Every Best Picture Winner
Every film that won the top prize at the Academy Awards, newest first. Early winners are listed under the category's older names — Outstanding Production and Outstanding Picture — which the Academy used before Best Picture.
The most awarded is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), with 15 wins, followed by Titanic (15) and Ben-Hur (15). Among them, 98 won at least one Oscar, 75 won a Golden Globe, 6 won a prize at Cannes and 7 won a prize at the Berlinale. They were released between 1927 and 2025.
98 films. See the Best Picture winners and nominees by year.
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One Battle After Another
2025 · 2h 42m
Thriller · Crime · Comedy
Anora
2024 · 2h 19m
Drama · Comedy · Romance
Oppenheimer
2023 · 3h 1m
Drama · History
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · 2h 20m
Action · Adventure · Sci-Fi
CODA
2021 · 1h 52m
Drama · Music · Romance
Nomadland
2021 · 1h 48m
Drama
Parasite
2019 · 2h 13m
Comedy · Thriller · Drama
Green Book
2018 · 2h 10m
Drama · Comedy · History
The Shape of Water
2017 · 2h 3m
Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Moonlight
2016 · 1h 51m
Drama
Spotlight
2015 · 2h 9m
Drama · History
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014 · 2h
Drama · Comedy
12 Years a Slave
2013 · 2h 14m
Drama · History
Argo
2012 · 2h
Drama · Thriller
The Artist
2011 · 1h 40m
Drama · Comedy · Romance
The King's Speech
2010 · 1h 58m
Drama · History
Slumdog Millionaire
2008 · 2h 1m
Drama · Romance
The Hurt Locker
2008 · 2h 11m
Drama · Thriller · War
No Country for Old Men
2007 · 2h 2m
Crime · Thriller · Western
The Departed
2006 · 2h 31m
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Crash
2005 · 1h 52m
Drama
Million Dollar Baby
2004 · 2h 12m
Drama
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · 3h 21m
Adventure · Fantasy · Action
Chicago
2002 · 1h 53m
Comedy · Crime · Drama
A Beautiful Mind
2001 · 2h 15m
Drama · Romance
Gladiator
2000 · 2h 35m
Action · Drama · Adventure
American Beauty
1999 · 2h 2m
Drama
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · 2h 4m
Romance · History · Comedy
Titanic
1997 · 3h 14m
Drama · Romance
The English Patient
1996 · 2h 42m
Drama · Romance · War
Braveheart
1995 · 2h 58m
Action · Drama · History · War
Forrest Gump
1994 · 2h 22m
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Schindler's List
1993 · 3h 15m
Drama · History · War
Unforgiven
1992 · 2h 10m
Western
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · 1h 59m
Crime · Thriller · Drama
Dances with Wolves
1990 · 3h 1m
Adventure · Drama · Western
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · 1h 39m
Drama
Rain Man
1988 · 2h 14m
Drama
The Last Emperor
1987 · 2h 43m
Drama · History
Platoon
1986 · 2h
Drama · War · Action
Out of Africa
1985 · 2h 41m
History · Romance · Drama
Amadeus
1984 · 2h 40m
Drama · History · Music
Terms of Endearment
1983 · 2h 12m
Drama · Comedy
Gandhi
1982 · 3h 12m
Drama · History
Chariots of Fire
1981 · 2h 3m
Drama · History
Ordinary People
1980 · 2h 4m
Drama
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 · 1h 45m
Drama
The Deer Hunter
1978 · 3h 3m
Drama · War
Annie Hall
1977 · 1h 33m
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Rocky
1976 · 2h
Drama
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · 2h 13m
Drama
The Godfather Part II
1974 · 3h 22m
Drama · Crime
The Sting
1973 · 2h 9m
Comedy · Crime · Drama
The Godfather
1972 · 2h 55m
Drama · Crime
The French Connection
1971 · 1h 44m
Action · Crime · Thriller
Patton
1970 · 2h 52m
War · Drama · History
Midnight Cowboy
1969 · 1h 53m
Drama
Oliver!
1968 · 2h 33m
Drama · Family
In the Heat of the Night
1967 · 1h 49m
Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · 2h
Drama · History
The Sound of Music
1965 · 2h 54m
Drama · Family · Music · Romance
My Fair Lady
1964 · 2h 50m
Comedy · Romance
Tom Jones
1963 · 2h 8m
Comedy · Romance · History
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · 3h 48m
Adventure · History · War
West Side Story
1961 · 2h 33m
Crime · Drama · Romance
The Apartment
1960 · 2h 6m
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Ben-Hur
1959 · 3h 32m
History · Drama · Adventure
Gigi
1958 · 1h 55m
Comedy · Romance
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · 2h 42m
Drama · History · War
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · 3h 2m
Adventure · Comedy · Family · Fantasy · Romance
Marty
1955 · 1h 30m
Drama · Romance
On the Waterfront
1954 · 1h 48m
Crime · Drama · Romance
From Here to Eternity
1953 · 1h 58m
War · Romance · Drama
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · 2h 32m
Drama · Romance
An American in Paris
1951 · 1h 53m
Music · Romance · Comedy
All About Eve
1950 · 2h 19m
Drama
All the King's Men
1949 · 1h 49m
Drama
Hamlet
1948 · 2h 33m
Drama
Gentleman's Agreement
1947 · 1h 58m
Drama
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · 2h 51m
Drama · Romance · War
The Lost Weekend
1945 · 1h 41m
Drama
Going My Way
1944 · 2h 6m
Drama · Comedy · Music
Casablanca
1942 · 1h 42m
Drama · Romance
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · 2h 14m
Drama · Romance · War
How Green Was My Valley
1941 · 1h 58m
Drama
Rebecca
1940 · 2h 10m
Mystery · Romance · Thriller · Drama
Gone with the Wind
1939 · 3h 53m
Drama · War · Romance
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · 2h 6m
Comedy · Romance
The Life of Emile Zola
1937 · 1h 56m
Drama · History
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · 3h 5m
Music · Drama · Romance
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · 2h 12m
Adventure · Drama · History
It Happened One Night
1934 · 1h 45m
Comedy · Romance
Cavalcade
1933 · 1h 52m
Drama · War
Grand Hotel
1932 · 1h 52m
Drama · Romance
Cimarron
1931 · 2h 3m
Western · Drama
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · 2h 13m
Drama · War
The Broadway Melody
1929 · 1h 41m
Music · Romance · Drama
Wings
1927 · 2h 24m
Drama · Action · War · Romance