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Oscar Best Picture Winners

Name: Oscar Best Picture Winners
Creator: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Academy Award for Best Picture winners, the most prestigious prize in cinema, from 1960 to the present.

Oscar Best Picture Winners — 45 entries in the entertainment category, sortable by Name, Year, Film. Every row is ranked by community votes, giving you a crowd-sourced perspective you won't find on Wikipedia or IMDb.

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Source:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Updated:2/19/2026

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Name↕	Year↕	Film↕	Director↕	Genre↕	Studio↕
Oppenheimer	2024	Oppenheimer	Christopher Nolan	Biography / Drama	Universal Pictures
Everything Everywhere All at Once	2023	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert	Action / Adventure / Comedy	A24
CODA	2022	CODA	Sian Heder	Drama / Music	Apple TV+
Nomadland	2021	Nomadland	Chloe Zhao	Drama	Searchlight Pictures
Parasite	2020	Parasite	Bong Joon-ho	Comedy / Drama / Thriller	Neon
Green Book	2019	Green Book	Peter Farrelly	Biography / Comedy / Drama	Universal Pictures
The Shape of Water	2018	The Shape of Water	Guillermo del Toro	Adventure / Drama / Fantasy	Fox Searchlight
Moonlight	2017	Moonlight	Barry Jenkins	Drama	A24
Spotlight	2016	Spotlight	Tom McCarthy	Biography / Crime / Drama	Open Road Films
Birdman	2015	Birdman	Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu	Comedy / Drama	Fox Searchlight
12 Years a Slave	2014	12 Years a Slave	Steve McQueen	Biography / Drama / History	Fox Searchlight
Argo	2013	Argo	Ben Affleck	Biography / Drama / Thriller	Warner Bros.
The Artist	2012	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius	Comedy / Drama / Romance	The Weinstein Company
The King's Speech	2011	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper	Biography / Drama / History	The Weinstein Company
The Hurt Locker	2010	The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow	Drama / Thriller / War	Summit Entertainment
Slumdog Millionaire	2009	Slumdog Millionaire	Danny Boyle	Crime / Drama / Romance	Fox Searchlight
No Country for Old Men	2008	No Country for Old Men	Joel & Ethan Coen	Crime / Drama / Thriller	Miramax
The Departed	2007	The Departed	Martin Scorsese	Crime / Drama / Thriller	Warner Bros.
Crash	2006	Crash	Paul Haggis	Crime / Drama	Lions Gate
Million Dollar Baby	2005	Million Dollar Baby	Clint Eastwood	Drama / Sport	Warner Bros.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Peter Jackson	Adventure / Drama / Fantasy	New Line Cinema
Chicago	2003	Chicago	Rob Marshall	Comedy / Crime / Musical	Miramax
A Beautiful Mind	2002	A Beautiful Mind	Ron Howard	Biography / Drama	Universal Pictures
Gladiator	2001	Gladiator	Ridley Scott	Action / Adventure / Drama	DreamWorks
American Beauty	2000	American Beauty	Sam Mendes	Drama	DreamWorks
Shakespeare in Love	1999	Shakespeare in Love	John Madden	Comedy / Drama / Romance	Miramax
Titanic	1998	Titanic	James Cameron	Drama / Romance	Paramount / 20th Century Fox
The English Patient	1997	The English Patient	Anthony Minghella	Drama / Romance / War	Miramax
Braveheart	1996	Braveheart	Mel Gibson	Biography / Drama / History	Paramount
Forrest Gump	1995	Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis	Drama / Romance	Paramount
Schindler's List	1994	Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg	Biography / Drama / History	Universal
Unforgiven	1993	Unforgiven	Clint Eastwood	Drama / Western	Warner Bros.
The Silence of the Lambs	1992	The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme	Crime / Drama / Thriller	Orion Pictures
Dances with Wolves	1991	Dances with Wolves	Kevin Costner	Adventure / Drama / Western	Orion Pictures
Driving Miss Daisy	1990	Driving Miss Daisy	Bruce Beresford	Drama	Warner Bros.
Rain Man	1989	Rain Man	Barry Levinson	Drama	United Artists
The Last Emperor	1988	The Last Emperor	Bernardo Bertolucci	Biography / Drama / History	Columbia
Platoon	1987	Platoon	Oliver Stone	Drama / War	Orion Pictures
Out of Africa	1986	Out of Africa	Sydney Pollack	Biography / Drama / Romance	Universal
Amadeus	1985	Amadeus	Milos Forman	Biography / Drama / Music	Orion Pictures

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