Hamlet is one of the world’s most famous plays. I bet many of you didn’t even know that William Shakespeare’s masterpiece was actually the Best Picture winner in 1948. I will be honest, I didn’t. I was also surprised to learn that there is a 1996 version of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh as the lead! … More Hamlet (1948)
Mrs. Miniver won the Best Picture in 1941, some two years after World War II started. The film’s plot follows Mrs. Miniver (Greer Garson) and her family as they struggle to adapt to a world entrenched in war. Before the war breaks out, the story is pretty standard stuff, the husband works, the son is … More Mrs. Miniver (1941)
According to IMDb, Cimarron is the second lowest-rated Best Picture of all-time, collecting just a 5.9 rating with 5,486 votes. To be quite honest, these people were pretty generous since this has to be one of the worse winners ever. Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix) is definitely one of the worse main characters I’ve ever seen … More Cimarron (1931)
Grand Hotel was the Best Picture winner for 1932, the fifth movie in history to win such an honour. Given that the date of this review is 2021, we are close to celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first award ceremony, which means I still have time to learn how the Academy used to think. … More Grand Hotel (1932)
Every time I sit down to watch a new Best Picture winner, I say to myself that the worse has to be over, right? Well, much to my surprise, there are still a handful of duds left, and Cavalcade is one of them. This 1933 winner focuses on the lives of two families who suffer … More Cavalcade (1933)
I am going to cut right to the chase with my thoughts on Tom Jones. This film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1963 and rated the 51st Greatest British film of the 20th Century, was terrible. Tom Jones was considered one of the greatest comedies of its time, yet I did … More Tom Jones (1963)
Midnight Cowboy not only turned out to be the worse Best Picture film I have ever seen, but it is also definitely one of the worse movies I have ever seen in my lifetime. I have never seen a film that I didn’t like as much as this one, which starred two Hollywood legends, Dustin … More Midnight Cowboy (1969)
In January 2021, I watched a handful of Best Picture winners and decided that it was time to focus on watching the remaining 69 movies I needed to see to complete the list. By the time you read this review, I’ll have watched and reviewed over 70 of those films, with some amazing stories and … More An American in Pairs (1951)
I am writing this review in 2021, which means that the original film version of Around the World in 80 Days came out 65 years ago. There have so many advancements in filming techniques and special effects that it is hard to sit here and knock a film for those. However, there is one aspect … More Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
It may have taken the majority of my adult life, but I think I just found the new, worse movie I’ve ever seen. Annie Hall had to be the most uninteresting movie I’ve ever sat down to watch. I’ve never been a fan of Woody Allen or his works, so I dreaded watching this movie … More Annie Hall (1977)
Ten Stars or Less 