Useful Notes / Academy Award for Best Picture

A list of films that won and were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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1927– 1939

• 1927-28: Sunrise (Unique and Artistic Production) (winner)
  • Chang (Unique and Artistic Production)
  • The Crowd (Unique and Artistic Production)
• 1927-28: Wings (Best Production) (winner)
  • 7th Heaven
  • The Racket
• 1928-29: The Broadway Melody (winner)
  • Alibi
  • The Hollywood Revue of 1929
  • In Old Arizona
  • The Patriot (lost film)
• 1929-30: All Quiet on the Western Front (winner)
  • The Big House
  • Disraeli
  • The Divorcee
  • The Love Parade
• 1930-31: Cimarron (winner)
  • East Lynne (print not available for public viewing)
  • The Front Page
  • Skippy
  • Trader Horn
• 1931-32: Grand Hotel (winner)
  • Arrowsmith
  • Bad Girl
  • The Champ
  • Five Star Final
  • One Hour with You
  • Shanghai Express
  • The Smiling Lieutenant
• 1932-33: Cavalcade (winner)
  • 42nd Street
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
  • Lady for a Day
  • Little Women
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII
  • She Done Him Wrong
  • Smilin' Through
  • State Fair
• 1934: It Happened One Night (winner)
  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street
  • Cleopatra
  • Flirtation Walk
  • The Gay Divorcee
  • Here Comes the Navy
  • The House of Rothschild
  • Imitation of Life
  • One Night of Love
  • The Thin Man
  • Viva Villa!
  • The White Parade (print not available for public viewing)
• 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty (winner)
  • Alice Adams
  • Broadway Melody of 1936
  • Captain Blood
  • David Copperfield
  • The Informer
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Les Misérables
  • Naughty Marietta
  • Ruggles of Red Gap
  • Top Hat
• 1936: The Great Ziegfeld (winner)
  • Anthony Adverse
  • Dodsworth
  • Libeled Lady
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • San Francisco
  • The Story of Louis Pasteur
  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • Three Smart Girls
• 1937: The Life of Émile Zola (winner)
  • The Awful Truth
  • Captains Courageous
  • Dead End
  • The Good Earth
  • In Old Chicago
  • Lost Horizon
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl
  • Stage Door
  • A Star Is Born
• 1938: You Can't Take It With You (winner)
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • Boys Town
  • The Citadel
  • Four Daughters
  • The Grand Illusion
  • Jezebel
  • Pygmalion
  • Test Pilot
• 1939: Gone with the Wind (winner)
  • Dark Victory
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Love Affair
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Ninotchka
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Stagecoach
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Wuthering Heights

1940– 1949

• 1940: Rebecca (winner)
  • All This, and Heaven Too
  • Foreign Correspondent
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • The Great Dictator
  • Kitty Foyle
  • The Letter
  • The Long Voyage Home
  • Our Town
  • The Philadelphia Story
• 1941: How Green Was My Valley (winner)
  • Blossoms in the Dust
  • Citizen Kane
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  • Hold Back the Dawn
  • The Little Foxes
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • One Foot in Heaven
  • Sergeant York
  • Suspicion
• 1942: Mrs. Miniver (winner)
  • 49th Parallel (aka The Invaders)
  • Kings Row
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
  • The Pied Piper
  • The Pride of the Yankees
  • Random Harvest
  • Talk of the Town
  • Wake Island
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
• 1943: Casablanca (winner)
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Heaven Can Wait
  • The Human Comedy
  • In Which We Serve
  • Madame Curie
  • The More the Merrier
  • The Ox-Bow Incident
  • The Song of Bernadette
  • Watch on the Rhine
• 1944: Going My Way (winner)
  • Double Indemnity
  • Gaslight
  • Since You Went Away
  • Wilson
• 1945: The Lost Weekend (winner)
  • Anchors Aweigh
  • The Bells of St. Mary's
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Spellbound
• 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives (winner)
  • Henry V
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • The Razor's Edge
  • The Yearling
• 1947: Gentleman's Agreement (winner)
  • The Bishop's Wife
  • Crossfire
  • Great Expectations
  • Miracle on 34th Street
• 1948: Hamlet (winner)
  • Johnny Belinda
  • The Red Shoes
  • The Snake Pit
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• 1949: All the King's Men (winner)
  • Battleground
  • The Heiress
  • A Letter to Three Wives
  • Twelve O'Clock High

