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Academy Award for Best Picture

Awarded for Best Picture of the Year

Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts

and Sciences

Country United States

First awarded 1929 (for films released in 1927

and 1928)

Currently

held by

The King's Speech (2010)

Official

website

http://www.oscars.org

Academy Award for Best PictureFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the

Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to

artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best

Picture category is the only category in which every memberof the Academy is eligible not only to vote on the final ballot,

but also to nominate. During the annual Academy Awards

ceremony, Best Picture is reserved as the final awardpresented and, since 1951, is collected at the podium by the

film's producers. The Academy Award for Best MotionPicture is considered the most important of the Academy

Awards, as it is the final award presented, and represents all

the directing, acting, and writing efforts put forth for a film.The Grand Staircase columns at the Kodak Theatre in Los

Angeles, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have beenheld since 2002, showcase every film that has won the BestPicture title since the award's inception 82 years ago. On June 24, 2009, AMPAS announced that the number of

films nominated in the Best Picture award category would increase from five to ten, starting with the 82nd Academ

Awards (2009).[1]

Contents

1 History2 Winners and nominees

2.1 1920s

2.2 1930s

2.3 1940s

2.4 1950s

2.5 1960s

2.6 1970s

2.7 1980s

2.8 1990s

2.9 2000s2.10 2010s

2.11 Notes

3 Milestones

3.1 Milestones related to acting

3.2 Milestones related to country or language

3.3 Milestones related to directing

3.4 Milestones related to genre

3.5 Milestones related to other Academy Awards

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3.6 Milestones related to other awards ceremonies

3.7 Milestones related to rating

3.8 Milestones related to sequels, prequels, remakes and adaptations

3.9 Milestones related to superlatives

3.10 Milestones related to technology

4 Superlatives

5 See also

6 References7 External links

History

At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony (for 1927 and 1928), there was no Best Picture award. Instead, there wertwo separate awards, one called Most Outstanding Production, won by the epic Wings, and one called Most

Artistic Quality of Production, won by the art film Sunrise. The awards were intended to honor different and

equally important aspects of superior filmmaking, and in fact the judges and the studio bosses who sought toinfluence their decisions paid more attention to the latter - MGM head Louis B. Mayer, who had disliked the

realism of King Vidor's The Crowd, another of the nominees (the third was Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B.Schoedsack's Chang) pressured the judges not to honor his own studio's film, and to select Sunrise instead. The

next year, the Academy instituted a single award called Best Production, and decided retroactively that the award

won by Wings had been the equivalent of that award, with the result that Wings is often listed as the winner of asole Best Picture award for the first year. The title of the award was eventually changed to Best Picture for the

1931 awards.

From 1944 to 2008, the Academy restricted nominations to five Best Picture nominees per year. As of the 83rd

Academy Awards ceremony (for 2010), there have been 484 films nominated for the Best Picture award.

Throughout the past 83 years, AMPAS has presented a total of 84 Best Picture awards. Invariably, the AcademyAwards for Best Picture and Best Director have been very closely linked throughout their history. Of the 83 films

that have been awarded Best Picture, 61 have also been awarded Best Director.[1](http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/bestpixdirdiff.html) Only three films have won Bes

Picture without their directors being nominated (though only one since the early 1930s): Wings (1927/28), Grand

Hotel(1931/32), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989). The only two Best Director winners to win for films which didnot receive a Best Picture nomination are likewise in the early years: Lewis Milestone (1927/28) and Frank Lloyd

(1928/29).

However, in 2009, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced that the number of Best Pictur

nominees would be increased from five to ten. The expansion was a throwback to the Academy's early years in th1930s and '40s, when anywhere between eight and 12 films were shortlisted (or longlisted). "Having 10 Best

Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that ofte

show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," AMPAS PresideSid Ganis said in a press conference. "I can't wait to see what that list of 10 looks like when the nominees are

announced in February."[1] At the same time, the voting system was switched from first-past-the-post to Alternativ

Vote (also known as Instant Run-off Vote).[2]

One point of contention is the lack of consideration of non-English language films for categories other than Best

Foreign Language Film. Very few foreign language films have been nominated for any other categories, regardless




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of artistic merit. To date, only eight foreign language films (and three partly foreign language films) have been

nominated for Best Picture: Grand Illusion (French, 1938); Z(French, 1969); The Emigrants (Swedish, 1972);Cries and Whispers (Swedish, 1973); Il Postino (Italian/Spanish, 1995); Life Is Beautiful(Italian, 1998);

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin Chinese, 2000); and Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese, 2006),

which was ineligible for the Best Foreign Language Oscar because it was an American production. The only partly

foreign language films to win Best Picture are The Godfather Part II(English/Sicilian, 1974), The Last Emperor

(English/Mandarin, 1987) and Slumdog Millionaire (English/Hindi, 2008).

Another point of contention is the recent extreme bias toward 2-plus hour films: Crash (2005, 112m) is the shortefilm to win Best Picture in the past 20 years. It has been criticized for ignoring films that were huge commercial andcritical successes. Furthermore, no animated film has won the award (Disney's Beauty and the Beastand Disney-

Pixar's Up and Toy Story 3 were nominated), and only one comedy (Shakespeare in Love, 1998) has won in the

last 30 years.

To date, eleven films exclusively financed outside the United States have won Best Picture; all eleven were financein part or in whole, by the United Kingdom. Those films were, in chronological order: Hamlet, The Bridge on the

River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Tom Jones, A Man for All Seasons, Oliver!, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, Th

Last Emperor, Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech

No Best Picture winner has been lost, though a few such as All Quiet on the Western Frontand Lawrence ofrabia exist only in a form altered from their original, award-winning release form, usually due to editing for reissu

(and subsequently partly restored by archivists). Other winners and nominees such as Tom Jones and Star Wars

are widely available only in subsequently altered versions. The 1928 film The Patriotis the only Best Picturenominee that is lost; The Racketwas believed lost for many years but a print existed in producer Howard Hughes

archives and it has since been shown on Turner Classic Movies. Wings and Sunrise were the only silent winners o

a Best Picture-equivalent award, although a part-silent version ofAll Quiet on the Western Frontwas created foforeign-language release and survives.

Winners and nominees

In the list below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Except for

the early years (when the Academy used a non-calendar year), the year shown is the one in which the film firstpremiered in Los Angeles County, California; normally this is also the year of first release, but it may be the year

after first release (as with Casablanca and, if the film-festival premiere is considered, Crash). This is the yearbefore the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible

for consideration for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.)

appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony. Each individual entryshows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. For foreign language films, the original title

also shown. Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company; from 1951 on, it has gone tthe producer. The official name of the award has changed several times over the years:

1927/28 1928/29: Outstanding Picture

1929/30 1940: Outstanding Production

1941 1943: Outstanding Motion Picture

1944 1961: Best Motion Picture

1962 Present:Best Picture

For the first ceremony, three films each were nominated for two separate awards similar to the Best Picture Award




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For the following three years, five films were nominated for the award. This was expanded to eight in 1933, to ten

in 1934, and to twelve in 1935, before being dropped back to ten in 1937. In 1945 it was reduced back to five.This number remained until 2010, when it was once again raised to ten.

For the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. For example, the 2nd AcademyAwards presented on April 3, 1930, recognized films that were released between August 1, 1928 and July 31,

1929. Starting with the 7th Academy Awards, held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previouscalendar year from January 1 to December 31.

1920s

1927/28[A] (1st)

Film Production company(s) Producer(s)

Wings Paramount, Famous Players-Lasky Lucien Hubbard

The Racket Caddo, Paramount Howard Hughes

Seventh Heaven Fox William Fox

1928/29 (2nd)


The Broadway Melody Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[L]Irving Thalberg & Lawrence

Weingarten

AlibiFeature Productions, United

ArtistsRoland West

The Hollywood Revue of

1929Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Harry Rapf

In Old Arizona Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]

The Patriot Paramount Ernst Lubitsch

1930s

1929/30[B] (3rd)


All Quiet on the Western Front Universal Carl Laemmle, Jr.

The Big House Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg

Disraeli Warner Bros. Jack Warner, Darryl F. Zanuck

The Divorcee Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Robert Z. Leonard

The Love Parade Paramount Ernst Lubitsch

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Cimarron RKO Radio William LeBaron

East Lynne Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]

The Front Page Caddo, United Artists Howard Hughes

Skippy Paramount Adolph Zukor

Trader Horn Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving G. Thalberg

1931/32 (5th)


Grand Hotel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg

Arrowsmith Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn

Bad Girl Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]

The Champ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer King Vidor

Five Star Final First National Hal B. Wallis

One Hour with You Paramount Ernst Lubitsch

Shanghai Express Paramount Adolph Zukor

The Smiling Lieutenant Paramount Ernst Lubitsch

1932/33 (6th)


Cavalcade

[H]

Fox Winfield Sheehan

[G]

