Top Ten: Best Picture Winners

by Christopher Misch
01, March 2011Top TenView Comments

>> My Selections

1. Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992)

2. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean, 1957)

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003)

4. Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)

5. Ben-Hur (Wyler, 1959)

6. No Country for Old Men (Coens, 2007)

7. Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993)

8. Amadeus (Forman, 1984)

9. Braveheart (Gibson, 1995)

10. The English Patient (Minghella, 1996)

 

>>Your Selections

1. The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) 60%

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) 53%

3. The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) 53%

4. The Hurt Locker (Bigelow, 2009) 47%

5. Titanic (Cameron, 1997) 40%

6. No Country for Old Men (Coens, 2007) 40%

7. Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) 40%

8. Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) 40%

9. Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993) 33%

10. Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) 33%

Christopher Misch
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I've always loved movies, but it wasn't until under the tutelage of Professor Garry Leonard at the University of Toronto that my passion for the industry became an understanding of an art form. With a specific fascination in both the western genre and Asian cinema in general, I am of the view that good movies are either enlightening or entertaining, and if you are truly lucky they are both.
  • http://twitter.com/paolocase Paolo Miguel Kagaoan

    Titanic, (Lucas, 1977)? Nice revisionist history there lol. Didn’t figure you as a Star Wars fan. :P

  • http://twitter.com/LightWL Light Within Light

    I am now commenting via my Twitter account. What an age we live in. Uhm. Yeah. Interesting lists. Lots of variety. But more of my votes should obviously be here. Just sayin….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    Lots of variety indeed. Nice that there only some overlap. ‘The Hurt Locker’ ranking so high is really surprising to me. I mean, it’s good don’t get me wrong.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    My mistake. Thanks for pointing out the error. What you think of the lists?

  • http://twitter.com/josekicksass Jose Solís

    I’m shocked “Titanic” made it, I thought everyone hated it and I’d be the only one who loved its corniness…yay though!

  • http://www.thatmoviesucked.com/ ThatMovieSucked.com

    Agreed. Hurt Locker is a solid movie, but among the great Best Pictures of all time? Not sure.

    That goes triple for Titanic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hari-Keshan/500122297 Hari Keshan

    A little shocked the Godfather did not even crack the top ten, however, the other picks that were made were solid and fair choices. Its somewhat hard to narrow down a list of 10 with such great movies out there, however, this list itself seems to be one that is fair and just. Keep up the excellent work! Awaiting the latest movie review from Chris and the first movie review from Vakeesh!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hari-Keshan/500122297 Hari Keshan

    Yea I agree with you on that Chris. Hurt Locker was ranked quite high by the Next Projection community.

  • http://twitter.com/HariKeshan Hari Keshan

    A little shocked the Godfather did not even crack the top ten, however, the other picks that were made were solid and fair choices. Its somewhat hard to narrow down a list of 10 with such great movies out there, however, this list itself seems to be one that is fair and just. Keep up the excellent work! Awaiting the latest movie review from Chris and the first movie review from Vakeesh!

  • http://twitter.com/Mighty_XM Methulan.M

    Both sets of lists had its suprises especially the order but another top 10 list done right. Keep it up #nextprojection

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    At least, ‘Crash’ didn’t make an appearance or else I’d be angry.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    I’m with you on this one, though like many I have to admit I have a soft spot for ‘Titanic’.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    Guess that means you have a real original Top Ten, which is cool in itself.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    Though it didn’t make my list, ‘Titanic’ will always be a great film in my mind. Not just from a purely visual standpoint, but from a romantic one as well. I wonder how big of an actor Leo would have become if it wasn’t for this film. This really put him on the map and catapulted his career.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    I have to admit to being impartial to gangster flicks, but I can appreciate the greatness of ‘The Godfather’. There’s just ten other Best Picture Winners I enjoy more.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    And it was hard narrowing down to 10. And thanks for the kind comments.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    Thanks my man.

  • http://twitter.com/paolocase Paolo Miguel Kagaoan

    Some risky and honest choices on your part. Braveheart and The English Patient are really divisive, which makes me wanna actually check them out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    If I had to pick out of those two, I’d say you’re more likely to prefer ‘The English Patient’. Just seems like something you’d appreciate.

  • http://www.nextdoorcritic.com/ Sammy V

    Glad to see some love given to Casablanca and Unforgiven. Though I’m surprised to see neither Godfather films made your personal list.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-D-Misch/28134555 Chris D. Misch

    I’m usually impartial to gangster movies, and I’ll admit The Godfather is certainly one of the best them. Maybe one of our next top tens we’ll strictly focus of gangster movies. Now, that should get some great discussion going.

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