Listomania Sunday; Oscars

Midnight Cowboy was the 42th movie to win best picture and tonight is the 83rd Academy Awards making Midnight Cowboy the halfway point to my goal of seeing all the movies to win best picture in order. So, I thought this would be a perfect time to do a list of my 5 favorite and 5 least favorite movies of the first 42 years of Oscar.



5 Favorite
1. Casablanca (1943)
2. All About Eve (1950)
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
4. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
5. The Sound of Music (1965)
Honorable Mention: On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and The Apartment

5 Least Favorite
1. Cimarron (1931)
2. Tom Jones (1963)
3. Oliver (1968)
4. Hamlet (1948)
5. Gigi (1958)
Dishonorable Mention: How Green was My Valley, Cavalcade and Grand Hotel.