The Letterboxd Oscars (1927-2023)

[@tomleonard830]

Unsurprisingly a lot more foreign language movies than you would get from an American award show.

[@ecgrey]

It's not like the Japanese Academy Awards or the Cesars nominate or have American films win. So why the double standard?

[@tomleonard830]

@@ecgrey The academy awards is not for best American made film, it’s for the best film RELEASED in America. But the Academy members are mostly English speaking Americans, so there is an inherent bias towards American, or at least English speaking, movies.

[@abriendo.COSILLAS]

its an american award show, not a foreign language show...

[@jardam9466]

@@tomleonard830 Most of foreign movies were released in US later than in home country. For example Seven Samurai were released in Japan in 1954, but were nominated for Oscars for year 1956 (ceremony in 1957). Not for a best movie, though. There was also 50 minutes missing from american release.

[@tomleonard830]

@@abriendo.COSILLAS that’s why it is not surprising.

[@8MillsProductions]

Paddington 2 winning best picture would’ve achieved world peace, just saying.

[@oscartracey5364]

I had to go check that on Letterboxd my jaw dropped from joy, although imo it’s not beating get out, blade runner 2049, shape of water, coco, or Logan in my top film of that year

[@garfieldfan925]

Paddington 2 SUCKS he got arrested and he didn’t even commit the crime. Left the theater the second the cops arrested him. I see why people make music like “fuck the police”

[@bharat5496]

@@garfieldfan925 cant tell if this is a joke but this is funny asf

[@osberswgaming]

@@garfieldfan925is this a joke Have you heard of a film plot

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

@@osberswgamingit’s obviously a joke

[@AvanipalSinghSivia]

Only 10 times Oscars and Letterboxd agreed.

[@guntarskauls8627]

We have the luxury of retrospective

[@r.c.c.10]

They are almost as untrustworhy.

[@richellebrittain2127]

And one of those is a kludge to fit the Oscars: Casablanca was released in 1942 but won its Oscars in 1943. If Letterboxd used its actual release year Casablanca would probably have been tops in 1942 instead.

[@emen_98]

1. All Quiet On The Western Front 2. It Happened One Night 3. Casablanca 4. The Godfather 5. The Godfather Part II 6. Schindlers List 7. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 8. The Departed 9. Parasite 10. Everything Everywhere All at Once

[@diptanshukashyap28]

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 2. It Happened One Night (1934) 3. Casablanca (1942) 4. The Godfather (1972) 5. The Godfather Part II (1974) 6. Schindler’s List (1993) 7. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of The King (2003) 8. The Departed (2006) 9. Parasite (2019) 10. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

[@ConMan-ye4ou]

The academy has only nominated an animated film for Best Picture three times. Letterbox gave an animated movie the WIN seven times.

[@scribblebits]

And none are Disney properties! 🤯

[@samp.8099]

Comedies get a lot more wins too compared to the Oscars. In 97 years, only four comedies won best picture.

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

Oscars: lets ignore animation and give it to non-disney to not make any controversy for two years Letterboxd: Animation movies are the best of their year

[@spenserdavis788]

@@scribblebits I was shocked. I really thought we'd get at least one Pixar in there at some point.

[@nicholasm4013]

ATSV should not be rated as high as it is

[@ManorHQ]

According to this list, the Academy and Letterboxd were in mutual agreement for: 1930 - All Quiet on the Western Front 1934 - It Happened One Night 1943 - Casablanca 1972 - The Godfather 1974 - The Godfather Part II 1993 - Schindler's List 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2006 - The Departed 2019 - Parasite 2022 - Everything Everywhere All at Once

[@BreatheForAMoment]

So basically it's a 10% chance of agreement between the people and the academy. Honestly, that is not surprising.

[@calvintabor5734]

Honestly goated list. Though I was surprised it's a wonderful life didn't win best picture

[@raydarable]

@@calvintabor5734 It's a Wonderful Life didn't gain popularity until years after it was made.

[@calvintabor5734]

@@raydarable makes sense now that you mention it, since it probably wasn't originally marketed as a Christmas movie like it is now

[@emanuelfabian6967]

Letter box is better 100%

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

Now do the opposite: What if Letterboxd decided the RAZZIES.

