Best Picture Elimination Game - Round 16 - An American in Paris and How Green Was My Valley have been eliminated

[u/darth_vader39]

Ranking:

1. The Broadway Melody

2. Crash

3. Cimarron

4. Cavalcade

5. The Greatest Show on Earth

6. The Great Ziegfeld

7. Gigi

8. Around the World in 80 Days

9. Tom Jones

10. Driving Miss Daisy

11. The Life of Emile Zola

12. Green Book

13. Out of Africa

14. Shakespeare in Love

15. Chariots of Fire

16. Going My Way

17. A Man For All Seasons

18. Oliver!

19. Gentleman's Agreement

20. Grand Hotel

21. The Artist

22. CODA

23. Nomadland

24. Braveheart

25. Dances with Wolves

26. Hamlet

27. The English Patient

28. An American in Paris

29. How Green Was My Valley

[u/ProgramusSecretus]

You Can’t Take It With You

[u/KD1030 → u/ProgramusSecretus]

Wait? This won best picture??! That’s wild to me. I enjoyed the schmaltziness as a kid but I wouldn’t have guessed it was considered the best film of its year lol

[u/Toolb0xExtraordinary → u/KD1030]

There's a lot of movies I watched before I realized they won best picture. Forrest Gump, Platoon, Rain Man, Gladiator. I enjoyed them a lot but they didn't feel like Best Picture winners to me. I guess without watching the other nominees that doesn't mean anything though.

[u/sj_vandelay → u/Toolb0xExtraordinary]

But during the years they won, they were the most talked about, the most lauded films. It makes sense if you lived through those years.

[u/Toolb0xExtraordinary → u/sj_vandelay]

You're definitely right.

[u/AdOutrageous6312 → u/ProgramusSecretus]

This would have gone a long time ago if more people had seen it

[u/Substantial_Bake2305]

Mrs Miniver

[u/Fun_Protection_6939]

The King's Speech

[u/svr001 → u/Fun_Protection_6939]

Past time it's gone really. Deeply mid Oscar bait and robbed The Social Network.

[u/Sufficient_Pizza7186 → u/Fun_Protection_6939]

The only reason I can think of is that it's so bland and culturally insignificant that people didn't even notice it's there.

[u/latvian01]

Marty

[u/Trollerz462]

The Last Emperor

[u/Raebelle1981]

This sub has some sort of bias against old movies.

[u/sj_vandelay → u/Raebelle1981]

Young people who don’t remember?

[u/213846]

Marty

[u/Edgy_Master]

Slumdog Millionaire

[u/Schmetts → u/Edgy_Master]

I can’t believe this one is still here. I have it on par with Crash.

[u/Slashman78 → u/Schmetts]

Same.. it's not aged well at all considering all the A/S tier movies that year that wasn't nominated. It was honestly sad to watch the show that night considering it was winning everything but nowhere as good as Wall-E, The Wrestler, and The Dark Knight were. One of the worst nights of it in terms of favoritism winning.

Love Boyle and his work but it's far from his best.

[u/JuanRiveara]

Wings

[u/Fun_Protection_6939 → u/JuanRiveara]

Its excellent for its time period, but it's been far eclipsed by better winners.

[u/Spd151]

You can’t take it with you

[u/SurvivorFanDan]

The Shape of Water

[u/CherryDarling10 → u/SurvivorFanDan]

I’m just going to keep upvoting this. Truly terrible movie.

[u/213846 → u/CherryDarling10]

It's my second favorite film here personally haha

[u/The_Walking_Clem]

Argo

[u/DreamOfV]

Argo

[u/loba_pachorrenta → u/DreamOfV]

Voting for Argo too.

[u/Toppingsaucer7]

A beautiful mind

[u/darth_vader39]

Patton

[u/Formal-Register-1557 → u/darth_vader39]

I'm surprised no one is going after Patton. I don't think it holds up well at all. I would have sent it packing way before An American in Paris, which remains really entertaining.

[u/Raebelle1981 → u/Formal-Register-1557]

Because people here have something against musicals.

[u/slouchingbethlehem]

Mutiny on the Bounty

[u/Initial_Tap4037 → u/slouchingbethlehem]

The only reason this doesn't have more votes is because nobody has seen it and its title sounds cooler than some others, but I assure you all it deserves to go

[u/ImStoryForRambling → u/Initial_Tap4037]

I have seen it. Its a very good film. especially for its times.

[u/pkfreeze175]

The Shape of Water

[u/No-Olive-5584]

King’s Speech

[u/jeotom]

Rain Man

[u/bryangball]

Anora 

[u/coreysanborn]

King’s Speech

[u/AdministrativeAge943]

Anora

[u/dato99910 → u/AdministrativeAge943]

Ofc you are getting downvoted, surprised this sub hasn't changed its name to r/Anora yet.

[u/cmholde2 → u/AdministrativeAge943]

How the fuck is this film getting so defended…. They want the fucking Kings speech gone before Anora???

