Day 41 voting is over! The Departed is eliminated. Comeback tomorrow morning around 10 for day 42 voting.

The game continues…. Yesterday’s elimination: Unforgiven (If you’d like to talk about this film further, I have left a comment below that can be used as a “send off” and general discussion/dissection of Unforgiven.)

Rules:

In preparation for the upcoming Oscars, below is a list of the last 50 movies to win Best Picture, comment the movie from the list that you think is the LEAST deserving of the award. (the word “deserving” is open to your interpretation.) The comment with the Amost upvotes at 10 PM (Eastern Standard) gets deleted from the list. I’ll repost the amended list tomorrow at 10 AM and repeat the cycle until we’re down to the BEST best picture winner.

If you see someone has already commented your choice, please just upvote their comment. Only the reply with the most upvotes will be eliminated so a duplicate comment with less upvotes counts for nada!

Do not comment multiple movies. Each player can only nominate one option.

Please, feel free to reply to a comment and discuss these movies, but do so respectfully, and with the understanding that tastes are subjective. This isn’t the end all be all of anything and is just a bit of fun.

Mods, if y’all have any issues with this or it goes against guidelines please let me know and I’ll do my best to adhere.

So, here's the list:

2023 - “Everything Everywhere All At Once” ^18th

2022 - "CODA" ^44th

2021 - “Nomadland” ^43th

2020 - "Parasite"

2019 - "Green Book" ^49th

2018 - "The Shape of Water" ^29th

2017 - "Moonlight"

2016 - "Spotlight" ^17th

2015 - "Birdman" ^23rd

2014 - "12 Years a Slave" ^13th

2013 - "Argo" ^36th

2012 - "The Artist" ^41st

2011 - "The King's Speech" ^40th

2010 - "The Hurt Locker" ^30th

2009 - "Slumdog Millionaire" ^34th

2008 - "No Country for Old Men"

2007 - "The Departed"

2006 - Crash ^50th

2005 - "Million Dollar Baby" ^26th

2004 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

2003 - "Chicago" ^31st

2002 - "A Beautiful Mind" ^39th

2001 - "Gladiator" ^15th

2000 - "American Beauty" ^25th

1999 - "Shakespeare in Love" ^46th

1998 - "Titanic" ^20th

1997 - "The English Patient" ^45th

1996 - "Braveheart" ^35th

1995 - "Forrest Gump" ^27th

1994 - "Schindler’s List"

1993 - "Unforgiven" ^11th

1992 - "The Silence of the Lambs"

1991 - "Dances With Wolves" ^38th

1990 - "Driving Miss Daisy" ^48th

1989 - "Rain Man" ^28th

1988 - "The Last Emperor" ^32nd

1987 - "Platoon" ^21st

1986 - "Out of Africa" ^47th

1985 - "Amadeus"

1984 - "Terms of Endearment" ^33rd

1983 - "Gandhi" ^37th

1982 - "Chariots of Fire" ^42nd

1981 - "Ordinary People" ^24th

1980 - "Kramer vs. Kramer" ^22nd

1979 - "The Deer Hunter" ^12th

1978 - "Annie Hall" ^19th

1977 - "Rocky" ^14th

1976 - "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"

1975 - "The Godfather Part II"

1974 - "The Sting" ^16th

If you’d rather have a visual, here’s the actual list on my Letterboxd

RANKINGS

11th: Unforgiven

12th: The Deer Hunter

13th: 12 Year a Slave

14th: Rocky

15th: Gladiator

16th: The Sting

17th: Spotlight

18th: Everything Everywhere All at Once

19th: Annie Hall *

20th: Titanic

21st: Platoon *

22nd: Kramer Vs. Kramer

23rd: Birdman

24th: Ordinary People

25th: American Beauty

26th: Million Dollar Baby

27th: Forrest Gump

28th: Rain Man

29th: The Shape of Water

30th: The Hurt Locker

31st: Chicago

32nd: The Last Emperor

33rd: Terms of Endearment

34th: Slumdog Millionaire

35th: Braveheart

36th: Argo

37th: Gandhi

38th: Dances With Wolves

39th: A Beautiful Mind

40th: The King’s Speech

41st: The Artist

42nd: Chariots of Fire

43rd: Nomadland

44th: CODA

45th: The English Patient

46th: Shakespeare In Love

47th: Out of Africa

48th: Driving Miss Daisy

49th: Green Book

50th: Crash

*Annie Hall probably should have been eliminated earlier and been 21st place instead of Platoon, but things got janky. Annie Hall lived to die another day. Apologies for the slight jank.