[@scribblebits]

Don’t tempt me

[@JonDan]

Do it! 😈​@@scribblebits

[@BrianCannan-em1nk]

@@scribblebits What if Letterboxd did the Emmys with that one list

[@annaphallactic]

​@@scribblebits I would like to tempt you 😉

[@dragonsblood23]

@@scribblebits "DO IT" - Palpatine

[@WithWizMedia]

Billy Wilder: Loses 2-3 Oscars Also Billy Wilder: Wins 2-3 Oscars for other films

[@micham33]

seeing Do The Right Thing win over Driving Miss Daisy here is so satisfying

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

While i prefer dead poets society and field of dreams. I can definitely live with that

[@Khwerz]

​@@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8νdefinitely like your options here way more. Dead poets society is so good that I liked it even when I don't even like poetry.

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

@@Khwerz Yeah, is sad that peter weir never won a oscar( he also directed truman show, master and commander etc..)

[@johngreen8921]

Perfect Blue winning best picture would have been such a fever dream

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

A good fever dream

[@savvastoynoysidis360]

​@@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8νMy top five animated films of all time, is really makes me happy

[@benderb.r5041]

Probably misremembering but wasn't it direct to DVD? Would it even qualify? That movie scared the crap outta me when I was a kid. Something about Rumi's and the stalker's eyes.

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

@@benderb.r5041 Guess your parents thought it was a kid's film then

[@hzoethetaco7492]

Sometimes I agree with letterboxed over the actual winner, other times I’m like “No, absolutely not, academy actually cooked with this one.”

[@brunomarkovic6651]

the academy wasn’t gonna let it slide in 2007

[@ravesilva]

Your Name over Moonlight was so foul

[@ivypirata9332]

@@ravesilva LALALAND was robbed once again

[@shortdrink873]

@@ravesilvaI think Your Name v Moonlight just runs into the age old problem of ranking very different things. They both have near perfect command on the specific things they set out to achieve.

[@jermainereyem7635]

​@@ravesilvaI said out loud "get the fuck outta here" 😅

[@lanceberry8983]

I was so used to seeing all the foreign language films that Paddington 2 shocked me for a second.

[@samp.8099]

These "wins" make a lot more sense than the actual Oscars wins. But then again historical hindsight gives a lot of help.

[@lostnthenoise]

There is also a bias to this list. These are films that were watched after the creation of Letterboxd. So people were more able to pick and choose the movies that they would like knowing more of the history of the film. The Oscars are about who enjoyed the movie more only in its year of release.

[@xertz2502]

how does historical hindsight help people figure out which movie is best?

[@evergreen9927]

@@xertz2502 well i mean some of the earlier best picture winners dont hold up because they seem a bit dated, but at the time they didnt see it that way because it was modern to them. Or at least I assume thats what the original commenter meant

[@shr9662]

@@xertz2502also the academy was (and slightly still is) quite racist

[@TseTseFlyMan]

@@xertz2502 We now know which movies from say the 1950's are good and also which ones that are good have stood the test of time. We know the ones that have been written about and which actors and actresses are now beloved. The year the movie came out, people really didn't know this. There might have been some write ups in papers, but there was no internet, and no shows like Entertainment Tonight and the like. Also access to these movies have changed in the last 70 or so years. Some movies have a lot more access now than others due to streaming and dvd access. An example might be The Greatest Show On Earth, which won the Oscar for the best picture, but over history it's been named as one of the poorer choices for best picture. Knowing this, people may not avoid it.

[@rife133]

50s and 60s japanese cinema just washes

[@scribblebits]

I know. Someone like Kurosawa really was wasted on the Academy

[@pasinduguruge-ni1iw]

Kobayashi and kurusowa rules

[@blisteredsoul4037]

Every time the results line up: “That’s why he’s the goat! …The GOAT!!”

