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Best Picture for Each Year, According to Letterboxd Ratings - Page 2

To show just another way to quantify the unquantifiable title of "Best Picture", I compiled the highest rated film of each year, according to the average Letterboxd ratings. Currently only goes back to 1920 because data prior to that starts to get pretty hazy.
This is obviously a messy thing to assess, so I had to have some criteria:
1. The film must be a film
2. Similarly to the Academy Award Best Picture, documentaries were also excluded.
3. It must be feature length. My (admittedly entirely arbitrary) cutoff dictates it must be 60 minutes or longer.
4. To avoid any other weird outliers that may not be truly representative, each movie must have at least 1,000 views.
None of this is necessarily my own personal opinion, nor should it be taken as such. I'm trying to put boundaries around something very messy, so I may change the criteria if it feels appropriate to do so.
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Le Trou (1960)
Le Trou (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
42
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
43
Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
44
High and Low (1963)
High and Low (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
45
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
46
Red Beard (1965)
Red Beard (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
47
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
48
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
49
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
50
Army of Shadows (1969)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
51
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
52
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
53
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
54
Paper Moon (1973)
Paper Moon (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
55
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
56
Mirror (1975)
Mirror (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
57
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
58
The Ascent (1977)
The Ascent (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
59
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
60
Stalker (1979)
Stalker (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
61
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
62
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
63
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
64
Nostalgia (1983)
Nostalgia (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
65
Paris, Texas (1984)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
66
Come and See (1985)
Come and See (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
67
The Sacrifice (1986)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
68
Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
69
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
70
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
71
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
72
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
73
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
74
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
75
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
76
La Haine (1995)
La Haine (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
77
Fargo (1996)
Fargo (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
78
The End of Evangelion (1997)
The End of Evangelion (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
79
Central Station (1998)
Central Station (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
80
Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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