Oscars Best Picture Poll!
Added 2025-03-13 16:00:08 +0000 UTCThe Oscars were recently, and it reminded me that there are still so many Best Picture Winners that I haven't seen! Help me choose a movie to watch next!
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Sooooo happy Casablanca is winning. A perfect movie. Parasite is excellent as well.
sarCC
2025-03-19 04:59:27 +0000 UTCI'm glad Casablanca is winning. Cuckoo's nest, and Rain man are also good, but Casablanca is my absolute favorite Bogart movie.
MrAustincummings
2025-03-17 14:09:25 +0000 UTCCuckoo's Nest is a bit mental 😳
Adrian Towers
2025-03-15 23:55:04 +0000 UTCBen hur is great but very long to watch. Im with Casablanca since i watched it recently and enjoyed it.
DarkApple_07
2025-03-15 17:24:13 +0000 UTCC'mon, y'all. Pump those numbers up for "Rain Man" and "Cuckoo's Nest"! I cannot abide Addie merely watching *one* title from this poll. 😬
Byrd N. Hand
2025-03-15 14:12:26 +0000 UTCI’ll disagree on Titanic, I’m ok with that one winning over the other nominees that year (even though I do like Good Will Hunting more as a story). I agree that Rocky probably shouldn’t have beaten All The President’s Men and Taxi Driver though (I like Rocky but I’d have given it to All the President’s Men.)
Doug
2025-03-15 02:24:45 +0000 UTCYes, that one was up there, too. The biggest dubious Best Picture winners for me are probably "Rocky" and "Titanic." I know why they won, but I personally feel they were both the weakest of the 5 nominees in their respective years. "Kramer Vs. Kramer" over "Apocalypse Now" is another tough one to swallow, but I know it most likely happened because "The Deer Hunter" (another Vietnam War film) had just won Best Picture the previous year. 🤔
Byrd N. Hand
2025-03-15 02:13:54 +0000 UTCNicholson had a great run there, starting with "Easy Rider" (though he only had a supporting role in that; it nonetheless earned him his first Oscar nomination). There was also "Carnal Knowledge," "The King of Marvin Gardens," and "Chinatown." The oddball Western "The Missouri Breaks" is also highly underrated.
Byrd N. Hand
2025-03-14 14:17:00 +0000 UTCOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is an eternal classic
Robert Lemond
2025-03-14 05:43:09 +0000 UTCI didn't see American History X so no comment on that one, but I do like Pleasantville, it's a fun one (and honestly probably a better comedy than Shakespeare in Love too). 🙂 I like Saving Private Ryan better than Thin Red Line and A Simple Plan personally, but that's just me. 🤷♂️ P.S. And don't forget The Truman Show was also that year, another good one that didn't win any Oscars!
Doug
2025-03-14 02:12:34 +0000 UTCI picked One flew over the cookoo nest. I also like the French Connections staring the Late Gene Hackman.
Michael Tucker
2025-03-14 01:58:25 +0000 UTCFrankly, I still don't even feel SIL and SPR were even the best respective Elizabethan drama and WWII film nominated that year; those would've been "Elizabeth" and "The Thin Red Line," IMO. Of course, the 3 best films that year for me didn't even get nominated: "Pleasantville," "A Simple Plan," and "American History X." 🤔
Byrd N. Hand
2025-03-14 01:29:25 +0000 UTCI can see Casablanca being seen as corny, but I imagine that's at least partially due to how much it's been referenced and parodied, especially in rom coms and sitcoms.
Karl Ries
2025-03-14 00:39:57 +0000 UTCI absolutely agree, Alex Tan!
Phil Stubblefield
2025-03-13 23:38:59 +0000 UTCFor sure, there are LOTS of times people complain that one of the other nominees should have won! (I think my favorite example of that is Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture against Saving Private Ryan largely because of a massive insider push by producer Harvey Weinstein. Talk about highway robbery!) Out of curiosity, I looked it up and Around the World in 80 Days is 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, which isn't great but not terrible. 🤷♂️ The Greatest Show on Earth is 50%, which is pretty bad. Coda is 94%, so it's pretty well reviewed apparently! (I haven't seen that one so can't really comment beyond that.) P.S. And to be fair, Shakespeare in Love was a fun movie! But... come on, there's no way it should have beaten Saving Private Ryan!
Doug
2025-03-13 22:37:49 +0000 UTCGood poll. There’s so many that I have not seen myself. I voted for Cuckoo’s Nest since I’ve seen that one. Only other two that I’ve seen is Platoon and Rain Man, but only once. I did like them though. Anyways, whatever wins I’ll watch even though it’s for the first time. There’s some big ones on this list that I should see finally.
Cameron Kerby
2025-03-13 20:47:09 +0000 UTCI second an Alfred Hitchcock poll. I've been watching several of his movies recently. #MoreAlfredHitchcockForAddieCounts
Alex Tan
2025-03-13 20:29:00 +0000 UTCI think maybe a younger audience hasn't been exposed to as many earlier movies since today's modern age of streaming media is so overwhelming with more recent content. Oftentimes, once they sit down and watch a really good classic film they come away impressed that something so 'old' can be so good! As far as black & white films, one of my go-to suggestions for those who are 'b&w averse' is 1973's "Paper Moon". They often quickly forget that they are watching black & white.
