Key: WATCHED
MY FAV
IN THEATER
BP
2017:
Dunkirk (7/23/17)
~epic experience/great scale of Dunkirk with great sounds and score (70mm) (3.5)
2016:
Moonlight
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Hidden Figures
Fences
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion (7/17/2017) (6 Nominations)
~first half of the movie was fast/great, second half is slow/boring…..thought Sunny was the best part of the film (score too)! (3)
2015:
Spotlight
The Revenant
The Big Short
The Martian
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
2014:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game (7/22/17) (8 Nominations, 1 Win)
~great performances from Cumberbatch and Knightley, loved screenplay (3)
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
2013:
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Captain Phillips
Nebraska
2012:
Argo
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook
Django Unchained
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
2011:
The Artist
The Help
The Descendants
Hugo
Midnight in Paris 4/1/17 (1 Win, 4 Nominations)
~nostalgic fun with owen wilson, allen provides great direction and script (3)
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2010:
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right (7/23/17)(4 Nominations)
~enjoyed screenplay---felt authentic and performances felt very real, awkwardly okay (2.5)
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone 6/16/17 (4 Nominations)
~Enjoyed John Hakes and my favorite Jennifer Lawrence performance, felt like the backcountry was told accurately (3)
2009:
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air (7/23/17) (6 Nominations)
~Great ensemble, interesting plot…..surprised with Anna Kendrick nom. (3)
2008:
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
2007:
No Country for Old Men
Atonement (7/28/17) (7 Nominations, 1 Win)
~exceptional cinematography (that tracking shot of dunkirk!!!) great metaphors and an excellent saorise ronan! (4)
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
2006:
The Departed
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen (7/27/17)(6 Nominations, 1 Win)
~Mirren delivers a winning performance, good period piece of source material (3)
2005:
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night and Good Luck
Munich
2004:
Million Dollar Baby (7/30/17) (4 Wins, 7 Nominations)
~powerful film thanks to performances from Swank, Eastwood, and Freeman. Eastwood direction superb (4)
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways
The Aviator
2003:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation 7/24/17 (4 Nominations, 1 Win)
~screenplay fantastic, fun to see Murray in this role….good mise en scene (3.5)
Master and Commander
Mystic River 4/2/17 (2 Wins, 6 Nominations)
~well acted and great direction from Eastwood, great screenplay (4)
Seabiscuit
2002:
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours 4/3/17 (1 Win, 9 Nominations)
~great ensemble, surprising appearance by claire danes, but not my cup of tea (2.5)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
2001:
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
Moulin Rouge
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2000:
Gladiator
Chocolat
Erin Brockovich
Traffic
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
1999:
American Beauty
The Cider House Rules 7/29/17 (2 Wins, 7 Nominations)
~enjoyed the score and design of sets, fun to see maguire and theron early in their career. (3)
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Sixth Sense
1998:
Shakespeare in Love
Elizabeth
Life is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
1997:
Titanic
As Good as It Gets
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
The Full Monty
1996:
The English Patient
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Secrets & Lies
Shine (Presented by Al Pacino)
1995:
Braveheart
Apollo 13
Babe
The Postman
Sense and Sensibility
1994:
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption
1993:
Schindler's List
In the Name of the Father
The Fugitive
The Piano
The Remains of the Day
1992:
Unforgiven 4/9/17 (4 Wins, 9 Nominations)
~Eastwood stars and directs in this classic western. (3.5)
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman
The Crying Game
1991:
The Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides
1990:
Dances With Wolves
Awakenings
Ghost
Goodfellas
The Godfather, Part III
1989:
Driving Miss Daisy
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1988:
Rain Man
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
The Accidental Tourist
Working Girl
1987:
The Last Emperor
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
Hope and Glory
Moonstruck
1986:
Platoon
A Room with a View
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
1985:
Out of Africa
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi’s Honor
The Color Purple
Witness
1984:
Amadeus
A Passage to India
A Soldier’s Story
Places in the Heart
The Killing Fields
1983:
Terms of Endearment
Tender Mercies
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
1982:
Gandhi
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Missing
The Verdict
Tootsie
1981:
Chariots of Fire
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond 4/11/17 (3 Wins, 10 Nominations)
~Henry Fonda gives his best in his last performance, charming,moving, and witty (3.3)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
1980:
Ordinary People
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Raging Bull
Tess
The Elephant Man
1979:
Kramer vs. Kramer
All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Breaking Away
Norma Rae
1978:
The Deer Hunter
An Unmarried Woman
Coming Home
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express
1977:
Annie Hall
Julia
Star Wars
The Goodbye Girl
The Turning Point
1976:
Rocky
All the President’s Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
1975:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
1974:
The Godfather, Part II
Chinatown
Lenny
The Conversation
The Towering Inferno
1973:
The Sting
A Touch of Class
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
Cries and Whispers
1972:
The Godfather
Cabaret
Deliverance
Sounder
The Emigrants
1971:
The French Connection
A Clockwork Orange
Fiddler on the Roof
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Last Picture Show
1970:
Patton
Airport
Five Easy Pieces
Love Story
MASH
1969:
Midnight Cowboy
Anne of the Thousand Days
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hello Dolly!
