As per henry's favorite Best Picture winner thread, here's a thread where we get to "make things right" and submit the Best Picture winners of any given year---films that SHOULD have won the Best Picture Oscar.
For the purposes of this thread, any film that was either nominated or not may be submitted. For the interest of those reading, please "state your case" as to WHY your Best Picture "winner" deserved to win.
1977- STAR WARS! Cause it made films "fun" again. What's not to like?
1982- Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan! Shatner at his best. Should've been nominated for best actor. Great story, wonderful script, one of the best villains in film history. Awesome effects and a captivating score.
Seriously if Return of the King could win best picture, these two should have come into play too.
The Night of the Hunter. I have never seen another film like it; it is a one of a kind. Stunning set design, lighting, music, and a superb performance by Robert Mitchum; he could go from being a buffoon to a monster in the blink of an eye. Two scenes are etched on my memory: when Powell chases the children in the boat into the river, and when Powell is sitting in the yard, and Rachel is sitting on her porch and they sing a hymn together. An unforgettable film.
Cool Hand Luke in 1967. (It wasn’t even nominated for best picture. Duh.) American Graffiti 1973 Dead Poets Society 1989 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Brokeback Mountain 2005 The Imitation Game 2014
My only justification is that I thought the above movies were the best in those years and better than the actual winners.
I'm with you on that, Mark R.Y. and Joan Hue. I thought THE STING was a good film, but I watch it maybe once every ten years or so. (I also never hear anyone talk about it anymore, except fleetingly.) I watch AMERICAN GRAFFITI frequently, and find it the far more poignant and meaningful film, to me anyway, of the two.