[@SwordfishSpike50]

It's really funny to me that Gandhi (1982) was beaten out by The Thing. He preached non-violence and he lost to one of the most violent movies of all time 😆

[@krautgazer]

I don't think Gandhi would be against violence if said violence was used against a malevolent being from another world that was set to destroy humanity. His pacifism was mainly political.

[@SwordfishSpike50]

@@krautgazer true, good point

[@genericyoutubecommentchann7418]

The Thing received negative reviews upon release. This was definitely a case of popularity over time.

[@peacemaster8117]

Gandhi said that the Jews should have leapt off cliffs to their deaths in order to protest the inhumanity of the holocaust. Not really relevant, I just think it's an interesting tidbit.

[@SGWendy166]

An alternate universe of if the Oscar’s allowed MORE foreign-language and animated films to win

[@derwunze8147]

There is actually a yearly Oscar Vote on Letterboxd since 2019, where users do a vote with the exact same rules as the Oscars. The Winners were: 2019: Parasite 2020: Minari 2021: Dune 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once 2023: Oppenheimer

[@singeou7649]

Apart from Parasite, those are very bad takes.

[@vasconcelos7356]

​@@singeou7649 Oppenheimer and EEAAO are absolutely phenomenal pieces of film history.

[@singeou7649]

@@vasconcelos7356 Watch foreign films with lower budgets for God's sake...

[@singeou7649]

@@vasconcelos7356 Watch foreign films with lower budgets for God's sake... Showing Up, Killers of the Flower Moon, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Tar, The Fabelmans, Nope, Licorice Pizza, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Spencer, Top Gun Maverick, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Armageddon Time were WAY better films from USA these years.

[@singeou7649]

@@vasconcelos7356 Watch more foreign films and with lower budgets. Better US films in 2022-2023 : Showing Up, Menus plaisirs - Les troisgros, Killers of the Flower Moon, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Tar, The Fabelmans, Nope, Three Thousands Years of Longing, Top Gun Maverick, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, May December, The Sweet East, Man in Black and Zone of Interest.

[@gabeisgabe10]

Roma and The Social Network losing in this universe too is pretty funny (although tragic)

[@skinnerb86]

Admittedly the Roma loss (2018) might’ve been a bit easier to take had it been bested by Spider-verse instead of Green Book.

[@paulofrancaalves3020]

Miyazaki, Takahata, City of God and Satoshi winning Best Picture would be a dream coming true

[@Khwerz]

Are you talking about spirited away? It won best foreign film.

[@paulofrancaalves3020]

@@Khwerz Spirited Away only won Best Animated Feature

[@kimi9572]

It's worth remembering that the Oscars don't even consider foreign films for Best Picture until 1956 and that many foreign masterpieces after 1956 ended up winning Best Foreign Film instead.

[@hennersmusicreviews58]

Actually not true, Le Grande Illusion was nominated in the 30s. But the number nominated in the 20th century could probably be counted on one hand and one finger. Only 6 films not in English were nominated for Best Picture in the last century. The other 5 being Z; The Emigrants; Cries and Whispers; Il Postino; Life is Beautiful. There have been 6 films already this decade so far.

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

I wonder that. If life is beautiful or cries and Whispers won on their respective years, would that make the academy nominated more international foreign language films or not.

[@davepugh8815]

Z was also nominated

[@theczar]

I would love to see a video like this but specifically about which of the actual nominated movies would win based on the Letterboxd ratings

[@alexo_pog]

upping this idea

[@trashbockmist9077]

Yeah I thought this would be exactly this. In my opinion a much better idea for a video, because this is just a list of highest rated letterbosed movies of each year, and everybody knows most of these films never had a chance at winning.

[@somecanadiangirl1]

I think I might do this :)

[@derekhaave9412]

Your Name instead of Moonlight woulda been crazyy

[@yriafehtivan]

Goddamn, some of the years are really difficult picks. Some because both are so good, and some because I've never heard of either movie.

[@BrendanJSmith]

I would also like to see the other 4 highest-rated films to see what would've hypothetically been nominated.

