Ranking the MTV Movie Award winners for Best Movie

There is no fathomable way to accept that The Twihards were the best movies four years in a row except for teen fandom run amok. This trend seriously depreciated the MTV Movie Awards' credibility, especially when considering the competition during that time: “The Dark Knight”, two Harry Potter Movies, “Black Swan,” and “Bridesmaids,” to name a few.

This gross-out offering from the Farrelly Brothers wasn’t even the best comedy of the year, and it was realistically the least qualified movie among “Armageddon,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Shakespeare in Love,” and “The Truman Show” to take home the “Golden Popcorn.”

While some of the special effects were dizzyingly cool - as to be expected from Michael Bay - the characters, the robots, and the storytelling just didn’t pop. It is unclear if Bay, Shia LaBeouf or Megan Fox is most responsible for that.

Here is yet another example of the popularity contest vote. The second offering from the "Hunger Games" series wasn’t even the best Jennifer Lawrence movie in the running and ranks dead last compared to “12 Years a Slave,” “American Hustle,” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

The second installment of the blockbuster Disney-ride films was actually quite “ho-hum” instead of “yo-ho.” MTV voters missed a prime opportunity to express their edgy side by awarding either “Borat” or “Little Miss Sunshine” with the Best Movie award.

The offbeat, socially-awkward title character hit big in 2004 and still strikes a chord (or a sick dance move) as an unlikely winner. But when you peel back the layers to reveal that this was the year when “Crash” took home the Oscar for Best Picture, we might begin to understand why voters were trying to throw their votes over them mountains.

It’s not that I didn’t like “Scream.” I am just dumbfounded that the MTV set didn’t crown Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes from Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” as king and queen of the prom. There is no honor and there is no loyalty. A plague o’ both your houses!

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson had audiences rolling in the aisles with their bro-code douchebaggery, not to mention the hilarious star turns by Isla Fisher and Bradley Cooper. But a look beyond just the tip of the iceberg may reveal a weak nominee class and an underwhelming victory.

Even though it was a quality movie, the superhero collective benefitted from the blockbuster voting bump. And in all fairness, it competed against a particularly average Batman film in "The Dark Knight Rises."

“The Fault in Our Stars” charmed audiences with its sweet and sincere story of two teenage cancer patients finding love in the numbered days of their young lives. The Best Movie category ballooned to eight contenders this year, which probably helped water down the competition.

This drama set in the hood of South Central L.A. was a gritty choice by MTV voters, but it doesn’t realistically compete against “Philadelphia” or “Schindler’s List.”

Although it is a little surprising that the selection wasn’t Eminem’s  “8 Mile,” the second installment of Peter Jackson’s long-winded franchise is a great standalone film. The Battle of Helm’s Deep alone could have secured the victory.

I am a huge fan of - what’s in the box? - David Fincher’s thrilling exploration of the seven deadly sins. I am also not certain that “Se7en” is better than “Braveheart,” but since both are high quality films, I can’t really complain.

“You can’t handle the truth!”... that this was the best movie of 1993. Well, it was, and you need me on that wall to tell you that it was!

I am really happy to see the Star Wars saga firing on all appropriate number of parcecs again and erasing the dark shadow cast by the prequels. The nostalgia chills and nerdgasms achieved while watching “The Force Awakens” were more than satisfying.

“Terminator 2” took home six awards at the inaugural MTV Movie Awards, and it certainly exemplified the slick, sci-fi feel of early '90s films. Despite Schwarzenegger’s stock performance, this movie hummed like a 14-wheeler roaring down the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

You take the blue pill, the story ends, and you wake up in a world where this mind-blowing action/sci-fi classic never exists. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and bullet time, "I know kung fu," and action megastar Keanu Reeves continue to thrill nearly 20 years later.

“One ring to rule them all,” and MTV voters bowed to the ring’s call. The film that introduced us to J.R.R. Tolkien’s rich fantasy world of hobbits, elves, dwarves, etc. as seen through the visionary eyes of Peter Jackson, was a deserving winner. It doesn’t hurt that it also landed on AFI’s Top 100.

The final installment of Peter Jackson’s fantasy saga may have challenged the attention span of some viewers with its length and overwrought ending, but MTV viewers got it right and took to the polls, awarding it the Best Movie award and matching the prestigious Oscars for Best Picture.  

Although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was also nominated the same year and was great in its own right, Ridley Scott's throwback epic hearkened back to an earlier era of filmmaking. Yes, Maximus, we are most definitely entertained - as was the Academy, marking the second time the Oscars and the MTV Movie Awards synced up for their respective top prizes.

James Cameron’s Magnum Opus was as much a pioneer in production as it was a behemoth at the box office. The great film, lead by the superb chemistry of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, remains in the hearts of its viewers as one of the most romantic marvels of modern cinema. It avoided all icebergs in taking home the Best Movie Award from MTV, the Best Picture Award from the Oscars and has a comfortable spot on the AFI Top 100.

Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece is a bonafide classic. The genre-defining storytelling continues to mature with repeat viewings. It revamped the career of John Travolta, gave us Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson, launched Tarantino's mainstream success, and left in its wake a glowing briefcase full of potent quotes and compelling cinematic images.