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Best Motion Picture Academy Awards (Oscars)
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201
7.6
7.6
1927-1928
Other Nominees:
The Racket
Seventh Heaven
Milestones:
First (and only) silent film to win Best Picture.
First war film to win Best Picture.
First film to win Best Picture and every other nomination it received.
First film to win Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director.
First film to win Best Picture without receiving any acting nominations.
Other Nominees:
The Racket
Seventh Heaven
Milestones:
First (and only) silent film to win Best Picture.
First war film to win Best Picture.
First film to win Best Picture and every other nomination it received.
First film to win Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director.
First film to win Best Picture without receiving any acting nominations.
93
6
5.7
The Broadway Melody (1929)
1928-1929
Other Nominees:
Alibi
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
In Old Arizona
The Patriot
Milestones:
First sound film to win Best Picture.
First musical to win Best Picture.
First film to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards.
Other Nominees:
Alibi
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
In Old Arizona
The Patriot
Milestones:
First sound film to win Best Picture.
First musical to win Best Picture.
First film to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards.
667
8
8.1
1929-1930
Other Nominees:
The Big House
Disraeli
The Divorcee
The Love Parade
Other Nominees:
The Big House
Disraeli
The Divorcee
The Love Parade
79
5.7
5.9
Cimarron (1931)
1930-1931
Other Nominees:
East Lynne
The Front Page
Skippy
Trader Horn
Milestones:
First film to be nominated for every major Academy Award, including Best Picture.
First Western to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
East Lynne
The Front Page
Skippy
Trader Horn
Milestones:
First film to be nominated for every major Academy Award, including Best Picture.
First Western to win Best Picture.
263
7.5
7.3
1931-1932
Other Nominees:
Arrowsmith
Bad Girl
The Champ
Five Star Final
One Hour with You
Shanghai Express
The Smiling Lieutenant
Milestones:
First (and only) film to win Best Picture without receiving any other nominations.
Other Nominees:
Arrowsmith
Bad Girl
The Champ
Five Star Final
One Hour with You
Shanghai Express
The Smiling Lieutenant
Milestones:
First (and only) film to win Best Picture without receiving any other nominations.
69
5.7
5.8
Cavalcade (1933)
1932-1933
Other Nominees:
42nd Street
A Farewell to Arms
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Lady for a Day
Little Women
The Private Life of Henry VIII
She Done Him Wrong
Smilin' Through
State Fair
Other Nominees:
42nd Street
A Farewell to Arms
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Lady for a Day
Little Women
The Private Life of Henry VIII
She Done Him Wrong
Smilin' Through
State Fair
906
8.1
8.1
1934
Other Nominees:
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Cleopatra
Flirtation Walk
The Gay Divorcee
Here Comes the Navy
The House of Rothschild
Imitation of Life
One Night of Love
The Thin Man
Viva Villa!
The White Parade
Milestones:
First of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture.
First Best Picture nominee to win both Best Actor and Best Actress.
First comedy to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Cleopatra
Flirtation Walk
The Gay Divorcee
Here Comes the Navy
The House of Rothschild
Imitation of Life
One Night of Love
The Thin Man
Viva Villa!
The White Parade
Milestones:
First of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture.
First Best Picture nominee to win both Best Actor and Best Actress.
First comedy to win Best Picture.
281
7.4
7.6
1935
Other Nominees
Alice Adams
Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood
David Copperfield
The Informer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Les Misérables
Naughty Marietta
Ruggles of Red Gap
Top Hat
Milestones:
First remake to win Best Picture.
Last film to date to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards.
Other Nominees
Alice Adams
Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood
David Copperfield
The Informer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Les Misérables
Naughty Marietta
Ruggles of Red Gap
Top Hat
Milestones:
First remake to win Best Picture.
Last film to date to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards.
