All 93 Oscar best picture winners (yes, all of them), ranked from worst to best

[Algernon Moncrieff]

USA Today

Everybody has their own idea of what makes a best picture winner at the Oscars. Perhaps a biopic or a war movie, or something huge in scale such as a "Dances With Wolves" or "Titanic."

What's pretty clear if you undertake watching all 93 (so far) films to take that vaunted prize – and it's not for the fainthearted, trust us – is that you come out of it changed. You love movies a little bit more.

All of these films bear Hollywood's highest honor – but how do they compare with one another? To celebrate Sunday's 94th Academy Awards ceremony (ABC, 8 EDT/5 PDT), we're ranking every best picture winner, from iffy stuff where a recount seems in order to the very best of the best.

[hlthe2b]

1. Oh, this is likely to be painful, but I'll give it a glance.

Some of the most celebrated movies send me into yawns or eyerolls, while others that I always thought should be forever lauded seem to elicit the most vehement critiques, despite winning the big prize. Go figure. At least we aren't rating guitar players.

[NoRethugFriends]

2. Wow.

Some really good movies way too close to the bottom

[Algernon Moncrieff]

3. We could rate guitar players!

I don't agree with aspects of the USA Today list.

Some films just haven't aged well

Some films get slammed because critics feel another film should have won instead. This list doesn't state that in any particular instance, but film buffs will know them when they see them.

Some films that were groundbreaking in their time just don't seem that way now. That may be my biggest problem with this list. Films like "The Lost Weekend" and "Gentleman's Agreement" aren't recognized in the context of their time.

Similarly, some films were topical - "Best Years of Our Lives" leaps to mind.

I like most of their top 20, albeit in different order.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. If We Rated Guitar Players...

...we'd have 100 different Top 5 lists!
No way we'd agree on much, around here.

[underpants]

4. Ready for the comments

[hlthe2b]

7. Jimi Hendrix still deserves top spot...

[Stuart G]

6. K and R Thanks for Posting it....Interesting List...Promotes Much Thought About Movies .....

.......Some we have seen, and we know well, some we have only heard about.................

Some are unavailable to watch. And that list promotes much thought about movies. (some good, & some not so good)