Jonathan Kan said:
Best Picture:
1965 - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1969 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
1974 - Last Tango in Paris
Jonathan Kan said:
Best Picture:
1980 - Apocalypse Now
Jonathan Kan said:
Best Picture:
1984 - The Right Stuff
Improbable, IMO, but I agree.
Jonathan Kan said:
Best Picture:
1994 - Pulp Fiction
The only one I agree with & actually has a chance of winning.
Jonathan Kan said:
Best Picture:
1998 - L.A. Confidential
Considering this was essentially two films,
it really should be co-nominated, & lose both times...but not to
Titanic.
Best Picture 1941: "Citizen Kane" One of the best films that will ever be made.
Best Picture 1944: "The Ox-Bow Incident"
Best Picture 1945: "Double Indemnity"
Best Picture 1953: "High Noon"
Best Picture 1954: "Stalag 17"
Best Picture 1955: "The Caine Mutiny" (if only to deny that SOB Kazan
)
Best Picture 1961: "Psycho"
Best Picture 1962: "Judgement at Nuremberg"
Best Picture 1963: "Becket"
Best Picture 1970: "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid"
Best Picture 1971: "M*A*S*H"
Best Picture 1975: "Chinatown"
Best Picture 1977: "Network" (How hard could it be to beat "Rocky"?
)
Best Picture 1985: "A Soldier's Story"
Best Picture 1988: "Broadcast News"
Best Picture 1990: "Pulp Fiction" (Beats "Forest Gump" all hollow.
I'm tempted to tie it with "Quiz Show", which was strong, too.)
Best Picture 1996: "The Usual Suspects"
Best Picture 1998: "L.A. Confidential" (but only because "Titanic" was so awful
)
Best Picture 2000: "The Insider"
Best Picture 2001: "The Contender"
Best Picture 2001: "Road to Perdition"
Best Picture 2006: "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Best Picture 2008: "Michael Clayton"
Best Director 1954: Hitch, "Rear Window"
Best Director 1961: Hitch, "Psycho"
Best Director 1961: Peter Glenville, "Becket"
Best Director 1968: Norman Jewison, "In the Heat of the Night"
Best Director 1971: Robert Altman, "M*A*S*H" (Scott still gets "Best Actor" for "Patton")
Best Director 1975: Roman Polanski, "Chinatown"
Best Director 1977: Sidney Lumet, "Network"
Best Director 1983: Wolfgang Petersen, "Das Boot"
Best Director 1985: Roland Joffe, "The Killing Fields"
Best Director 1990: Peter Weir, "Dead Poets Society"
Best Director 1995: Quentin Tarantino, "Pulp Fiction"
Best Director 1996: Ron Howard, "Apollo 13" (Anybody that can make it so suspensful when I know the outcome deserves it.
)
Best Director 1998: Curtis Hanson, "L.A. Confidential" (but only because "Titanic" was so awful
)
Best Director 2001: Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (not a fan of wire fu)
Best Director 2008: Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Best Actor 1945: Fred MacMurray, "Double Indemnity"
Best Actor 1962: Peter O'Toole, "Becket"
Best Actor 1969: Peter O'Toole, "The Lion in Winter"
Best Actor 1977: Peter Finch, "Network"/John Wayne, "The Shootist" (tie)
Best Actor 1980: Peter Sellers, "Being There"
Best Actor 1981: Peter O'Toole, "The Stunt Man"
Best Actress 1969: Katherine Hepburn, "The Lion in Winter" (no tie with Streisand...)
Best Actress 1974: Glenda Jackson, "A Touch of Class"/Tatum O'Neal, "Paper Moon" (How in hell you get nom'd for "Best Supporting" when you're in damn near every shot is beyond me...
) Makes this the first ever tie.
Best Supporting Actor 1955: Fred MacMurray, "The Caine Mutiny" (MacMurray as a bad guy is awesome.)
Best Supporting Actor 1968: Sidney Poitier, "In the Heat of the Night" (It is outrageous he never even got nominated for it.
)
Best Supporting Actor 1970: Jack Nicholson, "Easy Rider"
Best Supporting Actor 2002: Tom Hanks, "Road to Perdition" (Probably the best performance of his career.)
