Every Best Picture Oscar Winner Ranked Worst To Best
42. Terms Of Endearment (1983)
The best part of James L. Brooks' iconic tearjerker Terms of Endearment is how mature and intelligent it is. Though melodramatic and even manipulative, the drama is authentic and real enough to never once feel forced.
Telling an intimate story of new love, a struggling mother-daughter relationship, and heartbreak, Terms of Endearment soars with its cast and Brooks' witty script, which effortlessly balances the film's breezy humour and wrenching tragedy. Broadcast News is still the superior Brooks picture, mind you.