**** Best Picture Nominees ****


From Best to Worst

The films below are Best Picture nominees that I have seen. Titles in all-caps are the winners for that year.

  1. UNFORGIVEN **** A+, 1992

  2. A BEAUTIFUL MIND **** A+, 2001

  3. SCHINDLER'S LIST **** A, 1993

  4. Saving Private Ryan **** A, 1998

  5. The Shawshank Redemption **** A, 1994

  6. Quiz Show **** A, 1994

  7. Raiders of the Lost Ark **** A, 1981

  8. Zero Dark Thirty **** A, 2012

  9. Milk **** A, 2008

  10. Brokeback Mountain ***1/2 A-, 2005

  11. Citizen Kane ***1/2 A-, 1941

  12. The Fugitive ***1/2 A-, 1993

  13. The Sixth Sense ***1/2 A-, 1999

  14. Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope ***1/2 A-, 1977

  15. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS ***1/2 A-, 1991

  16. TITANIC ***1/2 A-, 1997

  17. Gosford Park ***1/2 A-, 2001

  18. Jaws ***1/2 A-, 1975

  19. SPOTLIGHT ***1/2 A-, 2015

  20. The Imitation Game ***1/2 A-, 2014

  21. CHICAGO ***1/2 A-, 2002

  22. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE ***1/2 A-, 2008

  23. L.A. Confidential ***1/2 B+, 1997

  24. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN ***1/2 B+, 2007

  25. The Queen ***1/2 B+, 2006

  26. Fargo ***1/2 B+, 1996

  27. Inception ***1/2 B+, 2010

  28. Munich ***1/2 B+, 2005

  29. District 9 ***1/2 B+, 2009

  30. True Grit ***1/2 B+, 2010

  31. Network ***1/2 B+, 1976

  32. BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) ***1/2 B+, 2014

  33. ARGO ***1/2 B+, 2012

  34. Letters from Iwo Jima ***1/2 B+, 2006

  35. Tootsie ***1/2 B+, 1982

  36. Inglourious Basterds ***1/2 B+, 2009

  37. THE DEPARTED ***1/2 B+, 2006

  38. THE GODFATHER ***1/2 B+, 1972

  39. THE GODFATHER PART 2 ***1/2 B+, 1974

  40. Traffic ***1/2 B+, 2000

  41. The Social Network ***1/2 B+, 2010

  42. The Big Short ***1/2 B+, 2015

  43. OPPENHEIMER ***1/2 B+, 2023

  44. 1917 ***1/2 B+, 2019

  45. CRASH ***1/2 B+, 2005

  46. Mystic River ***1/2 B+, 2003

  47. MILLION DOLLAR BABY ***1/2 B+, 2004

  48. Working Girl ***1/2 B+, 1988

  49. Mississippi Burning *** B, 1988

  50. The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers *** B, 2002

  51. Four Weddings and a Funeral *** B, 1994

  52. To Kill a Mockingbird *** B, 1962

  53. Witness *** B, 1985

  54. GLADIATOR *** B, 2000

  55. The Exorcist *** B, 1973

  56. Mad Max Fury Road *** B, 2015

  57. American Hustle *** B, 2013

  58. The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring *** B, 2001

  59. THE LORD OF THE RINGS THE RETURN OF THE KING *** B, 2003

  60. Capote *** B, 2005

  61. American Sniper *** B, 2015

  62. Gravity *** B, 2013

  63. MOONLIGHT *** B, 2016

  64. La La Land *** B, 2016

  65. Get Out *** B, 2017

  66. A Star Is Born *** B, 2018

  67. Black Panther *** B, 2018

  68. PARASITE *** B, 2019

  69. Conclave *** B, 2025

  70. The Post *** B, 2017

  71. CASABLANCA *** B, 1942

  72. Captain Phillips *** B, 2013

  73. Lincoln *** B, 2012

  74. Black Swan *** B, 2010

  75. THE HURT LOCKER *** B, 2008

  76. Lost in Translation *** B, 2003

  77. Gangs of New York *** B, 2002

  78. Frost/Nixon *** B, 2008

  79. Good Night, and Good Luck *** B, 2005

  80. Good Will Hunting *** B, 1997

  81. Michael Clayton *** B, 2007

  82. Sideways *** B, 2004

  83. The Wizard of Oz *** B, 1939

  84. Jerry Maguire *** B, 1996

  85. The Godfather Part 3 *** B-, 1990

  86. The Grand Budapest Hotel *** B-, 2014

  87. The Favourite *** B-, 2018

  88. Darkest Hour *** B-, 2017

  89. Vice *** B-, 2018

  90. The Irishman *** B-, 2019

  91. Jojo Rabbit *** B-, 2019

  92. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid *** B-, 1969

  93. FORREST GUMP *** B-, 1994

  94. Broadcast News *** B-, 1987

  95. Juno *** B-, 2007

  96. Lady Bird *** B-, 2017

  97. BlacKkKlansman *** B-, 2018

  98. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof *** B-, 1958

  99. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT *** B-, 1967

  100. Dead Poets Society *** B-, 1989

  101. Little Women *** B-, 2019

  102. Sunset Blvd. *** B-, 1950

  103. Finding Neverland *** B-, 2004

  104. Field of Dreams *** B-, 1989

  105. The Music Man *** B-, 1962

  106. Dune Part Two **1/2 C+, 2025

  107. A Few Good Men **1/2 C+, 1992

  108. GREEN BOOK **1/2 C+, 2018

  109. Dunkirk **1/2 C+, 2017

  110. The Ten Commandments **1/2 C+, 1956

  111. Barbie **1/2 C+, 2023

  112. Bugsy **1/2 C+, 1991

  113. Bohemian Rhapsody **1/2 C+, 2018

  114. Dangerous Liaisons **1/2 C+, 1988

  115. AMERICAN BEAUTY **1/2 C+, 1999

  116. Anne of the Thousand Days **1/2 C+, 1969

  117. Mary Poppins **1/2 C+, 1964

  118. Les Miserables **1/2 C+, 2012

  119. All the President's Men **1/2 C, 1976

  120. Apollo 13 **1/2 C, 1995

  121. Dune **1/2 C, 2021

  122. The Thin Red Line **1/2 C, 1998

  123. GONE WITH THE WIND **1/2 C, 1939

  124. THE KING'S SPEECH **1/2 C, 2010

  125. The Martian **1/2 C, 2015

  126. THE APARTMENT **1/2 C, 1960

  127. Gaslight **1/2 C, 1944

  128. A Room with a View **1/2 C, 1986

  129. The Aviator **1/2 C, 2004

  130. 12 Angry Men ** C-, 1957

  131. Avatar ** C-, 2009

  132. Ghost ** C-, 1990

  133. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ** C-, 1964

  134. Pulp Fiction ** C-, 1994

  135. WEST SIDE STORY ** C-, 1961

  136. Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood ** C-, 2019

  137. Joker ** C-, 2019

  138. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial ** C-, 1982

  139. West Side Story ** D+, 2021

  140. THE FRENCH CONNECTION ** D+, 1971

  141. J.F.K. *1/2 D, 1991