Classic Film Reviews

My Five-Star Films

Best Picture Winners

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Director Spotlight: George Méliès (1861-1938)

Director Spotlight: D.W. Griffith (1875-1948)

Director Spotlight: F.W. Murnau (1888-1931)

Pre-1920s

Reflections on Pre-1920s Cinema

1920s

Reflections on 1920s Cinema

1930s

1940s

  • Best Picture (1940): Rebecca (1940)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  • The Great Dictator (1940)
  • Fantasia (1940)
  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
  • All This, And Heaven Too (1940)
  • The Bank Dick (1940)
  • Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
  • Foreign Correspondent (1940)
  • The Great McGinty (1940)
  • La Fille du puisatier (“The Well Diggers Daughter” 1940)
  • His Girl Friday (1940)
  • The Letter (1940)
  • The Long Voyage Home (1940)
  • The Mark of Zorro (1940)
  • The Mortal Storm (1940)
  • Our Town (1940)
  • The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  • Pinocchio (1940)
  • Pride and Prejudice (1940)
  • Santa Fe Trail (1940)
  • The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
  • The Thief of Baghdad (1940)
  • The Waterloo Story (1940)
  • The Westerner (1940)
  • Best Picture (1941): How Green Was My Valley (1941)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
  • Dumbo (1941)
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
  • High Sierra (1941)
  • Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
  • The Lady Eve (1941)
  • The Little Foxes (1941)
  • The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  • Meet John Doe (1941)
  • Sergeant York (1941)
  • The Wolf Man (1941)
  • Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
  • Suspicion (1941)
  • The Hamilton Woman (1941)
  • The Wolf Man (1941)
  • Best Picture (1942): Mrs. Minivar (1942)
  • The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
  • Bambi (1942)
  • Gentleman Jim (1942)
  • In Which We Serve (1942)
  • Kings Row (1942)
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
  • Cat People (1942)
  • Now, Voyager (1942)
  • The Palm Beach Story (1942)
  • The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
  • Random Harvest (1942)
  • The Talk of the Town (1942)
  • Gun For Hire (1942)
  • To Be or Not To Be (1942)
  • Woman of the Year (1942)
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  • Best Picture (1943): Casablanca (1942)
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
  • Forever And A Day (1943)
  • Heaven Can Wait (1943)
  • The Human Comedy (1943)
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
  • Jane Eyre (1943)
  • Madame Curie (1943)
  • The Man in Grey (1943)
  • The More the Merrier (1943)
  • Obsession (1943)
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
  • Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
  • The Song of a Bernadette (1943)
  • Watch on the Rhine (1943)
  • Best Picture (1944): Going My Way (1944)
  • Gaslight (1944)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  • A Canterbury Tale (1944)
  • Double Indemnity (1944)
  • Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
  • King Henry V (1944)
  • Ivan the Terrible Part I (1944)
  • Laura (1944)
  • Lifeboat (1944)
  • Meet me in St Louis (1944)
  • The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
