# Oscar Madness - Best Picture Winners (R1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 27, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512 "2008-06-27T23:28:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/21 "2008-06-28T21:27:04Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [14] Gentleman’s Agreement (Kazan, 1947) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) [11] Grand Hotel (Goulding, 1932) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) [6] Annie Hall (Allen, 1977) [7] Gandhi (Attenborough, 1982) [8] Patton (Schaffner, 1970) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [12] A Beautiful Mind (Howard, 2001) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [7] No Country for Old Men (Coen/Coen, 2007) [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) [/QUOTE] Joe ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/22 "2008-06-28T21:52:41Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [13] The Life of Emile Zola (Dieterle, 1937) [12] Going My Way (McCarey, 1944) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [10] Wings (Wellman, 1927) [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [13] An American in Paris (Minnelli, 1951) [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) [11] Marty (Mann, 1955) [10] My Fair Lady (Cukor, 1964) [9] The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) [7] Gandhi (Attenborough, 1982) [9] Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [14] Dances with Wolves (Costner, 1990) [13] Rain Man (Levinson, 1988) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) ---
**Author:** ![WoodenTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/23 "2008-06-28T22:22:49Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [13] The Life of Emile Zola (Dieterle, 1937) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [10] My Fair Lady (Cukor, 1964) [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [9] Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [8] Gladiator (Scott, 2000) Only real heartbreaker was seeing Chariots of Fire dropped so early with that low seed. Sob. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/24 "2008-06-28T23:53:21Z")
Wow, I really don’t envy being in your shoes when you have to score FOUR sets of 32 votes…very cool idea though. I am abstaining on votes where I haven’t seen either movie, or if I’ve only seen one but didn’t like it. [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [14] Tom Jones (Richardson, 1963) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [12] All the King’s Men (Rossen, 1949) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [12] The Last Emperor (Bertolucci, 1987) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) (tough! But nothing beats a movie with TWO great subway chases!) [7] Gandhi (Attenborough, 1982) [9] Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [15] Driving Miss Daisy (Beresford, 1989) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [11] Crash (Haggis, 2005) [7] No Country for Old Men (Coen/Coen, 2007) [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/25 "2008-06-30T00:51:39Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) pass pass pass pass [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) pass pass [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) pass [10] My Fair Lady (Cukor, 1964. [9] The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965) 1968-1987 [[16] Chariots of Fire (Hudson, 1981) [15] Oliver! (Reed, 1968) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [7] Gandhi (Attenborough, 1982) [9] Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) 1988-2007 [16] Shakespeare in Love (Maddin, 1998) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [14] Dances with Wolves (Costner, 1990) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [8] Gladiator (Scott, 2000) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/26 "2008-06-30T09:27:10Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [14] Gentleman’s Agreement (Kazan, 1947) [13] The Life of Emile Zola (Dieterle, 1937) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [15] Around the World in 80 Days (Anderson, 1958) pass [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [12] The Last Emperor (Bertolucci, 1987) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [7] Gandhi (Attenborough, 1982) [9] Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [7] No Country for Old Men (Coen/Coen, 2007) [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/27 "2008-06-30T12:15:54Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) [12] Going My Way (McCarey, 1944) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [10] Wings (Wellman, 1927) [9] How Green Was My Valley (Ford, 1941) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [12] All the King’s Men (Rossen, 1949) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [10] My Fair Lady (Cukor, 1964) [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) vs. [13] Ordinary People (Redford, 1980) [12] The Last Emperor (Bertolucci, 1987) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [8] Patton (Schaffner, 1970) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [15] Driving Miss Daisy (Beresford, 1989) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [8] Gladiator (Scott, 2000) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/28 "2008-06-30T12:52:01Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [15] The Great Ziegfeld (Leonard, 1936) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [15] Around the World in 80 Days (Anderson, 1958) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [13] An American in Paris (Minnelli, 1951) [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [10] My Fair Lady (Cukor, 1964) [9] The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [12] The Last Emperor (Bertolucci, 1987) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [7] Gandhi (Attenborough, 1982) [9] Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) 1988-2007 [16] Shakespeare in Love (Maddin, 1998) [15] Driving Miss Daisy (Beresford, 1989) [14] Dances with Wolves (Costner, 1990) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) [11] Crash (Haggis, 2005) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [8] Gladiator (Scott, 2000) ---
