The Valley Record. A cozy little archive for all my random by-year stuff.
and yes, the shorts noted don't count for the totals.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Best Story

NOTE: This category hasn't existed since 1957.

43 nominated films in total seen.
11 winning films seen.

In chronological order of me having seen them.

February, 2008
Roman Holiday (1953)

April, 2008
The Red Shoes (1948)

May, 2008
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

July, 2008
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

August, 2008
Ninotchka (1939)

September, 2008
Fury (1936)

October, 2008
The Lady Eve (1941)

December, 2008
Meet John Doe (1941)

January, 2009
My Favorite Wife (1940)

March, 2009
Forbidden Games (1954)

May, 2009
The Naked City (1948)

June, 2009
Ball of Fire (1941)

August, 2009
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Love Affair (1939)

October, 2009
Night Train to Munich (1941)
The Champ (1931/1932)

February, 2010
The Talk of the Town (1942)

March, 2010
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Kiss of Death (1947)

April, 2010
A Star Is Born (1937)

July, 2010
Come to the Stable (1949)

September, 2010
The Westerner (1940)

October, 2010
The Public Enemy (1930/1931)

November, 2010
What Price Hollywood? (1931/1932)

February, 2011
The More the Merrier (1943)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

May, 2011
49th Parallel (1942)

December, 2011
One Way Passage (1932/1933)
Bachelor Mother (1939)

January, 2012
The Stranger (1946)
White Heat (1949)

February, 2012
The Search (1948)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

April, 2012
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
In Old Chicago (1937)

May, 2012
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

July, 2012
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

October, 2012
Test Pilot (1938)

November, 2012
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Lifeboat (1944)

February, 2014
Three Smart Girls (1936)

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All Nominees Seen in:
1939 • 1941

At least 75% of Nominees Seen in:
1942

At least 50% of Nominees Seen in:
1931/1932 • 1937 • 1948

Percent Seen by Decade
'20s/'30s: 38%
(16/41)
'40s: 44%
(22/50)
'50s: 12%
(4/33)

34% of nominees seen, of 124.
42% of winners seen, of 26.

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