[@benkouchnerkavich4449]

Every now and then I blissfully forget that “Crash” won best picture. Then something comes along to remind me…

[@scribblebits]

Sorry about that

[@EntrEsprit]

Beautiful Mind winning in a year of Spirited Away, Mulholland Drive, LOTR is kinda crazy ngl

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

Spirited away was eligible the next year and won

[@mattchamberlain3005]

1980 having empire strikes back, raging bull, the shining and the elephant man and ordinary people wins is embarrassing

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

The old people from Oscar's love depressing movies. Ordinary Movie will leave you depressed so much you won't be able to stand up, breathe and do natural functions for a long time. With the Oscar's full of old people, it makes sense.

[@vasconcelos7356]

Absolutely, the Academy can be one dumb piece of shit sometimes.

[@Hunkules09]

Was Ordinary People Redford’s directorial debut? He had so much Hollywood clout that I wonder if he was able to get the win because of his own popularity.

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

@@Hunkules09 yeah and aside from the sad and depressing plot

[@fitzgeraldfilmsMN]

@@Hunkules09probably. There is so much one has to do to win the award besides just making the movie from what I’ve heard. Oscars over the years have their ups and downs for sure

[@gasparvalenzuela7624]

Japan was on fire in the 50s and the 60s

[@annamonson212]

Having this stretch so far back in time makes me wonder whether the people who lived then would agree :) I'd love to go back in time, show this video, and ask if there's a hidden gem that got lost to the Oscar's AND lost to time

[@scribblebits]

That’s a great point. I read a statistic somewhere that almost half the films pre-1950 are now non existent. If that’s true who knows how many incredible works of art we’ve missed out on forever.

[@danielgwynne7266]

@@scribblebitsyeah like my favourite film from 1927 Napoléon took decades to get reconstructed and they are still making improved versions nowadays.

[@FallenKnight2244]

There are those GOAT films that win both awards

[@ashwinchiang1913]

Only movies that matched up - 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front - 1934: It Happened One Night - 1943: Casablanca - 1972: The Godfather - 1974: The Godfather: Part II - 1994: Schindler's List - 2003: Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King - 2006: The Departed - 2019: Parasite - 2022: Everything Everywhere all at Once

[@NoConsistency]

I loved how amidst all the auteur art films there's The Thing from 1982.

[@jorgeortega6806]

Every type of community has a bias. All of them.

[@xXFIR3ST0RMXx]

i know statistically a sample of 1000 is meant to be representative of a population or whatever - but i think it needs to be something bigger than just 1000+ reviews to qualify and rank. with that said this is an amazing quality video 👏🏼

[@genericyoutubecommentchann7418]

19 times the Letterboxd winner was a nominee for the Oscar that year and lost. 1. 1939 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 2. 1940 - The Great Dictator 3. 1941 - Citizen Kane 4. 1944 - Double Indemnity 5. 1946 - It’s a Wonderful Life 6. 1948 - The Red Shoes 7. 1950 - Sunset Boulevard 8. 1957 - 12 Angry Men 9. 1975 - Barry Lyndon 10. 1976 - Network 11. 1979 - Apocalypse Now 12. 1990 - Goodfellas 13. 1994 - The Shawshank Redemption 14. 1996 - Secrets and Lies 15. 2005 - Brokeback Mountain 16. 2007 - There Will Be Blood 17. 2009 - Inglorious Basterds 18. 2014 - Whiplash 19. 2020 - The Father The other 67 times the Letterboxd winner wasn’t even a nominee. Be it because their popularity didn’t come until later on, they were foreign films that weren’t noticed at the time, or the Academy just outright snubbed them.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

1975 is a big surprise to me, and the Only Kubrick on the list.

