70 Best Pictures

After watching the Oscars last week, I got curious about how many of the Best Pictures I've seen. So, here's the tally: 38. Bold means I've seen it. A "+" means a liked it. A "-" means I didn't.

+ 2008 - “Slumdog Millionaire”
+ 2007 - “No Country for Old Men”
+ 2006 - “The Departed”
- 2005 - “Crash”
- 2004 - “Million Dollar Baby”
+ 2003 - “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
+ 2002 - “Chicago”
- 2001 - “A Beautiful Mind”
+ 2000 - “Gladiator”
- 1999 - “American Beauty”
+ 1998 - “Shakespeare in Love”
+ 1997 - “Titanic”
- 1996 - “The English Patient”
+ 1995 - “Braveheart”
+ 1994 - “Forrest Gump”
+ 1993 - “Shindler's List”
+ 1992 - “Unforgiven”
+ 1991 - “The Silence of the Lambs”
+ 1990 - “Dances with Wolves”
+ 1989 - “Driving Miss Daisy”
+ 1988 - “Rain Man”
- 1987 - “The Last Emperor”
1986 - “Platoon”
- 1985 - “Out of Africa”
+ 1984 - “Amadeus”
- 1983 - “Terms of Endearment”
+1982 - “Gandhi”
1981 - “Chariots of Fire”
1980 - “Ordinary People”
1979 - “Kramer vs. Kramer”
1978 - “The Deer Hunter”
1977 - “Annie Hall”
+ 1976 - “Rocky”
1975 - “One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest”
1974 - “The Godfather Part II”
+ 1973 - “The Sting”
1972 - “The Godfather”
1971 - “The French Connection”
1970 - “Patton”
1969 - “Midnight Cowboy”
+ 1968 - “Oliver!”
1967 - “In the Heat of the Night”
1966 - “A Man for All Seasons”
+ 1965 - “The Sound of Music”
+ 1964 - “My Fair Lady”
1963 - “Tom Jones”
1962 - “Lawrence of Arabia”
+ 1961 - “West Side Story”
1960 - “The Apartment”
+ 1959 - “Ben-Hur”
+ 1958 - “Gigi”
+ 1957 - “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
+ 1956 - “Around the World in 80 Days”
1955 - “Marty”
1954 - “On the Waterfront”
1953 - “From Here to Eternity”
1952 - “The Greatest Show on Earth”
+ 1951 - “An American in Paris”
1950 - “All about Eve”
1949 - “All the Kings Men”
1948 - “Hamlet”
1947 - “Gentleman's Agreement”
1946 - “The Best Years of Our Lives”
1945 - “The Lost Weekend”
1944 - “Going My Way”
1943 - “Casablanca”
1942 - “Mrs. Miniver”
1941 - “How Green Was My Valley”
1940 - “Rebecca”
+ 1939 - “Gone with the Wind”
1938 - “You Can't Take It with You”
1937 - “The Life of Emile Zola”
1936 - “The Great Ziegfeld”
1935 - “Mutiny on the Bounty”
1934 - “It Happened One Night”
1932/1933 - “Cavalcade”
1931/1932 - “Grand Hotel”
1930/1931 - “Cimarron”
1929/1930 - “All Quiet on the Western Front”
1928/1929 - “The Broadway Melody”
1927/1928 - “Wings”

I was surprised by how many I'd seen. Of all of them, the one movie I could probably watch over and over and not be bored would be Shakespeare in Love. It totally violates my deep-seated need to have a happily ever after ending, but there you go.

How many have you seen? Which was your favorite?