The Best Films to Win Best Picture Oscar (in our view)

Here is our list of our 20 favorite Best Picture Oscar winners:

1) "The Godfather" (1972)

2) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1932)

3) "The French Connection" (1971)

4) "Midnight Cowboy" (1969; the first image of Lone Ranger villain Butch Cavendish is used for this reason)

5) "The Apartment" (1960)

6) "On the Waterfront" (1954)

7) "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)

8) "Annie Hall" (1977)

9) "Schindler's List" (1991)

10) "The Godfather, Part 2" (1974)

11) "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)

12) "The Last Emperor" (1987)

13) "The Deer Hunter" (1978; yeah, that's the reason for the second image)

14) "West Side Story" (1961)

15) "Casablanca" (1943)

16) "Unforgiven" (1992)

17) "The Departed" (2006)

18) "From Here to Eternity" (1953)

19) "Silence of the Lambs" (1991...the reason for the third image which is a sheep in Turkey)

20) "American Beauty" (1999)

Quote of the Week-Jon Voight

Today, we are quoting both Jon Voight and his fellow Oscar-winning co-star Jane Fonda on our respective blogs.

Both won Oscars for their work in the 1978 political drama "Coming Home," which lost the Best Picture Oscar to "The Deer Hunter," a film that also focused on the plight of Vietnam War veterans.

Ironically while Fonda has mostly maintained her liberal political views, Voight has evolved to a very vocal right-winger. Many have speculated that his erractic relationship with his movie-star daughter Angelina Jolie may have caused the dramatic shift but there seem to be few public explanations as to why Voight's views changed, presumably during the War in Iraq which he supported.

Voight has appeared frequently on Fox News programs with the likes of Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and Mike Huckabee. He has also been a key-note speaker at Tea Party rallies.

The actor who gained fame with "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) and "Deliverance" (1972) also virtually disowned "Coming Home" in a "Vanity Fair" retrospective piece about Vietnam War-era films. Voight has also criticized Fonda for 'aiding and abetting those who wish to destroy Israel.'

Yet, surprisingly enough, Voight did appear with co-star Dustin Hoffman at a 40th anniversary screening of "Midnight Cowboy," which won an Oscar for Best Picture, in Los Angeles last year.

Here is his quote of the week. We actually couldn't find one that had anything to do with politics!:

"Angelina adopted a Cambodian baby. I'm a grandfather today."