Film How many Oscar winning Best Picture movies have you seen in the 21st century?

[Reditus]

Also which is your favourite and least favourite of the ones you have watched

• 2022 - "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
• 2021 - "CODA"
• 2020 - "Parasite"
• 2019 - "Green Book"
• 2018 - "The Shape of Water"
• 2017 - "Moonlight"
• 2016 - "Spotlight"
• 2015 - "Birdman"
• 2014 - "12 Years a Slave"
• 2013 - "Argo"
• 2012 - "The Artist"
• 2011 - "The King's Speech"
• 2010 - "The Hurt Locker"
• 2009 - "Slumdog Millionaire"
• 2008 - "No Country for Old Men"
• 2007 - "The Departed"
• 2006 - "Crash"
• 2005 - "Million Dollar Baby"
• 2004 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
• 2003 - "Chicago"
• 2002 - "A Beautiful Mind"
• 2001 - "Gladiator"
• 2000 - "American Beauty"

Seen - 18
Favourite - ROTK
Least Favourite - Birdman

 

[Reditus]

Im somehow missing Nomadland. I lost a year. Oh well

 

[Jev]

I’ve seen all except CODA.

Least favourite (by far): Crash.

Favourite: Too difficult but it’s one out of Parasite, Birdman, Moonlight, Spotlight or No Country for Old Men.

 

[Solius]

Seen all except CODA, Green Book, 12 Years a Slave, The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire, Million Dollar Baby & A Beautiful Mind

 

[Mike Smalling]

Seen about half of those. No Country for Old Men and The Departed are among my favorite movies ever.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Seen: 13
Favourite: LOTR followed by Slumdog

Worst of the 13 I’ve seen: Crash (preferred the also crap 90’s Crash to be honest)

 

[The Cat]

Wow I've only seen 4.

 

[Carolina Red]

• 2022 - "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
• 2021 - "CODA"
• 2020 - "Parasite"
• 2019 - "Green Book"
• 2018 - "The Shape of Water"
• 2017 - "Moonlight"
• 2016 - "Spotlight"
• 2015 - "Birdman"
• 2014 - "12 Years a Slave"
• 2013 - "Argo"
• 2012 - "The Artist"
• 2011 - "The King's Speech"
• 2010 - "The Hurt Locker"
• 2009 - "Slumdog Millionaire"
• 2008 - "No Country for Old Men"
• 2007 - "The Departed"
• 2006 - "Crash"
• 2005 - "Million Dollar Baby"
• 2004 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
• 2003 - "Chicago"
• 2002 - "A Beautiful Mind"
• 2001 - "Gladiator"
• 2000 - "American Beauty"

Seen - 14
Favourite - The Departed
Least Favourite - Slumdog Millionaire

 

[SilentWitness]

Also which is your favourite and least favourite of the ones you have watched

• 2022 - "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
• 2021 - "CODA"
• 2020 - "Parasite"
• 2019 - "Green Book"
• 2018 - "The Shape of Water"
• 2017 - "Moonlight"
• 2016 - "Spotlight"
• 2015 - "Birdman"
• 2014 - "12 Years a Slave"
• 2013 - "Argo"
• 2012 - "The Artist"
• 2011 - "The King's Speech"
• 2010 - "The Hurt Locker"
• 2009 - "Slumdog Millionaire"
• 2008 - "No Country for Old Men"
• 2007 - "The Departed"
• 2006 - "Crash"
• 2005 - "Million Dollar Baby"
• 2004 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
• 2003 - "Chicago"
• 2002 - "A Beautiful Mind"
• 2001 - "Gladiator"
• 2000 - "American Beauty"

Seen - 18
Favourite - ROTK
Least Favourite - Birdman

Same favourite and least favourite.

 

[Eric_the_Red99]

Seen 17.

Favourite: Gladiator or No Country for Old Men

Least favourite: The Shape of Water (del Toro’s evolution from genius horror visionary to purveyor of dull Oscar bait has been such a disappointing career trajectory, imho)

Looking at that list, what’s striking is the divergence between box office hits and Oscar winners/nominees in the 2010s (you might call it the Marvel effect). But that trend seems to be reversing now, with Top Gun: Maverick getting a several nominations last year and Barbie and Oppenheimer dominating this year - all billion dollar movies.

 

[RedSky]

Wow I've only seen 4.

Same.

 

[Jippy]

Only seen 7 and all pretty decent- Gladiator, LOTR, Hurt Locker, American Beauty, No Country, Parasite and Departed.

