All-Time Oscars: Best Picture

By Neil Miller · Published on March 3rd, 2006

Around here we dig movies, if you haven’t already noticed. The staff of Film School Rejects is very intentionally a very diverse staff with extremely contrasting taste in movies. Or at least that’s what we tell ourselves so that we can sleep at night. And in the spirit of Oscar week we have decided to bring to you a very special feature. I asked all of the Staff Writers to provide a list of their all-time favorite Oscar winners the Best Picture Category. There was much internal debate and I imagine there was much deep thought put into the process, so without further ado I bring you our special “Vault” feature of the week:

The Film School Rejects‘ All-Time Greatest Oscar Winners

Best Picture

Neil M.	Ben Hur (1959) The Godfather (1972) Rocky (1976) Rain Man (1988) Dances with Wolves (1990) Gladiator (2000)
Tara S.	Gone with the Wind (1939) Godfather II (1974) Unforgiven (1992) Oliver (1968)
Brian G.	The Godfather (1972) The Godfather II (1974) The Deer Hunter (1978) One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975) Schindler’s List (1993) American Beauty (1999)
Matthew A .	Casablanca (1942) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Patton (1970) The Godfather (1972) Amadeus (1984) Schindler’s List (1993) Braveheart (1995)

There you have it… Feel free to agree or disagree…

Tags: Oscar, Oscar History, Oscar Winners, Movie, Film History

Neil Miller is the persistently-bearded Publisher of Film School Rejects, Nonfics, and One Perfect Shot. He's also the Executive Producer of the One Perfect Shot TV show (currently streaming on HBO Max) and the co-host of Trial By Content on The Ringer Podcast Network. He can be found on Twitter here: @rejects (He/Him)

All-Time Oscars: Best Picture

The Film School Rejects‘ All-Time Greatest Oscar Winners

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