106
7
6.6
1936
Other Nominees:
Anthony Adverse
Dodsworth
Libeled Lady
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Romeo and Juliet
San Francisco
The Story of Louis Pasteur
A Tale of Two Cities
Three Smart Girls
Other Nominees:
Anthony Adverse
Dodsworth
Libeled Lady
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Romeo and Juliet
San Francisco
The Story of Louis Pasteur
A Tale of Two Cities
Three Smart Girls
148
7.3
7.2
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
1937
Other Nominees:
The Awful Truth
Captains Courageous
Dead End
The Good Earth
In Old Chicago
Lost Horizon
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Stage Door
A Star Is Born
Milestones:
First biographical picture (biopic) to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
The Awful Truth
Captains Courageous
Dead End
The Good Earth
In Old Chicago
Lost Horizon
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Stage Door
A Star Is Born
Milestones:
First biographical picture (biopic) to win Best Picture.
264
7.4
7.9
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
1938
Other Nominees:
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Boys Town
The Citadel
Four Daughters
The Grande Illusion (La Grande illusion)
Jezebel
Pygmalion
Test Pilot
Milestones:
First foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture (French).
Other Nominees:
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Boys Town
The Citadel
Four Daughters
The Grande Illusion (La Grande illusion)
Jezebel
Pygmalion
Test Pilot
Milestones:
First foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture (French).
2526
7.9
8.1
Gone with the Wind (1939)
1939
Other Nominees:
Dark Victory
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
Milestones:
Longest film to win Best Picture (3 hours 54 minutes).
First all-color film to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Dark Victory
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
Milestones:
Longest film to win Best Picture (3 hours 54 minutes).
First all-color film to win Best Picture.
Seaworth's rating:
1219
8
8.1
Rebecca (1940)
1940
Other Nominees
All This, and Heaven Too
Foreign Correspondent
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Dictator
Kitty Foyle
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
Our Town
The Philadelphia Story
Milestones:
First thriller to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees
All This, and Heaven Too
Foreign Correspondent
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Dictator
Kitty Foyle
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
Our Town
The Philadelphia Story
Milestones:
First thriller to win Best Picture.
345
7.5
7.7
How Green Was My Valley (1942)
1941
Other Nominees:
Blossoms in the Dust
Citizen Kane
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hold Back the Dawn
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
One Foot in Heaven
Sergeant York
Suspicion
Other Nominees:
Blossoms in the Dust
Citizen Kane
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hold Back the Dawn
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
One Foot in Heaven
Sergeant York
Suspicion
192
7.5
7.6
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
1942
Other Nominees:
49th Parallel
King's Row
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pied Piper
The Pride of the Yankees
Random Harvest
The Talk of the Town
Wake Island
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Milestones:
First Best Picture nominee to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories.
First Best Picture winner to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories.
Other Nominees:
49th Parallel
King's Row
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pied Piper
The Pride of the Yankees
Random Harvest
The Talk of the Town
Wake Island
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Milestones:
First Best Picture nominee to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories.
First Best Picture winner to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories.
3362
8.2
8.5
1943
Other Nominees:
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
The Human Comedy
In Which We Serve
Madame Curie
The More the Merrier
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Watch on the Rhine
Other Nominees:
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
The Human Comedy
In Which We Serve
Madame Curie
The More the Merrier
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Watch on the Rhine
Seaworth's rating:
510
7.9
7.9
The Lost Weekend (1945)
1945
Other Nominees:
Anchors Aweigh
The Bells of St. Mary's
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound
Milestones:
First of only two films to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or.
Other Nominees:
Anchors Aweigh
The Bells of St. Mary's
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound
Milestones:
First of only two films to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or.
470
8.1
8.1
1946
Other Nominees:
Henry V
It's a Wonderful Life
The Razor's Edge
The Yearling
Other Nominees:
Henry V
It's a Wonderful Life
The Razor's Edge
The Yearling
198
7.4
7.3
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
1947
Other Nominees:
The Bishop's Wife
Crossfire
Great Expectations
Miracle on 34th Street
Other Nominees:
The Bishop's Wife
Crossfire
Great Expectations
Miracle on 34th Street
255
7.6
7.6
1948
Other Nominees:
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Milestones:
First foreign film to win Best Picture (British).
