And the Oscar goes to... The most famous winning films of all time
21.2.2017
Translation: machine translated
On 26 February, the coveted little golden boy will be awarded for the 89th time in Los Angeles. A good reason to watch the best of the former Oscar-winning films. We have put together a must-see list for you.
These films are classics and have made film history. Throw yourself on the sofa with popcorn, crisps and co. and start a film marathon with these ten absolutely unforgettable Hollywood flicks.
1. Schindler's List
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Cinema release CH: March 1994
- Oscar winning year: 1994
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Production Design
- Best Editing
- Best Cinematography
- Best Music
"Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire" - Oskar Schindler was proof that even in terrible times, something good can be done. Everyone should have seen Steven Spielberg's homage at least once!
2 Forrest Gump
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
- Cinema release CH: October 1994
- Oscar winning year: 1995
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Best Director
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Editing
- Best Special Effects
He becomes a professional table tennis player, meets the US President, is celebrated as a war hero, takes off as a football player and achieves much more. The only constant in his life is his childhood friend Jenny, whom he meets again and again and who once told him: "Run, Forrest! Run!"
3. Titanic
- Director: James Cameron
- Cinema release CH: 7 January 1998
- Oscar winning year: 1998
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Music
- Best film song
- Best Editing
- Best Special Effects
- Best Sound
- Best Costume Design
- Best Cinematography
- Best Production Design
- Best sound editing
James Cameron created what is probably the greatest and most tragic love story of all time with "Titanic". The story takes place on the Atlantic Ocean during the maiden voyage of the luxury liner Titanic. In 1912, Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), who comes from a poor background, and the rich but unhappy Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) meet on the ship and fall in love at first sight.
When Rose wants to throw herself overboard because she can't cope with her fiancé and snobbish surroundings, and Jack manages to stop her from doing the worst, their love story begins. Defying social differences, they spend every minute together before the Titanic collides with the iceberg and sinks.
4. Slumdog Millionaire
- Directed by: Danny Boyle
- Cinema release CH: 22 January 2009
- Oscar winning year: 2009
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Music
- Best Song
- Best Sound
- Best editing
5 The Godfather
- Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
- Cinema release CH: August 1972
- Oscar winning year: 1973
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Best Adapted Screenplay
Although the word is never used in the film itself, the mafia takes centre stage in "The Godfather". The film begins in 1945 and revolves around the large family of Don Vito Corleone, who is the head of one of the five most influential Italian-American mafia families.
6. 12 Years a Slave
- Directed by: Steve McQueen
- Cinema release CH: 23 January 2014
- Oscar winning year: 2014
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Adapted Screenplay
7th Million Dollar Baby
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
- Cinema release CH: 24 February 2005
- Oscar-winning year: 2005
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Best Supporting Actor
"Million Dollar Baby" is a film by and starring Clint Eastwood. The American actor plays the leading role of the grumpy boxing instructor Frankie Dunn. The film is a tear-jerker thanks to its many clichés. And like almost all Clint Eastwood films, it is about guilt, penance and redemption.
8. Rocky
- Directed by: John G. Avildsen
- Cinema release CH: April 1977
- Oscar-winning year: 1977
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Editing
For Rocky, a personal development begins that he could never have foreseen. His training becomes harder, his will stronger and in the end the bell rings for the first round. Rocky has the unique opportunity to become world champion. Sylvester Stallone fought his way into the hearts of the audience with the role of Rocky and set a milestone in the film industry.
9th The King's Speech
- Directed by: Tom Hooper
- Cinema release CH: 17 February 2011
- Oscar winning year: 2011
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Leading Actor
So his wife (Helena Bonham Carter) hires the Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), who works with very unconventional methods. "The King's Speech" shows the British royal family from a slightly different perspective and casts an unusual light on the aristocratic class, making them appear very human and vulnerable for a change.
10 The Silence of the Lambs
- Director: Jonathan Demme
- Cinema release CH: 12 April 1991
- Oscar-winning year: 1992
Oscars won
- Best Film
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Best Director
- Best Adapted Screenplay
The main cast alone makes the film "The Silence of the Lambs" a masterstroke. With Anthony Hopkins as the cannibal Hannibal Lecter and Jodie Foster as his FBI adversary, the film was already under a good star even before it was called "Uuuund...Cut!". The plot was based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris, which in turn was inspired by similar true events.
Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is still in training as an FBI agent and is given the task of catching the serial killer Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In order for her to succeed, she meets with the psychiatrist and cannibal Hannibal Lecter, who is able to put himself in the killer's shoes. He promises to help her in return for her sharing private details of her life with him and the psycho cat-and-mouse game takes its course.
The film that didn't make it: The Green Mile
And finally, although this film was nominated for an Oscar, it narrowly missed out on the title of best film. I still think it deserves just as much recognition as the other films and should definitely not go unseen.
- Director: Francs Darabont
- Cinema release CH: 17 February 2000
- Year of the nomination: 2000
Nominated for
- Best Film
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Sound
The prison drama moves even the most hardened to tears. That's why an evening at the cinema with "The Green Mile" should not be complete without tissues and popcorn. For us, one thing is clear: winner of hearts!
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