[@shivbaruah5780]

Return of the king was sooo good that even letterboxd agreed 👑

[@thefoxcritic1]

"even Letterboxd"? you clearly know nothing about Letterboxd

[@SweetZombiJesus]

I think you meant "Return of the king was sooo good that even the Academy agreed"

[@meciocio]

​@@thefoxcritic1no, they have a point

[@thefoxcritic1]

@@meciocio no, they don't

[@meciocio]

@@thefoxcritic1 yes, they kinda do

[@lilflo36]

This showed up on my recommendations and i couldn't be happier

[@samanthak9078]

2005, finally getting it right. This is a really neat idea, thanks for doing this

[@walrus6429]

I like paddington 2 but its crazy that its the most for 2017 Over films like lady bird and get out lol

[@FiSt_07]

Get out is close second on letterboxd

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

Honestly get out or phantom thread should had won but im probably one of few people who dont hate shape of water

[@walrus6429]

@user-dp4fq4dm7q oh I like shape of water don't get me wrong but definitely not best picture worthy imo

[@katashworth41]

Paddington 2 is a masterpiece and I will hear no objections.

[@9folds]

someone needs to make a letterboxd list of this

[@scribblebits]

Way ahead of you

[@9folds]

​@@scribblebitscan I have the link

[@facu_avm]

I don’t think there is a better side or a worse. I agreed with many of the movies featured in both sides and also disagreed with both at other movies.

[@evilashe5131]

Some of these movie transitions have such tonal or environment whiplash that it's hilarious, the ones where it was mainly prominent were Shawshank Redemption to La Haine and Spirited Away to City of God.

[@rufashaochicken]

I would like to live in a world where THE DARK KNIGHT actually won the 2008 best pic.

[@leonkane8570]

my letterboxd tribe loves their suffering movies quite a lot

[@alanwhit8770]

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is the greatest war movie made ... and it doesn't have a war scene in it. Untouchable ...

[@CarlosPenaSuarez]

I still can't understand why Goodfellas, Brockeback Mountain, Fight Club, Saving Private Ryan, Up, Inglorius Basterds, La La Land didn't win.

[@ieatroti]

I still can't understand how the dark knight lost best picture that year ?

[@dumpstergoblin5318]

So Letterboxed loves Carpa and Kurosawa

[@magnus75damkier]

Who doesn't?

[@yriafehtivan]

Yeah, Capra and Kurosawa are great.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

And Billy Wilder

[@Inzersdorf93]

And dislikes Miloš Forman lol

[@BreatheForAMoment]

@@Inzersdorf93 He has 2 films in the top 250 and none of his other major works are especially badly rated. What do you mean?

[@julian_hesse]

Cool idea! I will definitely check out some of these movies

[@philalexandros9]

Wow, love to see “Embrace of the Serpent” in 2015. That movie was a true cinematic Experience.

[@dhruvildesai6911]

your name not being nominated in 2016 was the biggest snub i've ever seen

[@lukethekuya]

Worse for A Silent Voice too 😭😭😭

[@MakeSomeMoyse]

Fascinating. Some real robberies here and some I'm on the fence about. Thanks for putting it together

[@philipsheppard4815]

It would be interesting to see the list but with the highest rated English Language film as that is probably a more accurate comparison for the most part.

[@joe.osullivan]

Id like to see these films go up against each other in a larger poll. There are some obvious flips, like Citizen Kane, there are some where I think the original would win, like Lawrence of Arabia, and then there are ones that would be incredibly close, like 12 Angry Men vs Bridge Over the River Kwai.

[@spenserdavis788]

Halfway through the video, and I just gotta say thank you for putting in the time to make the compilation look this freakin' good. The clip selections are fantastic. Some of the hero worship here is predictable (Kurosawa again? You don't say...) but it does feel like the perfect list is somewhere in-between these winners and the Academy's.

[@solharv7817]

Have to say, I almost entirely agree with Letterboxd for the much older movies in this list. Metropolis, City Lights, Double Indemnity, Brief Encounter, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Red Shoes, they’re are all timeless classics while the winners for most of those years are largely forgotten. Once you get into conversations like Lawrence of Arabia vs Harakiri it’s more just down to personal taste, but oh man some real stinkers were winning best picture in those early days.

[@matthewhunter1193]

The knowledge that Into the Spider-Verse dropped the year Green Book won will never not be funny to me. I don't even hate the movie as much as most people do, but it wasn't even in the top-half of the Best Picture nominees that year, and just goes to show how much the Academy devalues animation (something they still do considering that Maestro got a nom over Across the Spide-Verse).

