Greatest film never to have won the best film oscar

[Uncle Spielberg]

The list in a survey of 6000 Radio Times customers are.

Which is your choice of these 10

 

[Tom Bombadil]

I've gone for Some Like it Hot, which is brilliant. Nearly went for It's a Wonderfull Life, which is another film I love.

 

[CHAPPERS]

It's a Wonderful Life.

Et and 2001: A Space Odyssey bored the shit out of me.

 

[tinx]

Has to be Shawshank for me as its my favorite film of all time.

Total classic movie.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Wizard of Oz!!!! Classic movie

 

[lincs seagull]

no dobut the great escape acting masterclass from all invovled true story with a bit of hollywood glitzs and of course Mcqueen


what a great film never matched and a music score that gives me the shivers

 

[Cian]

I'm going to be contraversial and go for one that wasn't even nominated for Best Film, probably because it wasn't in English

La Haine

Great movie. Won Best Director at Cannes in '95.

 

[Pevenseagull]

I've gone 2001 but as an aside:


the amazing thing about Shawshank is that the award that year went to:





wait for it





you're not going to believe this





think of a bad film





now double it




it went to





Forest Gump

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Chappers

I am going to beat you up now, you have gone too far.

" ET bored the shit out of me ".

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I thought Forest Gump was a very good film.

 

[Gwylan]

I believe that Citizen Kane also failed to win Best Film.

Amazing to think that it's reckoned the best film in just about every film list since then.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

I'm going to be contraversial and go for one that wasn't even nominated for Best Film, probably because it wasn't in English

La Haine

Great movie. Won Best Director at Cannes in '95.

I've watched that, movie was in black and white and the subtitles were in white so didnt understand it!

 

[Cian]

I've watched that, movie was in black and white and the subtitles were in white so didnt understand it!

Subtitles on RTE were in Red I think. And my French is OK, ish....

 

[Meade's Ball]

La Haine is a decent film. It's basically the French Do The Right Thing though.

 

[Trigger]

Shawshank, definitely.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Shawshank, definitely.

Thats what I voted but I have one question...


where is 'Airplane' on that list?

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Subtitles on RTE were in Red I think. And my French is OK, ish....

lucky you!

 

[Pevenseagull]

Films that won best film

Out of Africa
Driving Miss Daisy
The last Lord of the Rings film (ghosts having fights with elephants)
A Beautiful Mind (which I think beat Amelie)
Chicago
Titanic (which I know beat LA Confidential
Chariots of Fire
Oliver


Films not named above that missed out:

Along with Psycho (surely not his best) every other Hitchcock film (Vertigo and Rear Window didn't even get nominated)
Jaws
All John Ford's films
Chinatown


In fairness when you look back at the winners during the late sixties and seventies (when films were good) there are some pretty damn solid movies in there: '69 Midnight Cowboy, '71 French Connection, '72 Godfather, 74 Godfather PtII, '75 One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, '78 Deer Hunter. So a lot of classics got edged out, but all in all ....


go figure

 

[Pevenseagull]

I thought Forest Gump was a very good film.

do you have an obsession with things that run badly?

 

[Marc]

Wizard Of Oz, greatest film EVER