# Oscar Madness - Best Picture Winners (R2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r2/455077 "2008-07-02T18:51:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r2/455077/1 "2008-07-02T18:51:57Z")
This is one of 4 Oscar Madness showdowns running, with this one having Best Picture winners square off against each other in four different time periods. This is the second round (see [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9948666) for the first round results). Please make your answers legible. The deadline is Mon. July 7 at 5pm PST. 1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) vs. [8] Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) vs. [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) vs. [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) vs. [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) vs. [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) vs. [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) vs. [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) vs. [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) vs. [8] Patton (Schaffner, 1970) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) vs. [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) vs. [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) vs. [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) vs. [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) vs. [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) vs. [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) vs. [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r2/455077/2 "2008-07-02T18:57:04Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) 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) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) ---
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[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r2/455077/4 "2008-07-02T19:05:24Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca [7] All Quiet on the Western Front [6] Gone With the Wind [4] The Best Years of Our Lives “Gone With The Wind” is again one of those choices where I personally wasn’t all that enamored with the movie, but cannot deny its influence. 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia [2] On the Waterfront [6] In the Heat of the Night [4] The Apartment It’s funny how much harder the choices get in the second round. This was a tough bracket, despite the obvious greatness of my choices; it hurt to get rid of some of those movies. 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest [11] The French Connection [4] Platoon Wow, Platoon versus The Deer Hunter. I wanted both to lose. 1988-2007 [9] Braveheart [2] Schindler’s List [6] The Departed [5] Forrest Gump I bet I’m the only person who picks Forrest Gump. It’a fashionable, especially on the Net, to say it sucked; I think it was a masterpeice. I also picked Braveheart over Return of the King, which I am confident will win the bracket. Braveheart wasn’t the best Best Picture winner ever; it was pretty good, though. “Return of the King,” however, was not a very good movie at all. I thought it much weaker than its predecessors, especially the awesome “Fellowship of the Ring,” and its getting all the Oscar glory was pretty obviously a way of rewarding the whole series; on its own merits it might be the worst Best Picture choice ever. ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [3] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [4] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) 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) 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) 1988-2007 [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) ---
**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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r2/455077/7 "2008-07-02T19:21:46Z")
1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) 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) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) ---
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[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) 1968-1987 [8] Patton (Schaffner, 1970) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) 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) Joe ---
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[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) 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) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) Tough to choose between Schindler and Unforgiven. ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [4] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [4] Platoon (Stone, 1986) 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) ---
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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) 1948-1967 [8] Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) 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) 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) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) ---
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1928-1947 [1] \*Casablanca \* (Love Mutiney, but very little tops Casablanca.) [2] _Rebecca_ (Tough call. I am going with Rebecca for sentimental reasons) [3] _It Happened One Night \* (I don’t care if I am wrong, this was a great movie) [5] The Lost Weekend \* (Wyler vs. Wilder tough choice. Gotta give weekend the nod) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Yeah, Hamlet really doesn’t stand a chance) [2] On the Waterfront (Niether does a Man for all Seasons) [3] All About Eve (Neither does in the Heat of the Night) [4] The Apartment_ (Wilder vs. Wyler again. This one was easier) 1968-1987 [1] _The Godfather_ (Too bad, I was hoping Patton would get farther.) [2] _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ (I have no clue who will win this. Interesting match up) [3] \*The Sting \* (This hurt, but I could watch The Sting every day and not be tired of it. Not so much with The French Connection) [5] \*The Deer Hunter \* (Another interesting match-up. Don’t know who will take this either) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [10] Unforgiven [3] American Beauty [4] The Silence of the Lambs This whole round was a lot easier than I expected. The only movie I voted for that I don’t love was LOTR, and only a couple were really even coin flips. ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) vs. [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) - that one hurt. 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) - I know I didn’t vote for it last time, but it WAS my second favorite in the group. [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) - frankly I think both of these are overrated [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) - this one hurt too ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) ??? 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) ??? [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [3] The Sting (Hill, 1973) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) ??? [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) ---
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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) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [2] Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [2] On the Waterfront (Kazan ,1954) [6] In the Heat of the Night (Jewison, 1967) [4] The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) 1968-1987 [8] Patton (Schaffner, 1970) [2] One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) 1988-2007 [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [5] Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [6] Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) 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) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) [10] Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger, 1969) [11] The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) [5] The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) ---
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1928-1947 [1] _Casablanca_ (Curtiz, 1942) This one’s going all the way through on my ballots. [2] _Rebecca_ (Hitchcock, 1940) _All Quiet_ isn’t that great imho [3] _It Happened One Night_ (Capra, 1934) Wind is a good movie; this is the closest contest of this category. But Clark Gable _sans_ undershirt is the better Gable. [5] _The Lost Weekend_ (Wilder, 1945) 1948-1967 [1] _Lawrence of Arabia_ (Lean, 1962) Excellent movie. [7] _A Man for All Seasons_ (Zinnemann, 1966) Yeah, I know, it won’t win. But I’m a history buff and this filmed play is better than many. [6] _In the Heat of the Night_ (Jewison, 1967) [5] _Ben-Hur_ (Wyler, 1959) Go chariots!!! 1968-1987 [8] _Patton_ (Schaffner, 1970) I think I mentioned before how I feel about the Godfather movies… [2] _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ (Forman, 1975) [11] _The French Connection \* (Friedkin, 1971) I don’t care about 4 v 5. Mentioned, I did, how I feel about such movies. 1988-2007 [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) Much as I hate what he did with this entry in the trilogy most, Braveheart \* simply takes too many liberties with history for me to love it. [2] Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) [3] American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) [4] The Silence of the Lambs_ (Demme, 1991) [/QUOTE] ---
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1928-1947 [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7] All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) [3] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) [5] The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) 1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) [7] A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) [3] All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) [5] Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959) 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) 1988-2007 [9] Braveheart (Gibson, 1995) [10] Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) [6] The Departed (Scorsese, 2006) [4] The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r2/455077.md?page=2)