The Oscars: Best Picture Winners

Best Picture Winners: 1928-2024

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established its Oscar awards in 1929, designed to recognize various categories in film. The 97th Academy Awards ceremony (acknowledging 2024 nominees) was held on March 2, 2025. 2024: Anora 2023: Oppenheimer 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: Dave’s Movie Database: Other Year-End Awards 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 3/2/2025.

The Oscars: Best Original Screenplay

The Oscars: Best Original Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to a screenplay written specifically for the screen. 2024: Anora 2023: Anatomy of a Fall 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once 2021: Belfast 2020: Promising Young Woman 2019: Parasite (Gisaengchung) 2018: Green Book 2017: Get Out 2016: Manchester by the Sea 2015: Spotlight 2014: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2013: Her 2012: Django Unchained 2011: Midnight in Paris 2010: The King’s Speech 2009: The Hurt Locker 2008: Milk 2007: Juno 2006: Little Miss Sunshine 2005: Wedding Crashers 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2013: Lost in Translation 2002: Talk to Her (Hable Con Ella) 2001: Gosford Park 2000: Almost Famous 1999: American Beauty 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1997: Good Will Hunting 1996: Fargo 1995: The Usual Suspects 1994: Pulp Fiction 1993: The Piano 1992: The Crying Game 1991: Thelma and Louise 1990: Ghost 1989: Dead Poets Society 1988: Rain Man 1987: Moonstruck 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters 1985: Witness 1984: Places in the Heart 1983: Tender Mercies 1982: Gandhi 1981: Chariots of Fire 1980: Melvin and Howard 1979: Breaking Away 1978: Coming Home 1977: Annie Hall 1976: Network 1975: Dog Day Afternoon 1974: Chinatown 1973: The Sting 1972: The Candidate 1971: The Hospital 1970: Patton 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1968: The Producers 1967: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 1966: A Man and a Woman 1965: Darling 1964: Father Goose 1963: How the West Was Won 1962: Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all’italiana) 1961: Splendor in the Grass 1960: The Apartment 1959: Pillow Talk 1958: The Defiant Ones 1957: Designing Woman 1956: The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) 1955: Interrupted Melody 1954: On the Waterfront 1953: Titanic 1952: The Lavender Hill Mob 1951: An American in Paris 1950: Sunset Boulevard 1949: Battleground 1948: -- 1947: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1946: Seventh Veil 1945: Marie-Louise 1944: Wilson 1943: Princess O’Rourke 1942: Woman of the Year 1941: Citizen Kane 1940: The Great McGinty Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Wikipedia.org: “Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay” Originally posted 3/2/2025.

The Oscars: Animated Feature

The Oscars: Animated Feature

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, better known as the Oscars, began giving awards to full-length animated features in 2001. Eligible films must have a running time of at least 40 minutes and no less than 75% of the running time must feature animation. 2024: Flow 2023: The Boy and the Heron 2022: Pinocchio 2021: Encanto 2020: Soul 2019: Toy Story 4 2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2017: Coco 2016: Zootopia 2015: Inside Out 2014: Big Hero 6 2013: Frozen 2012: Brave 2011: Rango 2010: Toy Story 3 2009: Up 2008: Wall-E 2007: Ratatouille 2006: Happy Feet 2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2004: The Incredibles 2013: Finding Nemo 2002: Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) 2001: Shrek Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Originally posted 3/2/2025.