[u/hollowchatter → u/cmholde2]

Of all the movies to pull. Do you think there is a widely accepted gap in quality in TKS’s favor?

[u/cmholde2 → u/hollowchatter]

Between Anora and TKS? Yea I do. Anora was more or less scattered with gratuitous nudity language and a “ fairytales don’t work out” plot line. TKS told an actual story of real time events and had an amazing cast.

[u/PityFool → u/AdministrativeAge943]

Every round until it’s gone. Crash was better and had more to say than Anora.

[u/bikesandhoes79 → u/PityFool]

The swarms of mouthbreathers on reddit that are mystified by Anora is so wild. It’s among the 5 best movies of the past decade.

Some people need to stick to their Marvel and Fast & Furious movies, and have a bit more self awareness while doing so.

[u/Pengmu → u/bikesandhoes79]

Oppenheimer Dune 2 Ladybird The favorite All the small things Black panther Mad Max Past lives Get out Moonlight

Just to name a few. This year's list was weak. I like Amora but it does not even come close to being on the top ten list of the decade. You simply can't put a cinematic masterpiece like Oppenheimer or Dune 2 in the same page.

[u/bikesandhoes79 → u/Pengmu]

😂😂😂

Like I said, stick to your Fast & Furious and spandex movies.

[u/Pengmu → u/bikesandhoes79]

Yikes comparing Fast and furious to Oppenheimer shows me that saying anything past this point is useless.

[u/bikesandhoes79 → u/Pengmu]

Everything you’ve said before this point has been useless too. You like mediocre movies, that’s fine, just stay in that lane.

[u/Pengmu → u/bikesandhoes79]

You've clearly only ever watched mediocre movies like fast and furious and step up. Get a subscription and then maybe watch some movies on that list and come back. How embarrassing for you that your only way to get back to anyone that has a different opinion is to name call and be aggressive. I never said Anora is a bad movie just that there have been some incredibly amazing movies in the last decade. If tits and nudity are your thing I can see why the other movies on my list are not speaking to you - you probably don't understand them or see cinematic genius when you see it.

[u/bikesandhoes79 → u/Pengmu]

Brother, you think Oppenheimer is a “cinematic masterpiece.” Your opinions aren’t valid. You like mediocre movies, you don’t recognize great ones, it’s okay to like what you like.

Have a good weekend!

[u/cmholde2 → u/PityFool]

I’m like… not even sure what Anora had to say??? Don’t be dumb and trust Russian mobsters?

[u/svr001 → u/cmholde2]

'Fairytales are comforting lies, and the wealthy will use and discard anyone they want.'

[u/cmholde2 → u/svr001]

I understand and apologize. I fully get the message of the film I was more so being sarcastic because I just thought it was not a good movie.

Or at least should I say not a best best picture movie . And now seeing how hard core it’s been defended by this sub is insane to me.. I guess it’s been going on, but I’m new to it. So I’m kinda confused as to why so many better movies were eliminated and based on the downvotes this guy is getting, it’s gonna wind up in T10

[u/cmholde2 → u/svr001]

Fabulous. Let’s rally to have have it win this contest.

[u/svr001 → u/cmholde2]

Just answering your question.

[u/PityFool → u/svr001]

Which feels about as deep as Crash’s “racism is bad”

[u/JMSTMelo]

Anora

[u/Professional-Law-207]

Gandhi 

[u/Hot_War_7277]

Argo

[u/Suspicious-Ad1575]

American Beauty, because if all the ones I’ve seen, it aged the worst

[u/surfteacher1962]

Shape of Water

[u/amazonfan1972]

The Lost Weekend

[u/AverageJoe48 → u/amazonfan1972]

There are at least 20 films remaining which should be eliminated before that one.

[u/grinderbinder → u/amazonfan1972]

No way

[u/Raebelle1981]

Rocky

[u/ImStoryForRambling]

Everything everywhe all at once

Its the only one I genuinely dislike from those that are left

[u/Dmitr_Jango → u/ImStoryForRambling]

Same for me but unfortunately this shit's here to stay.

[u/Trollerz462]

In the Heat of the Night

[u/ennui_weekend]

The shape of water

[u/bailaoban]

Oppenheimer

[u/Dragic27]

Lmao I’m sorry but how is Forrest Gump still here? Fuck this Nomadland erasure

[u/bagoveryourhead]

These two eliminations are ridiculous. Have to say Gladiator

[u/Dmitr_Jango]

My Fair Lady

A bit dull, directorially stiff and often irritating. And to rub salt into the wound, its saving grace - the titular lady herself, Audrey Hepburn - was mercilessly snubbed while the rest of the principal cast got their nominations. Down with it!

[u/No-Assumption7830]

The Sound of Mucus, as Christopher Plummer called it.

[u/MollySleeps]

Ordinary People

[u/SurvivorFanDan]

Birdman