If RottenTomatoes selected Best Picture Winners

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I did a little experiment today to see how Best Picture at the Academy Awards would look if RottenTomatoes selected the winners. They were selected on the best scored film based on the most votes for a film vs. against it meaning that a film that only has 5 reviews that are all positive would not go above one that has 40 that are nearly all positive. I find it interesting how Animated films and Blockbusters win and also that we are currently on the longest streak of the academy selecting the same film that the critics did.

The Films in BOLD are the one that the Academy and the Critics agreed on Best Picture.

2014: 12 Years a Slave
2013: Argo
2012: The Artist
2011: Toy Story 3
2010: Up
2009: Milk
2008: Juno
2007: The Queen
2006: Good Night, and Good Luck
2005: Sideways
2004: Lost in Translation
2003: The Pianist
2002: In the Bedroom
2001: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000: The Insider
1999: Saving Private Ryan
1998: L.A. Confidential
1997: Fargo
1996: Sense and Sensibility
1995: Quiz Show
1994: Remains of the day
1993: The Crying Game
1992: Silence of the Lambs
1991: Goodfellas
1990: My Left Foot
1989: Dangerous Liaisons
1988: Broadcast News
1987: A Room with a View
1986: Witness
1985: Places in the Heart
1984: The Right Stuff
1983: E.T.
1982: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981: Raging Bull
1980: Apocalypse Now
1979: The Deer Hunter
1978: Annie Hall
1977: Taxi Driver
1976: Jaws
1975: The Godfather, Part II
1974: American Graffiti
1973: The Godfather
1972: The Last Picture Show
1971: Patton
1970: Z
1969: Romeo and Juliet
1968: In the Heat of Night
1967: Alfie
1966: The Sound of Music
1965: Dr. Strangelove
1964: How the West was won
1963: Lawrence of Arabia
1962: The Hustler
1961: The Apartment (Same)
1960: Anatomy of Murder
1959: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958: 12 Angry Men
1957: The King and I
1956: Marty
1955: On the Waterfront
1954: Roman Holiday
1953: High Noon
1952: A Streetcar Named Desire
1951: All About Eve
1950: All The Kings Men
1949: The Treasure of Sierra Madre
1948: Great Expectations
1947: Henry V
1946: The Lost Weekend
1945: Double Indemnity
1944: Casablanca
1943: The Pride of the Yankees
1942: Citizen Kane
1941: Rebecca
1940: The Wizard of Oz
1939: The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938: Stage Door
1937: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936: Captain Blood
1935: It Happened One Night
1934: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1933: Shanghai Express
1932: Skippy
1931: All Quiet on the Western Front
1930: In Old Arizona
1929: Wings



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That's actually a really interesting list of selections. I'm sad to see that even despite its 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Before Sunrise still doesn't make the cut.
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Before Sunrise is one of my favorite films of all time. The list was comprised just off of the nominated films in a given year vs. the actual winner. So Sunrise was never nominated by the Academy, hence why I still didn't make the list.



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I did a little experiment today to see how Best Picture at the Academy Awards would look if RottenTomatoes selected the winners. They were selected on the best scored film based on the most votes for a film vs. against it meaning that a film that only has 5 reviews that are all positive would not go above one that has 40 that are nearly all positive. I find it interesting how Animated films and Blockbusters win and also that we are currently on the longest streak of the academy selecting the same film that the critics did.

The Films in BOLD are the one that the Academy and the Critics agreed on Best Picture.

