The following is a list of the Best Picture winners from the past 57 years. Where they finished ranked at the yearly box office is indicated out to the right and the average finish for the decade is ranked below each column.

Why the Oscars are seen as out of touch with the rest of America becomes evident fairly early on.

1960: The Apartment (#6)
1961: West Side Story (#1)
1962: Lawrence of Arabia (#1)
1963: Tom Jones (#4)
1964: My Fair Lady (#1)
1965: The Sound of Music (#1)
1966: A Man For All Seasons (#5)
1967: In the Heat of the Night (#11)
1968: Oliver! (#7)
1969: Midnight Cowboy (#2)

Average Finish: 3.9

1970: Patton (#4)
1971: The French Connection (#2)
1972: The Godfather (#1)
1973: The Sting (#1)
1974: The Godfather Part II (#7)
1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (#3)
1976: Rocky (#1)
1977: Annie Hall (#10)
1978: The Deer Hunter (#9)
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer (#1)

Average Finish: 3.9

1980: Ordinary People (#11)
1981: Chariots of Fire (#7)
1982: Gandhi (#12)
1983: Terms of Endearment (#2)
1984: Amadeus (#12)
1985: Out of Africa (#5)
1986: Platoon (#3)
1987: The Last Emperor (#25)
1988: Rain Man (#1)
1989: Driving Miss Daisy (#8)

Average Finish: 8.6

1990: Dances With Wolves (#3)
1991: The Silence of the Lambs (#4)
1992: Unforgiven (#11)
1993: Schindler's List (#9)
1994: Forrest Gump (#1)
1995: Braveheart (#18)
1996: The English Patient (#19)
1997: Titanic (#1)
1998: Shakespeare in Love (#18)
1999: American Beauty (#13)

Average Finish: 9.7

2000: Gladiator (#4)
2001: A Beautiful Mind (#11)
2002: Chicago (#10)
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (#1)
2004: Million Dollar Baby (#24)
2005: Crash (#49)
2006: The Departed (#15)
2007: No Country For Old Men (#36)
2008: Slumdog Millionaire (#16)
2009: The Hurt Locker (#116)

Average Finish: 28.2

2010: The King's Speech (#18)
2011: The Artist (#71)
2012: Argo (#22)
2013: 12 Years a Slave (#62)
2014: Birdman (#78)
2015: Spotlight (#62)
2016: Moonlight (#92)
2017: The Shape of Water (#46)

Average Finish: 56.37

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Posted by jlovel7

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Posted on 8/20/18 at 4:22 pm to RollTide1987

The King's Speech, 12 Years a Slave, and Spotlight were all damn good and I deserving IMO. But yeah the rest for the last decade are clearly a bit snobby.

I haven't seen Argo before anyone crucifies me for not listing it.

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Posted by Draconian Sanctions

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Posted on 8/20/18 at 4:23 pm to RollTide1987

quote:
the Oscars are seen as out of touch with the rest of America

Um, no

You really think Infinity War should be up for Best Picture?

If The Godfather were released today it wouldn’t crack the top 20 at the Box Office.

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Posted by wildtigercat93

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Posted on 8/20/18 at 4:24 pm to RollTide1987

Do you really want a correlation between box office and best picture? Micheal Bay multiple Oscar best picture winner sound like a plan to you?

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Posted by King George

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Posted on 8/20/18 at 4:27 pm to RollTide1987

To be fair, since 2000 a lot of those films have been competing with the Star Wars and Marvel franchises. But I get what you're saying. I have to force myself to watch some of the nominees lately. Not a lot of commercial appeal.

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Posted by Esquire

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Posted on 8/20/18 at 4:29 pm to RollTide1987

quote:
2014: Whiplash
2015: Spotlight (#62)
2016: Moonlight (#92)
2017: Darkest Hour

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Posted by Fewer Kilometers

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Posted on 8/20/18 at 4:48 pm to RollTide1987

Man, there was a big drop in quality films from 1968 to 1969. I love Midnight Cowboy, but it's weird that it was the #2 box office draw behind Butch and Sundance.

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Posted by Baloo

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Posted on 8/20/18 at 4:56 pm to RollTide1987

This says more about audiences than Hollywood. We've become a nation of juveniles.

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Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 8/20/18 at 5:11 pm to RollTide1987

There's a million channels, nobody cares about critics anymore, Hollywood has been tarnished for some years now and the luster of celebs has worn off.

Public is much wiser and has options. It's not 1982 anymore where the Oscar's red carpet is on every channel...meaning 3 channels.

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