[@unconditionalprong]

They still see it as kiddie fluff regardless how good or what the audience is. It might be more disrespected than horror.

[@carmenheadrest]

this is proof of just how unfair it is the way the academy treats animation

[@logandupay9596]

The Letterbox Best Animated Features from each year would be just as interesting as this.

[@Soldred]

Whenever I remember the films that won over A Separation (The Artist here but also Midnight in Paris for screenplay) I experience actual pain.

[@NickOwens]

It's interesting to me how many more of these films have stood the test of time than the actual winners.

[@benlorimer9309]

I think that is exactly what you'd expect. The Letterboxd voters weren't voting the year the film was released like the oscars. Most will have voted in the last 5 years.

[@Ahjussi14]

mannn grave of fireflies is depressing as FUCK

[@iansmart4158]

To be fair, SECRETES & LIES prolly should have won in '96. What a picture!

[@Wickandrew]

Fun experiment in presentism. My only complaint is that the older films don't accurately demonstrate what the Academy could have voted for, as many foreign films wouldn't have been eligible that year. Many of the films were not even released in the United States until later. For Example: Tokyo Story (1953) was released in the United States in1972. Awesome movie, but it wouldn't have competed against From Here to Eternity. I'd be interested to see another version with eligible films only.

[@Lola.xx.9]

I'm glad there are many European movies on this list. These mentioned are truly masterpieces, and there are also many more. It's a shame they don't get enough attention.

[@austinuhr8459]

Man, you gotta warn me before you put Grave of the Fireflies on screen. I was not emotionally prepared.

[@spennywenny]

My favorite movie (Your Name, 2016) being the winner is so damn cathartic. It was robbed of a best animated feature nomination for sure. Did NOT expect to see it here, but I for sure wish i lived in that timeline.

[@Tigerbricks11]

16:29 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest clears

[@wacopaco2099]

Letterboxd try not to glaze Japanese cinema challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[@nessleepk]

Make Way for Tomorrow is absolutely goated, glad to see it make it

[@BullyMaguire314]

Ngl seeing Whiplash win the Letterbox Oscars brings a smile to my face.

[@sentencedtofeel9577]

Very interesting. The performance was amazing but not a strong script for me

[@BullyMaguire314]

@@sentencedtofeel9577 That’s fair. For me personally it’s a top 5 movie for sure.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Definitely top 5 of that decade for me.

[@BullyMaguire314]

@@ChubbyChecker182 oh yeah for sure 😤

[@Gabboele]

I didn't expect "To be or not to be", it's a masterpiece, loved every second of it

[@purekinema]

Letterboxd actually has an Oscars vote for their members every year and they used to have Letterboxd Community Awards. These are their Best Picture winners. 2014: Her 2015: Boyhood 2016: Mad Max Fury Road 2017: La La Land 2018: Call Me By Your Name 2019: Roma 2020: Parasite 2021: Minari 2022: Dune 2023: Everything Everywhere All At Once 2024: Oppenheimer It's very different than the highest average, because only highly watched movies can win an award and it's awarded in the year of release rather than retrospectively (both like the real Oscars).

[@alexc4003]

I'm in team No Country over There Will Be Blood, but I can accept the two being interchangeable for best director and picture categories, both deserve it in their own ways.

[@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν]

Yes both are so good

[@magnus75damkier]

Letterboxd is more more often on the money than the Academy but then you get some bizarro choices like "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" above Oppenheimer, which borders on the laughable.

[@syknyk101]

Recency bias. Same for Paddington 2, give it 20 years and they'll average out...

[@theitalianalien8477]

agree

[@quintenvandalen8197]

@@syknyk101 You can't claim recency bias when they're both equally recent

[@syknyk101]

@@quintenvandalen8197 the big blockbuster movies will have more views, the smaller less seen movies need time to gain viewers...

[@julienjupin8093]

​@@syknyk101 What ? Spider-Verse made $690 million while Oppenheimer made $976 million. Oppenheimer is already more seen than Spider-Verse.

[@farisraza1902]

Brief Encounter winning would have been marvelous.

