An Unequivocal Ranking of the Best Picture Winners I’ve Seen

Best Picture Winner Rankings

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. West Side Story (1961)
5. Amadeus (1985)
6. All About Eve (1950)
7. Titanic (1997)
8. Forrest Gump (1994)
9. Chicago (2002)
10. From Here to Eternity (1953)
11. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
12. The English Patient (1996)
13. Terms of Endearment (1983)
14. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
15. American Beauty (1999)
16. It Happened One Night (1934)
17. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
18. No Country for Old Men (2007)
19. The Godfather (1972)
20. Moonlight (2016)
21. Sound of Music (1964)
22. Spotlight (2015)
23. Annie Hall (1977)
24. Rebecca (1940)
25. Argo (2012)
26. The Hurt Locker (2009)
27. Rocky (1976)
28. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
29. Unforgiven (1992)
30. The Artist (2011)
31. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
32. Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
33. Crash (2005)
34. The King’s Speech (2010)
35. The Departed (2005)
36. Platoon (1986)
37. Ordinary People (1980)
38. Gladiator (2000)
39. Ben-Hur (1959)
40. On The Waterfront (1954)
41. Birdman (2014)
42. Chariots of Fire (1981)
43. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
44. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
45. Dances With Wolves (1990)
46. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
47. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
48. Oliver! (1968)
49. My Fair Lady (1964)
50. Gigi (1958)
51. An American in Paris (1951)
52. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
53. Braveheart (1995)
54. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)