**** 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. Sinners *** B, 2025

  71. The Post *** B, 2017

  72. CASABLANCA *** B, 1942

  73. Captain Phillips *** B, 2013

  74. Lincoln *** B, 2012

  75. Black Swan *** B, 2010

  76. THE HURT LOCKER *** B, 2008

  77. Lost in Translation *** B, 2003

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

  79. Frost/Nixon *** B, 2008

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

  81. Good Will Hunting *** B, 1997

  82. Michael Clayton *** B, 2007

  83. Sideways *** B, 2004

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

  85. Jerry Maguire *** B, 1996

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

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

  88. The Favourite *** B-, 2018

  89. Darkest Hour *** B-, 2017

  90. Vice *** B-, 2018

  91. The Irishman *** B-, 2019

  92. Jojo Rabbit *** B-, 2019

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

  94. FORREST GUMP *** B-, 1994

  95. Broadcast News *** B-, 1987

  96. Juno *** B-, 2007

  97. Lady Bird *** B-, 2017

  98. BlacKkKlansman *** B-, 2018

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

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

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

  102. Little Women *** B-, 2019

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

  104. Finding Neverland *** B-, 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  122. Dune **1/2 C, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

  128. Gaslight **1/2 C, 1944

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

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

  131. 12 Angry Men ** C-, 1957

  132. Avatar ** C-, 2009

  133. Ghost ** C-, 1990

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

  135. Pulp Fiction ** C-, 1994

  136. WEST SIDE STORY ** C-, 1961

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

  138. Joker ** C-, 2019

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

  140. West Side Story ** D+, 2021

  141. THE FRENCH CONNECTION ** D+, 1971

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