Best Picture: 1988

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Best Picture: 1988

The Accidental Tourist
4
9%
Dangerous Liaisons
28
60%
Mississippi Burning
7
15%
Rain Man
4
9%
Working Girl
4
9%
 
Total votes: 47
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Mister Tee wrote:The Unbearable Lightness of Being was the finest movie of the whole dreary 80s.
i could not agree more! my criterion edition dvd of that film is one of my most prized possessions (as you can probably tell i am not a very wealthy person).
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Horrible lineup. I would've abstained this year if I were an Oscar voter.
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FilmFan720 wrote:I voted Working Girl, and I don't even like that too much.
Ditto
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I voted Working Girl, and I don't even like that too much.
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I'll abstain until I see Mississippi Burning. I like the other four, but don't love any of them. Where are Running on Empty, Last Temptation of Christ, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Unbearable Lightness of Being?
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Toss up between 'Dangerous Liaisons' or 'Rain Man'. The former is probably superior, but 'Rain Man' gets a bum rap. Hoffman's performance is hugely overrated, but the film is very entertaining. Shame they opted for 'The Accidental Tourist' and 'Mississippi Burning' over the heart-wrenching 'Running on Empty'.
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Mississippi Burning

Superb acting and directing, powerful story.
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Dangerous Liaisons
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Dangerous Liaisons, with ease.
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dangerous liaisons
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Dangerous Liasons
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I'm frighteningly in sync with Magilla here -- wavered among the same three films, and thought The Unbearable Lightness of Being was the finest movie of the whole dreary 80s.
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Liked them all though none were as memorable as The Unbearable Lightness of Being or Dead Rigners. Today I voted for Rain Man. Yesterday it might have been Dangerous Liaisons and tomorrow The Accidental Tourist. Not a year I feel strongly about one way or another.
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Dangerous Liaisons.
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Who would you have chosen?
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