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Greatest Best Picture Oscar Year?
Posted on 3/2/16 at 9:11 pm
Posted on 3/2/16 at 9:11 pm
Wondering what was the most stacked Best Picture year?
I know I'll probably miss some, but off the top of my head a few years really stuck out:
1939:
Gone With the Wind
Dark Victory
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
1967:
In the Heat of the Night
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1974:
The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
1975:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
1976:
Rocky
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
1994:
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption
1997:
Titanic
As Good As It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
2007:
No Country for Old Men
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
You could almost put every year from 1967 to 1980 on there, just go look at those years, it's incredible the movies that were being made then. A couple other years I hesitated to put on here also, but these were the ones that really stood out.
I know 1939 is always thought of as the gold standard but, damn, 1975 or 1976, I think are probably the best. Pound for pound the 2 greatest years ever, and they just happened to be back-to-back.
I know I'll probably miss some, but off the top of my head a few years really stuck out:
1939:
Gone With the Wind
Dark Victory
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
1967:
In the Heat of the Night
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1974:
The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
1975:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
1976:
Rocky
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
1994:
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption
1997:
Titanic
As Good As It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
2007:
No Country for Old Men
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
You could almost put every year from 1967 to 1980 on there, just go look at those years, it's incredible the movies that were being made then. A couple other years I hesitated to put on here also, but these were the ones that really stood out.
I know 1939 is always thought of as the gold standard but, damn, 1975 or 1976, I think are probably the best. Pound for pound the 2 greatest years ever, and they just happened to be back-to-back.
This post was edited on 3/2/16 at 9:14 pm
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Posted on 3/2/16 at 9:16 pm to Jack Ruby
1975
1994
1994
Posted on 3/2/16 at 9:51 pm to Jack Ruby
'39
Posted on 3/2/16 at 10:26 pm to Jack Ruby
1939
Posted on 3/2/16 at 10:52 pm to dallastiger55
75 or 94. 1994 was the most solid year in film from top to bottom ever and probably will never be eclipsed.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 10:55 pm to elprez00
39 is the easiest and most correct answer. Because of that, should probably pick something else.
75 would be my choice.
Actually, I think 99, top to bottom, was better. 94 is a little top heavy. Both are phenomenal years of film though.
75 would be my choice.
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1994 was the most solid year in film from top to bottom ever and probably will never be eclipsed.
Actually, I think 99, top to bottom, was better. 94 is a little top heavy. Both are phenomenal years of film though.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 11:01 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Barry Lyndon
Jaws
All could say they deserved it.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 11:12 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
1939
And Young Mr. Lincoln isn't even on that list.
1939 : It was the greatest year in Hollywood history: 365 films were released and moviegoers were buying tickets at the rate of 80 million a week! What did they get for their money? A feast of light and shadow: The movies of 50 years ago.
Pick Aug. 15, for instance, the day that "The Wizard of Oz" premiered at Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood
Five of the movies available that week--"The Wizard of Oz," "Love Affair," "Dark Victory," "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" and "Wuthering Heights"--would go on to be nominated for the Academy Award for best picture. In those days, the categories weren't limited to five, and a good thing. The final best picture ballot also included "Stagecoach," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Of Mice and Men," "Ninotchka," and the movie with which the year will always be identified, "Gone With the Wind."
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Posted on 3/2/16 at 11:23 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Will never see movies made like this again. The sheer expense, expanse, and number of movies made was incredible. Just think what Gone With The Wind would cost now...without using CGI, and actually having all those extras and building all those sets, the movie would cost $500 million.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 12:35 am to elprez00
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1994 was the most solid year in film from top to bottom ever and probably will never be eclipsed.
Um....1939 had Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, Wuthering Heights, Of Mice and Men, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, and Dark Victory. To say nothing of Young Mr. Lincoln.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 7:05 am to Jack Ruby
1939, easily.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 8:32 am to Jack Ruby
Can't really argue with any of those years
Posted on 3/3/16 at 8:42 am to Jack Ruby
1941
Citizen Kane
How Green was my Valley
Maltese Falcon
Just off the top of my head.
Citizen Kane
How Green was my Valley
Maltese Falcon
Just off the top of my head.
This post was edited on 3/3/16 at 8:44 am
Posted on 3/3/16 at 8:45 am to Rex
1956---The 10 Commandments.
Made 122.7 million at the box office during it's initial release. That's tons in today's money. Was the 2nd highest rated film of the decade. In 208 the American Film Institute listed it was on the Top 10 best Epic films list.
Made 122.7 million at the box office during it's initial release. That's tons in today's money. Was the 2nd highest rated film of the decade. In 208 the American Film Institute listed it was on the Top 10 best Epic films list.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 8:52 am to Jack Ruby
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1994:
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption
Damn. Thats got the #1, #5, and #13 movies of all time according to IMDB. Thats impressive. Lion King was that year too, but not nominated for best picture.
This post was edited on 3/3/16 at 8:58 am
Posted on 3/3/16 at 8:53 am to Jack Ruby
1939
1976
All the rest
1976
All the rest
Posted on 3/3/16 at 8:55 am to Jack Ruby
1975 hands down. That year had four movies that are all-time classics (OFOTCN, Barry Lyndon, Jaws, Nashville). Dog Day Afternoon is the weak link of that group and it was an incredible movie in its own right with Pacino at his very best.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 8:58 am to Jack Ruby
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Quiz Show
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