Last update: 19th August, 2025
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Best Picture WinnersThis list compiles the following best picture winners together on one page for easy reference:
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1920s and 1930s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 1929 | Wings | |||||
| 1930 | Broadway Melody | |||||
| 1931 | All Quiet on the Western Front | |||||
| 1932 | Cimarron | |||||
| 1933 | Grand Hotel | |||||
| 1934 | Cavalcade | |||||
| 1935 | It Happened One Night | |||||
| 1936 | Mutiny on the Bounty | |||||
| 1937 | The Great Ziegfeld | |||||
| 1938 | The Life of Emile Zola | |||||
| 1939 | You Can't Take It With You | |||||
1940s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 1940 | Gone with the Wind | |||||
| 1941 | Rebecca | |||||
| 1942 | How Green Was My Valley | |||||
| 1943 | Mrs Miniver | |||||
| 1944 | Casablanca | The Song of Bernadette | ||||
| 1945 | Going My Way | Going My Way | ||||
| 1946 | The Lost Weekend | The Lost Weekend | ||||
| 1947 | The Best Years of Our Lives | The Best Years of Our Lives | ||||
| 1948 | Gentleman's Agreement | Gentleman's Agreement | The Best Years of Our Lives | |||
| 1949 | Hamlet | Johnny Belinda The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
Hamlet | The Third Man | ||
1950s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 1950 | All the King's Men | All the King's Men | The Bicycle Thief | |||
| 1951 | All About Eve | Sunset Boulevard | All About Eve | Miss Julie Miracle in Milan |
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| 1952 | An American in Paris | A Place in the Sun | An American in Paris | La Ronde | Othello Two Cents Worth of Hope |
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| 1953 | The Greatest Show on Earth | The Greatest Show on Earth | With a Song in My Heart | The Sound Barrier | The Wages of Fear | |
| 1954 | From Here to Eternity | The Robe | Jeux Interdits | Gate of Hell | ||
| 1955 | On the Waterfront | On the Waterfront | Carmen Jones | The Wages of Fear | Marty | |
| 1956 | Marty | East of Eden | Guys and Dolls | Richard III | The Silent World | |
| 1957 | Around the World in 80 Days | La Strada | Around the World in 80 Days | The King and I | Gervaise | Friendly Persuasion |
| 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Nights of Cabiria | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Les Girls | The Bridge on the River Kwai | The Cranes are Flying |
| 1959 | Gigi | Mon Oncle | The Defiant Ones | Gigi Auntie Mame |
Room at the Top | Black Orpheus |
1960s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 1960 | Ben-Hur | Black Orpheus | Ben-Hur | Porgy and Bess Some Like It Hot |
Ben-Hur | La Dolce Vita |
| 1961 | The Apartment | The Virgin Spring | Spartacus | Song Without End The Apartment |
The Apartment | The Long Absence Viridiana |
| 1962 | West Side Story | Through a Glass, Darkly | The Guns of Navarone | West Side Story A Majority of One |
Ballad of a Soldier The Hustler |
The Given Word |
| 1963 | Lawrence of Arabia | Sundays and Cybele | Lawrence of Arabia | The Music Man That Touch of Mink |
Lawrence of Arabia | The Leopard |
| 1964 | Tom Jones | 8½ | The Cardinal | Tom Jones | Tom Jones | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
| 1965 | My Fair Lady | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Becket | My Fair Lady | Dr Strangelove | The Knack, and How to Get It |
| 1966 | The Sound of Music | The Shop on Main Street | Doctor Zhivago | The Sound of Music | My Fair Lady | A Man and a Woman The Birds, the Bees and the Italians |
| 1967 | A Man for All Seasons | A Man and a Woman | A Man for All Seasons | The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Blow-Up |
| 1968 | In the Heat of the Night | Closely Watched Trains | In the Heat of the Night | The Graduate | A Man for All Seasons | |
| 1969 | Oliver! | War and Peace | The Lion in Winter | Oliver! | The Graduate | If... |
1970s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 1970 | Midnight Cowboy | Z | Anne of the Thousand Days | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Midnight Cowboy | M*A*S*H |
| 1971 | Patton | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Love Story | M*A*S*H | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | The Go-Between |
| 1972 | The French Connection | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | The French Connection | Fiddler on the Roof | Sunday Bloody Sunday | The Working Class Goes to Heaven The Mattei Affair |
| 1973 | The Godfather | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | The Godfather | Cabaret | Cabaret | The Hireling Scarecrow |
| 1974 | The Sting | Day for Night | The Exorcist | American Graffiti | Day for Night | The Conversation |
| 1975 | The Godfather, Part II | Amarcord | Chinatown | The Longest Yard | Lacombe Lucien | Chronicle of the Years of Fire |
| 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Dersu Uzala | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | The Sunshine Boys | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Taxi Driver |
| 1977 | Rocky | Black and White in Color | Rocky | A Star is Born | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Padre Padrone |
| 1978 | Annie Hall | Madame Rosa | The Turning Point | The Goodbye Girl | Annie Hall | The Tree of Wooden Clogs |
| 1979 | The Deer Hunter | Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Midnight Express | Heaven Can Wait | Julia | Apocalypse Now The Tin Drum |
1980s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 1980 | Kramer vs Kramer | The Tin Drum | Kramer vs Kramer | Breaking Away | Manhattan | All That Jazz Kagemusha |
| 1981 | Ordinary People | Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears | Ordinary People | Coal Miner's Daughter | The Elephant Man | Man of Iron |
