# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/81 "2011-03-02T16:18:30Z")
13, the last one being LOTR:ROTK. I just don’t care that much about movies anymore. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/82 "2011-03-02T16:24:59Z")
22, counting _American Beauty_. I’m surprised at myself and also surprised at how many of these I would never waste my time on again. I want every minute back that _the Departed_ stole. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/83 "2011-03-02T16:27:08Z")
Wow…I knew movies had faded for me as an entertainment outlet, but I didn’t realize how much. Going back from 2000, I saw 13 of them. From 2001 on, zero. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/84 "2011-03-02T16:44:25Z")
1. I’ve seen American Beauty and Cider House Rules, so that’s a wash. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/85 "2011-03-02T18:14:14Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > 7, all on cable or home video. I don’t go out to movies much. Same here, except I’ve only seen six. You must be some kinda netflixin’ _machine_! 😃 ---
**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 2, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/86 "2011-03-02T18:54:37Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > The 6 I haven’t watched all the way through: > [LIST] > [li]_Slumdog Millionaire_ – I watched 90% of it, but missed the end for some reason and I never did catch it all.[/li] Heh. I was on an airplane and borrowed a friend’s copy of _Slumdog Millionaire_ to watch on the airplane. I got to nearly the very end (I think) - the main character had just met up with his long-time lost love in that kingpin’s kitchen or whatever - when my battery died. I was all, “Huh. Oh well.” and never bothered to even find out what happened after that. ---
**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 2, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/87 "2011-03-02T19:34:24Z")
I went back and looked at all 83 and I have seen 41 of them, with the earliest one I have seen being \*Grand Hotel[/] from 1932. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/88 "2011-03-02T21:32:10Z")
11 all the way through plus parts of 6 more (that I didn’t vote as having “seen”). ---
**Author:** ![pinkyvee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pinkyvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkyvee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/89 "2011-03-02T22:47:36Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > All 25. Ditto. ---
**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 2, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/90 "2011-03-02T22:59:41Z")
Our new slogan: “The SDMB - where more people watch _Forrest Gump_ than _Lord of the Rings_.” Not truthful, but accurate. Or something like that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/91 "2011-03-02T23:03:31Z")
16, no matter who won in 1999. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/92 "2011-03-02T23:05:15Z")
I’ve seen both “Cider House Rules” and “American Beauty,” so either way, I’ve seen 13, with the most recent one being “Crash.” Not nearly enough exploding car chases in Best Picture nominees for my taste. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/93 "2011-03-02T23:28:42Z")
Only 4 - Rain Man, Silence of the Lambs, Forrest Gump, and LotR. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/94 "2011-03-03T00:10:33Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I went back and looked at all 83 and I have seen 41 of them, with the earliest one I have seen being \*Grand Hotel[/] from 1932. I’ve seen 54 out of the complete list, the earliest being “It Happened One Night”. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/95 "2011-03-03T00:21:49Z")
Is that LotR movie the second or the third? I’ve only seen 10\* of the movies on that list, eight of those in the theater. I’ve had several of the others on my must see list but haven’t gotten to them yet. - 10 is based on RotK being the third movie. If it is the second movie, as you can maybe tell I’m not a big LotR fan, then the total goes to 11. ---
**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 3, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/96 "2011-03-03T01:18:14Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I’m surprised Equipose; you strike me as quite the film buff and these seem like striking omissions. They’re all exellent films (well, I haven’t seen _Platoon_ but the rest are excellent). _Unforgiven_, especially, is one of my all-time favorites and one of the best Westerns ever. I was just about to post a near-identical paragraph. (I have seen, and highly recommend, Platoon.) C’mon, Equi; you owe it to yourself. Particularly with Schindler’s List and Unforgiven. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/97 "2011-03-03T02:26:13Z")
17 out of 25. The oldest one I haven’t seen is _American Beauty_. The newest one I’ve seen is _Crash_. I prefer my movies aged. ---
**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 3, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/98 "2011-03-03T02:42:09Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Is that LotR movie the second or the third? It is the third. Popular opinion had it that they waited for the trilogy to be complete before bestowing the Oscar, and it represents the achievement of the whole series not just the final film. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/99 "2011-03-03T03:07:41Z")
17 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107/100 "2011-03-03T03:53:26Z")
Four, plus a little bit of American beauty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-last-25-years-have-you-seen/573107.md?page=6)