BEST PICTURE WINNERS THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE WON (PART I)
Some shocking decisions by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
List activity
206 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
10 titles
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.Kudos to the Academy for crowning a fantasy film with the best picture honour. This film drags on for too long in the first place without justification. It features endless battle scene after endless battle scene. It has too many characters I don't really care about.
BEST PICTURE OF 2003: MYSTIC RIVER - DirectorRob MarshallStarsRenée ZellwegerCatherine Zeta-JonesRichard GereTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.?
BEST PICTURE OF 2002: THE PIANIST - DirectorRidley ScottStarsRussell CroweJoaquin PhoenixConnie NielsenA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.Great, but wrong...
BEST PICTURE OF 2000: TRAFFIC - DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.BEST PICTURE OF 1998: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.BEST PICTURE OF 1995: CASINO
- DirectorRobert RedfordStarsDonald SutherlandMary Tyler MooreJudd HirschThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.Better than Raging Bull? I think not...
BEST PICTURE OF 1980: RAGING BULL - DirectorHugh HudsonStarsBen CrossIan CharlesonNicholas FarrellTwo British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.Very weak winner...
BEST PICTURE OF 1981: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - DirectorRobert BentonStarsDustin HoffmanMeryl StreepJane AlexanderAfter his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.BEST PICTURE OF 1979: APOCALYPSE NOW
- DirectorJohn FordStarsWalter PidgeonMaureen O'HaraAnna LeeAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.The film that beat CITIZEN KANE to win Best Picture...
BEST PICTURE OF 1941: CITIZEN KANE - DirectorCarol ReedStarsMark LesterRon MoodyShani WallisAfter being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.BEST PICTURE 1968: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY