Best Best Picture

The 84th Academy Awards are on February 26th, but before a new Best Picture Oscar is awarded, let’s figure out exactly what the best Best Movie of all time is.

The official voting period has ended. See the results below.


Tom Jones -- 1963
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Total Votes: 467,848

Score = wins / total matches  (recalculated every 5 minutes)

The Results

  • 1.
    The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -- 2003
    79%
  • 2.
    The Godfather -- 1972
    78%
  • 3.
    Forrest Gump -- 1994
    78%
  • 4.
    Schindler's List -- 1993
    73%
  • 5.
    Gladiator -- 2000
    72%
  • 6.
    The Silence of the Lambs -- 1991
    70%
  • 7.
    The Godfather Part II -- 1974
    70%
  • 8.
    The Departed -- 2006
    68%
  • 9.
    Rocky -- 1976
    68%
  • 10.
    One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest -- 1975
    68%
  • 11.
    Braveheart -- 1995
    67%
  • 12.
    Casablanca -- 1943
    65%
  • 13.
    No Country For Old Men -- 2007
    65%
  • 14.
    Rain man - 1988
    64%
  • 15.
    The Hurt Locker - 2009
    62%
  • 16.
    American Beauty -- 1999
    62%
  • 17.
    Titanic -- 1997
    62%
  • 18.
    Platoon -- 1986
    61%
  • 19.
    A Beautiful Mind -- 2001
    60%
  • 20.
    Slumdog Millionaire -- 2008
    60%
  • 21.
    The King's Speech -- 2010
    60%
  • 22.
    Gone with the Wind -- 1939
    59%
  • 23.
    The Sound of Music -- 1965
    57%
  • 24.
    The Deer Hunter -- 1978
    56%
  • 25.
    Lawrence of Arabia -- 1962
    55%
  • 26.
    Gandhi -- 1982
    55%
  • 27.
    Unforgiven -- 1992
    55%
  • 28.
    Dances with Wolves -- 1990
    55%
  • 29.
    Million Dollar Baby -- 2004
    54%
  • 30.
    West Side Story -- 1961
    53%
  • 31.
    Crash -- 2005
    53%
  • 32.
    Ben-Hur -- 1959
    52%
  • 33.
    Patton -- 1970
    52%
  • 34.
    Driving Miss Daisy -- 1989
    49%
  • 35.
    Annie Hall -- 1977
    49%
  • 36.
    The Last Emperor -- 1987
    49%
  • 37.
    Chicago -- 2002
    49%
  • 38.
    Kramer vs. Kramer -- 1979
    47%
  • 39.
    All Quiet on the Western Front -- 1929/1930
    47%
  • 40.
    The Sting -- 1973
    46%
  • 41.
    The Bridge on the River Kwai -- 1957
    46%
  • 42.
    Hamlet -- 1948
    46%
  • 43.
    Chariots of Fire --1981
    45%
  • 44.
    The French Connection -- 1971
    45%
  • 45.
    The English Patient -- 1996
    44%
  • 46.
    Around the World in 80 Days -- 1956
    44%
  • 47.
    Shakespeare in Love -- 1998
    43%
  • 48.
    Midnight Cowboy -- 1969
    43%
  • 49.
    My Fair Lady -- 1964
    41%
  • 50.
    Out of Africa -- 1985
    38%

The Best Best Pictures

We asked and you voted. Here are the top 25 Best Pictures of all time…

Lawrence of Arabia -- 1962

25) Lawrence of Arabia — 1962

A 216 minute-long movie about a British guy in an embattled foreign country that DIDN’T make everyone fall asleep deserved nothing less than every Oscar, but 7 of ‘em will do.

The Deer Hunter -- 1978

24) The Deer Hunter — 1978

The Deer Hunter introduced America to two of the most disturbing things of the 20th Century: Russian roulette and Christopher Walken.

The Sound of Music -- 1965

23) The Sound of Music — 1965

A family musical with a finale involving Nazis and nuns doesn’t sound like typical Oscar material, which is only a further testament to this movie’s actual quality. Regardless of that stupid “Goodbye” song.

Gone with the Wind -- 1939

22) Gone with the Wind — 1939

Gone with the Wind has maintained a reputation of being the ultimate Hollywood movie. Given the number of times it’s been parodied by The Simpsons, that sounds about right.

The Kings Speech -- 2010

21) The King’s Speech — 2010

In ten years, people are going to be laughing at the fact that this film was almost beaten by one about facebook, and at Colin Firth’s voice, obviously.