The rules are the same. Vote for one movie in each pair. The voting will close at midnight EST. Winners go on to the next round.
And the match-ups are:
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa The Godfather vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006) Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You
All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca
Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night
Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai
**Ben-Hur ** vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986)
The Sting vs The Godfather Part II
Platoon vs Out of Africa The Godfather vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006)
Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man
Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
Division I (1927-1946)
Gone with the Wind
Rebecca
no vote on the other two
Division II (1947-1966)
The Sound of Music
Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia - no vote, haven’t seen them
All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons - no vote, haven’t seen them
West Side Story vs The Apartment - no vote, haven’t seen the apartment
Division III (1967-1986)
The Godfather Part II
Out of Africa
The Godfather
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006)
Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs - no vote, haven’t seen Braveheart
Schindler’s List
Shakespeare in Love
Million Dollar Baby
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa The Godfather vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006) Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night
Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966)
The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia
All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa
The Godfather vs Gandhi
Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006)
Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind
Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man
Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa The Godfather vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006) Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven- Eastwood wins!
Division I (1927-1946)
Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night
Wings vs** Casablanca**
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia
All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons
West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa
The Godfather vs** Gandhi**
Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006) Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs
**Schindler’s List **vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
Division I (1927-1946)
**Gone with the Wind ** vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa
**The Godfather ** vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006) Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
I can’t cast a vote in the choice between Schindler and Mind. They’re truly awful films both, pandering to sentimentality and Oscar voters in truly magnificient and manipulative ways.
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa The Godfather vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006) Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
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I have to admit I am kind of surprised at some of the results, the only one, though that I am shocked by is West Side Story having beaten On the Waterfront.
Div I
Gone with the Wind
Rebecca
It Happened One Night
Casablanca
Div II
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
A Man for All Seasons
The Apartment
Div III–very tough choices!
The Sting
Platoon
Gandhi (Kingsley’s performance is one of my all-time favorites, edging out Godfather)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Div IV–easy choices
The Silence of the Lambs
Schindler’s List
Shakespeare in Love
Unforgiven
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night
Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai
Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa
The Godfather vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006)
Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa The Godfather vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006) Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven
Division I (1927-1946) Gone with the Wind vs You Can’t Take It with You All Quiet on the Western Front vs Rebecca Mutiny on the Bounty vs It Happened One Night Wings vs Casablanca
Division II (1947-1966) The Sound of Music vs The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur vs Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve vs A Man for All Seasons West Side Story vs The Apartment
Division III (1967-1986) The Sting vs The Godfather Part II Platoon vs Out of Africa The Godfather vs Gandhi Amadeus vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Division IV (1987-2006) Braveheart vs The Silence of the Lambs Schindler’s List vs A Beautiful Mind Shakespeare in Love vs Rain Man Million Dollar Baby vs Unforgiven