My quarrel with the Oscars

This post is going to make me sound like a contrarian. 
Academy Award for Best Picture: 
2018: 
The winner: Green Book 
The film I think should have won: The Favourite 
2017: 
The winner: The Shape of Water 
The film I think should have won: Phantom Thread 
2016: 
The winner: Moonlight 
Agreed
2015: 
The winner: Spotlight
Agreed
2014: 
The winner: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Agreed
2013: 
The winner: 12 Years a Slave
Agreed
2012: 
The winner: Argo 
The film I think should have won: Les Miserables 
2011: 
The winner: The Artist 
Agreed
2010:
The winner: The King’s Speech 
The film I think should have won: The Fighter or Black Swan 
2009: 
The winner: The Hurt Locker 
Haven’t seen it 
2008: 
The winner: Slumdog Millionaire 
The film I think should have won: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 

(Update in 3/2022: I watched again The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and no longer thought so—the film lost its magic, so to speak, on second viewing). 
2007: 
The winner: No Country for Old Men 
The film I think should have won: There Will Be Blood 
2006: 
The winner: The Departed
The film I think should have won: Babel 
2005: 
The winner: Crash 
Haven’t seen it 
2004: 
The winner: Million Dollar Baby 
The film I think should have won: The Aviator 
2003: 
The winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kings 
Not sure, probably agreed 
2002: 
The winner: Chicago 
The film I think should have won: The Pianist 
2001: 
The winner: A Beautiful Mind 
Agreed 
2000: 
The winner: Gladiator 
Not sure, probably have seen it but don’t remember very well 
1999: 
The winner: American Beauty 
The film I think should have won: The Sixth Sense or The Green Mile 
1998: 
The winner: Shakespeare in Love 
Not sure, probably agreed 
1997: 
The winner: Titanic 
The film I think should have won: L. A. Confidential 
1996: 
The winner: The English Patient 
Agreed 
1995: 
The winner: Braveheart 
Haven’t seen it 
1994: 
The winner: Forrest Gump 
The film I think should have won: The Shawshank Redemption or Pulp Fiction 
1993: 
The winner: Schindler’s List 
Haven’t seen that one, but I’d go with The Piano 
1992: 
The winner: Unforgiven 
Not sure if I’ve seen it 
1991: 
The winner: The Silence of the Lambs 
Agreed 
1990: 
The winner: Dances with Wolves 
Haven’t seen it 
I’m going to stop here. 
The past few years at the Oscars haven’t been very good. I mean, The Shape of Water, really? It’s stupid. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the film most people expected to win, I found quite corny. The good ones were Phantom Thread, Lady Bird, and Call Me by Your Name. I should see Phantom Thread again. 
Then last year, apart from Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, and A Star Is Born, which I haven’t seen, the others were Green Book, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Roma, and Vice, none of which was really good. I only preferred The Favourite to the rest, but I was glad Roma didn’t win, as it’s overrated (the film isn’t even proper B&W). 
The upcoming Oscars would be much more interesting, because of Little Women, The Irishman, Joker, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.