The Oscars: Best Picture Winners

Best Picture Winners: 1928-2022

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established its Oscar awards in 1929, designed to recognize various categories in film. This is a list of the Best Picture winners from 1928 through 2018. 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once 2021: Coda 2020: Nomadland 2019: Parasite (Gisaengchung) 2018: Green Book 2017: The Shape of Water 2016: Moonlight 2015: Spotlight 2014: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2012: Argo 2011: The Artist 2010: The King’s Speech 2009: The Hurt Locker 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2007: No Country for Old Men 2006: The Departed 2005: Crash 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002: Chicago 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2000: Gladiator 1999: American Beauty 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1997: Titanic 1996: The English Patient 1995: Braveheart 1994: Forrest Gump 1993: Schindler’s List 1992: Unforgiven 1991: The Silence of the Lambs 1990: Dances with Wolves 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1988: Rain Man 1987: The Last Emperor 1986: Platoon 1985: Out of Africa 1984: Amadeus 1983: Terms of Endearment 1982: Gandhi 1981: Chariots of Fire 1980: Ordinary People 1979: Kramer Vs. Kramer 1978: The Deer Hunter 1977: Annie Hall 1976: Rocky 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1974: The Godfather: Part II 1973: The Sting 1972: The Godfather 1971: The French Connection 1970: Patton 1969: Midnight Cowboy 1968: Oliver! 1967: In the Heat of the Night 1966: A Man for All Seasons 1965: The Sound of Music 1964: My Fair Lady 1963: Tom Jones 1962: Lawrence of Arabia 1961: West Side Story 1960: The Apartment 1959: Ben-Hur 1958: Gigi 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956: Around the World in 80 Days 1955: Marty 1954: On the Waterfront 1953: From Here to Eternity 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth 1951: An American in Paris 1950: All About Eve 1949: All the King’s Men 1948: Hamlet 1947: Gentleman’s Agreement 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives 1945: The Lost Weekend 1944: Going My Way 1943: Casablanca 1942: Mrs. Minver 1941: How Green Was My Valley 1940: Rebecca 1939: Gone with the Wind 1938: You Can’t Take It with You 1937: The Life of Émile Zola 1936: The Great Ziegfeld 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty 1934: It Happened One Night 1933: Cavalcade 1932: Grand Hotel 1931: Cimarron 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front 1929: The Broadway Melody 1928: Wings Resources: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: official site Wikipedia: Academy Award for Best PIcture: winners and nominees (1928-2022) Originally posted February 24, 2019. Last updated 3/12/2023.