The Friday Face-Off Round Zero – #12 – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell

Below are our ten face-offs for this week. Each category requires you to select a certain number of films to save. For more information on how the game works, click here.

Face-Off: Best Directing, Group 6

Cinema Sight’s Friday Face-Off: Select 7 to keep in the competition

Directing: Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter (1978, 51st)
Directing: Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer (1979, 52nd)
Directing: Robert Redford – Ordinary People (1980, 53rd)
Directing: Warren Beatty – Reds (1981, 54th)
Directing: Richard Attenborough – Gandhi (1982, 55th)
Directing: James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment (1983, 56th)
Directing: Milos Forman – Amadeus (1984, 57th)
Directing: Sydney Pollack – Out of Africa (1985, 58th)
Directing: Oliver Stone – Platoon (1986, 59th)
Directing: Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor (1987, 60th)

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Cinema Sight’s Friday Face-Off: Select 7 to keep in the competition

Lead Actor: Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man (1988, 61st)
Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot (1989, 62nd)
Lead Actor: Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune (1990, 63rd)
Lead Actor: Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs (1991, 64th)
Lead Actor: Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th)
Lead Actor: Tom Hanks – Philadelphia (1993, 66th)
Lead Actor: Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump (1994, 67th)
Lead Actor: Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas (1995, 68th)
Lead Actor: Geoffrey Rush – Shine (1996, 69th)
Lead Actor: Jack Nicholson – As Good As It Gets (1997, 70th)

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Cinema Sight’s Friday Face-Off: Select 7 to keep in the competition

Lead Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st)
Lead Actress: Hilary Swank – Boys Don’t Cry (1999, 72nd)
Lead Actress: Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich (2000, 73rd)
Lead Actress: Halle Berry – Monster’s Ball (2001, 74th)
Lead Actress: Nicole Kidman – The Hours (2002, 75th)
Lead Actress: Charlize Theron – Monster (2003, 76th)
Lead Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby (2004, 77th)
Lead Actress: Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line (2005, 78th)
Lead Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen (2006, 79th)
Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose (2007, 80th)

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Cinema Sight’s Friday Face-Off: Select 7 to keep in the competition

Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan – Come and Get It (1936, 9th)
Supporting Actor: Joseph Schildkraut – The Life of Emile Zola (1937, 10th)
Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan – Kentucky (1938, 11th)
Supporting Actor: Thomas Mitchell – Stagecoach (1939, 12th)
Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan – The Westerner (1940, 13th)
Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley (1941, 14th)
Supporting Actor: Van Heflin – Johnny Eager (1942, 15th)
Supporting Actor: Charles Coburn – The More the Merrier (1943, 16th)
Supporting Actor: Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way (1944, 17th)
Supporting Actor: James Dunn – A Tree Groes in Brooklyn (1945, 18th)
Supporting Actor: Harold Russell – The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, 19th)

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Cinema Sight’s Friday Face-Off: Select 7 to keep in the competition

Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm – Gentleman’s Agreement (1947, 20th)
Supporting Actress: Claire Trevor – Key Largo (1948, 21st)
Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge – All the King’s Men (1949, 22nd)
Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull – Harvey (1950, 23rd)
Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter – A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, 24th)
Supporting Actress: Gloria Grahame – The Bad and the Beautiful (1952, 25th)
Supporting Actress: Donna Reed – From Here to Eternity (1953, 26th)
Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Saint – On the Waterfront (1954, 27th)
Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet – East of Eden (1955, 28th)
Supporting Actress: Dorothy Malone – Written on the Wind (1956, 29th)
Supporting Actress: Miyoshi Umeki – Sayonara (1957, 30th)

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Cinema Sight’s Friday Face-Off: Select 7 to keep in the competition

Song: “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, 29th)
Song: “Gigi” – Gigi (1958, 31st)
Song: “High Hopes” – A Hole in the Head (1959, 32nd)
Song: “Never on Sunday” – Never on Sunday (1960, 33rd)
Song: “Moon River” – Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961, 34th)
Song: “Days of Wind and Roses” – Days of Wine and Roses (1962, 35th)
Song: “Call Me Irresponsible” – Papa’s Delicate Condition (1963, 36th)
Song: “Chim Chim Cher-ee” – Mary Poppins (1964, 37th)
Song: “The Shadow of Your Smile” – The Sandpiper (1965, 38th)
Song: “Born Free” – Born Free (1966, 39th)

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Cinema Sight’s Friday Face-Off: Select 7 to keep in the competition

Music (Musical/Comeedy Score): Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st)
Music (Original Score): The Red Violin (1999, 72nd)
Music (Original Score): Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, 73rd)
Music (Original Score): The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, 74th)
Music (Original Score): Frida (2002, 75th)
Music (Original Score): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, 76th)
Music (Original Score): Finding Neverland (2004, 77th)
Music (Original Score): Brokeback Mountain (2005, 78th)
Music (Original Score): Babel (2006, 79th)
Music (Original Score): Atonement (2007, 80th)