The Best of the Best Pictures

Thursday, 15th February – Sunday, 10th March.

In celebration of the 96^th Academy Awards on March 11, join us at Dendy Cinemas as we celebrate the great cinematic achievements of the past with a selection of our favourite Best Picture winners over the last nine decades. From Golden Age classics and gripping dramas to modern masterpieces and historical epics, there’s something for every film lover with these four Oscar-winning classics back on the big screen once again.

CASABLANCA (1942)

Winner of three Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing - Screenplay)

A timeless classic that’s still regarded as one of the most romantic love stories of all time, Michael Curtiz’s unforgettable portrait of a cynical American bar owner and the French ex-lover who broke his heart remains as sweepingly magnificent as ever.

THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

Winner of five Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing)

Starring Academy Award winners Robert de Niro, Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep, experience the brutality of war and the depths of emotional strain on the human spirit in this extraordinarily powerful drama that follows a group of Pennsylvania steelworkers from their blue-collar lives to the depths of hell in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

Winner of eight Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography - Colour, Best Writing - Screenplay)

A staggering piece of cinema that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like, Victor Fleming’s period war epic was moviemaking at its very height. A monumental production that can still enthral new generations of viewers, it remains one of Hollywood’s greatest achievements.

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

Winner of five Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Writing - Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

One of only three films to win the Academy’s “Big Five” prizes, Jonathan Demme’s iconic psychological horror broke all preconceived notions of what constituted a Best Picture winner. Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster deliver legendary performances in this chilling yet eloquent master thriller.