Andrew Klavan Ranks Best Picture Oscar Winners: Part 2

The Andrew Klavan Show

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

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Back in January, I made a video ranking the Oscar Best Picture winners from 1940-1979 and it was a blast. When movies are that good, it's hard not to have fun. Today, I'm making the sequel to that video where I rank the winners from 1980-2010. The question is: will the quality of the movies hold up to those from the golden age of Hollywood? Let's find out. Here is Part 1: 1940 - 1980 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0oaNI5tvFF1HtQaD9Jq729?si=aEIAJ9fGQNaWnvlzNQbjNgπ=BKuQKZ2oSwek6&t=0 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-andrew-klavan-show/id1045171376?i=1000746268032 Youtube: https://youtu.be/sRcGGVNF6u0 - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://get.dailywire.com - - - Today's Sponsor: PreBorn - Make a difference for generations to come. Donate securely online at https://preborn.com/KLAVAN or dial #250 keyword 'BABY' - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 🔥 Friendly Fire is here! No moderator, no safe words. Now available: https://dailywire.com/show/friendly-fire 📗 Read my short story, "Jesus, the Movie" at the New English Review: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/jesus-the-movie 📙 My NY Times best-selling non-fiction book, "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" has been nominated for an Edgar Award! Available for purchase here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain 📘 My latest novel, "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 📚 Save the Klavan by shopping my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/AndrewKlavanMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3B5RI1j Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3D7AzXp Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TXNt08 Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Rtfifp - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	All right, the Oscars are coming and I don't care either, but that doesn't mean we can't do a video
0:34.3	in which I judge historic Oscar winners. I did one before when we did
0:38.7	them up until, I think around the 70s, now we are moving into the modern world, 1981 to 2010.
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1:05.2	All right, 1981, ordinary people, which was directed by Robert Redford and starred,
1:12.2	Mallory Tyler Moore,
1:14.3	and who else, Donald Sutherland, was in it.
1:21.8	A really good film, a really, you know, Redford made smart, workman-like films that I really liked.
1:22.8	I loved him.
1:23.8	What in hell has happened. It says a film about a depressed kid who is fighting to not submit to suicide, to fall into
1:30.3	suicidal ideation.
1:32.3	I would say that was a good, solid film.
1:35.3	Was it the best film of its year?
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