Directors Rate the Oscar winners (1 Viewer)

[Lew Crippen]

George, I like your approach and categorization—although (as you might suspect), I disagree with some of your evaluations. I’m going to give this some thought.

 

[Adam_S]

In terms of rating the films, here's how I find the winners (regardless of whether they SHOULD have won or not). I've not yet found a BP winner to be terrible of the fifty plus I've seen. Clearly I think the early nineties was the period Oscar got the most right, or maybe there were just more great films then.

SUPERB
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
1995 Braveheart
1994 Forrest Gump
1993 Schindler's List
1992 Unforgiven
1991 The Silence of the Lambs
1990 Dances With Wolves
1981 Chariots of Fire
1976 Rocky
1974 The Godfather, Part II
1973 The Sting
1972 The Godfather
1965 The Sound of Music
1962 Lawrence of Arabia
1960 The Apartment
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1954 On the Waterfront
1950 All About Eve
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
1943 Casablanca
1941 How Green Was My Valley
1938 You Can't Take It with You
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front

EXCELLENT
2004 Million Dollar Baby
2002 Chicago
2000 Gladiator
1986 Platoon
1984 Amadeus
1982 Gandhi
1977 Annie Hall
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1971 The French Connection
1970 Patton
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1964 My Fair Lady
1959 Ben-Hur
1940 Rebecca
1939 Gone with the Wind
1934 It Happened One Night

VERY GOOD
2005 Crash
2001 A Beautiful Mind
1999 American Beauty
1997 Titanic
1988 Rain Man
1978 The Deer Hunter
1967 In the Heat of the Night
1961 West Side Story
1937 The Life of Emile Zola
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty
1931 Grand Hotel

GOOD
1969 Midnight Cowboy
1953 From Here to Eternity
1951 An American in Paris
1947 Gentleman's Agreement

 

[Adam_S]

I too, really like how George sorted out his list, so here's the same films reordered that way, very interesting.

In terms of how meritorious a win was (in comparison to the other nominated/unnominated films from that year)


COMPLETELY DESERVING (best film of the year)
1995 Braveheart
1993 Schindler's List
1992 Unforgiven
1990 Dances With Wolves
1974 The Godfather, Part II
1973 The Sting
1972 The Godfather
1965 The Sound of Music
1962 Lawrence of Arabia
1960 The Apartment
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1943 Casablanca
1941 How Green Was My Valley
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front

BEST of the year, but seen very little to compare it too
1988 Rain Man
1986 Platoon
1984 Amadeus
1978 The Deer Hunter
1970 Patton
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1961 West Side Story
1953 From Here to Eternity (Shane)

DESERVING, not necessarily the very best, equal or slightly less than other films
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (In America)
2000 Gladiator (Almost Famous)
1999 American Beauty (Fight Club, Sixth Sense)
1997 Titanic (L.A. Confidential)
1994 Forrest Gump (Shawshank Redemption)
1991 The Silence of the Lambs (Beauty and the Beast)
1982 Gandhi (E.T.)
1981 Chariots of Fire (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
1977 Annie Hall (Star Wars)
1976 Rocky (Network, Taxi Driver)
1971 The French Connection ( A Clockwork Orange)
1967 In the Heat of the Night (Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate)
1964 My Fair Lady (Dr. Strangelove, Mary Poppins)
1959 Ben-Hur (Anatomy of a Murder, Some Like it Hot)
1954 On the Waterfront (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives (It's a Wonderful Life)
1950 All About Eve (Sunset Blvd)
1940 Rebecca (Philadelphia Story, Grapes of Wrath)
1939 Gone with the Wind (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Wizard of Oz, Ninotchka)
1938 You Can't Take It with You (Grand Illusion, Adventures of Robin Hood)
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty (Informer, Top Hat, Ruggles of Red Gap)
1934 It Happened One Night (The Thin Man)

