And The Winner Is…

We present the second edition of our film series pitting Best Picture winners from years past with their respective nominee contenders. Best Picture Weekend 2025 will be February 20-23!

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One of, if not THE, greatest Gothic films of all time finds Hitchcock adapting the famous novel with aplomb in his first US-produced film about a naive woman eloping with a wealthy widower (Laurence Olivier) only to discover that the help and spirits of his vast estate aren’t thrilled.
Director: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Runtime: 130 min
Genre
DRAMA
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
4K
Release
1940
Set in a world on the brink of fascism, Charlie Chaplin presents audiences with a bold satirical black comedy, portraying both a ruthless dictator and a persecuted Jewish barber.
Director: CHARLES CHAPLIN
Runtime: 125 min
Genre
Comedy
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
DCP
Release
1940
George C. Scott is larger than life, and maybe a little mad, as World War II hero George S. Patton in this Francis Ford Coppola-penned biopic epic about the controversial and idiosyncratic general’s time in and out of war.
Director: FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER
Runtime: 172 min
Genre
EPIC
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
4K
Release
1970
There may not be any love in war, but the recently assigned womanizing, drunk, miscreant surgeons of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea give it their best shot in Robert Altman’s deliriously funny and dark comedy starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould.
Director: ROBERT ALTMAN
Runtime: 116 min
Genre
Comedy
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
DCP
Release
1970
New Hollywood pioneer Bob Rafaelson directs Jack Nicholson in a defining role about a former affluent piano prodigy now blue collar oil rig man returning home to his dying father’s estate.
Director: BOB RAFELSON
Runtime: 98 min
Genre
DRAMA
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
DCP
Release
1970
Easy on the eyes and ears, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal’s whirlwind romance, filled with playful teasing and cable knit sweaters, is a pleasure to get swept up in until the two lovebirds must confront their different upbringings and destined future.
Director: ARTHUR HILLER
Runtime: 100 min
Genre
DRAMA
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
4K
Release
1970
Robert Redford’s solemn directorial debut explores the ramifications following the accidental death of an already fractured family’s eldest son, leaving the three remaining members to salvage what is left of their rapidly eroding bonds before they are broken forever.
Director: ROBERT REDFORD
Runtime: 124 min
Genre
DRAMA
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
4K
Release
1980
Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese team up once again in this intense biopic tracing the volatile life of maligned boxer, Jake LaMotta. From his fleeting glory inside the ring to his agonizing descent to rock bottom, every hit is felt in this knockout new 4K restoration.
Director: MARTIN SCORSESE
Runtime: 129 min
Genre
DRAMA
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
4K
Release
1980
The beloved Tom Hanks cemented his place in cinema history with his empathetic turn as a simple Southern man, on a journey with a box of chocolates in hand through major events of the 21st century all for the sake of one girl.
Director: ROBERT ZEMECKIS
Runtime: 142 min
Genre
DRAMA
Category
And the Winner Is...
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Formats
4K
Release
1994
Despite its initial underwhelming performance, Frank Darabont’s Stephen King adaptation about an imprisoned alleged murderer (Tim Robbins) befriending a smuggler (Morgan Freeman) during their time at the titular penitentiary has emerged as one of the most celebrated US films of all time.
Director: FRANK DARABONT
Runtime: 142 min
Genre
DRAMA
Category
And the Winner Is...
Curated
Formats
4K
Release
1994