1971: Bleak, Uncompromising, Groundbreaking Violence in Cinema
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Oscars: 25 greatest best picture winners, including The Godfather
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All 92 Best Picture Oscar Winners, Ranked
Nearly a century of Academy darlings, from worst to best. And no,
Crash isn t at number 92 23/04/2021
Since the first Academy Awards, back in 1927, the best picture gong has been awarded to 92 different films. And do you know what? Congrats. Well done all round. Leaving aside any palaver over the rights and wrongs of each win, it s the ultimate, historic achievement that any film can notch up. At the time that they won, they were at the forefront of what cinema could do.
Nolte: What Should’ve Won the Best Picture Oscar – 1970 to 1979
22 Apr 2021
In part six of this series we look at the movies that should have won the Best Picture Oscar between 1970 and 1979.
By 1970 the old studio system and the Production Code were officially dead, the New Hollywood-era was in full bloom, and what an era it was. As you will see below, the swingin’ seventies produced classic after classic, and although many were filled with R-rated content, they were almost old-fashioned in their morality, especially when it came to one of this decade’s overriding themes: the importance of the individual over the collective.