Other Nominees:
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Milestones:
First foreign film to win Best Picture (British).
128
7.5
7.5
All the King's Men (1949)
1949
Other Nominees:
Battleground
The Heiress
A Letter to Three Wives
Twelve O'Clock High
Other Nominees:
Battleground
The Heiress
A Letter to Three Wives
Twelve O'Clock High
1129
8.3
8.2
All About Eve (1950)
1950
Other Nominees:
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
King Solomon's Mines
Sunset Boulevard
Milestones:
First of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
King Solomon's Mines
Sunset Boulevard
Milestones:
First of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
491
7.2
7.2
An American in Paris (1951)
1951
Other Nominees:
Decision Before Dawn
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire
Other Nominees:
Decision Before Dawn
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire
170
6.4
6.6
1952
Other Nominees:
High Noon
Ivanhoe
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man
Other Nominees:
High Noon
Ivanhoe
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man
526
7.6
7.6
From Here to Eternity (1953)
1953
Other Nominees:
Julius Caesar
The Robe
Roman Holiday
Shane
Milestones:
Last Best Picture winner to date to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories.
Other Nominees:
Julius Caesar
The Robe
Roman Holiday
Shane
Milestones:
Last Best Picture winner to date to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories.
1016
8.1
8.1
On the Waterfront (1954)
1954
Other Nominees:
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Three Coins in the Fountain
Other Nominees:
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Three Coins in the Fountain
256
7.9
7.7
Marty (1955)
1955
Other Nominees:
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
Milestones:
Second of only two films to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or.
Shortest film to win Best Picture (1 hour 31 minutes).
First (and only) film based on a television movie or mini-series to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
Milestones:
Second of only two films to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or.
Shortest film to win Best Picture (1 hour 31 minutes).
First (and only) film based on a television movie or mini-series to win Best Picture.
365
6.5
6.7
1956
Other Nominees:
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
Milestones:
First film to win Best Picture in a year when all nominees were filmed in color.
Other Nominees:
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
Milestones:
First film to win Best Picture in a year when all nominees were filmed in color.
Seaworth's rating:
1125
8.1
8.1
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
1957
Other Nominees:
Peyton Place
Sayonara
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
Other Nominees:
Peyton Place
Sayonara
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
328
6.8
6.7
Gigi (1958)
1958
Other Nominees:
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones
Separate Tables
Other Nominees:
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones
Separate Tables
1434
7.6
8.1
Ben-Hur (1959)
1959
Other Nominees:
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top
Milestones:
First of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top
Milestones:
First of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
1216
8.3
8.3
The Apartment (1960)
1960
Other Nominees:
The Alamo
Elmer Gantry
Sons and Lovers
The Sundowners
Milestones:
Last black-and-white film before 1993 to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
The Alamo
Elmer Gantry
Sons and Lovers
The Sundowners
Milestones:
Last black-and-white film before 1993 to win Best Picture.
1230
7.1
7.5
West Side Story (1961)
1961
Other Nominees:
Fanny
The Guns of Navarone
The Hustler
Judgment at Nuremberg
Other Nominees:
Fanny
The Guns of Navarone
The Hustler
Judgment at Nuremberg
1609
8.2
8.3
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1962
Other Nominees:
The Longest Day
The Music Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
To Kill a Mockingbird
Other Nominees:
The Longest Day
The Music Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
To Kill a Mockingbird
131
6.7
6.5
Tom Jones (1963)
1963
Other Nominees:
America, America
Cleopatra
How the West Was Won
Lilies of the Field
Other Nominees:
America, America
Cleopatra
How the West Was Won
Lilies of the Field
1362
7.6
7.8
My Fair Lady (1964)
1964
Other Nominees:
Becket
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Mary Poppins
Zorba the Greek
Other Nominees:
Becket
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Mary Poppins
Zorba the Greek
2288
7.6
8
1965
Other Nominees:
Darling
Doctor Zhivago
Ship of Fools
A Thousand Clowns
Milestones:
First G-rated film to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Darling
Doctor Zhivago
Ship of Fools
A Thousand Clowns
Milestones:
First G-rated film to win Best Picture.
