A good companion piece to the recent list made by letterboxd staff . It is often said that The Academy doesn't always choose the nominee that *actually* deserves Best Picture. And according to the average ratings of the nominees on Letterboxd, that is true about 76% of the time! Some Notes: --Decades Ranked Highest Average to Lowest: 1970's (3.86), 2010's (3.80), 1990's (3.79), 2000's (3.75), 1980's (3.66), 1960's (3.65), 1940's (3.63), 1950's (3.58), 1930's (3.4) --26% of the time the highest rated film won, 20% of the time it was at or almost (in even numbered nomination years) in the exact middle , and 16% of time the winner was the lowest --The decade that had the most "correct" winners are…

A good companion piece to the recent list made by letterboxd staff. It is often said that The Academy doesn't always choose the nominee that *actually* deserves Best Picture. And according to the average ratings of the nominees on Letterboxd, that is true about 76% of the time!

Some Notes:

--Decades Ranked Highest Average to Lowest: 1970's (3.86), 2010's (3.80), 1990's (3.79), 2000's (3.75), 1980's (3.66), 1960's (3.65), 1940's (3.63), 1950's (3.58), 1930's (3.4)

--26% of the time the highest rated film won, 20% of the time it was at or almost (in even numbered nomination years) in the exact middle , and 16% of time the winner was the lowest

--The decade that had the most "correct" winners are the 70's (The Godfathers, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Deer Hunter) and the 2000's (Gladiator, Return of the King, Million Dollar Baby, The Departed, Slumdog Millionaire). The decade with the least correct is the 1940's with just one (Casablanca).

--74% of years have at least one 4.0+ nominee, 32% of BP winners are 4.0+