Monday, February 23, 2009

Last night B and I watched the Academy Awards, as did a bazillion other people. Even when the program isn't fabulous (last night's was so-so, I thought) I still love it. Here are the Best Picture winners since the Oscars began--and the ones I've seen are highlighted in black. I have to admit, the last few years I don't see many movies in the theater so by Oscar time I haven't seen many of the movies.

It's much more fun to watch the awards with someone else-- having someone else to make comments with is much more fun than making them by yourself. Not that I do that, of course.

2008 – Slumdog Millionaire

2007 - No Country for Old Men

2006 - The Departed

2005 - Crash

2004 - Million Dollar Baby

2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2002 - Chicago

2001 - A Beautiful Mind

2000 - Gladiator

1999 - American Beauty

1998 - Shakespeare in Love

1997 - Titanic

1996 - The English Patient

1995 - Braveheart

1994 - Forrest Gump

1993 - Shindler's List

1992 - Unforgiven

1991 - The Silence of the Lambs

1990 - Dances with Wolves

1989 - Driving Miss Daisy

1988 - Rain Man

1987 - The Last Emperor

1986 - Platoon

1985 - Out of Africa

1984 - Amadeus

1983 - Terms of Endearment

1982 - Gandhi

1981 - Chariots of Fire

1980 - Ordinary People

1979 - Kramer vs. Kramer

1978 - The Deer Hunter

1977 - Annie Hall

1976 - Rocky

1975 - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

1974 - The Godfather Part II

1973 - The Sting

1972 - The Godfather

1971 - The French Connection

1970 - Patton

1969 - Midnight Cowboy

1968 - Oliver!

1967 - In the Heat of the Night

1966 - A Man for All Seasons

1965 - The Sound of Music

1964 - My Fair Lady

1963 - Tom Jones

1962 - Lawrence of Arabia

1961 - West Side Story

1960 - The Apartment

1959 - Ben-Hur

1958 - Gigi

1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai

1956 - Around the World in 80 Days

1955 - Marty

1954 - On the Waterfront

1953 - From Here to Eternity

1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth

1951 - An American in Paris

1950 - All About Eve

1949 - All the Kings Men

1948 - Hamlet

1947 - Gentleman's Agreement

1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives

1945 - The Lost Weekend

1944 - Going My Way

1943 - Casablanca

1942 - Mrs. Miniver

1941 - How Green Was My Valley

1940 - Rebecca

1939 - Gone with the Wind

1938 - You Can't Take It with You

1937 - The Life of Emile Zola

1936 - The Great Ziegfeld

1935 - Mutiny on the Bounty

1934 - It Happened One Night

1932/1933 - Cavalcade

1931/1932 - Grand Hotel

1930/1931 - Cimarron

1929/1930 - All Quiet on the Western Front

1928/1929 - The Broadway Melody

1927/1928 - Wings

1 comment:

Laurie said...

Well. I guess you've got your work cut out for you.