The Academy Awards are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a variety of categories. The Best Picture category is the most prestigious award, and given to the best film of the year, as voted by the Academy members. You can use this guide to browse through every Best Picture winner, from Wings's win during the 1929 inaugural ceremony up until the most recent winner, Anora, in 2025.
There have been 97 winners for Best Picture at the Academy Awards so far, with 611 nominated movies. Surprisingly, the number of nominated movies has fluctuated over time; between 1929 and 1943, the category included 10 nominees. This was then reduced down to 5 films per year, until 2009 when the number of nominated movies was increased back to 10. In recent years, this has allowed the Academy to honor a wider variety of movies.
Movies that won 'Best Picture at the Academy Awards (1929 - 2025)
1920s
- Wings
- The Broadway Melody
1930s
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Cimarron
- Grand Hotel
- Cavalcade
- It Happened One Night
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- The Great Ziegfeld
- The Life of Emile Zola
- You Can't Take It with You
- Gone with the Wind
1940s
- Rebecca
- How Green Was My Valley
- Mrs. Miniver
- Casablanca
- Going My Way
- The Lost Weekend
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- Gentleman's Agreement
- Hamlet
- All the King's Men
1950s
- All About Eve
- An American in Paris
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- From Here to Eternity
- On the Waterfront
- Marty
- Around the World in 80 Days
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Gigi
- Ben-Hur
1960s
- The Apartment
- West Side Story
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Tom Jones
- My Fair Lady
- The Sound of Music
- A Man for All Seasons
- In the Heat of the Night
- Oliver!
- Midnight Cowboy
1970s
- Patton
- The French Connection
- The Godfather
- The Sting
- The Godfather Part II
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Rocky
- Annie Hall
- The Deer Hunter
- Kramer vs. Kramer
1980s
- Ordinary People
- Chariots of Fire
- Gandhi
- Terms of Endearment
- Amadeus
- Out of Africa
- Platoon
- The Last Emperor
- Rain Man
- Driving Miss Daisy
1990s
- Dances with Wolves
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Unforgiven
- Schindler's List
- Forrest Gump
- Braveheart
- The English Patient
- Titanic
- Shakespeare in Love
- American Beauty
2000s
- Gladiator
- A Beautiful Mind
- Chicago
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Million Dollar Baby
- Crash
- The Departed
- No Country for Old Men
- Slumdog Millionaire
- The Hurt Locker
2010s
- The King's Speech
- The Artist
- Argo
- 12 Years a Slave
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Spotlight
- Moonlight
- The Shape of Water
- Green Book
- Parasite
2020s
- Nomadland
- CODA
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Oppenheimer
- Anora
Where can I watch every Best Picture winner online?
The following list is a complete list of Best Picture winners from 1929 to 2025 and where you can watch them online right now. Use the filters provided to browse titles via its age rating, IMDb score, release year and more.