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The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
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Academy Award for best picture, award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. It honours the film deemed the best of a given year—as determined by the academy’s voting members—and is typically regarded as the most prestigious of the various Academy Awards. The prize, which wa...
•1927: Wings (Sunrise won for best unique and artistic picture, but that category was eliminated the following year, and Wings was retrospectively named the official winner of the first Academy Award for best picture.)
•1929: The Broadway Melody
•1930: All Quiet on the Western Front
•1931: Cimarron
•1932: Grand Hotel
•1933: Cavalcade
•1940: Rebecca
•1941: How Green Was My Valley
•1942: Mrs. Miniver
•1943: Casablanca
•1944: Going My Way
•1945: The Lost Weekend
•1960: The Apartment
•1961: West Side Story
•1962: Lawrence of Arabia
•1963: Tom Jones
•1964: My Fair Lady
•1965: The Sound of Music
•1980: Ordinary People
•1981: Chariots of Fire
•1982: Gandhi
•1983: Terms of Endearment
•1984: Amadeus
•1985: Out of Africa
•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
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Mar 13, 2022 · Winning an Academy Award is the highest honor in the film world, and best picture is always the top prize. The fundamental things still apply as time goes by. Click through for a look back at...
A list of films that won the Academy Awards "Oscar" for "Best Motion Picture of the Year".
Mar 13, 2023 · “Everything Everywhere All At Once” took home the Academy Award for best picture, capping a sweep of the major prizes Sunday night.
Mar 11, 2024 · The Oscar for best picture, as defined by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, or AMPAS, is awarded to the best motion picture each year.
Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
