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I own these movies:

No Country for Old Men -2007
Departed, The -2006
Crash -2005
Million Dollar Baby -2004
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The -2003
Chicago -2002
Beautiful Mind, A -2001
Gladiator -2000
American Beauty -1999
Shakespeare in Love -1998
Titanic -1997
English Patient, The -1996
Braveheart -1995
Forrest Gump -1994
Schindler's List -1993
Unforgiven -1992
Silence of the Lambs, The -1991
Dances with Wolves -1990
Rain Man -1988
Last Emperor, The -1987
Platoon -1986
Amadeus -1984
Chariots of Fire -1981
Kramer vs. Kramer -1979
Deer Hunter, The -1978
Annie Hall -1977
Rocky -1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -1975
Godfather: Part II, The -1974
Sting, The -1973
Godfather, The -1972
French Connection, The -1971
Patton -1970
Midnight Cowboy -1969
In the Heat of the Night -1967
Sound of Music, The -1965
My Fair Lady -1964
Tom Jones -1963
Lawrence of Arabia -1962
West Side Story -1961
Apartment, The -1960
Ben-Hur -1959
Bridge on the River Kwai, The -1957
Around the World in Eighty Days -1956
Marty -1955
On the Waterfront -1954
From Here to Eternity -1953
American in Paris, An -1951
All About Eve -1950
All the King's Men -1949
Hamlet -1948
Gentleman's Agreement -1947
Best Years of Our Lives, The -1946
Lost Weekend, The -1945
Casablanca -1943
How Green Was My Valley -1941
Rebecca -1940
Gone with the Wind -1939
You Can't Take It with You -1938
Mutiny on the Bounty -1935
It Happened One Night -1934
All Quiet on the Western Front -1930

No Country for Old Men
The departed
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon(in my world it won best picture and no one can tell me any different ).
American Beauty
Forrest Gump
Silence of the Lambs
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Godfather 2
Godfather
West Side Story
Gone with the Wind

15. (Godfather 1 &2 are BD, the rest are SD)

American Beauty
A Beautiful Mind
Braveheart
Chicago
Crash
The Departed
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Million Dollar Baby
Rocky
The Silence of the Lambs
Titanic

none

16 SD - 9 Laserdisc

Wings was the overall Best Picture winner.
Sunset won for BEST UNIQUE and ARTISTIC PICTURE

I think we have to count both Wings and Sunrise as the best picture winner for that year. They later changed category names and retroactively put Wings in the category that continued on, with the category for Sunrise only being done that once.

I think most consider Sunrise the better picture, and I see it on many top ten of all-time lists (including my own by the way).

They need to BRING BACK this catigory, and put all of these Obscure Movies they keep giving the Awards to in it, leaving BEST PICTURE for the Blockbusters most of us prefer to see!

No Country for Old Men -2007
Departed, The -2006
Crash -2005
Million Dollar Baby -2004
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The -2003
Chicago -2002
Beautiful Mind, A -2001
Gladiator -2000
American Beauty -1999
Shakespeare in Love -1998
Titanic -1997
English Patient, The -1996
Braveheart -1995
Forrest Gump -1994
Schindler's List -1993
Unforgiven -1992
Silence of the Lambs, The -1991
Rain Man -1988
Out of Africa -1985
Amadeus -1984
Annie Hall -1977
Rocky -1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -1975
Godfather: Part II, The -1974
Sting, The -1973
Godfather, The -1972
French Connection, The -1971
Patton -1970
Lawrence of Arabia -1962
West Side Story -1961
Ben-Hur -1959
Casablanca -1943
Gone with the Wind -1939

But how do you define "best"? Sure, Dark Knight and Iron Man and the like might be more entertaining and sell more, but they aren't "better" done films than the five nominees this year.

The Academy Awards aren't meant to celebrate entertainment or money generation, they are meant to celebrate film making.

edit to add here, so as to keep the thread derail at a minimum:
I'll disagree (slightly, those two films were maybe the 8th and 9th best made films of the year). Let's use the Academy to break our tie. Oh snap!

Gone with the Wind (1939)
Casablanca (1943)
All About Eve (1950)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Godfather (1972)
The Sting (1973)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Amadeus (1984)
Platoon (1986)
[b]Dances with Wolves[b] (1990)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Unforgiven (1992)
Schindler's List (1993)
American Beauty (1999)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The Departed (2006)
No Country for Old Men (2007)

and I will own:

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

The ones in bold I've actually seen. I haven't had the chance to finish Amadeus and the second disc of Godfather Part II rotted before I got a chance to see it. Oh well. Will wait for a good deal on the Blu-ray.

20/81

More than I thought, actually.

The Dark Knight and Iron Man were both better than Slumdog Millionaire.

Casablanca
The Sting
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Annie Hall
Terms of Endearment
Rain Man

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the typical American film-goer.

TOTAL: 19

39- Gone With the Wind
43- Casablanca
62- Lawrence of Arabia
71- The French Connection
72- The Godfather*
74- The Godfather: Part II*
75- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*
76- Rocky
86- Platoon
90- Dances With Wolves
91- The Silence of the Lambs
93- Schindler's List
94- Forrest Gump
99- American Beauty
00- Gladiator
03- LOTR: TROTK
04- Million Dollar Baby
06- The Departed*
07- No Country For Old Men*

*= Blu-ray

Popcorn, you should really invest in the WB Garbo set. If you think Louise Brooks is a captivating screen presence....

thanks

i own 17 i think... i thought i owned more!