ButtercupsTrueLove
2025-03-13 19:05:24 +0000 UTCThe Last Detail was underrated, acquired taste I suppose, point taken with the Oscar nomination though
Adrian Towers
2025-03-13 18:19:43 +0000 UTC"Rain Man" and "Casablanca" running away with it so far. Hopefully "Cuckoo's Nest" also comes within striking distance. 🙏
Byrd N. Hand
2025-03-13 18:03:10 +0000 UTCIt's a shame most people forget about (or are unaware of) Nicholson's early movie Five Easy Pieces. It shows him in a more complex, subdued role, and his performance won him an Oscar nomination for best actor.
Jeff I.
2025-03-13 18:02:08 +0000 UTCI feel "Around the World in 80 Days" often gets mentioned as well. "Coda" won Best Picture just a few years ago, but I feel as though it's already been largely forgotten. 🤔 Of course, there have been plenty of years when an inferior nominee ended up winning over a superior one, but that's another matter.
Byrd N. Hand
2025-03-13 17:55:23 +0000 UTCI chose HURT LOCKER. But it looks like CASABLANCA is gonna own it. I saw CASABLANCA twice in my life and I thought it was okay. But I saw it late in my life. So, maybe it just seemed corny at the time.
Philip Davetas
2025-03-13 17:46:14 +0000 UTCP.S. On a trivia tangent, this poll got me wondering what the “worst Best picture winner of all time” might be. A little digging comes up with The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) which I haven’t seen but is apparently a big extravagant Cecil B DeMille picture about the Barnum and Bailey Circus. It was very successful in the box office when it came out but never caught on much in reruns on television and is only a 50% on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus basically being it’s all style and no substance. 🤷♂️ Fortunately there are no duds on today’s poll though. 😄
Doug
2025-03-13 17:42:31 +0000 UTCA shame to see 12 Years A Slave rarely get attention from reactors or on polls. It's such a well-made movie all around.
Jeff I.
2025-03-13 17:36:56 +0000 UTCThat’s a shame, I didn’t realize Gene Hackman died last month. Really great actor!
Doug
2025-03-13 17:29:59 +0000 UTCHard to pick this one, they’re all great movies obviously. 🙂 I suppose if I had to pick just one or two I might go with Rain Man and Million Dollar Baby, maybe with Casablanca as number three? But honestly I’m down for whatever wins this.
Doug
2025-03-13 17:28:54 +0000 UTCBen Hur is a great epic.
Patrick Anderson
2025-03-13 16:43:08 +0000 UTCIt's indeed one of the few pre-'60s movies many reaction viewers seem to care about -- along with "The Wizard of Oz," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th Street," and "12 Angry Men"... and maybe some of Alfred Hitchcock's films. I wish they'd be open to more, though. 🤷♂️
Byrd N. Hand
2025-03-13 16:26:37 +0000 UTCDue to the recent and sad passing of one of the greatest actors and my favorite I have to go with The French Connection.
Pickupthepieces76
2025-03-13 16:24:46 +0000 UTCCasablanca is awesome. I would also recommend The Best Year's of Our Lives.
Jack Dees
2025-03-13 16:19:12 +0000 UTCI'm so pleased that Casablanca is doing well! It's such a timeless classic, made more poignant by the knowledge that it was filmed during the Second World War and features extras who actually *had* escaped from the Nazi regime. Even viewers who say they don't like black and white movies wind up being entranced by this story!
Phil Stubblefield
2025-03-13 16:18:03 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Gene Hackman (RIP), I also suggest Crimson Tide (1995) and Enemy of the State (1998), both produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Tony Scott. #MoreGeneHackmanForAddieCounts
Alex Tan
2025-03-13 16:17:02 +0000 UTCCuckoo's nest is a Jack Nicholson masterpiece, unique. Enjoy your day Addie.
Adrian Towers
2025-03-13 16:16:20 +0000 UTCHappy Thursday, Addie. These Oscar-winning movies are REALLY reaction worthy, but my votes belong to Casablanca (1942), Ben-Hur (1959), The French Connection (1971), Rain Man (1988), and Million Dollar Baby (2004), basically half of the movies listed here. I also suggest a rewatch reaction to Titanic (1997), for a future poll. #TitanicRewatchReactionForAddieCounts
Alex Tan
2025-03-13 16:13:31 +0000 UTCThe French Connection would be a nice way to celebrate Gene Hackman's career.
Joeheg758
2025-03-13 16:11:58 +0000 UTCHappy Thursday, Addie! 😊 All great choices for this poll. I ended up voting for "Rain Man" followed by "Casablanca" as my second pick. Have a great day today! 😊
Randee Carreno
2025-03-13 16:05:08 +0000 UTCSome very serious contenders, but Rain Man is just SO lovely
Ali D
2025-03-13 16:02:08 +0000 UTCParasite is bonkers
Chris Shine
2025-03-13 16:02:02 +0000 UTC
