** Indicates a Best Picture nominee that was in my top 10 favorites of that year

1… The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Favorite of Nominees: The Best Years of Our Lives **
Favorite of the Year: The Best Years of Our Lives

2… Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Favorite of Nominees: Million Dollar Baby **
Favorite of the Year: Million Dollar Baby

3… Ordinary People (1980)
Favorite of Nominees: Ordinary People **
Favorite of the Year: Ordinary People / The Shining

4… Casablanca (1943)
Favorite of Nominees: Casablanca **
Favorite of the Year: The Seventh Victim

5… All About Eve (1950)
Favorite of Nominees: Sunset Blvd / All About Eve **
Favorite of the Year: In a Lonely Place

6… How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Favorite of Nominees: How Green Was My Valley **
Favorite of the Year: The Lady Eve

7… Annie Hall (1977)
Favorite of Nominees: Annie Hall **
Favorite of the Year: Killer of Sheep

8… The Godfather Part 2 (1974)
Favorite of Nominees: The Conversation **
Favorite of the Year: A Woman Under the Influence

9… The Godfather (1972)
Favorite of Nominees: The Godfather **
Favorite of the Year: Cries and Whispers

10… The Apartment (1960)
Favorite of Nominees: The Apartment **
Favorite of the Year: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

11… The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Favorite of Nominees: The Silence of the Lambs **
Favorite of the Year: Days of Being Wild

12… The Hurt Locker (2009)
Favorite of Nominees: Up ** / The Hurt Locker **
Favorite of the Year: Coraline / Still Walking

13… The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Favorite of Nominees: Bridge on the River Kwai ** / 12 Angry Men **
Favorite of the Year: Tokyo Twilight

14… It Happened One Night (1934)
Favorite of Nominees: The Gay Divorcee **
Favorite of the Year: L'atalante

15… Unforgiven (1992)
Favorite of Nominees: Unforgiven **
Favorite of the Year: Center Stage

16… Rocky (1976)
Favorite of Nominees: Network **
Favorite of the Year: Assault on Precinct 13

17… Amadeus (1984)
Favorite of Nominees: Amadeus **
Favorite of the Year: Paris, Texas

18… No Country for Old Men (2007)
Favorite of Nominees: There Will Be Blood ** / Atonement **
Favorite of the Year: Away From Her / There Will Be Blood

19… One Battle After Another (2025)
Favorite of Nominees: Sinners ** / One Battle After Another **
Favorite of the Year: Sinners / One Battle After Another

20… The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Favorite of Nominees: Mystic River
Favorite of the Year: In America

21… Oppenheimer (2023)
Favorite of Nominees: Oppenheimer
Favorite of the Year: Good One

22… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Favorite of Nominees: Nashville **
Favorite of the Year: Nashville

23… Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Favorite of Nominees: The Magnificent Ambersons **
Favorite of the Year: To Be Or Not To Be

24… Rain Man (1988)
Favorite of Nominees: Rain Man
Favorite of the Year: Beetlejuice

25… Schindler's List (1993)
Favorite of Nominees: The Piano
Favorite of the Year: Three Colors: Blue

26… You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Favorite of Nominees: Grand Illusion **
Favorite of the Year: Bringing Up Baby

27… Parasite (2019)
Favorite of Nominees: Marriage Story **
Favorite of the Year: Us

28… Gigi (1958)
Favorite of Nominees: Gigi
Favorite of the Year: Vertigo

29… An American in Paris (1951)
Favorite of Nominees: An American in Paris
Favorite of the Year: Early Summer

30… The Lost Weekend (1945)
Favorite of Nominees: The Lost Weekend **
Favorite of the Year: Brief Encounter

31… Rebecca (1940)
Favorite of Nominees: The Grapes of Wrath **
Favorite of the Year: His Girl Friday

32… Gone with the Wind (1939)
Favorite of Nominees: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington **
Favorite of the Year: The Rules of the Game

33… Moonlight (2016)
Favorite of Nominees: Manchester by the Sea
Favorite of the Year: Happy Hour

34… Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Favorite of Nominees: Midnight Cowboy **
Favorite of the Year: Kes

35… Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Favorite of Nominees: Lawrence of Arabia
Favorite of the Year: An Autumn Afternoon

36… Going My Way (1944)
Favorite of Nominees: Double Indemnity **
Favorite of the Year: Double Indemnity

37… Marty (1955)
Favorite of Nominees: Marty
Favorite of the Year: The Night of the Hunter / Rebel Without a Cause

38… My Fair Lady (1964)
Favorite of Nominees: Dr. Strangelove **
Favorite of the Year: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

39… Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Favorite of Nominees: Tar **
Favorite of the Year: Playground

40… All Quiet on the Western Front (1929-1930)
Favorite of Nominees: The Love Parade **
Favorite of the Year: City Girl / The Love Parade

41… Dances With Wolves (1990)
Favorite of Nominees: Goodfellas **
Favorite of the Year: Edward Scissorhands

42… The Last Emperor (1987)
Favorite of Nominees: Hope and Glory
Favorite of the Year: The Decalogue

43… The French Connection (1971)
Favorite of Nominees: The Last Picture Show **
Favorite of the Year: McCabe & Mrs Miller

44… Patton (1970)
Favorite of Nominees: M*A*S*H **
Favorite of the Year: Claire's Knee

45… Titanic (1997)
Favorite of Nominees: Good Will Hunting
Favorite of the Year: Contact

46… On the Waterfront (1954)
Favorite of Nominees: On the Waterfront
Favorite of the Year: Sansho the Bailiff

47… Platoon (1986)
Favorite of Nominees: Hannah and Her Sisters **
Favorite of the Year: Dust in the Wind

