All-time Oscar Winners for Best Picture
Motion Pictures, Lists | at 10:11 PM
I've always been interested in the Oscars even though I've had only one opportunity to watch the whole ceremony from beginning to end (in Europe, it is shown in the wee hours of the morning and, well, I don't even have a TV). The gathering of so many movie stars we all know, the newest movies being shown and rewarded, and just to think this grand celebration of the art of filmmaking is taking place in Hollywood (like it or not, the mecca of motion pictures) is enough to have me a little excited on that special day.
Naturally, another intriguing aspect of the event is to know who among the many nominees will win the prize in the various categories. This is often subject to disappointment but regardless, making predictions and encouraging his favorites has always been a gently addictive game, almost a tradition if it wasn't for the years when no movie stands out. The Oscars have a long history, the award for Best Picture was first given in 1927 and this year will be the 82nd ceremony. As a movie fan, one thing that recently got me thinking is how many Best Picture winners have I seen. There's my answer and I think I did pretty good though a few big names are shamefully missing from that list:
- 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 Kings 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. Miniver
- 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 Emile Zola
- 1936: The Great Ziegfeld
- 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty
- 1934: It Happened One Night
- 1932/1933: Cavalcade
- 1931/1932: Grand Hotel
- 1930/1931: Cimarron
- 1929/1930: All Quiet on the Western Front
- 1928/1929: The Broadway Melody
- 1927/1928: Wings
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