They may be largely missing from this year’s roster of best-film Oscar contenders, but a new US survey shows war and sci-fi epics top the list of all-time favourite movies.
Nearly 70 years after it was made, the Civil War classic “Gone with the Wind” ranked No one, just ahead of science-fiction space adventure “Star Wars,” in the Harris poll of people’s favourite films that stand the test of time.
Coming in third was the sweeping Oscar-winning World War II romance “Casablanca,” followed by fantasy film “The Lord of the Rings” in the online January poll of 2,279 US adults.
Harris noted the gender and generational differences among the results with men and younger people such as Generation X favouring “Star Wars” and women and older baby boomers preferring “Gone With the Wind.”
“Gone With The Wind” won eight Oscars in 1939, including best picture and best actress for Vivien Leigh. In 1977 “Star Wars” failed to win a best picture Oscar, losing out to Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall.”