48… The Sting (1973)
Favorite of Nominees: Cries and Whispers **my favorite film of 1972
Favorite of the Year: The Spirit of the Beehive

49… 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Favorite of Nominees: Gravity **
Favorite of the Year: To the Wonder

50… Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
Favorite of Nominees: Apicalypse Now **
Favorite of the Year: Stalker

51… The Deer Hunter (1978)
Favorite of Nominees: Coming Home **
Favorite of the Year: Days of Heaven

52… CODA (2021)
Favorite of Nominees: Licorice Pizza **
Favorite of the Year: The Humans

53… Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Favorite of Nominees: The Thin Red Line **
Favorite of the Year: After Life

54… From Here to Eternity (1953)
Favorite of Nominees: Roman Holiday
Favorite of the Year: Tokyo Story

55… The Departed (2006)
Favorite of Nominees: Little Miss Sunshine
Favorite of the Year: Three Times

56… Grand Hotel (1931-1932)
Favorite of Nominees: The Smiling Lieutenant **
Favorite of the Year: Trouble in Paradise

57… West Side Story (1961)
Favorite of Nominees: The Hustler
Favorite of the Year: Through a Glass Darkly

58… Anora (2024)
Favorite of Nominees: Conclave
Favorite of the Year: Good One / Challengers

59… Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Favorite of Nominees: Crossfire **
Favorite of the Year: Out of the Past

60… The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Favorite of Nominees: The Awful Truth **
Favorite of the Year: Make Way For Tomorrow

61… Terms of Endearment (1983)
Favorite of Nominees: Tender Mercies **
Favorite of the Year: El Sur / Tender Mercies **

62… All the King's Men (1949)
Favorite of Nominees: A Letter to Three Wives
Favorite of the Year: Late Spring

63… Birdman (2014)
Favorite of Nominees: Boyhood **
Favorite of the Year: The Immigrant

64… Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Favorite of Nominees: Top Hat **
Favorite of the Year: An Inn in Tokyo

65… Gladiator (2000)
Favorite of Nominees: Traffic
Favorite of the Year: In the Mood For Love

66… In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Favorite of Nominees: Bonnie and Clyde **
Favorite of the Year: Playtime

67… The Sound of Music (1965)
Favorite of Nominees: Darling
Favorite of the Year: Repulsion

68… Chicago (2002)
Favorite of Nominees: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Favorite of the Year: Punch-Drunk Love

69… Forrest Gump (1994)
Favorite of Nominees: Pulp Fiction **
Favorite of the Year: Three Colors: Red

70… Ben-Hur (1959)
Favorite of Nominees: Anatomy of a Murder **
Favorite of the Year: Rio Bravo

71… The Shape of Water (2017)
Favorite of Nominees: Phantom Thread **
Favorite of the Year: Phantom Thread

72… Oliver! (1968)
Favorite of Nominees: Oliver!
Favorite of the Year: 2001: A Space Odyssey

73… Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Favorite of Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Favorite of the Year: Summer Hours

74… Wings (1927-1928)
Favorite of Nominees: Seventh Heaven **
Favorite of the Year: Sunrise / The Cameraman

75… Spotlight (2015)
Favorite of Nominees: Mad Max: Fury Road **
Favorite of the Year: The Assasin

76… Green Book (2018)
Favorite of Nominees: The Favourite
Favorite of the Year: Leave No Trace

77… Gandhi (1982)
Favorite of Nominees: E.T. **
Favorite of the Year: Fanny and Alexander

78… Cavalcade (1933)
Favorite of Nominees: 42nd Street
Favorite of the Year: Passing Fancy

79… A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Favorite of Nominees: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Favorite of the Year: Au Hasard Balthazar / Persona

80… A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Favorite of Nominees: In the Bedroom **
Favorite of the Year: Take Care of My Cat / A.I.

81… Nomadland (2020)
Favorite of Nominees: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Favorite of the Year: Fourteen

82… Braveheart (1995)
Favorite of Nominees: Sense and Sensibility
Favorite of the Year: Safe

83… Chariots of Fire (1981)
Favorite of Nominees: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Favorite of the Year: Modern Romance

84… The Artist (2011)
Favorite of Nominees: The Tree of Life **
Favorite of the Year: The Tree of Life

85… The English Patient (1996)
Favorite of Nominees: Fargo
Favorite of the Year: Flirting with Disaster

86… Hamlet (1948)
Favorite of Nominees: Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Favorite of the Year: Letter From an Unknown Woman

87… The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Favorite of Nominees: Dodsworth **
Favorite of the Year: The Only Son / My Man Godfrey

88… Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Favorite of Nominees: Friendly Persuasion
Favorite of the Year: Written on the Wind

89… Crash (2005)
Favorite of Nominees: Brokeback Mountain **
Favorite of the Year: The New World

90… Cimarron (1931)
Favorite of Nominees: The Front Page
Favorite of the Year: M / City Lights

91… Argo (2012)
Favorite of Nominees: Zero Dark Thirty **
Favorite of the Year: Las Acacias

92… The King's Speech (2010)
Favorite of Nominees: True Grit **
Favorite of the Year: Certified Copy

93… Tom Jones (1963)
Favorite of Nominees: America America
Favorite of the Year: High and Low

94… Out of Africa (1985)
Favorite of Nominees: Witness
Favorite of the Year: Pee Wee's Big Adventure

95… The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Favorite of Nominees: High Noon
Favorite of the Year: The Life of Oharu

96… The Broadway Melody (1928-1929)
Favorite of Nominees: The Patriot
Favorite of the Year: The Love Parade

97… Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Favorite of Nominees: Born on the Fourth of July
Favorite of the Year: Sweetie

98… American Beauty (1999)
Favorite of Nominees: The Insider
Favorite of the Year: Eyes Wide Shut

*Best Picture Winners I did not see yet:
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