Top 10: The Best and Worst Oscar-Winning Movies of All Time

[Sanguine]

Hey, I'm not a fighter!

How about this: was there ever a worst miscasting than Robert Redford in "Out of Africa," you know, where he was supposed to be the great white British hunter?

I have to give you that one. 

[TomSea]

Very timely for 1972 though of course, the Godfather was better.

[goatprairie]

Best actor recipients in recent years. Deserved or not?

1997 Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets
1998  Roberto Benigni Life is Beautiful 
1999  Kevin Spacey American Beauty
2000  Russell Crowe Gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius 
2001  Denzel Washington  Training Day
2002  Adrien Brody  The Pianist
2003  Sean Penn  Mystic River
2004  Jamie Foxx  Ray 
2005  Philip Seymour Hoffman  Capote 
2006  Forest Whitaker  The Last King of Scotland
2007  Daniel Day-Lewis  There Will Be Blood 
2008  Sean Penn  Milk 
2009  Jeff Bridges  Crazy Heart   
2010  Colin Firth  The King's Speech 
2011  Jean Dujardin  The Artist
2012  Daniel Day-Lewis   Lincoln   
2013  Matthew McConaughey   Dallas Buyers Club
2014  Eddie Redmayne   The Theory of Everything
2015  Leonardo DiCaprio   The Revenant

Haven't seen a lot of new movies in the last twenty years. I remember when AGAIG   came out and one of my friends said how great it was. I really like Jack Nicholson, so I gave it shot. It was a pile of pc crap like 99% of modern movies.
Colin Firth was good in TKS. McConaughey was alright in DBC.
But most of those movies I haven't seen. I refused to watch "American Beauty" on principle after reading about the plot.
As far as awful, boring movies where was "The English Patient"? I was ready to slit my wrists wishing that dreadful bore would end. 

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Costner was terrible in that, but he was in a bunch of good movies. Tin Cup, Fandango, The Untouchables, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Mr Brooks.

Open Range. One of his and Robert Duvall's best.

[Bigun]

Open Range. One of his and Robert Duvall's best.

GREAT movie!  Loved it! 
 

[EasyAce]

American Beauty was pure garbage.

Which is probably why Kevin Spacey won the Best Actor award---he took the slop he was given and made
a near-ice sculpture out of it. The payday must have been worth it, too, but he was the only reason
the film was even watchable.

And though I liked Life is Beautiful and thought Roberto Begnini was charming in it, I still think
that Best Actor should have gone to Jim Carrey for The Truman Show.

[geronl]

Open Range. One of his and Robert Duvall's best.

except for the anti-private property commentary

[catfish1957]

Best actor recipients in recent years. Deserved or not?

1997 Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets
1998  Roberto Benigni Life is Beautiful 
1999  Kevin Spacey American Beauty
2000  Russell Crowe Gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius 
2001  Denzel Washington  Training Day
2002  Adrien Brody  The Pianist
2003  Sean Penn  Mystic River
2004  Jamie Foxx  Ray 
2005  Philip Seymour Hoffman  Capote 
2006  Forest Whitaker  The Last King of Scotland
2007  Daniel Day-Lewis  There Will Be Blood 
2008  Sean Penn  Milk 
2009  Jeff Bridges  Crazy Heart   
2010  Colin Firth  The King's Speech 
2011  Jean Dujardin  The Artist
2012  Daniel Day-Lewis   Lincoln   
2013  Matthew McConaughey   Dallas Buyers Club
2014  Eddie Redmayne   The Theory of Everything
2015  Leonardo DiCaprio   The Revenant

A few of those I haven't seen, but the only two truly worthy ones on that list (IMO) are Crowe, and D.D. Lewis.  Even though he only makes a film every 4 or 5 years, Lewis is the greatest actor of our lifetime.  He should have won in '02 for The Gangs of New York too.

[massadvj]

Best:
1997 Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets
1999  Kevin Spacey American Beauty
2003  Sean Penn  Mystic River
2004  Jamie Foxx  Ray 
2005  Philip Seymour Hoffman  Capote 

Of these, I'd say Hoffman's performance was the standout.

Worst:

2000  Russell Crowe Gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius (ironic that Crowe should get an oscar for what was arguably his worst and least believable performance) 
2001  Denzel Washington  Training Day (Washington added no new dimension to the stereotype)
2007  Daniel Day-Lewis  There Will Be Blood (way over-the-top) 
2008  Sean Penn  Milk (a political award that had nothing to do with Penn's performance, which was good but not great)
2015  Leonardo DiCaprio   The Revenant  (the make-up artist and cinematographer deserved the award, not DiCaprio, who mostly just walked around in the snow)

 

[thackney]

Worst:

2000  Russell Crowe Gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius (ironic that Crowe should get an oscar for what was arguably his worst and least believable performance) 

I take it you were not entertained.