Rankings: 1950-1959

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Rankings: 1950-1959

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Jan 19, 2021

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We take a look back over the ten movies that won Best Picture during the 1950s and rank them according to our own personal preferences. Do our lists match up with yours?

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Jan 19, 2021

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Join friends Sam and Rance as they watch and discuss every single Academy Award winner for Best Picture starting from the very first ceremony.

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1957: The Bridge On The River Kwai: David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai led the 1957 Academy Awards winning seven of its eight nominations.. but don't let that fool you! This was an amazing year for other movies as well, so tune in as we highlight other classics such as Witness f ... by The Envelope Please
62 min listen
1961: West Side Story: The record for the most Academy Award wins for a movie musical goes to West Side Story. It collected, in total, ten statuettes at the 1961 ceremony. However, do both Rance and Sam agree with all of the wins? Did perhaps Judgement at Nuremberg deserve ... by The Envelope Please
66 min listen
1952: The Greatest Show On Earth: It is finally Oscar's silver anniversary and to celebrate the occasion the Academy decided to honor The Greatest Show On Earth as the best movie of the year.. Yikes! This Cecil B. DeMille spectacle has now gone on to be considered one of the worst Be ... by The Envelope Please
49 min listen
1949: All The King's Men: In the final year of the 1940s, the Academy gave their top honor to the political thriller All The King's Men. The movie also saw wins for its leading actor Broderick Crawford and the supporting actress Mercedes McCambridge. However, 1949 was also th ... by The Envelope Please
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1933: Cavalcade: The Oscar for Best Picture in 1933 went to the epic production of Cavalcade. A popular film based on a popular stageplay, which would soon become a tradition for numerous other Best Picture winners, too. But the question still remains.. does it hold ... by The Envelope Please
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1951: An American In Paris: It's time for us to discuss another big, glossy MGM movie musical. An American in Paris managed to win Best Picture over the likes of A Streetcar Named Desire and A Place in the Sun, two films that have gone on to be considered American movie classic ... by The Envelope Please
64 min listen
1956: Around The World In 80 Days: 1956 was truly a strange year for the Academy Awards. It was the first year where every Best Picture nominee was in color, it was also the first year for the Best Foreign Language Film category, and it is one of only a couple of years where the top a ... by The Envelope Please
55 min listen
1947: Gentleman's Agreement: 1947 saw Elia Kazan win his first Best Picture/Director combo for Gentleman's Agreement. The movie also scored four acting nominations, winning in the Supporting Actress category for Celeste Holm. We break down the social themes of this black and whi ... by The Envelope Please
41 min listen
25 Year Anniversary Special: To celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the Academy Awards we take a look back at the first 25 years of the ceremony to see how it has changed and grown over time. Tune in to find our who we crown as our first King and Queen of the Oscars! by The Envelope Please
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1931: Cimarron by The Envelope Please
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1943: Casablanca: Often cited as one of the top five greatest American movies of all time, Casablanca was the big winner of 1943. This movie has everything: a little suspense, some laughs and a tragic love story all set against a backdrop of WWII. Looking back, it's s ... by The Envelope Please
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1939: Gone With The Wind: It is time for the Grand-Daddy of them all! The big winner of 1939 was Gone With The Wind, which took home eight competitive awards that evening. This movie holds a special place in both of our hearts and is considered to be one of the best films of ... by The Envelope Please
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1960: The Apartment: The 1960s kick off with Billy Wilder's second victory in both the Best Picture and Best Director races. However, the Best Picture nominees seem to be missing one very important movie: Psycho. Why did the Academy shun Alfred Hitchcocks most enduring p ... by The Envelope Please
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1942: Mrs. Miniver: We are now in the thick of WWII, therefore it's only fitting that a war picture should take the top prize. Used as a movie to help raise the spirits of the British forces, Mrs. Miniver became the highest grossing picture of 1942 and was nominated for ... by The Envelope Please
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1930: All Quiet On The Western Front: The third year of the Academy Awards and already a second war movie wins the top honor! Arguably one of the greatest anti-war films of all time, All Quiet On The Western Front becomes the standard for all war epics to follow. by The Envelope Please
34 min listen
1939: Best Picture Nominees: We have come to the "Golden Year" of Hollywood. 1939 includes some of the greatest movies of all time in its Best Picture line-up. This week, we discuss the nine movies that failed to win the top honor, but very likely could have had Gone With The Wi ... by The Envelope Please
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2020 Oscar Predictions: The Oscars are on Sunday! The greatest day of the whole year. We give you our 2020 predictions on who we think will win EVERY CATEGORY. Will Best Picture be 1917? Parasite? Or maybe Joker?? Tune in and find out what we think. by The Envelope Please
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1929: The Broadway Melody: And the winner is... The Broadway Melody! The first official movie musical to win the top prize happened in only the second year of the Academy Awards. Tune in to see how much has already changed between the first two Oscar ceremonies. by The Envelope Please
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1935: Mutiny On The Bounty: The only movie to date to receive three (count 'em THREE) nominations in the Best Actor race, Mutiny On The Bounty took home the big award for 1935. This movie was a real treat for us to discuss, so tune in as we talk in great detail about how attrac ... by The Envelope Please
47 min listen
1944: Going My Way: Still heavily involved in WWII, the Academy chose the bright, chirpy musical Going My Way as the Best Picture recipient in 1944. But did the Bing Crosby vehicle deserve the top honor over the likes of such dark film noirs as Gaslight or Double Indemn ... by The Envelope Please
42 min listen
1948: Hamlet: Laurence Olivier's 1948 screen adaptation of Hamlet is the only Shakespearean work to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Olivier is also the only person to direct himself to an Oscar winning performance. Viewed today, it is a cinematically breathtaking ... by The Envelope Please
