List of Best Picture winners at the Academy Awards throughout the years

Last Modified Feb 28, 2025 07:00 EST
Best Picture Oscar Winners
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presents the Academy Award for Best Picture annually. Every Academy member is entitled to nominate a nominee and cast a vote on the final ballot for this award, which belongs to the film's producers.


The Best Picture category is typically given out last and is thus seen as the most significant award of the program. There have been 96 winners and 611 nominees for Best Picture since the award’s inception in 1929.


Best Picture Oscar Winners


Given below is a list of all the films that have been the recipient of the award over the years:


YearCeremonyAward TitleWinnerProduction/Producer(s)
1927/281stOutstanding PictureWingsParamount Famous Lasky
1928/292ndOutstanding PictureThe Broadway MelodyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1929/303rdOutstanding ProductionAll Quiet on the Western FrontUniversal
1930/314thOutstanding ProductionCimarronRKO Radio
1931/325thOutstanding ProductionGrand HotelMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1932/336thOutstanding ProductionCavalcadeFox
19347thOutstanding ProductionIt Happened One NightColumbia
19358thOutstanding ProductionMutiny on the BountyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
19369thOutstanding ProductionThe Great ZiegfeldMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
193710thOutstanding ProductionThe Life of Emile ZolaWarner Bros.
193811thOutstanding ProductionYou Can't Take It with YouColumbia
193912thOutstanding ProductionGone with the WindSelznick International Pictures
194013thOutstanding ProductionRebeccaSelznick International Pictures
194114thOutstanding Motion PictureHow Green Was My Valley20th Century-Fox
194215thOutstanding Motion PictureMrs. MiniverMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
194316thOutstanding Motion PictureCasablancaWarner Bros.
194417thBest Motion PictureGoing My WayParamount
194518thBest Motion PictureThe Lost WeekendParamount
194619thBest Motion PictureThe Best Years of Our LivesSamuel Goldwyn Productions
194720thBest Motion PictureGentleman’s Agreement20th Century-Fox
194821stBest Motion PictureHamletJ. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films
194922ndBest Motion PictureAll the King's MenRobert Rossen Productions
195023rdBest Motion PictureAll About Eve20th Century-Fox
195124thBest Motion PictureAn American in ParisArthur Freed, Producer
195225thBest Motion PictureThe Greatest Show on EarthCecil B. DeMille, Producer
195326thBest Motion PictureFrom Here to EternityBuddy Adler, Producer
195427thBest Motion PictureOn the WaterfrontSam Spiegel, Producer
195528thBest Motion PictureMartyHarold Hecht, Producer
195629thBest Motion PictureAround the World in 80 DaysMichael Todd, Producer
195730thBest Motion PictureThe Bridge on the River KwaiSam Spiegel, Producer
195831stBest Motion PictureGigiArthur Freed, Producer
195932ndBest Motion PictureBen-HurSam Zimbalist, Producer
196033rdBest Motion PictureThe ApartmentBilly Wilder, Producer
196134thBest Motion PictureWest Side StoryRobert Wise, Producer
196235thBest PictureLawrence of ArabiaSam Spiegel, Producer
196336thBest PictureTom JonesTony Richardson, Producer
196437thBest PictureMy Fair LadyJack L. Warner, Producer
196538thBest PictureThe Sound of MusicRobert Wise, Producer
196639thBest PictureA Man for All SeasonsFred Zinnemann, Producer
196740thBest PictureIn the Heat of the NightWalter Mirisch, Producer
196841stBest PictureOliver!John Woolf, Producer
196942ndBest PictureMidnight CowboyJerome Hellman, Producer
197043rdBest PicturePattonFrank McCarthy, Producer
197144thBest PictureThe French ConnectionPhilip D’Antoni, Producer
197245thBest PictureThe GodfatherAlbert S. Ruddy, Producer
197346thBest PictureThe StingTony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips, Producers
197447thBest PictureThe Godfather Part IICoppola, Frederickson, Roos
197548thBest PictureOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestZaentz, Douglas
197649thBest PictureRockyWinkler, Chartoff
197750thBest PictureAnnie HallCharles H. Joffe, Producer
197851stBest PictureThe Deer HunterSpikings, Deeley, Cimino, Peverall
197952ndBest PictureKramer vs. KramerStanley R. Jaffe, Producer
198053rdBest PictureOrdinary PeopleRonald L. Schwary, Producer
198154thBest PictureChariots of FireDavid Puttnam, Producer
198255thBest PictureGandhiRichard Attenborough, Producer
198356thBest PictureTerms of EndearmentJames L. Brooks, Producer
198457thBest PictureAmadeusSaul Zaentz, Producer
198558thBest PictureOut of AfricaSydney Pollack, Producer
198659thBest PicturePlatoonArnold Kopelson, Producer
198760thBest PictureThe Last EmperorJeremy Thomas, Producer
198861stBest PictureRain ManMark Johnson, Producer
198962ndBest PictureDriving Miss DaisyZanuck, Fini Zanuck
199063rdBest PictureDances with WolvesWilson, Costner
199164thBest PictureThe Silence of the LambsSaxon, Utt, Bozman
199265thBest PictureUnforgivenClint Eastwood
199366thBest PictureSchindler's List Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, and Branko Lustig
199467thBest PictureForrest Gump Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, and Steve Starkey
199568thBest PictureBraveheart Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., and Bruce Davey
199669thBest PictureThe English Patient Saul Zaentz
199770thBest PictureTitanicJames Cameron and Jon Landau
199871stBest PictureShakespeare in Love David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, and Marc Norman
199972ndBest PictureAmerican Beauty Bruce Cohen and Dan Jink
200073rdBest PictureGladiator Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, and Branko Lustig
200174thBest PictureA Beautiful Mind Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
200275thBest PictureChicago Martin Richards
200376thBest PictureThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh
200477thBest PictureMillion Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, and Tom Rosenberg
200578thBest PictureCrashPaul Haggis and Cathy Schulman
200679thBest PictureThe Departed Graham King
200780thBest PictureNo Country for Old Men Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen
200881stBest PictureSlumdog Millionaire Christian Colson
200982ndBest PictureThe Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro
201083rdBest PictureThe King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin
201184thBest PictureThe ArtistThomas Langmann
201285thBest PictureArgo Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney
201386thBest Picture12 Years a Slave Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Anthony Katagas
201487thBest PictureBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole
201588thBest PictureSpotlight Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Michael Sugar
201689thBest PictureMoonlight Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner
201790thBest PictureThe Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale
201891stBest PictureGreen Book Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga
201992ndBest PictureParasite Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho
202093rdBest PictureNomadland Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, and Chloé Zhao
202194thBest PictureCODA Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, and Patrick Wachsberger
202295thBest PictureEverything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang
202396thBest PictureOppenheimerThomas, Roven, Nolan


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