Fave: Gladiator/AB
Least fave: The Departed

 

[Bertie Wooster]

I've only seen 4 - The King's Speech, The Departed, A Beautiful Mind, American Beauty.

Out of those, The Departed is my favourite as I like Leonardo Di Caprio and Matt Damon as actors.

I've not watched as many films as I should have over the years, though in the last couple of years I've made an effort to watch plenty of them. But a big part of that decision to catch up on older films is because I'm less interested in most of the modern movies or TV shows, and so most of the films I've been watching / re-watching have been pre-21st century (some are also Best Picture winners, but earlier than the years in the OP so don't count to the tally).

 

[RORY65]

Seen them all apart from Crash (I was too young when it came out and have had no desire to watch it since).

My favourite is probably No Country for Old Men, that was generally an unusually strong year for Oscar-y type movies, and my least favourite would probably be Birdman although the Artist and Green Book, along with some others, aren't much cop either.

 

[11101]

• 2017 - "Moonlight"
• 2016 - "Spotlight"
• 2015 - "Birdman"
• 2014 - "12 Years a Slave"
• 2013 - "Argo"
• 2012 - "The Artist"
• 2011 - "The King's Speech"
• 2010 - "The Hurt Locker"
• 2009 - "Slumdog Millionaire"
• 2008 - "No Country for Old Men"
• 2007 - "The Departed"
• 2006 - "Crash"
• 2005 - "Million Dollar Baby"
• 2004 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
• 2002 - "A Beautiful Mind"
• 2001 - "Gladiator"
• 2000 - "American Beauty"

Seen all until the 2018, the year I stopped flying and therefore watching new films on a regular basis. Hard to pick but I'd say Argo or American Beauty are my favourites. The last four are all equally forgettable.

Looking at the chronological list you can see they get progressively more arty and progressively shitter.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Seen 12 of those.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Seen: 13
Favourite: LOTR followed by Slumdog

Worst of the 13 I’ve seen: Crash (preferred the also crap 90’s Crash to be honest)

Excuse me ?
Great book, Great film.

 

[horsechoker]

Seen 12

Can't choose a favourite though

I liked all of them but thought EEAAO was overrated

 

[Jev]

Seen all until the 2018, the year I stopped flying and therefore watching new films on a regular basis. Hard to pick but I'd say Argo or American Beauty are my favourites. The last four are all equally forgettable.

Looking at the chronological list you can see they get progressively more arty and progressively shitter.

Nah, they just get better. Also, how are Argo, 12 Years and Spotlight arty?

 

[horsechoker]

Seen all until the 2018, the year I stopped flying and therefore watching new films on a regular basis. Hard to pick but I'd say Argo or American Beauty are my favourites. The last four are all equally forgettable.

Looking at the chronological list you can see they get progressively more arty and progressively shitter.

Not EEAAO, which is pretty much a standard action-comedy film albeit with some impressive special effects

 

[Unam333]

Watched:
Nomadland
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Parasite
Green Book
Moonlight
Birdman
12 Years a Slave
Argo
The Artist
The King's Speech
The Hurt Locker
Slumdog Millionaire
The Departed
Crash
Million Dollar Baby
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
American Beauty

Not watched:
CODA
The Shape of Water
Spotlight
No Country for Old Men
Chicago

My favorite movies are:
Gladiator, LotR, The Departed, Slumdog Millionaire, The King's Speech, Argo, 12 Years a Slave, Parasite, Green Book.

Not so good movies:
Birdman, Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All At Once.

 

[FrankDrebin]

I liked Moonlight, Birdman, 12 years and Parasite.
Didn't think much of A Shape of Water. GDT hasn't been great since Pan's Labyrinth, though his adaptation of Pinocchio was a step forward on form to some degree.

Must have been a average year for Departed to win. The original is far superior, and even that has issues.

 

[Scandi Red]

Seen: 16

Favorite: LOTR or Parasite

Least favorite: Green Book

 

[Darkhorsez]

Seen all except CODA, Green Book, 12 Years a Slave, The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire, Million Dollar Baby & A Beautiful Mind

Oh boy - you’ve got to see Green Book and Slumdog at the very least soon

 

[DWelbz19]

Seen around half of those. Favourite = LOTR or Moonlight. Least = probably Birdman.