61 min listen
1938: You Can't Take It With You: It is time for a good old fashioned, wholesome movie. 1938 saw Frank Capra win his third Oscar for Best Director and his second for Best Picture. It would be fair to say that Capra pretty much owned the 1930s. Tune in to hear us break down this year ... by The Envelope Please
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Rankings: 1950-1959: We take a look back over the ten movies that won Best Picture during the 1950s and rank them according to our own personal preferences. Do our lists match up with yours? by The Envelope Please
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1934: It Happened One Night: Ladies and Gentlemen, the first movie to SWEEP the top 5 categories at the Oscars: It Happened One Night. Not only is this a great movie, it also happens to be one of Rance and Sam's favorite movies of all time. Listen as we practically gush over how ... by The Envelope Please
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Rankings: 1927-1937: We've reached a milestone! The first ten years of the Oscars have been accounted for, so we look back and rank the eleven movies honored with the Best Picture prize. Do our lists match? Do we have the same number one? Tune in and find out! by The Envelope Please
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1932: Grand Hotel: The year is 1932 and the Best Picture winner is... Grand Hotel! This is the first and only movie to win the top honor without being nominated in a single other category. Tune in to hear our take on this star-studded, Hollywood production! by The Envelope Please
40 min listen
1950: All About Eve: We have reached a new decade! And what a way to kick things off. All About Eve is one of the most nominated movies in Academy history. It holds the record (along with Titanic and La La Land) with an astounding 14 nominations; 5 of which were in the a ... by The Envelope Please
52 min listen
1941: How Green Was My Valley: One of the first truly controversial years! 1941 became a showdown between How Green Was My Valley and the epic masterpiece that is Citizen Kane. Yet, it was John Ford's quietly beautiful film about a Welsh mining family that came out on top. Tune in ... by The Envelope Please
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Season 1 Finale: Part 1: On this special episode of The Envelope Please we break down some of our personal favorites from the first 35 years of the Academy Awards. On Part 1, we list our favorite Best Supporting Actor/Actress and Leading Actor winners. On Part 2, we conclud ... by The Envelope Please
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1998: Shakespeare In Love: We have landed at one of the most controversial Best Picture winners of all time! Shakespeare in Love beat out the heavy favorite, Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, for the top spot. Tune in to find out where we stand on this touchy subject! by The Envelope Please
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1997: Titanic: Ladies and gentlemen.. we have finally arrived at Titanic. Nominated for 14 Oscars and winning 11, this is one of the most honored movies of all time. But does it hold up? Tune in to hear our take on this undeniable classic. by The Envelope Please
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1996: The English Patient: Welcome back to what we're calling Season 3 of our show! We kick things off with a big winner, The English Patient. Although it took home 9 Oscars, we don't agree that it was the best movie of the year. Tune in to find out what movie we think should ... by The Envelope Please
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1995: Braveheart: This year we have another Hollywood star turned director winning Best Picture. This time it's Mel Gibson. Often cited as one of the most historically inaccurate movies ever made, Braveheart walked away with five Oscars. But it certainly isn't our fav ... by The Envelope Please
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1993: Schindler's List: Steven Spielberg finally reigned supreme with his undisputed Best Picture winner Schindler's List. Listen as we break down this amazing year at the Oscars! by The Envelope Please
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1992: Unforgiven: Clint Eastwood finally got his due in 1992 by winning both Best Picture and Best Director for his brutally honest depiction of violence in Unforgiven. We also highlight other great movies of the year like The Crying Game, A League of their Own and Th ... by The Envelope Please
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1991: The Silence of the Lambs: We finally have a horror movie winning Best Picture! Silence of the Lambs is now our third movie to sweep the top 5 Oscar categories... but it didn't come without its controversy. Tune in as we break down this incredible movie and year in film. by The Envelope Please
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1990: Dances With Wolves: We kick off the new decade with another actor-turned-director winning for his first outing: Dances With Wolves. Although it is credited for re-popularizing the Western genre, it's now looked upon as another example of a "white savior" narrative. Tune ... by The Envelope Please
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1989: Driving Miss Daisy: We've reached the end of the 80s! And what a year this was. Driving Miss Daisy controversially won the top honor over the likes of My Left Foot, Glory and Do The Right Thing. We break down why we think this happened, and what movie WE think deserved ... by The Envelope Please
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1986: Platoon: Almost a decade after The Deer Hunter took home the Best Picture award, we have another Vietnam War movie front and center: Oliver Stone's Platoon. Quieter and more poetic, Platoon is one of the best depictions of what the soldiers experienced during ... by The Envelope Please
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1985: Out Of Africa: We now have our third Best Picture winning film staring Meryl Streep. This time it's Out Of Africa that sweeps the awards, taking home seven. However, neither of us think this is the best 1985 had to offer. Tune in to hear what our pic for Best Film ... by The Envelope Please
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1984: Amadeus: Amadeus swept the 1984 Academy Awards, winning a total of eight statues during the evening. Tune in as we cover this impressive cinematic achievement while also highlighting other greats movies of the year like Splash and Muppets Take Manhattan. by The Envelope Please
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1983: Terms of Endearment: 1983 was the year of James L. Brooks, who took home three Academy Awards (including Best Picture) for his sentimental family-drama Terms of Endearment. You will hear no complaints from us as we break down this year in Oscar movies. by The Envelope Please
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1982: Gandhi: Gandhi swept the 1982 Academy Awards, winning eight golden statues. However, this year also included heavyweights like Tootsie, E.T., and Victor/Victoria. Do we agree with the outcome? Tune in to hear our take! by The Envelope Please
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Rankings: 1950-1959

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