There have been 80 films in Academy Awards history that have savored the sweet taste of victory and been crowned "Best Picture." But which of these anointed films is actually the best "Best Picture" of all time? "The Godfather?" "Casablanca?" "Shakespeare in Love?" We here at Yahoo! Movies aim to answer this question once and for all. We want you to decide which film is the "Ultimate Best Picture."
To do so, we have grouped together 30 Oscar-winning standouts along with each film that won over the past ten years, totaling up to 40 titles. Think of it as the prelim round of the Olympics. For round one, there are eight divisions consisting of five movies. The titles are grouped on a loosely thematic basis, with five different decades represented in each division. The winners of round one will go on to one-on-one match ups in the quarterfinals. And the winners there will go on, Sweet 16-style, to the semis. It all leads up to crowning the champion on February 17th. Game on.
Day 1 Bracket
No Country for Old Men, Platoon, The Godfather Part II, On the Waterfront, The Silence of the Lambs.
Pick your favorite
Crash, Titanic, Amadeus, The French Connection, All About Eve
Pick your favorite
Tell us why you chose the movie you did in the comments below. And come back tomorrow for the next group of movie match-ups.