  • Murder, My Sweet (1944)
  • National Velvet (1944)
  • None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
  • Since You Went Away (1944)
  • To Have and Have Not (1944)
  • The Uninvited (1944)
  • Best Picture (1945): The Lost Weekend (1945)
  • Anchors Aweigh (1945)
  • And Then There Were None (1945)
  • The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
  • Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
  • Rome, Open City (1945)
  • Detour (1945)
  • Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
  • Mildred Pierce (1945)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
  • Scarlet Street (1945)
  • The Seventh Veil (1945)
  • The Southerner (1945)
  • Spellbound (1945)
  • The Spiral Staircase (1945)
  • They Were Expendable (1945)
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
  • A Walk in the Sun (1945)
  • Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  • Notorious (1946)
  • The Yearling (1946)
  • La Belle et la Bete (1946)
  • The Big Sleep (1946)
  • Brief Encounter (1946)
  • Duel in the Sun (1946)
  • Gilda (1946)
  • Great Expectations (1946)
  • It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
  • The Killers (1946)
  • My Darling Clementine (1946)
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
  • The Razor’s Edge (1946)
  • The Stranger (1946)
  • To Each His Own (1946)
  • Best Motion Picture (1947): Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
  • Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
  • Lady From Shanghai (1947)
  • The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
  • Black Narcissus (1947)
  • Body and Soul (1947)
  • Boomerang (1947)
  • Crossfire (1947)
  • Dark Passage (1947)
  • A Double Life (1947)
  • The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  • Odd Man Out (1947)
  • Out of the Past (1947)
  • The Paradine Case (1947)
  • Pursued (1947)
  • Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
  • They Won’t Believe Me (1947)
  • Best Motion Picture (1948): Hamlet (1948)
  • Macbeth (1948)
  • 3 Godfathers (1948)
  • An Act of Murder (1948)
  • Bicycle Thieves (1948)
  • Easter Parade (1948)
  • Force of Evil (1948)
  • I Remember Mama (1948)
  • Johnny Belinda (1948)
  • Key Largo (1948)
  • Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
  • Louisiana Story (1948)
  • The Naked City (1948)
  • Oliver Twist (1948)
  • The Paleface (1948)
  • Red River (1948)
  • The Red Shoes (1948)
  • Rope (1948)
  • The Snake Pit (1948)
  • Sorry Wrong Number (1948)
  • Spring in a Small Town (1948)
  • State of the Union (1948)
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  • Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
  • Best Picture (1949): All the King’s Men (1949)
  • The Accused (1949)
  • Adam’s Rib (1949)
  • Battleground (1949)
  • Beyond the Forest (1949)
  • Champion (1949)
  • The Heiress (1949)
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  • Knock on any Door (1949)
  • On the Town (1949)
  • Orpheus (1949)
  • The Reckless Moment (1949)
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
  • The Third Man (1949)
  • Jour de fête (1949)
  • La Belle Meunière (“The Pretty Miller Girl” 1949)
  • Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
  • Whiskey Galore (1949)
  • White Heat (1949)

