Before the Academy Awards ceremonies, we see lots of lists — best movie ever, best movie by decade, and so on. But after Hollywood’s big night, the lists go dark. To brighten things up, here are the six absolutely worst, ever, Best Picture winners. I’ve seen them all, and though they might have been Best Picture on Oscar night, these are stinkers:
6. The Lost Weekend (1945)
Before The Lost Weekend, moviegoers hadn’t seen sloppy drunkenness on the big screen. Billy Wilder’s binge more than made up for two decades of big-screen sobriety. By the end of the movie, you’ll want to get on the wagon. What carried such shock value in 1945 is a long, boozy bore.
5. Out of Africa (1985)
So pretty. So boring. At 161 minutes, it is good for one thing: getting to sleep.
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