[@thanesyswerda291]

I watched this and 2x Speed. Would Highly recommend!!

[@chrisfury6316]

So-so, sometimes letterboxed has the better pick, sometimes the oscars!

[@motor4X4kombat]

Kurosawa basically owned the 50's

[@TJGaffney]

Foreign films weren't seriously considered for best picture until very recently. Top American film each year would be a more interesting comparison.

[@andyzambrano2423]

Yeah, foreign films are nominated the year they get a US theatrical release, and only for the public, not for festivals. That’s a bit too complicated for me. I could never be on a committee to nominate movies.

[@scribblebits]

I would say that’s more on the fault of the Academy for not considering international films sooner. If it was just American films, would that also discount any other English speaking films?

[@davidbear-s4v]

@@scribblebits The Academy was created by Hollywood studios to promote Hollywood films and, more importantly, to improve Hollywood's image. That was its job.

[@selenacollections]

What a great idea for a video! Interesting to see what was acclaimed at the time, vs what has stood the test of time

[@incrediblesnn]

Cool video! It would be neat if you did more lists similar to this

[@stevescp9984]

If the rule is no limited series, then DAS BOOT is disqualified as it was first a German TV miniseries that was cut down to feature length.

[@scribblebits]

Oh, good spot. I wasn’t aware of that.

[@d.b.scoville]

Letterboxd giving Barry Lyndon the praise it deserves

[@nightblade4338]

What about the human condition III for 1961 and Its Such a Beautiful Day for 2012?

[@DesiranKehendak]

1973. Letterboxd: Paper Moon. Oscar: The Sting. Ooh that gotta be tough choice.

[@aworldgonemad]

Wondering what the discrepancy between the Oscar winner and the letterbox winner is as far as number of people reviewing go.. for eg, the letterboxed winner for 1969 is army of shadows with 5k reviews, the Oscar winner is Midnight cowboy with 21k reviews (four times as many) . I feel that this will skew the review bias a lot.

[@benroddison]

Kinda surprised and not surprised at the same time to see 4 anime movies and 2 Spider-Man movies, as they're all amazing movies. Kinda wasn't sure whether 2016 was gonna be A Silent Voice or Your Name, or if 2023 would be ATSV or The Boy and the Heron though. Really funny to imagine a ton of people watching Perfect Blue after seeing it win at the Oscars and being clueless to what was gonna happen in it.

[@ballcapgamer3974]

to this day im still sad the dark knight, fury road, and blade runner 2049 didnt win or in some instances were even nominated for best picture

[@lukethekuya]

I was NOT expecting Your Name and Paddington 2 to be ranked higher than the Best Picture Winners for their respective years, knowing Letterboxd.

[@VoltUni]

I mean…also have to counter in that basically every Letterboxd one is all newer ratings and a lot of films have gained more popularity way after release

[@schakj]

Great list! Interesting how Chaplin dominates the 30s and Japanese dominate 50/60s. It Happened One Night first movie that agrees - shows it’s a true classic.

[@lazymumbler]

Your Name is the movie that satisfies my soul 😭

[@closeben]

Not getting any Oscar recognition was criminal.

[@indiiedreamer]

Paddington 2 ♥ what a masterpiece

[@thefilmwatcher1216]

I genuinely believe that It's A Wonderful Life is the biggest Best Picture snub of all time.

[@austinuhr8459]

While I agree that It's a Wonderful Life is the best film of that year, The Best Years of Our Lives is also an amazing film, and given the context of WWII having just ended and it being the first film to really depict PTSD, it's win is very justified.

[@thefilmwatcher1216]

@@austinuhr8459 That's totally fair.

[@fabianhebestreit3240]

Have you seen The Best Years Of Our Lives though?

[@fiImbro]

23:58 sorry for commenting twice but this clip + the secrets & lies clip are so funny sped up + so do a lot more of these, especially there will be blood lmao

[@sebby97]

This video is great and thank you for making it. However I'm not sure about your decision to show the most pivotal moment of each film lol

[@Lilmovieman27]

Also, as good as Once upon a time in the west is, it is hard to believe it is ranked higher than 2001