42nd Street Warner Bros. Darryl F. Zanuck

A Farewell to Arms[H] Paramount Adolph Zukor

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis

Lady for a Day Columbia Frank Capra

Little Women[H] RKO Radio Merian C. Cooper, Kenneth MacGowan

The Private Life of Henry VIII London Films, United Artists Alexander Korda

She Done Him Wrong Paramount William LeBaronSmilin' Through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg

State Fair Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]

1934 (7th)


It Happened One Night[I] Columbia Harry Cohn




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The Barretts of Wimpole

Street[I]Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg

Cleopatra Paramount Cecil B. DeMille

Flirtation Walk First National Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, Robert Lord

The Gay Divorcee RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman

Here Comes the Navy Warner Bros. Lou Edelman

The House of Rothschild[I]20th Century, United

Artists

Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz, Raymond

Griffith

Imitation of Life Universal John M. Stahl

One Night of Love Columbia Harry Cohn, Everett Riskin

The Thin Man Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg

Viva Villa! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick

The White Parade Fox Jesse L. Lasky

1935 (8th)


Mutiny on the Bounty[J] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg, Albert Lewin

Alice Adams RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman

Broadway Melody of 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John W. Considine, Jr.

Captain Blood[J]Warner Bros.,

Cosmopolitan

Hal B. Wallis, Harry Joe Brown, Gordon

Hollingshead

David Copperfield Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick

The Informer[J] RKO Radio Cliff Reid

The Lives of a Bengal

LancerParamount Louis D. Lighton

A Midsummer Night's

DreamWarner Bros. Henry Blanke

Les Misrables20th Century, United

ArtistsDarryl F. Zanuck

Naughty Marietta Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg

Ruggles of Red Gap Paramount Arthur Hornblow, Jr.

Top Hat RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman

1936 (9th)


The Great Ziegfeld Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg




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Anthony Adverse Warner Bros. Henry Blanke

Dodsworth Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn, Merritt Hulbert

Libeled Lady Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lawrence Weingarten

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Columbia Frank Capra

Romeo and Juliet Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg

San Francisco Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John Emerson, Bernard H. Hyman

The Story of Louis Pasteur Warner Bros. Henry Blanke

A Tale of Two Cities Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick

Three Smart Girls Universal Joe Pasternak, Charles R. Rogers

1937 (10th)


The Life of Emile Zola Warner Bros. Henry Blanke

The Awful Truth Columbia Leo McCarey, Everett Riskin

Captains Courageous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Louis Lighton

Dead End Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn, Merritt Hulbert

The Good Earth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg, Albert Lewin

In Old Chicago 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Kenneth MacGowan

Lost Horizon Columbia Frank Capra

One Hundred Men and a Girl Universal Charles R. Rogers, Joe Pasternak

Stage Door RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman

A Star Is Born Selznick International, United Artists David O. Selznick

1938 (11th)


You Can't Take It With You Columbia Frank Capra

The Adventures of Robin Hood Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke

Alexander's Ragtime Band 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Harry Joe BrownBoys Town Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John W. Considine, Jr.

The Citadel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Victor Saville

Four Daughters Warner Bros., First National Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke

Grand Illusion R. A. O., World Pictures Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch

Jezebel Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke

Pygmalion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Gabriel Pascal




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Test Pilot Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Louis Lighton

1939 (12th)


Gone with the Wind Selznick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick

Dark Victory Warner Bros. David Lewis

Goodbye, Mr. Chips Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Victor Saville

Love Affair RKO Radio Leo McCarey

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Columbia Frank Capra

Ninotchka Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin

Of Mice and Men Roach, United Artists Lewis Milestone

Stagecoach United Artists Walter Wanger

The Wizard of Oz Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mervyn LeRoy

Wuthering Heights Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn

1940s

1940 (13th)


Rebecca Selznick, United Artists David O. Selznick

All This, and Heaven Too Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, David Lewis

Foreign Correspondent Wanger, United Artists Walter Wanger

The Grapes of Wrath 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Nunnally Johnson

The Great Dictator Chaplin, United Artists Charlie Chaplin

Kitty Foyle RKO Radio David Hempstead

The Letter Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis

The Long Voyage Home Argosy, Wanger, United Artists John Ford

Our Town Lesser, United Artists Sol Lesser

The Philadelphia Story Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1941[C] (14th)


How Green Was My Valley 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck

Blossoms in the Dust Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Asher

Citizen Kane RKO Radio Orson Welles

Here Comes Mr. Jordan Columbia Everett Riskin




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Hold Back the Dawn Paramount Arthur Hornblow, Jr.The Little Foxes RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn

The Maltese Falcon Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis

One Foot in Heaven Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis

Sergeant York Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Jesse L. Lasky

Suspicion RKO Radio Alfred Hitchcock

1942 (15th)