1950– 1959

• 1950: All About Eve (winner)
  • Born Yesterday
  • Father of the Bride
  • King Solomon's Mines
  • Sunset Boulevard
• 1951: An American in Paris (winner)
  • Decision Before Dawn
  • A Place in the Sun
  • Quo Vadis
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
• 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth (winner)
  • High Noon
  • Ivanhoe
  • Moulin Rouge
  • The Quiet Man
• 1953: From Here to Eternity (winner)
  • Julius Caesar
  • The Robe
  • Roman Holiday
  • Shane
• 1954: On the Waterfront (winner)
  • The Country Girl
  • The Caine Mutiny
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • Three Coins in the Fountain
• 1955: Marty (winner)
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
  • Mister Roberts
  • Picnic
  • The Rose Tattoo
• 1956: Around the World in 80 Days (winner)
  • Friendly Persuasion
  • Giant
  • The King and I
  • The Ten Commandments
• 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (winner)
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Peyton Place
  • Sayonara
  • Witness for the Prosecution
• 1958: Gigi (winner)
  • Auntie Mame
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • The Defiant Ones
  • Separate Tables
• 1959: Ben Hur (winner)
  • Anatomy of a Murder
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • The Nun's Story
  • Room at the Top

1960– 1969

• 1960: The Apartment (winner)
  • The Alamo
  • Elmer Gantry
  • Sons and Lovers
  • The Sundowners
• 1961: West Side Story (winner)
  • Fanny
  • The Guns of Navarone
  • The Hustler
  • Judgment at Nuremberg
• 1962: Lawrence of Arabia (winner)
  • The Longest Day
  • The Music Man
  • Mutiny on the Bounty
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
• 1963: Tom Jones (winner)
  • America America
  • Cleopatra
  • How the West Was Won
  • Lilies of the Field
• 1964: My Fair Lady (winner)
  • Becket
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • Mary Poppins
  • Zorba the Greek
• 1965: The Sound of Music (winner)
  • Darling
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Ship of Fools
  • A Thousand Clowns
• 1966: A Man for All Seasons (winner)
  • Alfie
  • The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
  • The Sand Pebbles
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• 1967: In the Heat of the Night (winner)
  • Bonnie and Clyde
  • Doctor Dolittle
  • The Graduate
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• 1968: Oliver! (winner)
  • Funny Girl
  • The Lion in Winter
  • Rachel, Rachel
  • Romeo and Juliet
• 1969: Midnight Cowboy (winner)
  • Anne of the Thousand Days
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • Hello, Dolly!
  • Z

1970– 1979

• 1970: Patton (winner)
  • Airport
  • Five Easy Pieces
  • Love Story
  • M*A*S*H
• 1971: The French Connection (winner)
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • The Last Picture Show
  • Nicholas and Alexandra
• 1972: The Godfather (winner)
  • Cabaret
  • Deliverance
  • The Emigrants
  • Sounder
• 1973: The Sting (winner)
  • American Graffiti
  • Cries and Whispers
  • The Exorcist
  • A Touch of Class
• 1974: The Godfather Part II (winner)
  • Chinatown
  • The Conversation
  • Lenny
  • The Towering Inferno
• 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (winner)
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Jaws
  • Nashville
• 1976: Rocky (winner)
  • All the President's Men
  • Bound for Glory
  • Network
  • Taxi Driver
• 1977: Annie Hall (winner)
  • The Goodbye Girl
  • Julia
  • Star Wars
  • The Turning Point
• 1978: The Deer Hunter (winner)
  • Coming Home
  • Heaven Can Wait
  • Midnight Express
  • An Unmarried Woman
• 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer (winner)
  • All That Jazz
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Breaking Away
  • Norma Rae

1980– 1989

• 1980: Ordinary People (winner)
  • Coal Miner's Daughter
  • The Elephant Man
  • Raging Bull
  • Tess
• 1981: Chariots of Fire (winner)
  • Atlantic City
  • On Golden Pond
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Reds
• 1982: Gandhi (winner)
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Missing
  • Tootsie
  • The Verdict
• 1983: Terms of Endearment (winner)
  • The Big Chill
  • The Dresser
  • The Right Stuff
  • Tender Mercies
• 1984: Amadeus (winner)
  • The Killing Fields
  • A Passage to India
  • Places in the Heart
  • A Soldier's Story
• 1985: Out of Africa (winner)
  • The Color Purple
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Prizzi's Honor
  • Witness
• 1986: Platoon (winner)
  • Children of a Lesser God
  • Hannah and Her Sisters
  • The Mission
  • A Room with a View
• 1987: The Last Emperor (winner)
  • Broadcast News
  • Fatal Attraction
  • Hope and Glory
  • Moonstruck
• 1988: Rain Man (winner)
  • The Accidental Tourist
  • Dangerous Liaisons
  • Mississippi Burning
  • Working Girl
• 1989: Driving Miss Daisy (winner)
  • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Field of Dreams
  • My Left Foot

