Did you ever had qurious about the unique features of every best picture Oscar winner! Its true that direction plays an major role behind a movie to be the best. Also actors, actresses, music, playback artists and many other things play an important role of a good movie. And when a film awarded with Oscar its surely the best in the cinematic world. Till 2017, eighty nine(89) best pictures have been awarded Oscar by AMPAS. We have listed every Best Picture category winners from 1927/1928 till 2017. You will find the details of all the oscar winning movies by year in a chronological list.
Oscar (Academy Awards):
Oscar is also known as Academy Awards. It is given for excellence in cinematic achievments for various category like direction, music, cinematography etc. The history of Oscar award starts when it first instituted by selecting American director William Wellson’s ‘Wings’ as the best picture of 1927/1928 on the First Academy Award ceremony. Most recent Best Picture Oscar winner for 2016 goes to ‘Moonlight’ which has been honoured on 89th Academy Award ceremony 2017.
Among the film world, Academy Award has been recognised the highest international film award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences(AMPAS), California, USA. It is also the most prestigious award in Hollywood. All awardees are categorically honoured with a golden Oscar statuette at an annual ceremony organised by AMPAS. Any national best film can be sent for Oscar nominations which is reviewed by Oscar’s authorised committees. Since the beginning a total number of 88 Best Picture(listed below) winners have been awarded Oscar till 2017.
There are twenty four different categories Academy Awards are given for. As of 2017 the existing categories are -1. Best Picture 2. Best Director 3. Best Actor In a Leading Role 4. Best Actor In A Supporting Role 5. Best Actress In a Leading Role 6. Best Actress In a Supporting Role 7. Best Animated Feature 8. Best Animated Short Film 9. Best Cinematography 10. Best Costume Design 11. Best Documentary Feature 12. Best Documentary Short Subject 13. Best Film Editing 14. Best Foreign Language Film 15. Best Live Action Short Film 16. Best Makeup and Hairstyling 17. Best Original Score 18. Best Original Song 19. Best Production Design 20. Best Sound Editing 21. Best Sound Mixing 22. Best Visual Effects 23. Best Adapted Screenplay and 24. Best Original Screenplay
There have also some special categories oscar are awared for.
This article begins with year wise ordered list of each best picture Oscar winners from starting years till date.
Full year wise list of each Best Oscar winning Picture ever(1927/28-2017)
Here is the winners list followed by winning years
Year Best Picture
1928 Wings
1929 The Broadway Melody
1930 All Quiet On The Western Front
1931 Cimarron
1932 Grand Hotel
1933 Cavalcade
1935 Mutiny On The Bounty
1936 The Great Ziegfeld
1938 You Can’t Take It With You
1939 Gone With The Wind
1940 Rebecca
1942 Mrs. Miniver
1943 Cassablana
1944 Going My Way
1945 The Lost Weekend
1946 The Best Year Of Our Lives
1947 Gentlmen’s Agreement
Year Best Film
1948 Hamlet
1949 All The King’s Men
1950 All About Eve
1951 An American In Paris
1952 The Greatest Show On Earth
1954 On The Water Front
1955 Marty
1956 Around The World In Eighty Days
1957 The Bridge On The River Kwai
1958 Gigi
1959 Ben Hur
1960 The Apartment
1961 West Side Story
1962 Lawrence of Arabia
1963 Tom Jones
1964 My Fair Lady
1965 The Sound Of Music
Year Best Film
1968 Oliver!
1969 Midnight Cowboy
1970 Patton
1972 The Godfather
1973 The Sting
1974 The Godfather part2
1975 One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
1976 Rocky
1977 Annie Hall
1978 The Deer Hunter
1979 Kramer vs Kramer
1980 Ordinary People
1981 Chariots of Fire
1982 Gandhi
1983 Terms of Endearment
1984 Amadeus
1985 Out of Africa
1986 Platoon
1987 The Last Emperor
Year Best Film
1988 Rain Man
1989 Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Dances With Wolves
1992 Unforgiven
1993 Schindler’s List
1994 Forrest Gump
1995 Braveheart
1996 The English Patient
1997 Titanic
1998 Shakespeare In Love
1999 American Beauty
2000 Gladiator
2001 A Beautiful Mind
2002 Chicago
2003 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of The King
2004 Million Dollar Baby
2005 Crash
2006 The Departed
Here you will see the last list of oscar awarded films by years from 2008-2016
Year Best Film
2008 Slumdog Millionaire
2009 The Heart Locker
2010 The King’s Speech
2011 The Artist
2012 Argo
2013 12 Years A Slave
2014 Birdman
2015 Spotlight
2016 Moonlight
Spotlight is the best picture of 2015 which was awarded in 88th Academy Awards ceremony 2016. The best picture of 2016 has been declared on february 2017 on the ceremony of 89th Academy Awards. Which is held at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles.