1950s

  • Best Picture (1950): All About Eve (1950
  • Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  • The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
  • Born Yesterday (1950)
  • Cinderella (1950)
  • D.O.A. (1950)
  • Father of the Bride (1950)
  • The File on Thelma Jordan (1950)
  • Gun Crazy (1950)
  • The Gunfighter (1950)
  • Harvey (1950)
  • In a Lonely Place (1950)
  • Orphee (1950)
  • Panic in the Streets (1950)
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • Rio Grande (1950)
  • Seven Days to Noon (1950)
  • Winchester ’73 (1950)
  • Best Picture (1951): An American in Paris (1951)
  • Ace in the Hole (1951)
  • The African Queen (1951)
  • Alice in Wonderland (1951)
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  • Decision Before Dawn (1951)
  • Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
  • Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
  • A Place in the Sun (1951)
  • Scrooge (1951)
  • Strangers on a Train (1951)
  • The River (1951)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  • La Poison (1951)
  • The Thing (From Another World) (1951)
  • Best Picture (1952): The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
  • High Noon (1952)
  • Angel Face (1952)
  • The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
  • The Big Sky (1952)
  • Europa ’51 (1952)
  • Forbidden Games (1952)
  • The Golden Coach (1952)
  • Casque d’Or (1952)
  • Ikiru (1952)
  • The Life of Oharu (1952)
  • Le Plaisir (1952)
  • Limelight (1952)
  • The Quiet Man (1952)
  • Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  • Umberto D (1952)
  • Best Picture (1953): From Here to Eternity (1953)
  • Shane (1953)
  • Roman Holiday (1953)
  • The Band Wagon (1953)
  • Beat the Devil (1953)
  • The Bigamist (1953)
  • The Big Heat (1953)
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
  • Él (1953)
  • I Confess (1953)
  • Julius Caesar (1953)
  • Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
  • The Naked Spur (1953)
  • Niagara (1953)
  • Pickup on South Street (1953)
  • The Robe (1953)
  • The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
  • Stalag 17 (1953)
  • Summer with Monika (1953)
  • Tokyo Story (1953)
  • Ugetsu (1953)
  • The War of the Worlds (1953)
  • The Wild One (1953)
  • Best Picture (1954): On the Waterfront (1954)
  • The Caine Mutiny (1954)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • Animal Farm (1954)
  • The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
  • Beat the Devil (1954)
  • Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
  • Dial M for Murder (1954)
  • French Cancan (1954)
  • Johnny Guitar (1954)
  • Rififi (1954)
  • Sabrina (1954)
  • Salt of the Earth (1954)
  • Senso (1954)
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • Silver Lode (1954)
  • Touchez pas au grisbi (“Don’t Touch the Loot” 1954)
  • A Star is Born (1954)
  • La Strada (1954)
  • Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
  • White Christmas (1954)
  • Best Picture (1955): Marty (1955)
  • To Catch A Thief (1955)
  • All That Heaven Allows (1955)
  • Artists and Models (1955)
  • Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
  • Blackboard Jungle (1955)
  • Bob LeFlambeur (1955)
  • The Court Jester (1955)
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
  • Diabolique (1955)
  • East of Eden (1955)
  • Guys and Dolls (1955)
  • Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
  • Lady and the Tramp (1955)
  • The Man from Laramie (1955)
  • Mister Roberts (1955)
  • The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  • Oklahoma! (1955)
  • Ordet (1955)
  • The Phenix Story (1955)
  • Picnic (1955)
  • Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
  • Richard III (1955)
  • The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  • The Seven Year Itch (1955)
  • Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
  • Summertime (1955)
  • Trial (1955)
  • Best Picture (1956): Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
  • The Searchers (1956)
  • Anastasia (1956)
  • A Man Escaped (1956)
  • Baby Doll (1956)
  • Bigger Than Life (1956)
  • Bus Stop (1956)
  • Carousel (1956)
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)
  • Friendly Persuasion (1956)
  • Giant (1956)
  • High Society (1956)
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
  • The Killing (1956)
  • The King And I (1956)
  • The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit (1956)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  • Night and Fog (1956)
  • Patterns (1956)
  • The Ten Commandments (1956)
  • Written on the Wind (1956)
  • The Wrong Man (1956)
  • Best Picture (1957): The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • An Affair to Remember (1957)
  • The Bachelor Party (1957)
  • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
  • Funny Face (1957)
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
  • The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
  • Jailhouse Rock (1957)
  • Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  • The Pajama Game (1957)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • Peyton Place (1957)
  • Sayonara (1957)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
  • Throne of Blood (1957)
  • Wild Strawberries (1957)
  • Witness for Prosecution (1957)
  • Best Picture (1958): Gigi (1958)
  • Touch of Evil (1958)
  • The Big Country (1958)
  • The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
  • Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
  • Auntie Mame (1958)
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
  • The Music Room (1958)
  • The Defiant Ones (1958)
  • Horror of Dracula (1958)
  • I Want to Live! (1958)
  • Ivan the Terrible, Parts I & II (1958)
  • Man of the West (1958)
  • Mon Oncle (1958)
  • The Music Room (1958)
  • The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
  • Separate Tables (1958)
  • Vertigo (1958)
  • Some Came Running (1958)
  • Best Picture (1959): Ben-Hur (1959)
  • Anatomy of Murder (1959)
  • The Best of Everything (1959)
  • Compulsion (1959)
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
  • Floating Weeds (1959)
  • The 400 Blows (1959)
  • The Apu Trilogy (1959)
  • Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
  • Imitation of Life (1959)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • The Nun’s Story (1959)
  • Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)
  • Pickpocket (1959)
  • Pillow Talk (1959)
  • Ride Lonesome (1959)
  • Rio Bravo (1959)
  • Room at the Top (1959)
  • Shadows (1959)
  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • Suddenly Last Summer (1959)
  • The Young Philadelphians (1959)

