor, Driving Miss Daisy, The Hurt Locker and really not feeling compelled to see any of them. Am I missing anything? ---
**Author:** ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/60 "2011-03-02T03:53:26Z")
I’ve seen thirteen of them all the way through, and actually liked most of them. I’ve seen bits of pieces of several of several other movies on the list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107.md?page=4)