Check this out: a glorious retrospective of the 84 previous Oscar winners for Best Picture. This compilation isn't for chumps, so there aren't captions announcing the names of each movie. You just have to know. And thank God, we do. Clip and commentary below!
1929: Oh, The Broadway Melody! You're unwatchable.
1939: Gone With the Wind: See, this is why this montage rules. An underrated, but magnficent shot of Scarlett's dress fluttering in the air. Yes.
1947: Gentleman's Agreement: I mean, R.I.P. Celeste Holm, but neeeeever forget how much of a stone fox Gregory Peck was. Have you seen Twelve O'Clock High? Monty Clift-level hotness right there. Cheekbones for days.
1950: All About Eve: Here it is, the one moment Anne Baxter expresses anything real.
1958: Gigi: No shot of my man Louis Jourdan? A waste.
1969: Midnight Cowboy: Dare you to try watching this movie again. Waste of time, and like most movies from '67-'70, terribly dated.
1980: Ordinary People: Timothy. Timothy!
1985: Out of Africa: Let's talk about how Meryl Streep earned two straight Oscar nominations for playing real-life women named Karen (Silkwood and Blixen, otherwise known as Isak Dinesen). Other Karens she should consider: Carpenter, Black, Allen, Cartwright from Smash.
1993: Schindler's List: Ugh, whenever that girl in the red coat appears, my illusion that Schindler's List is a black-and-white Herb Ritts video starring Ralph Fiennes is ruined.
2009: The Hurt Locker: Nearly forgot how amazing this movie is. Zero Dark Thirty is great, but not quite Hurt Locker-level.
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