1960s

  • Best Picture (1960): The Apartment (1960)
  • The Magnificent Seven (1960)
  • A Bout De Souffle (1960)
  • Black Sunday (1960)
  • L’Aventura (1960)
  • La Dolce Vita (1960)
  • Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
  • Breathless (1960)
  • Elmer Gantry (1960)
  • Inherit the Wind (1960)
  • Psycho (1960)
  • Peeping Tom (1960)
  • Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
  • Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
  • Spartacus (1960)
  • The Sundowners (1960)
  • The Virgin Spring (1960)
  • Best Picture (1961): West Side Story (1961)
  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
  • A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
  • The Hustler (1961)
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
  • Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
  • Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
  • Lola (1961)
  • The Misfits (1961)
  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
  • Splendor in the Grass (1961)
  • Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
  • Victim (1961)
  • Viridiana (1961)
  • Yojimbo (1961)
  • Best Picture (1962): Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  • James Bond #1: Dr. No (1962)
  • An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
  • Billy Budd (1962)
  • Cape Fear (1962)
  • Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
  • Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
  • Harakiri (1962)
  • How the West Was Won (1962)
  • Jules et Jim (1962)
  • La Jetée (1962)
  • Lolita (1962)
  • Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  • The Miracle Worker (1962)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  • Vivre sa vie (1962)
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
  • Winter Light (1962)
  • Best Picture (1963): Tom Jones (1963)
  • James Bond #2: From Russia With Love (1963)
  • It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
  • Pink Panther #1: The Pink Panther (1963)
  • 8 1/2 (1963)
  • America, America (1963)
  • The Birds (1963)
  • Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
  • Contempt (1963)
  • The Great Escape (1963)
  • The Leopard (1963)
  • Lilies of the Field (1963)
  • The Nutty Professor (1963)
  • The Silence (1963)
  • Best Picture (1964): My Fair Lady (1964)
  • Pink Panther #2: A Shot in the Dark (1964)
  • A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
  • A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
  • James Bond #3: Goldfinger (1964)
  • Mary Poppins (1964)
  • Bande a part (1964)
  • Becket (1964)
  • Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  • Gertrud (1964)
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
  • La Peau douce (1964)
  • Marnie (1964)
  • Pale Flower (1964)
  • Seven Days In May (1964)
  • Woman in the Dunes (1964)
  • Zorba the Greek (1964)
  • Best Picture (1965): The Sound Of Music (1965)
  • James Bond #4: Thunderball (1965)
  • For A Few Dollars More (1965)
  • Alphaville (1965)
  • Chimes at Midnight (1965)
  • Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  • Help! (1965)
  • Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
  • Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
  • Repulsion (1965)
  • Best Picture (1966): A Man for All Seasons (1966)
  • The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
  • Andrei Rublev (1966)
  • Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
  • The Battle of Algiers (1966)
  • Blow-Up (1966)
  • Born Free (1966)
  • Masculin feminin (1966)
  • Persona (1966)
  • Van Gogh (1966)
  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  • Best Picture (1967): In the Heat of the Night (1967)
  • Casino Royale (1967)
  • James Bond #5: You Only Live Twice (1967)
  • Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  • Cool Hand Luke (1967)
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  • The Graduate (1967)
  • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
  • Hombre (1967)
  • The Jungle Book (1967)
  • La chinoise (1967)
  • La Collectionneuse (1967)
  • Le Samourai (1967)
  • Persona (1967)
  • Playtime (1967)
  • Point Blank (1967)
  • Samurai Rebellion (1967)
  • Weekend (1967)
  • Best Picture (1968): Oliver! (1968)
  • Planet of the Apes #1: Planet of the Apes (1968)
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • Belle de Jour (1968)
  • In Cold Blood (1968)
  • The Exterminating Angel (1968)
  • The Lion in Winter (1968)
  • Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  • The Party (1968)
  • The Producers (1968)
  • Romeo and Juliet (1968)
  • Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
  • Stolen Kisses (1968)
  • The Swimmer (1968)
  • The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
  • Yellow Submarine (1968)
  • Best Picture (1969): Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  • James Bond #6: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
  • Army of Shadows (1969)
  • The Arrangement (1969)
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  • Easy Rider (1969)
  • The Firemen’s Ball (1969)
  • The Italian Job (1969)
  • Le Chagrin et la Pitié (“The Sorrow and the Pity” 1969)
  • My Night at Maud’s (1969)
  • Red Beard (1969)
  • Take the Money and Run (1969)
  • True Grit (1969)
  • The Wild Bunch (1969)

