I’ve seen all 96 Best Picture winners — here’s the 5 best and 5 worst Oscar movies of all time

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This weekend will see the97th annual Academy Awardsheld in glitzy Los Angeles, California.

A quick note before diving into my picks.

This was averytough list to compile.

Ask me to pick my top five tomorrow, and youll probably get an entirely different selection.

Also, my picks are presented unranked.

“The Godfather” is as influential as it is riveting.

An almost three-hour epic that flies by in a flash.

Also starring James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and more, The Godfather deserves its stellar reputation.

Its narrative is beautiful and emotionally devastating, but Moonlight is also a showcase of fearless filmmaking.

And crucially, I seem to only love it more with each watch.

Its a thriller that grips straight away and goes in directions youll never see coming.

you’re free to merely enjoy it as a remarkably compelling thriller.

And thats despite the fact its a relatively trim 100 minutes long.

t was also popular because it included a Technicolor sequence, which Im sure amazed viewers in the 1920s.

Sadly, the footage of this scene hasnt survived.

But to be honest, its an easy skip.

From there, the movie spans four decades as we see Yancey and Sabra separated and reunited.

Credit to the movie for its ambition scale, but I’m happy for this one to be forgotten.

The films case is very much not helped by its butt-numbingly long three-hour runtime.

There are a few moments of wonder, but nowhere near enough to justify the time investment.

If you must watch, opt for the 2004 remake.

Its very bad, but an hour shorter.

Crash (2004)

Crash is the proverbial bad Best Picture winner.

Its win looked ill-judged in 2005, and even worse decades later.

And its not even five years old!

There arent many recipients of the BP award that have faded away this fast.

Frances McDormand was much lauded for her role as a van-living drifter named Fern.

But even watching the trailer for “Nomadland” has me feeling sleepy.

Its a real snoozer.