No Country for Old Men -2007
Departed, The -2006
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The -2003
Schindler's List -1993
Unforgiven -1992
Godfather: Part II, The -1974
Sting, The -1973
Godfather, The -1972
In the Heat of the Night -1967
Lawrence of Arabia -1962
Apartment, The -1960
All About Eve -1950
Gentleman's Agreement -1947
Casablanca -1943
How Green Was My Valley -1941
Rebecca -1940
Gone with the Wind -1939
It Happened One Night -1934

11 for me:

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Platoon (1986)
Rain Man (1988)
Lord of the Rings: ROTK (2003)
The Departed (2006)
No Country for Old Men (2007)

Looks like 50 for me... I also used to own Midnight Cowboy (2-disk) and the FF CHariots of Fire but sold them off)





No Country for Old Men (Region 2)-2007
Departed, The (2-disk Se)-2006
Crash -2005
Million Dollar Baby (2-disk)-2004
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (3 copies- 2-disk Theatrical; 4-disk Extended cut; 2-disk Limited Edition) -2003
Beautiful Mind, A (2-disk Awards Edition)-2001
Gladiator (2 copies- Sig Series 2- disk Se; 3-disk Extended Edition)-2000
American Beauty (Awards Edition)-1999
Shakespeare in Love (Collector's Series) -1998
Titanic (3-disk SE) -1997
English Patient, The (2-disk) -1996
Braveheart (2 copies- 1 disk and 2-disk SE)-1995
Forrest Gump (2-disk SCE) -1994
Schindler's List (deluxe box set with book and CD) -1993
Unforgiven (2-disk SE) -1992
Silence of the Lambs, The (3 copies: 1 disk SE, 2-disk Collector's Edition, and Criterion) -1991
Dances with Wolves (2-disk Extended Edition)-1990
Driving Miss Daisy (SE)-1989
Rain Man (SE)-1988
Last Emperor, The (4-disk Criterion)-1987
Platoon -1986
Out of Africa (CE)-1985
Amadeus (2-disk SE)-1984
Gandhi (2-disk SE)-1982
Chariots of Fire -1981
Deer Hunter, The (2 copies; 2-disk Legacy series and R2 optimum 2-disk SE))-1978
Rocky (2-disk SE) -1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2-disk SE) -1975
Godfather: Part II, The -1974
Sting, The (2-disk Legacy series)-1973
Godfather, The -1972
French Connection, The (2-disk SE) -1971
Patton (2-disk SE) -1970
In the Heat of the Night (SE)-1967
Sound of Music, The (2-disk SE)-1965
My Fair Lady (2-disk SE)-1964
Lawrence of Arabia(Collector's Edition) -1962
Gigi -1958
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (Collector's Edition) -1957
Around the World in Eighty Days (2-disk SE)-1956
On the Waterfront (SE) -1954
From Here to Eternity -1953
American in Paris, An (2-disk SE)-1951
All About Eve -1950
Gentleman's Agreement -1947
Casablanca(2-disk SE) -1943
How Green Was My Valley (2 Copies- Fox Best Picture winers collection; John Ford essential) -1941
Rebecca (Criterion) -1940
Gone with the Wind (4-disk SE)-1939
Grand Hotel (SE)-1932

Did an inventory and found 29:
1929 - The Broadway Melody
1932 - Grand Hotel
1934 - It Happened One Night
1936 - The Great Ziegfeld
1938 - You Can't Take It with You
1939 - Gone with the Wind
1943 - Casablanca
1949 - All the King's Men
1951 - An American in Paris
1952 - The Greatest Show On Earth
1956 - Around the World in 80 Days
1958 - Gigi
1959 - Ben-Hur
1960 - The Apartment
1961 - West Side Story
1964 - My Fair Lady
1969 - Midnight Cowboy
1971 - The French Connection
1972 - The Godfather
1973 - The Sting
1974 - The Godfather Part II
1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1977 - Annie Hall
1983 - Terms of Endearment
1984 - Amadeus
1992 - Unforgiven
1997 - Titanic
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2004 - Million Dollar Baby

Perusing the list, there were a few titles I was surprised I have yet to acquire and....
chuckled at a few crowned turds I will never buy
I think I will inventory my nominations as well, thanks for that suggestion.

No Country For Old Men
The Departed
Crash
Unforgiven
Silence of the Lambs
Platoon
The Deer Hunter
The Godfather
The Godfather II

9.

= J

Thanks for clearing that up. Saw Sunrise for the first time about a year ago. LOVED it. *Still waiting for the price to drop on the current DVD*

The Departed
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Chicago
Gladiator
Titanic
The Silence of the Lambs
The Godfather: Part II
The Godfather

- Rebecca
- The Godfather
- The Godfather Part II
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
- Platoon
- The Last Emperor
- Rain Man
- Schindler's List
- Forrest Gump
- Braveheart
- Titanic
- American Beauty
- Gladiator
- A Beautiful Mind
- The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
- Crash
- The Departed

So I guess 17.

And I'll be picking up the 3-disc "No Country For Old Men" and "Slumdog Millionaire" eventually, one I'm sure that won't somehow be double-dipped.

Lawrence of Arabia
Patton
The Sting
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rocky
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
Rain Man
Dances With Wolves
The Silence of the Lambs
Unforgiven
Forrest Gump
Braveheart
Titanic (1997)
American Beauty
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind
Million Dollar Baby
The Departed
No Country for Old Men

20!