Z
1968:
Oliver!
Funny Girl
Rachel Rachel
Romeo and Juliet
The Lion in Winter
1967:
In the Heat of the Night
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
The Graduate
1966:
A Man for All Seasons
Alfie
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
The Sand Pebbles
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1965:
The Sound of Music
A Thousand Clowns
Darling
Doctor Zhivago
Ship of Fools
1964:
My Fair Lady
Alexis Zorbas
Becket
Dr. Strangelove
Mary Poppins
1963:
Tom Jones
America America
Cleopatra
How the West Was Won
Lilies of the Field
1962:
Lawrence of Arabia
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Longest Day
The Music Man
To Kill a Mockingbird
1961:
West Side Story
Fanny
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Guns of Navarone
The Hustler
1960:
The Apartment
Elmer Gantry
Sons and Lovers
The Alamo
The Sundowners
1959:
Ben-Hur
Anatomy of a Murder
Room at the Top
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun’s Story
1958:
Gigi
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Separate Tables
The Defiant Ones
1957:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
12 Angry Men
Peyton Place
Sayonara
Witness for the Prosecution
1956:
Around the World in Eighty Days
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
1955:
Marty
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
1954:
On the Waterfront
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Three Coins in the Fountain
1953:
From Here to Eternity
Julius Caesar
Roman Holiday
Shane
The Robe
1952:
The Greatest Show on Earth
High Noon
Ivanhoe
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man
1951:
An American in Paris
A Place in the Sun
A Streetcar Named Desire
Decision Before Dawn
Quo Vadis
1950:
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
King Solomon’s Mines
Sunset Blvd.
1949:
All the King’s Men
A Letter to Three Wives
Battleground
The Heiress
Twelve O’Clock High
1948:
Hamlet
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1947:
Gentleman’s Agreement
Crossfire
Great Expectations
Miracle on 34th Street
The Bishop’s Wife
1946:
The Best Years of Our Lives
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with his Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
The Razor’s Edge
The Yearling
1945:
The Lost Weekend
Anchors Aweigh
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound
The Bells of St. Mary’s
1944:
Going My Way
Double Indemnity
Gaslight
Since You Went Away
Wilson (Presented by Hal B. Wallis)
1943:
Casablanca
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
In Which We Serve
Madame Curie
The Human Comedy
The More the Merrier
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Watch on the Rhine
1942:
Mrs. Miniver
49th Parallel
Kings Row
Random Harvest
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pied Piper
The Pride of the Yankees
The Talk of the Town
Wake Island
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1941:
How Green Was My Valley
Blossoms in the Dust
Citizen Kane
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hold Back the Dawn
One Foot in Heaven
Sergeant York
Suspicion
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
1940:
Rebecca
All This and Heaven Too
Foreign Correspondent
Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman
Our Town
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Dictator
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
The Philadelphia Story
1939:
Gone with the Wind
Dark Victory
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
1938:
You Can’t Take it With You
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Boys Town
Four Daughters
Jezebel
La grande illusion
Pygmalion
Test Pilot
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Citadel
1937:
The Life of Emile Zola
A Star Is Born
Captains Courageous
Dead End
In Old Chicago
Lost Horizon
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Stage Door
The Awful Truth
The Good Earth
1936:
The Great Ziegfeld
A Tale of Two Cities
Anthony Adverse
Dodsworth
Libeled Lady
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Romeo and Juliet
San Francisco
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Three Smart Girls
1935:
Mutiny on the Bounty
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Alice Adams
Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood
Les misérables Naughty Marietta
Ruggles of Red Gap
The Informer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
The Personal History
Adventures
Experience & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger
Top Hat
1934:
It Happened One Night
Cleopatra
Flirtation Walk
Here Comes the Navy
Imitation of Life
One Night of Love
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Gay Divorcee
The House of Rothschild
The Thin Man
The White Parade
Viva Villa!
1932-33:
Cavalcade
42nd Street
A Farewell to Arms
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Lady for a Day
Little Women
She Done Him Wrong
Smilin’ Through
State Fair
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1931-32:
Grand Hotel
Arrowsmith
Bad Girl
Five Star Final
One Hour with You
Shanghai Express
The Champ
The Smiling Lieutenant
1930-31:
Cimarron
East Lynne
Skippy
The Front Page
Trader Horn
1929-30:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Disraeli
The Divorcee
The Big House
The Love Parade
1928-29:
The Broadway Melody
Alibi
In Old Arizona
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
The Patriot (*unofficial nominees deemed by AMPAS)
1927-28:
Wings — (best picture, production)
7th Heaven
The Racket
1927-28:
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans — (best picture, unique and artistic production)
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
The Crowd
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