| 1982 | Chariots of Fire | Mephisto | On Golden Pond | Arthur | Chariots of Fire | Missing The Way |
| 1983 | Gandhi | To Begin Again | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | Tootsie | Gandhi | The Ballad of Narayama |
| 1984 | Terms of Endearment | Fanny and Alexander | Terms of Endearment | Yentl | Educating Rita | Paris, Texas |
| 1985 | Amadeus | Dangerous Moves | Amadeus | Romancing the Stone | The Killing Fields | When Father Was Away on Business |
| 1986 | Out of Africa | The Official Story | Out of Africa | Prizzi's Honor | The Purple Rose of Cairo | The Mission |
| 1987 | Platoon | The Assault | Platoon | Hannah and Her Sisters | A Room with a View | Under the Sun of Satan |
| 1988 | The Last Emperor | Babette's Feast | The Last Emperor | Hope and Glory | Jean de Florette | Pelle the Conqueror |
| 1989 | Rain Man | Pelle the Conqueror | Rain Man | Working Girl | The Last Emperor | Sex, Lies and Videotape |
1990s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 1990 | Driving Miss Daisy | Cinema Paradiso | Born on the Fourth of July | Driving Miss Daisy | Dead Poets Society | Wild at Heart |
| 1991 | Dances with Wolves | Journey of Hope | Dances with Wolves | Green Card | Goodfellas | Barton Fink |
| 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | Mediterraneo | Bugsy | Beauty and the Beast | The Commitments | The Best Intentions |
| 1993 | Unforgiven | Indochine | Scent of a Woman | The Player | Howard's End | Farewell, My Concubine The Piano |
| 1994 | Schindler's List | Belle Epoque | Schindler's List | Mrs Doubtfire | Schindler's List | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 | Forrest Gump | Burnt By the Sun | Forrest Gump | The Lion King | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Underground |
| 1996 | Braveheart | Antonia's Line | Sense and Sensibility | Babe | Sense and Sensibility | Secrets & Lies |
| 1997 | The English Patient | Kolya | The English Patient | Evita | The English Patient | Taste of Cherry The Eel |
| 1998 | Titanic | Character | Titanic | As Good as It Gets | The Full Monty | Eternity and a Day |
| 1999 | Shakespeare in Love | Life is Beautiful | Saving Private Ryan | Shakespeare in Love | Shakespeare in Love | Rosetta |
2000s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 2000 | American Beauty | All About My Mother | American Beauty | Toy Story 2 | American Beauty | Dancer in the Dark |
| 2001 | Gladiator | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Gladiator | Almost Famous | Gladiator | The Son's Room |
| 2002 | A Beautiful Mind | No Man's Land | A Beautiful Mind | Moulin Rouge! | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | The Pianist |
| 2003 | Chicago | Nowhere in Africa | The Hours | Chicago | The Pianist | Elephant |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | The Barbarian Invasions | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Lost in Translation | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Fahrenheit 9/11 |
| 2005 | Million Dollar Baby | The Sea Inside | The Aviator | Sideways | The Aviator | The Child |
| 2006 | Crash | Tsotsi | Brokeback Mountain | Walk the Line | Brokeback Mountain | The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
| 2007 | The Departed | The Lives of Others | Babel | Dreamgirls | The Queen | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
| 2008 | No Country for Old Men | The Counterfeiters | Atonement | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Atonement | The Class |
| 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | Departures | Slumdog Millionaire | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Slumdog Millionaire | The White Ribbon |
2010s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 2010 | The Hurt Locker | The Secret in Their Eyes | Avatar | The Hangover | The Hurt Locker | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives |
| 2011 | The King's Speech | In a Better World | The Social Network | The Kids are All Right | The King's Speech | The Tree of Life |
| 2012 | The Artist | A Separation | The Descendants | The Artist | The Artist | Amour |
| 2013 | Argo | Amour | Argo | Les Misérables | Argo | Blue is the Warmest Colour |
| 2014 | 12 Years a Slave | The Great Beauty | 12 Years a Slave | American Hustle | 12 Years a Slave | Winter Sleep |
| 2015 | Birdman | Ida | Boyhood | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Boyhood | Dheepan |
| 2016 | Spotlight | Son of Saul | The Revenant | The Martian | The Revenant | I, Daniel Blake |
| 2017 | Moonlight | The Salesman | Moonlight | La La Land | La La Land | The Square |
| 2018 | The Shape of Water | A Fantastic Woman | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Lady Bird | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Shoplifters |
| 2019 | Green Book | Roma | Bohemian Rhapsody | Green Book | Roma | Parasite |
2020s |
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| Year | Oscar | Oscar (Foreign) | Golden Globe (Drama) | Golden Globe (Musical/Comedy) | BAFTA | Palme d'Or |
| 2020 | Parasite | Parasite | 1917 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 1917 | |
| 2021 | Nomadland | Another Round | Nomadland | Borat | Nomadland | Titane |
| 2022 | CODA | Drive My Car | The Power of the Dog | West Side Story | The Power of the Dog | Triangle of Sadness |
| 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | All Quiet on the Western Front | The Fabelmans | The Banshees of Inisherin | All Quiet on the Western Front | Anatomy of a Fall |
| 2024 | Oppenheimer | The Zone of Interest | Oppenheimer | Poor Things | Oppenheimer | Anora |
| 2025 | Anora | I'm Still Here | The Brutalist | Emilia Pérez | Conclave | It Was Just an Accident |
Last update: 19th August, 2025