**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:** [June 30, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/29 "2008-06-30T15:32:38Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) [11] Grand Hotel (Goulding, 1932) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [9] How Green Was My Valley (Ford, 1941) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [10] My Fair Lady (Cukor, 1964) [9] The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) [6] Annie Hall (Allen, 1977) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [8] Patton (Schaffner, 1970) 1988-2007 [16] Shakespeare in Love (Maddin, 1998) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [12] A Beautiful Mind (Howard, 2001) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) Pretty nice job on the rankings, except I think Unforgiven is seeded way too low and LOTR much too high. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/30 "2008-06-30T15:49:45Z")
1928-1947 Casablanca Rebecca It Happened One Night The Best Years of Our Lives The Lost Weekend Gone With the Wind All Quiet on the Western Front Mutiny on the Bounty 1948-1967 Lawrence of Arabia On the Waterfront All About Eve An American in Paris All the King’s Men In the Heat of the Night A Man for All Seasons The Sound of Music 1968-1987 The Godfather One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The Sting Platoon The Last Emperor The French Connection Midnight Cowboy Rocky 1988-2007 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Schindler’s List Dances with Wolves The Silence of the Lambs Forrest Gump The Departed Unforgiven Gladiator ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/31 "2008-06-30T19:55:37Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [14] Gentleman’s Agreement (Kazan, 1947) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [10] Wings (Wellman, 1927) [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) vs. [12] [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [9] The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965) 1968-1987 [16] Chariots of Fire (Hudson, 1981) [15] Oliver! (Reed, 1968) [14] Kramer vs. Kramer (Benton, 1979) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [12] The Last Emperor (Bertolucci, 1987) [6] Annie Hall (Allen, 1977) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [9] Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [14] Dances with Wolves (Costner, 1990) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [8] Gladiator (Scott, 2000) ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/32 "2008-07-01T21:57:18Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/33 "2008-07-01T22:22:47Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) [11] Grand Hotel (Goulding, 1932) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [9] How Green Was My Valley (Ford, 1941) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [12] All the King’s Men (Rossen, 1949) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [13] Ordinary People (Redford, 1980) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [8] Patton (Schaffner, 1970) 1988-2007 [16] Shakespeare in Love (Maddin, 1998) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [12] A Beautiful Mind (Howard, 2001) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [7] No Country for Old Men (Coen/Coen, 2007) [8] Gladiator (Scott, 2000) (though I thought this movie sucked) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512/34 "2008-07-02T16:36:59Z")
1928-1947 [1] **Casablanca** (Curtiz, 1942) vs. [16] The Broadway Melody (Beaumont, 1929) (28-0) [2] **Rebecca** (Hitchcock, 1940) vs. [15] The Great Ziegfeld (Leonard, 1936) (26-1) [3] **It Happened One Night** (Capra, 1934) vs. [14] Gentleman’s Agreement (Kazan, 1947) (18-8) [4] **The Best Years of Our Lives** (Wyler, 1946) vs. [13] The Life of Emile Zola (Dieterle, 1937) (23-3) [5] **The Lost Weekend** (Wilder, 1945) vs. [12] Going My Way (McCarey, 1944) (22-4) [6] **Gone With the Wind** (Fleming, 1939) vs. [11] Grand Hotel (Goulding, 1932) (17-10) [7] **All Quiet on the Western Front** (Milestone, 1930) vs. [10] Wings (Wellman, 1927) (24-3) [8] **Mutiny on the Bounty** (Lloyd, 1935) vs. [9] How Green Was My Valley (Ford, 1941) (20-8) 1948-1967 [1] **Lawrence of Arabia** (Lean, 1962) vs. [16] The Greatest Show on Earth(DeMille, 1952) (28-1) [2] **On the Waterfront** (Kazan ,1954) vs. [15] Around the World in 80 Days (Anderson, 1958) (26-3) [3] **All About Eve** (Mankiewicz, 1950) vs. [14] Tom Jones (Richardson, 1963) (19-6) [4] **The Apartment** (Wilder, 1960) vs. [13] An American in Paris (Minnelli, 1951) (20-8) [5] **Ben-Hur** (Wyler, 1959) vs. [12] All the King’s Men (Rossen, 1949) (16-13) [6] **In the Heat of the Night** (Jewison, 1967) vs. [11] Marty (Mann, 1955) (23-4) [7] **A Man for All Seasons** (Zinnemann, 1966) vs. [10] My Fair Lady (Cukor, 1964) (17-12) [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) vs. [9] The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965) - **TIE** (14-14) Sorry, but the hills aren’t that alive. WINNER: _Hamlet_ 1968-1987 [1] **The Godfather** (Coppola, 1972) vs. [16] Chariots of Fire (Hudson, 1981) (27-3) [2] **One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest** (Forman, 1975) vs. [15] Oliver! (Reed, 1968) (27-3) [3] **The Sting** (Hill, 1973) vs. [14] Kramer vs. Kramer (Benton, 1979) (24-5) [4] **Platoon** (Stone, 1986) vs. [13] Ordinary People (Redford, 1980) (22-8) [5] **The Deer Hunter** (Cimino, 1978) vs. [12] The Last Emperor (Bertolucci, 1987) (16-13) [6] Annie Hall (Allen, 1977) vs. [11] **The French Connection** (Friedkin, 1971) (13-14) [7] Gandhi (Attenborough, 1982) vs. [10] **Midnight Cowboy** (Schlesinger, 1969) (11-17) [8] **Patton** (Schaffner, 1970) vs. [9] Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) (16-14) 1988-2007 [1] **The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King** (Jackson, 2003) vs. [16] Shakespeare in Love (Maddin, 1998) (19-11) [2] **Schindler’s List** (Spielberg, 1993) vs. [15] Driving Miss Daisy (Beresford, 1989) (24-6) [3] **American Beauty** (Mendes, 1999) vs. [14] Dances with Wolves (Costner, 1990) (19-11) [4] **The Silence of the Lambs** (Demme, 1991) vs. [13] Rain Man (Levinson, 1988) (24-6) [5] **Forrest Gump** (Zemeckis, 1994) vs. [12] A Beautiful Mind (Howard, 2001) (16-13) [6] **The Departed** (Scorsese, 2006) vs. [11] Crash (Haggis, 2005) (20-8) [7] No Country for Old Men (Coen/Coen, 2007) vs. [10] **Unforgiven** (Eastwood, 1992) (9-21) [8] Gladiator (Scott, 2000) vs. [9] **Braveheart** (Gibson, 1995) (13-17) Not many surprises and only a few nail-biters. Though the top seeds usually won, the next round will definitely mix things up a bit more… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r1/454512.md?page=1)