1970s

  • Best Picture (1970): Patton (1970)
  • M*A*S*H* (1970)
  • Love Story (1970)
  • Planet of the Apes #2: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
  • Woodstock 3 Days of Peace & Music (1970)
  • Five Easy Pieces (1970)
  • El Topo (1970)
  • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
  • Best Picture (1971): The French Connection (1971)
  • James Bond #7: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
  • Planet of the Apes #2: Escape from Planet of the Apes (1971)
  • Bananas (1971)
  • Brian’s Song (1971)
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  • Dirty Harry (1971)
  • Duel (1971)
  • Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  • Harold and Maude (1971)
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  • Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
  • Shaft (1971)
  • Trafic (1971)
  • Walkabout (1971)
  • WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  • Best Picture (1972): The Godfather (1972)
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
  • Cabaret (1972)
  • The Candidate (1972)
  • Deliverance (1972)
  • Last Tango in Paris (1972)
  • Play It Again, Sam (1972)
  • Late Spring (1972)
  • Planet of the Apes #4: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
  • Tout va bien (1972)
  • Solaris (1972)
  • Sounder (1972)
  • Best Picture (1973): The Sting (1973)
  • James Bond #8: Live and Let Die (1973)
  • Planet of the Apes #5: Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
  • American Graffiti (1973)
  • Badlands (1973)
  • Cries and Whispers (1973)
  • Day for Night (1973)
  • Enter the Dragon (1973)
  • The Exorcist (1973)
  • High Plains Drifter (1973)
  • Mean Streets (1973)
  • Paper Moon (1973)
  • Don’t Look Now (1973)
  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
  • The Mother and the Whore (1973)
  • Scenes From A Marriage (1973)
  • Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
  • Sleeper (1973)
  • The Long Goodbye (1973)
  • The Way We Were (1973)
  • Best Picture (1974): The Godfather Part II (1974)
  • Chinatown (1974)
  • James Bond #9: The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
  • A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
  • Amarcord (1974)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
  • The Conversation (1974)
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
  • The Towering Inferno (1974)
  • The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
  • Young Frankenstein (1974)
  • Best Picture (1975): One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
  • Jaws (1975)
  • Pink Panther #3: The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
  • Barry Lyndon (1975)
  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  • Love and Death (1975)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
  • Night Moves (1975)
  • Numero deux (1975)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
  • The Passenger (1975)
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  • Salo, Or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
  • Shampoo (1975)
  • Tommy (1975)
  • Best Picture (1976): Rocky (1976)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)
  • All the President’s Men (1976)
  • Pink Panther #4: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
  • Bound For Glory (1976)
  • Carrie (1976)
  • In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
  • Heart of Glass (1976)
  • Marathon Man (1976)
  • Network (1976)
  • Best Picture (1977): Annie Hall (1977)
  • James Bond #10: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  • Star Wars #1: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  • Eraserhead (1977)
  • The Goodbye Girl (1977)
  • The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
  • Julia (1977)
  • Killer of Sheep (1977)
  • Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  • Stroszek (1977)
  • 3 Women (1977)
  • Best Picture (1978): The Deer Hunter (1978)
  • The Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
  • Jaws 2 (1978)
  • (National Lampoon’s) Animal House (1978)
  • The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
  • Coming Home (1978)
  • Dawn of the Dead (1978)
  • Days of Heaven (1978)
  • Gates of Heaven (1978)
  • Grease (1978)
  • Halloween (1978)
  • The Last Waltz (1978)
  • Superman The Movie (1978)
  • The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
  • An Unmarried Woman (1978)
  • Watership Down (1978)
  • Best Picture (1979): Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Alien #1: Alien (1979)
  • Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
  • James Bond #11: Moonraker (1979)
  • Star Trek #1: Star Trek – The Motion Picture (1979)
  • All That Jazz (1979)
  • …And Justice For All (1979)
  • Being There (1979)
  • The Black Stallion (1979)
  • The China Syndrome (1979)
  • The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
  • The Jerk (1979)
  • Mad Max (1979)
  • Manhattan (1979)
  • (Monty Python’s) Life of Brian (1979)
  • Norma Rae (1979)
  • Nosferatu: The Vampyr (1979)
  • The Onion Field (1979)
  • The Tin Drum (1979)