2014: 12 Years a Slave
2013: Argo
2012: The Artist
2011: Toy Story 3
2010: Up
2009: Milk
2008: Juno
2007: The Queen
2006: Good Night, and Good Luck
2005: Sideways
2004: Lost in Translation
2003: The Pianist
2002: In the Bedroom
2001: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000: The Insider
1999: Saving Private Ryan
1998: L.A. Confidential
1997: Fargo
1996: Sense and Sensibility
1995: Quiz Show
1994: Remains of the day
1993: The Crying Game
1992: Silence of the Lambs
1991: Goodfellas
1990: My Left Foot
1989: Dangerous Liaisons
1988: Broadcast News
1987: A Room with a View
1986: Witness
1985: Places in the Heart
1984: The Right Stuff
1983: E.T.
1982: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981: Raging Bull
1980: Apocalypse Now
1979: The Deer Hunter
1978: Annie Hall
1977: Taxi Driver
1976: Jaws
1975: The Godfather, Part II
1974: American Graffiti
1973: The Godfather
1972: The Last Picture Show
1971: Patton
1970: Z
1969: Romeo and Juliet
1968: In the Heat of Night
1967: Alfie
1966: The Sound of Music
1965: Dr. Strangelove
1964: How the West was won
1963: Lawrence of Arabia
1962: The Hustler
1961: The Apartment (Same)
1960: Anatomy of Murder
1959: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958: 12 Angry Men
1957: The King and I
1956: Marty
1955: On the Waterfront
1954: Roman Holiday
1953: High Noon
1952: A Streetcar Named Desire
1951: All About Eve
1950: All The Kings Men
1949: The Treasure of Sierra Madre
1948: Great Expectations
1947: Henry V
1946: The Lost Weekend
1945: Double Indemnity
1944: Casablanca
1943: The Pride of the Yankees
1942: Citizen Kane
1941: Rebecca
1940: The Wizard of Oz
1939: The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938: Stage Door
1937: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936: Captain Blood
1935: It Happened One Night
1934: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1933: Shanghai Express
1932: Skippy
1931: All Quiet on the Western Front
1930: In Old Arizona
1929: Wings
That's what I was saying in another thread - it's definitely biased toward animated films which in my opinion are by default "worse" than live action films since they don't require any actual acting - while they're are good animated films the genre as a whole is much more one-dimensional, so it really bugs me that a film like Toy Story 3 or Up has a higher "fresh score" than a masterpiece like The Godfather Part 2.

Not to mention I think RT's metric is off, this is probably why blockbusters have an advantage. Think of it this way - a very popular movie might get 50 fresh reviews (even if the average score is only 6/10) - while a less popular movie might have a lot of fresh reviews with a 10/10 rating, but still have a lower score - since any "rotten" reviews will impact the score a lot more. This is why I think Metacritic is a much better review site than RT.



Lord High Filmquisitor
Before Sunrise is one of my favorite films of all time. The list was comprised just off of the nominated films in a given year vs. the actual winner. So Sunrise was never nominated by the Academy, hence why I still didn't make the list.
I must have misread for first post, then, since I thought that it was simply going by overall score, not thenoverall score of the nominees specifically. It actually makes more aense, now, come to think about is, since certain films that I knew were 100% (like Rashomon) still lost out in their respective years.


That's what I was saying in another thread - it's definitely biased toward animated films which in my opinion are by default "worse" than live action films since they don't require any actual acting - while they're are good animated films the genre as a whole is much more one-dimensional, so it really bugs me that a film like Toy Story 3 or Up has a higher "fresh score" than a masterpiece like The Godfather Part 2.
But, as you yourself touched on, Rotten Tomatoes doesn't measure the intensity of love for a film, but how widely loved it is. I know plenty of people who do not especially care for, or even outright dislike, The Godfather films, while I honestly cannot think of anybody who dislikes either Toy Story 3 or Up. Hey're well made,broadly accessible films that do little to offput the viewer, while I do know several people who adamently dislike the romanticization of the mafia in The Godfather.



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Originally Posted by Arcanis;1217353
But, as you yourself touched on, Rotten Tomatoes doesn't measure the intensity of love for a film, but how widely loved it is. I know plenty of people who do not especially care for, or even outright dislike, The Godfather films, while I honestly cannot think of anybody who dislikes either [I
Toy Story 3[/i] or Up. Hey're well made,broadly accessible films that do little to offput the viewer, while I do know several people who adamently dislike the romanticization of the mafia in The Godfather.
That's an interesting take on the rating system - though that's why I'm not fond of RT's rating system since it's appealing more to popularity than judging the film on it's own merit. (I'm not saying that Toy Story 3 or Up are bad films, but I do find it annoying that The Godfather Part 2 receives a lower rating just because it wouldn't appeal to as wide an audience).

I guess if you're just looking for a film to take your family to, or see with some friends which they're not likely to hate, then it's a good metric - but IMO I'd rather see a film which is really, really good versus one which I'm just "not likely to completely hate".



There are some choices here I really like, like Sideways, A Streetcar Named Desire, The King & I, In the Bedroom, Dr. Strangelove, Romeo and Juliet, LA Confidential and, of course, Goodfellas.