Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Accomplishment?

Tonight ended a list. I have now seen every movie to win Best Picture. Here is my ranking.

First, the basis on which I ranked them, and a very good basis, was "Would I want to own this?" If I opened the wrapping at Christmas, to discover this movie inside, how would I feel about it? As such:

A+ : Classic
A   : Great Movie; Want to Own/Do Own
A- : Very Good Movie; Want to Own/Do Own
B+ : Good Movie; Wouldn't Mind Owning
B   : Solid Movie; Wouldn't Mind Owning
B- : Pretty Good Movie; On the Fence for Owning
C+: Alright Movie; Meh Owning
C  : Average Movie; Meh Owning
C- : A Little Under Average Movie; Not Like to Own
D+: Significantly Flawed Movie; Upset to Own
D   : Poor Movie; Upset to Own
D - : Lousy Movie; Upset to Own
F   : Unpleasantly Bad Movie; Upset to Own

Now here are the 88 Best Picture movies, ranked:

1 Lawrence of Arabia 1962    A+
2 The Godfather 1972    A+
3 The Godfather Part II 1974    A+
4 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927    A+
5 Casablanca 1942    A+
6 An American in Paris 1951    A+
7 Bridge on the River Kwai 1957    A+
8 Grand Hotel 1932    A+
9 12 Years a Slave 2013    A
10 The Last Emperor 1987    A
11 A Man for All Seasons 1966    A
12 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003    A
13 Million Dollar Baby 2004    A
14 West Side Story 1961    A
15 Slumdog Millionaire 2008    A
16 My Fair Lady 1964    A
17 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930    A-
18 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946    A-
19 You Can't Take It With You 1938    A-
20 Ben-Hur 1959    A-
21 Patton 1970    A-
22 Around the World in 80 Days 1956    A-
23 On the Waterfront 1954    A-
24 The Lost Weekend 1945    A-
25 Gandhi 1982    B+
26 Out of Africa 1985    B+
27 The King's Speech 2010    B+
28 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935    B+
29 Amadeus 1984    B+
30 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014    B
31 All About Eve 1950    B
32 It Happened One Night 1934    B
33 The French Connection 1971    B
34 Wings 1927    B
35 The Artist 2011    B
36 Hamlet 1948    B
37 Gentleman's Agreement 1947    B
38 Argo 2012    B
39 Annie Hall 1977    B
40 Gone With the Wind 1939    B
41 A Beautiful Mind 2001    B
42 No Country for Old Men 2007    B
43 The Hurt Locker 2008    B
44 The Deer Hunter 1978    B
45 Dances With Wolves 1990    B
46 Rebecca 1940    B
47 Mrs. Miniver 1942    B
48 Chicago 2003    B-
49 Chariots of Fire 1981    B-
50 The Apartment 1960    B-
51 The Silence of the Lambs 1991    B-
52 Rain Man 1988    B-
53 Midnight Cowboy 1969    B-
54 The Departed 2006    B-
55 All the King's Men 1949    C+
56 In the Heat of the Night 1967    C+
57 Schindler's List 1993    C+
58 Titanic 1997    C+
59 Forrest Gump 1994    C+
60 Platoon 1986    C+
61 From Here to Eternity 1953    C
62 Rocky 1976    C
63 Shakespeare in Love 1998    C-
64 Unforgiven 1992    C-
65 Gladiator 2000    C-
66 The Sting 1973    C-
67 How Green Was My Valley 1941    C-
68 The English Patient 1996    D+
69 American Beauty 1999    D+
70 The Great Ziegfeld 1936    D+
71 The Life of Emile Zola 1937    D+
72 Kramer vs Kramer 1979    D
73 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975    D
74 Braveheart 1995    D
75 The Sound of Music 1965    D
76 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952    D
77 Ordinary People 1980    D-
78 Tom Jones 1963    D-
79 Gigi 1958    D-
80 Marty 1955    D-
81 Terms of Endearment 1983    D-
82 The Broadway Melody 1929    D-
83 Cimarron  1931    D-
84 Going My Way 1944    F
85 Driving Miss Daisy 1989    F
86 Cavalcade 1933    F
87 Crash 2008    F
88 Oliver! 1968    F


1 comment:

Daniel P-J said...

I just rewatched bits of A Man for All Seasons last night... what a spectacular movie. I would most certainly have put the 1948 Hamlet above The King's Speech but, as you say, your agonies.