1980s

  • Best Picture (1980): Ordinary People (1980)
  • Star Wars #2: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • The Shining (1980)
  • Raging Bull (1980)
  • Airplane! (1980)
  • Atlantic City (1980)
  • The Big Red One (1980)
  • Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
  • Dressed to Kill (1980)
  • The Elephant Man (1980)
  • Kagemusha (1980)
  • Mon oncle d’Amerique (1980)
  • Vengeance is Mine (1980)
  • Best Picture (1981): Chariots of Fire (1981)
  • Indiana Jones #1: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • James Bond #12: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
  • An American Werewolf in London (1981)
  • Arthur (1981)
  • Body Heat (1981)
  • Das Boot (1981)
  • Gallipoli (1981)
  • My Dinner with Andre (1981)
  • Pixote (1981)
  • On Golden Pond (1981)
  • Ragtime (1981)
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
  • Best Picture (1982): Gandhi (1982)
  • Star Trek #2: Star Trek – The Wrath of Khan (1982)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
  • E. T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  • Fanny and Alexander (1982)
  • First Blood (1982)
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  • The King of Comedy (1982)
  • Mephisto (1982)
  • Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
  • Poltergeist (1982)
  • Sophie’s Choice (1982)
  • The Thing (1982)
  • Tootsie (1982)
  • The Verdict (1982)
  • Veronika Voss (1982)
  • Best Picture (1983): Terms of Endearment (1983)
  • Star Wars #3: Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
  • James Bond #13: Octopussy (1983)
  • Jaws 3-D (1983)
  • A Christmas Story (1983)
  • El Norte (1983)
  • Entre Nous (1983)
  • Never Say Never Again (1983)
  • Prenom Carmen (1983)
  • The Right Stuff (1983)
  • Scarface (1983)
  • The Star Chamber (1983)
  • Tender Mercies (1983)
  • Zelig (1983)
  • Best Picture (1984): Amadeus (1984)
  • Indiana Jones #2: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  • Star Trek #3: Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)
  • Terminator #1: The Terminator (1984)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
  • A Passage to India (1984)
  • A Soldier’s Story (1984)
  • A Sunday in the Country (1984)
  • A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
  • Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
  • Ghost Busters (1984)
  • The Killing Fields (1984)
  • Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  • Paris, Texas (1984)
  • Places in the Heart (1984)
  • This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  • Best Picture (1985): Out of Africa (1985)
  • James Bond #14: A View To A Kill (1985)
  • The Color Purple (1985)
  • A Room With a View (1985)
  • After Hours (1985)
  • Back to the Future (1985)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • The Breakfast Club (1985)
  • Come and See (1985)
  • Day of the Dead (1985)
  • The Emerald Forest (1985)
  • The Goonies (1985)
  • Jagged Edge (1985)
  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
  • Pale Rider (1985)
  • Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
  • Ran (1985)
  • The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
  • Shoah (1985)
  • The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
  • Best Picture (1986): Platoon (1986)
  • Alien #2: Aliens (1986)
  • Star Trek #4: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
  • Betty Blue (1986)
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
  • Children of a Lesser God (1986)
  • “Crocodile” Dundee (1986)
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
  • The Fly (1986)
  • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
  • The Hitcher (1986)
  • Manhunter (1986)
  • The Mission (1986)
  • Sherman’s March (1986)
  • Stand By Me (1986)
  • Top Gun (1986)
  • Best Picture (1987): The Last Emperor (1987)
  • Predator #1: Predator (1987)
  • Jaws 4: The Revenge (1987)
  • James Bond #15: The Living Daylights (1987)
  • 3 Men and a Baby (1987)
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
  • Babette’s Feast (1987)
  • The Big Easy (1987)
  • The Dead (1987)
  • Dirty Dancing (1987)
  • Fatal Attraction (1987)
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  • Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
  • House of Games (1987)
  • Lethal Weapon (1987)
  • No Way Out (1987)
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • Raising Arizona (1987)
  • The Untouchables (1987)
  • Wall Street (1987)
  • Withnail and I (1987)
  • Best Picture (1988): Rain Man (1988)
  • Die Hard (1988)
  • The Naked Gun (1988)
  • A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
  • The Accidental Tourist (1988)
  • The Accused (1988)
  • Big (1988)
  • Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
  • The Decalogue (1988)
  • Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  • Histoire(s) du cinema (1988-1998)
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
  • Moonstruck (1988)
  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  • The Thin Blue Line (1988)
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
  • Wings of Desire (1988)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  • Best Picture (1989): Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
  • Indiana Jones #3: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  • Star Trek #5: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
  • James Bond #16: License To Kill (1989)
  • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  • The Abyss (1989)
  • Batman (1989)
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  • Dead Poets Society (1989)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Field of Dreams (1989)
  • Glory (1989)
  • Henry V (1989)
  • The Little Mermaid (1989)
  • Monsieur Hire (1989)
  • Music Box (1989)
  • Mystery Train (1989)
  • Roger & Me (1989)
  • Say Anything… (1989)
  • When Harry Met Sally (1989)

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