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How many of these best-picture Oscar nominated movies have you seen?
Bold the ones you've seen, regardless of whether you saw them in the cinema, on TV/video, or on a plane even years after they came out.

Please note, I am only highlighting the ones I saw all of, not parts of.

1980. Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Tess
1981. Chariots of Fire, Reds, Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982. Gandhi, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Missing, Tootsie, The Verdict
1983. Terms of Endearment, The Big Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies
1984. Amadeus, The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, Places in the Heart, A Soldier's Story
1985. Out of Africa, The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi's Honor, Witness
1986. Platoon, Children of a Lesser God, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Mission, A Room with a View
1987. The Last Emperor, Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Hope and Glory, Moonstruck
1988. Rain Man, The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, Working Girl
1989. Driving Miss Daisy, Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot
1990. Dances with Wolves, Awakenings, Ghost, The Godfather Part III, Goodfellas
1991. The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, JFK, The Prince of Tides
1992. Unforgiven, The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howards End, Scent of a Woman
1993. Schindler's List, The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, The Remains of the Day
1994. Forrest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, The Shawshank Redemption (do I get extra points for being in one of these?
1995. Braveheart, Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino (The Postman), Sense and Sensibility
1996. The English Patient, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, Shine
1997. Titanic, As Good as It Gets, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential
1998. Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth, Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line
1999. American Beauty, The Cider House Rules, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Sixth Sense
2000. Gladiator, Chocolat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich, Traffic
2001. A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge
2002. Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist
2003. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lost in Translation, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Mystic River, Seabiscuit
2004. Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, Sideways
2005. Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich
2006. The Departed, Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen
2007. No Country for Old Men, Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood
2008. Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader

But then rmjwell had to go one better.

Not every movie is worthy of an Oscar. Hell, some movies aren't worthy of anything much but scorn and derision. The Rzaaies were born in 1981 and as long was we are all copping to the great movies we've seen, let's fess up to the not-so-great ones we've watched... either in a theater or in the private shame of our homes by highlighting them in bold.

1980. Can't Stop the Music, Cruising, The Formula, Friday the 13th, The Jazz Singer, The Nude Bomb, Raise the Titanic, Saturn 3, Windows, Xanadu
1981. Endless Love; Heaven's Gate; The Legend of the Lone Ranger; Tarzan, the Ape Man; Mommie Dearest
1982. Annie, Butterfly, Megaforce, The Pirate Movie, Inchon
1983. Hercules, Jaws 3-D, Stroker Ace, Two of a Kind, The Lonely Lady
1984. Cannonball Run II, Rhinestone, Sheena, Where the Boys Are '84, Bolero
1985. Fever Pitch, Revolution, Rocky IV, Year of the Dragon, Rambo: First Blood Part II
1986. Blue City, Cobra, Shanghai Surprise, Howard the Duck, Under the Cherry Moon
1987. Ishtar, Jaws: The Revenge, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Who's That Girl, Leonard Part 6
1988. Caddyshack II, Hot to Trot, Mac and Me, Rambo III, Cocktail
1989. The Karate Kid, Part III; Lock Up; Road House; Speed Zone!; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1990. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Graffiti Bridge, Rocky V, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Ghosts Can't Do It
1991. Cool as Ice, Dice Rules, Nothing But Trouble, Return to the Blue Lagoon, Hudson Hawk
1992. The Bodyguard, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, Final Analysis, Newsies, Shining Through
1993. Body of Evidence, Cliffhanger, Last Action Hero, Sliver, Indecent Proposal
1994. North, On Deadly Ground, The Specialist, Wyatt Earp, Color of Night
1995. Congo, It's Pat, The Scarlet Letter, Waterworld, Showgirls
1996. Barb Wire, Ed, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Stupids, Striptease
1997. Anaconda, Batman & Robin, Fire Down Below, Speed 2: Cruise Control, The Postman
1998. Armageddon, The Avengers, Godzilla, Spice World, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
1999. Big Daddy, The Blair Witch Project, The Haunting, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Wild Wild West
2000. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Little Nicky, The Next Best Thing, Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
2001. 3000 Miles to Graceland, Driven, Glitter, Pearl Harbor, Freddy Got Fingered
2002. The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Crossroads, Pinocchio, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Swept Away
2003. The Cat in the Hat, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, From Justin to Kelly, The Real Cancun, Gigli
2004. Alexander, SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Surviving Christmas, White Chicks, Catwoman
2005. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, The Dukes of Hazzard, House of Wax, Son of the Mask, Dirty Love
2006. BloodRayne, Lady in the Water, Little Man, The Wicker Man, Basic Instinct 2
2007. Bratz, Daddy Day Camp, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Norbit, I Know Who Killed Me
2008. The Happening, The Hottie & the Nottie, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Disaster Movie, The Love Guru


Luckily, I have missed some of the worst ones, and liked some...though I will never get those hours lost on BloodRayne back...EVER!

Comments

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

In most years, I've only seen one or two, though sometimes as many as four. This is the first year in which I've seen all five of the noms.

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Hey, Bloodrayne allowed you to indulge your heckling gene in an actual movie theatre!

[dreamtigress.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realized the years some of these had come out/been nominated. Interesting. I share quite a few of the Oscar ones you have seen... but you haven't seen The Green Mile ? It is excellent, and up there with Shawshank Redemption for prison movies I love.

[blueeowyn.livejournal.com]

I thought that we had seen all the noms before (1999). I know that we have seen some noms that normally we might have skipped just because they were nominated.

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

I don't remember seeing The Insider. Of course, in '99, you may have seen it without me!