For the years prior to 1980, I'll avoid personal commentary, and just list the year's winner, noting when I disagree with the Academy's final vote.
1979 - Kramer vs. Kramer (Jeff's pick: Apocalypse Now)
1978 - The Deer Hunter
1977 - Annie Hall (Jeff's pick: Star Wars)
1976 - Rocky (Jeff's picks: All the President's Men or Network)
1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1974 - The Godfather Part II (Chinatown is a close second!)
1973 - The Sting
1972 - The Godfather
1971 - The French Connection (Jeff's pick: Fiddler on the Roof)
1970 - Patton
1969 - Midnight Cowboy
1968 - Oliver! (Jeff's pick: 2001: A Space Odyssey or The Lion in Winter)
1967 - In the Heat of the Night (Jeff's Pick: Cool Hand Luke)
1966 - A Man for All Seasons
1965 - The Sound of Music (Jeff's Pick: Doctor Zhivago)
1964 - My Fair Lady (Jeff's Pick: Becket or Dr. Strangelove)
1963 - Tom Jones
1962 - Lawrence of Arabia (Jeff's Pick: To Kill a Mockingbird)
1961 - West Side Story (Jeff's Pick: Judgment at Nuremberg)
1960 - The Apartment
1959 - Ben-Hur
1958 - Gigi (Jeff's Pick: The Defiant Ones)
1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai (Jeff's Pick: Witness for the Prosecution)
1956 - Around the World in Eighty Days (Jeff's Pick: Giant)
1955 - Marty
1954 - On the Waterfront
1953 - From Here to Eternity
1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth (Jeff's Pick: High Noon)
1951 - An American in Paris (Jeff's Pick: A Streetcar Named Desire or Quo Vadis)
1950 - All About Eve
1949 - All the King's Men (Jeff's Pick: Twelve O'Clock High)
1948 - Hamlet
1947 - Gentlemen's Agreement
1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives (Jeff's Pick: It's a Wonderful Life)
1945 - The Lost Weekend
1944 - Going My Way (Jeff's Pick: Double Indemnity)
1943 - Casablanca
1942 - Mrs. Miniver (Jeff's Pick: Yankee Doodle Dandy)
1941 - How Green Was My Valley (Jeff's Pick: Citizen Kane or The Maltese Falcon)
1940 - Rebecca (Jeff's Pick: The Great Dictator or The Philadelphia Story)
1939 - Gone With the Wind
1938 - You Can't Take It With You (Jeff's Pick: Boys Town)
1937 - The Life of Emile Zola (Jeff's Pick: The Good Earth)
And that's about as far back as I go, except to say that the Academy got it right in 1934 with It Happened One Night and in 1931 with Grand Hotel. Both great flicks!
Hope you enjoyed this stroll down Oscar lane!
2 comments:
Pastor Jeff,
Have you actually seen all the movies you picked as Oscar winners, and if so, when do you find time to read all the novels that you quote from in your blogs.?
Yes, I've seen them all. I don't watch TV shows anymore, and here in Michigan where I have no close family or friends, it gives me more free time to read and watch movies I love.
Translation: I remain the nerd that you knew back in the 80's.
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