Seaworth's rating:
261
7.3
7.7
1966
Other Nominees:
Alfie
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
The Sand Pebbles
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Other Nominees:
Alfie
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
The Sand Pebbles
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
556
7.8
7.9
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
1967
Other Nominees:
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Milestones:
First (and only) mystery to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Milestones:
First (and only) mystery to win Best Picture.
Seaworth's rating:
331
7.5
7.4
1968
Other Nominees:
Funny Girl
The Lion in Winter
Rachel, Rachel
Romeo and Juliet
Other Nominees:
Funny Girl
The Lion in Winter
Rachel, Rachel
Romeo and Juliet
1045
7.7
7.8
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
1969
Other Nominees:
Anne of the Thousand Days
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hello, Dolly!
Z
Milestones:
First (and only) X-rated film to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Anne of the Thousand Days
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hello, Dolly!
Z
Milestones:
First (and only) X-rated film to win Best Picture.
Seaworth's rating:
706
7.6
7.9
Patton (1970)
1970
Other Nominees:
Airport
Five Easy Pieces
Love Story
MASH
Milestones:
First PG-rated film to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Airport
Five Easy Pieces
Love Story
MASH
Milestones:
First PG-rated film to win Best Picture.
1091
7.8
7.7
The French Connection (1971)
1971
Other Nominees:
A Clockwork Orange
Fiddler on the Roof
The Last Picture Show
Nicholas and Alexandra
Milestones:
First R-rated film to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
A Clockwork Orange
Fiddler on the Roof
The Last Picture Show
Nicholas and Alexandra
Milestones:
First R-rated film to win Best Picture.
Seaworth's rating:
6382
8.7
9.2
The Godfather (1972)
1972
Other Nominees:
Cabaret
Deliverance
Sounder
The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
Other Nominees:
Cabaret
Deliverance
Sounder
The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
Seaworth's rating:
1155
8
8.3
1973
Other Nominees:
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
A Touch of Class
Cries and Whispers
Other Nominees:
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
A Touch of Class
Cries and Whispers
4513
8.6
9
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
1974
Other Nominees:
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
Milestones:
First sequel to win Best Picture.
First (and only) film in which an actor (Robert De Niro) won an Academy Award by playing the same character (Vito Corleone) as another actor (Marlon Brando) who previously won an Academy Award portraying the same person.
Other Nominees:
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
Milestones:
First sequel to win Best Picture.
First (and only) film in which an actor (Robert De Niro) won an Academy Award by playing the same character (Vito Corleone) as another actor (Marlon Brando) who previously won an Academy Award portraying the same person.
Seaworth's rating:
4461
8.5
8.7
1975
Other Nominees:
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
Milestones:
Second of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
Milestones:
Second of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture.
Seaworth's rating:
3011
7.5
8.1
Rocky (1976)
1976
Other Nominees:
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
Milestones:
First sports film to win Best Picture.
Other Nominees:
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
Milestones:
First sports film to win Best Picture.
Seaworth's rating:
2241
8
8
Annie Hall (1977)
1977
Other Nominees:
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope
The Turning Point
Other Nominees:
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope
The Turning Point
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1941 → 1943: Outstanding Motion Picture
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1962 → 2002: Best Picture
2003 → Present: Best Motion Picture
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1941 → 1943: Outstanding Motion Picture
1944 → 1961: Best Motion Picture
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2003 → Present: Best Motion Picture
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