1990– 1999

• 1990: Dances with Wolves (winner)
  • Awakenings
  • Ghost
  • The Godfather Part III
  • Goodfellas
• 1991: The Silence of the Lambs (winner)
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Bugsy
  • JFK
  • The Prince of Tides
• 1992: Unforgiven (winner)
  • The Crying Game
  • A Few Good Men
  • Howards End
  • Scent of a Woman
• 1993: Schindler's List (winner)
  • The Fugitive
  • In the Name of the Father
  • The Piano
  • The Remains of the Day
• 1994: Forrest Gump (winner)
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Quiz Show
  • The Shawshank Redemption
• 1995: Braveheart (winner)
  • Apollo 13
  • Babe
  • Il Postino
  • Sense and Sensibility
• 1996: The English Patient (winner)
  • Fargo
  • Jerry Maguire
  • Secrets & Lies
  • Shine
• 1997: Titanic (winner)
  • As Good as It Gets
  • The Full Monty
  • Good Will Hunting
  • L.A. Confidential
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love (winner)
  • Elizabeth
  • Life Is Beautiful
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Thin Red Line
• 1999: American Beauty (winner)
  • The Cider House Rules
  • The Green Mile
  • The Insider
  • The Sixth Sense

2000– 2009

• 2000: Gladiator (winner)
  • Chocolat
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Traffic
• 2001: A Beautiful Mind (winner)
  • Gosford Park
  • In the Bedroom
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Moulin Rouge!
• 2002: Chicago (winner)
  • Gangs of New York
  • The Hours
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Pianist
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (winner)
  • Lost in Translation
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Mystic River
  • Seabiscuit
• 2004: Million Dollar Baby (winner)
  • The Aviator
  • Finding Neverland
  • Ray
  • Sideways
• 2005: Crash (winner)
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Munich
• 2006: The Departed (winner)
  • Babel
  • Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • The Queen
• 2007: No Country for Old Men (winner)
  • Atonement
  • Juno
  • Michael Clayton
  • There Will Be Blood
• 2008: Slumdog Millionaire (winner)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Milk
  • The Reader
• 2009: The Hurt Locker (winner)
  • Avatar
  • The Blind Side
  • District 9
  • An Education
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Precious
  • A Serious Man
  • Up
  • Up in the Air

2010– 2019

• 2010: The King's Speech (winner)
  • 127 Hours
  • Black Swan
  • The Fighter
  • Inception
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • The Social Network
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter's Bone
• 2011: The Artist (winner)
  • The Descendants
  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
  • The Help
  • Hugo
  • Midnight in Paris
  • Moneyball
  • The Tree of Life
  • War Horse
• 2012: Argo (winner)
  • Amour
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Django Unchained
  • Life of Pi
  • Lincoln
  • Les Misérables
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Zero Dark Thirty
• 2013: 12 Years a Slave (winner)
  • American Hustle
  • Captain Phillips
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • Gravity
  • her
  • Nebraska
  • Philomena
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
• 2014: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (winner)
  • American Sniper
  • Boyhood
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Imitation Game
  • Selma
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Whiplash
• 2015: Spotlight (winner)
  • The Big Short
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Brooklyn
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Room
• 2016: Moonlight (winner)
  • Arrival
  • Fences
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • Hell or High Water
  • Hidden Figures
  • La La Land
  • Lion
  • Manchester by the Sea
• 2017: The Shape of Water (winner)
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • Darkest Hour
  • Dunkirk
  • Get Out
  • Lady Bird
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Post
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• 2018: Green Book (winner)
  • Black Panther
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • The Favourite
  • Roma
  • A Star Is Born
  • Vice
• 2019: Parasite (winner)
  • 1917
  • Ford V Ferrari
  • The Irishman
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Joker
  • Little Women
  • Marriage Story
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2020– 2029

• 2020-21: Nomadland (winner)
  • The Father
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Mank
  • Minari
  • Promising Young Woman
  • Sound of Metal
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
• 2021: CODA (winner)
  • Belfast
  • Don't Look Up
  • Drive My Car
  • Dune
  • King Richard
  • Licorice Pizza
  • Nightmare Alley
  • The Power of the Dog
  • West Side Story
• 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once (winner)
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Elvis
  • The Fabelmans
  • Tár
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • Women Talking

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