UNDESERVING, too many other superior films
2005 Crash (Brokeback Mountain, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich, Mrs. Henderson Presents, the Family Stone, In Her Shoes, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Batman Begins)
2004 Million Dollar Baby (Eternal Sunshine, Incredibles, Passion of the Christ, Ray, In Good Company, Finding Neverland, Aviator)
2002 Chicago (Spirited Away, Gangs of New York, The Pianist, Two Towers)
2001 A Beautiful Mind (Fellowship of the Ring, in the Bedroom, Gosford Park, Moulin Rouge)
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(Jaws, Dog Day Afternoon)
1969 Midnight Cowboy (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
1937 The Life of Emile Zola (Stage Door, The Good Earth, Captains Courageous)
1932 Grand Hotel (The Champ, Red dust, Scarface, Horse Feathers, Trouble in Paradise)

EMBRASSING
1951 An American in Paris (Some Like it Hot, A Streetcar Named Desire
1947 Gentleman's Agreement (Great Expectations, Out of the Past, Black Narcissus)

 

[Tommy G]

I didn't feel like doing all of these over again so my post above goes through 2002. This is for 2003 on and is out of :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:

2003 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
2004 Million Dollar Baby :star: :star: :star: :star:
2005 Crash :star: :star:

 

[Adam_S]

there was a book published in 1992 called the alternate oscars, the author picked alternate picture and lead actor and actress 'wins' for each year, he only matched up with the academy six times (All Quiet on the Western Front, Casablanca, West Side Story, Godfather, Annie Hall, and Platoon).


here's his list, the full book includes other great films, he feels were worthy as well as performances and detailed explanations of his reasoning each year, it's a pretty interesting read.

ALTERNATE OSCARS (1992)
by Danny Peary


1927-28 - Sunrise - Murnau
1928-29 - Wind, The - Sjostrom
1929-30 - All Quiet on the Western Front - Milestone
1930-31 - City Lights - Chaplin
1931-32 - Scarface: The Shame of a Nation - Hughes
1932-33 - King Kong - Cooper/Shoedsack
1934 - Scarlet Empress, The - von Sternberg
1935 - 39 Steps, The - Hitchcock
1936 - Modern Times - Chaplin
1937 - Stage Door - Dieterlie
1938 - Adventures of Robin Hood, The - Curtiz/Keigley
1939 - Wizard of Oz, The - Fleming et al
1940 - Grapes of Wrath, The - Ford
1941 - Citizen Kane - Welles
1942 - Sullivan's Travels - Sturges
1943 - Casablanca - Curtiz
1944 - Double Indemnity - Wilder
1945 - They Were Expendable - Ford
1946 - It's a Wonderful Life - Capra
1947 - Monsieur Verdoux - Chaplin
1948 - Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Huston
1949 - Gun Crazy - Lewis
1950 - Sunset Blvd. - Wilder
1951 - Strangers on a Train - Hitchcock
1952 - Singin' in the Rain - Donen/Kelly
1953 - Shane - Stevens
1954 - Salt of the Earth - Biberman
1955 - Night of the Hunter, The - Laughton
1956 - Searchers, The - Ford
1957 - Paths of Glory - Kubrick
1958 - Touch of Evil - Welles
1959 - Some Like it Hot - Wilder
1960 - Psycho - Hitchcock
1961 - West Side Story - Wise/Robbins
1962 - Ride the High Country - Peckinpah
1963 - NONE
1964 - Dr. Strangelove: or... - Kubrick
1965 - Repulsion - Polanski
1966 - Cul-de-Sac - Polanski
1967 - Bonnie and Clyde - Penn
1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Kubrick
1969 - Once Upon a Time in the West - Leone
1970 - Five Easy Pieces - Rafelson
1971 - McCabe and Mrs. Miller - Altman
1972 - Godfather, The - Coppola
1973 - American Graffiti - Lucas
1974 - Chinatown - Polanski
1975 - Man Who Would Be King, The - Huston
1976 - Front, The - Ritt
1977 - Annie Hall - Allen
1978 - Coming Home - Ashby
1979 - Manhattan - Allen
1980 - Raging Bull - Scorsese
1981 - Reds - Beatty
1982 - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - Spielberg
1983 - Right Stuff, The - Kaufman
1984 - Killing Fields, The - Joffe
1985 - Brazil - Gilliam
1986 - Platoon - Stone
1987 - Empire of the Sun - Spielberg
1988 - World Apart, A - Menges
1989 - Henry V - Branagh
1990 - Miller's Crossing - Coen
1991 - Angel at my Table, An - Campion