1. Goodfellas
What Won Instead: Dances With Wolves If youve never seen Goodfellas you may be asking yourself why is Goodfellas is number one on this last as opposed to Raging Bull or Taxi Driver? Its because by the time Goodfellas was in contention for Best Picture they had already snubbed two of Scorseses masterpieces, so they should have known better. Secondly, to this day Goodfellas maintains 97% on Rotten Tomatoes while Dances with Wolves is at 78%. For younger readers, Dances with Wolves is Avatar, except replace the Navi with Native Americans. Its good. Its not great. Goodfellas is a classic and my favourite Scorsese film ever, so I do admit a bias. In terms of quality, there isnt even a film nominated that year that is even comparable. Goodfellas is one of the most entertaining movies ever made. Once you turn it on, youd be hard pressed to turn it off. Its such an absorbing movie with tremendous performances by everyone in the cast. If you havent seen it, stop reading and watch it. Agree? Disagree? Let me know what you think in the comments.