The worst Best Picture winner of the past fifty years was.... [View all]
The list represents the 10 I thought most likely to get votes. Obviously, you'll let us all know what was missed.
I was hesitant about Spotlight, which I think has been widely forgotten, and I considered putting Argo on instead. In both cases, it is hard to know -- sometimes even five years out -- if a film withstands the test of time.
Crash and Dances with Wolves are on the list. These are not necessarily considered bad films; it's just that most people think Brokeback Mountain and Goodfellas were more deserving.
No films are on the list simply for the reason that they were directed by Mel Gibson or Woody Allen or produced by the Weinsteins. You are, of course, free to make that call.
Titanic is polarizing. At one level, it's schlocky melodrama. At another level, it's really meticulously filmed schlocky melodrama, with an outstanding cast.
The list cut off at 1967 (fifty years). C.B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (which is a fun film at a certain level) is widely considered to be the least deserving Best Picture winner of all time, with Around the World in 80 Days (1956) being a close runner-up.
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| The Artist (2011) | |
4 (21%) |
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| Crash (2005) | |
5 (26%) |
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| Shakespeare in Love (1998) | |
1 (5%) |
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| Titanic (1997) | |
3 (16%) |
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| Oliver! (1968) | |
0 (0%) |
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| Ordinary People (1980) | |
1 (5%) |
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| The English Patient (1996) | |
1 (5%) |
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| Spotlight (2015) | |
1 (5%) |
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| Dances with Wolves (1990) | |
2 (11%) |
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| Amadeus (1984) | |
1 (5%) |
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