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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Something to Sing About (1937)
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A Lion Is In the Streets (1953)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
Shake Hands With the Devil (1959)
Sunday February 17, 2013
What's the Best Best Picture?

As of now, 61 people have sent me their rankings of the Academy's choices for best picture from 1927 to 2011. That's about 55 more people than I thought we were going to get.
We'll crunch the numbers in more detail soon, but I thought I'd let you know the tally so far.
For the No. 1 slot? The best best picture? Nineteen different movies got votes.
Five movies got one vote each:
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
Two movies got two votes:
- Amadeus (1984)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
Four movies got three votes:
- The Apartment (1960)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- American Beauty (1999)
Four movies got four votes each:
- Sunrise: A Tale of Two Humans (1928)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Titanic (1997)
Two movies are tied for third place with five votes:
- Casablanca (1943)
- The Godfather (1972)
In second place, with six votes:
- The Godfather: Part II
And leading the pack with eight votes:
- All About Eve (1950)
“Eve” is surprising. So are the four votes both “Titanic” and “Sunrise” received: the former because I thought it wasn't well-liked; the latter because it's a silent film most of us (including me) haven't seen.
No complaints, by the way, if you haven't voted.
A few of these movies also made the worst list. Which we'll get to next.