 

[flameinthesun]

Watched:
Nomadland
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Parasite
Green Book
Moonlight
Birdman
12 Years a Slave
Argo
The Artist
The King's Speech
The Hurt Locker
Slumdog Millionaire
The Departed
Crash
Million Dollar Baby
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
American Beauty

Not watched:
CODA
The Shape of Water
Spotlight
No Country for Old Men
Chicago

My favorite movies are:
Gladiator, LotR, The Departed, Slumdog Millionaire, The King's Speech, Argo, 12 Years a Slave, Parasite, Green Book.

Not so good movies:
Birdman, Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Got to disagree on Moonlight, it is a beautiful film. The script, cinematography, acting and soundtrack are all great.

 

[Unam333]

Got to disagree on Moonlight, it is a beautiful film. The script, cinematography, acting and soundtrack are all great.

The movie ended too abruptly for my liking and I didn't care about the characters. Especially Mahershala Ali's character. How he won an Oscar for only 20 minutes screentime l don't know.

I actually prefer La La Land over Moonlight that year and we all know how that ended...

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Excuse me ?
Great book, Great film.

In fairness, I did say I thought it better than an Oscar winner.

 

[Salt Bailly]

Seen 15.

Favourite: American Beauty
Least: Million Dollar Baby

 

[hobbers]

Seen 12 of them, none of the last 8 except Parasite.

Favourites
No Country, Hurt Locker, Parasite

Least favourite
Crash

 

[flameinthesun]

The movie ended too abruptly for my liking and I didn't care about the characters. Especially Mahershala Ali's character. How he won an Oscar for only 20 minutes screentime l don't know.

I actually prefer La La Land over Moonlight that year and we all know how that ended...

I'll give you Ali, he had a good role but I'm not sure it was Oscar worthy. However, the story, the way it was crafted into 3 different eras of the main character's life, the score was so beautiful, some of the shots like when the kid is being screamed at by his mother. That movie got me in the feels big time.

 

[Gavinb33]

8 - Gladiator and Spotlight are my joint favourites and the one i disliked the most was No country for old men but that doesnt mean it was shite

 

[Withnail]

13

I've practically seen them all up until about 2015/2016 and then I seem to have stopped watching so many movies.

Least favourite was Return of the King. I don't get the love at all. I read all the books as a kid a couple do times but the movies were overly long and lost me by the end. I think I mostly enjoyed the first two. For the third one I wanted out of the cinema well before the end white out, black out fade out... Just piss off and finish the fecking film already.

I enjoyed Hurt Locker, King's Speech, Birdman, American Beauty and Gladiator was entertaining.

 

[adexkola]

Crash was amazing

 

[Jev]

Crash was amazing

You forgot the white text.

 

[MiceOnMeth]

Parasite, American beauty and Gladiator

Enjoyed all 3.

 

[Massive Spanner]

Loved:

• 2020 - "Parasite"
• 2008 - "No Country for Old Men"
• 2004 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
• 2001 - "Gladiator"
• 2000 - "American Beauty"

Liked:

• 2022 - "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
• 2021 - "CODA"
• 2016 - "Spotlight"
• 2014 - "12 Years a Slave"
• 2010 - "The Hurt Locker"
• 2007 - "The Departed"
• 2005 - "Million Dollar Baby"
• 2002 - "A Beautiful Mind"

Meh:

• 2017 - "Moonlight"
• 2013 - "Argo"
• 2009 - "Slumdog Millionaire"

Crap:

• 2019 - "Green Book"
• 2015 - "Birdman"
• 2006 - "Crash"

Not seen:

• 2012 - "The Artist"
• 2011 - "The King's Speech"
• 2003 - "Chicago"

 

[Cheimoon]

I've seen them all except for CODA (I had never even heard of it, somehow...), Chicago (no interest), The Shape of Water (not sure I'm interested), and Moonlight (on my list).

The choices are hard to make. Maybe I'll pick Birdman for favorite (cause it's fairly unique in this list) and No Country For Old Man as least favorite (I seem to have a blind spot there, but maybe I need to rewatch it now I've read the book).

 

[Jev]

Surprised so many people dislike Birdman. What did you not like about it?

 

[Cheimoon]

Least favourite was Return of the King. I don't get the love at all. I read all the books as a kid a couple do times but the movies were overly long and lost me by the end. I think I mostly enjoyed the first two. For the third one I wanted out of the cinema well before the end white out, black out fade out... Just piss off and finish the fecking film already.

I think that Oscar was basically for the trilogy, but yes: So. Many. Endings. Although I actually thought pt 2 was the worst: clearly an 'in-between' film, and clearly Jackson was also out of ideas on how to keep switching between the storylines (let's do another 'swooping in' shot!).