Mrs. Miniver Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin

49th Parallel GFD, Columbia Michael Powell

Kings Row Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis

The Magnificent Ambersons Mercury, RKO Radio Orson Welles

The Pied Piper 20th Century Fox Nunnally Johnson

The Pride of the Yankees Goldwyn, RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn

Random Harvest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin

The Talk of the Town Columbia George Stevens

Wake Island Paramount Joseph Sistrom

Yankee Doodle Dandy Warner Bros. Jack Warner, Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney

1943 (16th)


Casablanca Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis

For Whom the Bell Tolls Paramount Sam Wood

Heaven Can Wait 20th Century Fox Ernst Lubitsch

The Human Comedy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Clarence Brown

In Which We Serve United Artists Nol Coward

Madame Curie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin

The More the Merrier Columbia George StevensThe Ox-Bow Incident 20th Century Fox Lamar Trotti

The Song of Bernadette 20th Century Fox William Perlberg

Watch on the Rhine Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis

1944[D] (17th)


Going My Way Paramount Leo McCarey




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Double Indemnity Paramount Joseph Sistrom

Gaslight Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arthur Hornblow, Jr.

Since You Went Away Selznick, United Artists David O. Selznick

Wilson 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck

1945 (18th)


The Lost Weekend Paramount Charles Brackett

Anchors Aweigh Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Joe Pasternak

The Bells of St. Mary's RKO Radio Leo McCarey

Mildred Pierce Warner Bros. Jerry Wald

Spellbound United Artists David O. Selznick

1946 (19th)Film Production company(s) Producer(s)

The Best Years of Our Lives RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn

Henry V United Artists Laurence Olivier

It's a Wonderful Life RKO Radio Frank Capra

The Razor's Edge 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck

The Yearling Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin

1947 (20th)


Gentleman's Agreement 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck

The Bishop's Wife RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn

Crossfire RKO Radio Adrian Scott

Great Expectations Rank-Cineguild, U-I Ronald Neame

Miracle on 34th Street 20th Century Fox William Perlberg

1948 (21st)


HamletJ. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films, Universal

InternationalLaurence Olivier

Johnny Belinda Warner Bros. Jerry Wald

The Red Shoes Rank Organisation, Powell and Pressburger, Eagle-

Lion Films

Michael Powell, Emeric

Pressburger




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The Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia Sam Spiegel

Peyton Place 20th Century Fox Jerry Wald

Sayonara Warner Bros. William Goetz

12 Angry Men United Artists Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose

Witness for the Prosecution United Artists Arthur Hornblow, Jr.

1958 (31st)


Gigi Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arthur Freed

Auntie Mame Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lawrence Weingarten

The Defiant Ones Kramer, United Artists Stanley Kramer

Separate Tables United Artists Harold Hecht

1959 (32nd)


Ben-Hur Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sam Zimbalist

Anatomy of a Murder Columbia Otto Preminger

The Diary of Anne Frank 20th Century Fox George Stevens

The Nun's Story Warner Bros. Henry Blanke

Room at the Top Continential, British Lion Films John Woolf, James Woolf

1960s

1960 (33rd)


The Apartment United Artists Billy Wilder

The Alamo United Artists John Wayne

Elmer Gantry United Artists Bernard Smith

Sons and Lovers 20th Century Fox Jerry Wald

The Sundowners Warner Bros. Fred Zinnemann

1961 (34th)


West Side Story United Artists Robert Wise

Fanny Warner Bros. Joshua Logan




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The Guns of Navarone Columbia Carl Foreman

The Hustler 20th Century Fox Robert Rossen

Judgment at Nuremberg United Artists Stanley Kramer

1962[E] (35th)


Lawrence of Arabia Columbia Sam Spiegel

The Longest Day 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck

The Music Man Warner Bros. Morton DaCosta

Mutiny on the Bounty Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Aaron Rosenberg

To Kill a Mockingbird U-I Alan J. Pakula

1963 (36th)


Tom Jones United Artists Tony Richardson

America, America Warner Bros. Elia Kazan

Cleopatra 20th Century Fox Walter Wanger

How the West Was Won Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cinerama Bernard Smith

Lilies of the Field United Artists Ralph Nelson

1964 (37th)

FilmProduction

company(s)Producer(s)

My Fair Lady Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner

Becket Paramount Hal B. Wallis

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love

the BombColumbia Stanley Kubrick

Mary PoppinsWalt Disney

Productions

Walt Disney, Bill

Walsh

Zorba the Greek 20th Century Fox Michael Cacoyanni

1965 (38th)


The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox Robert Wise

Darling Embassy Joseph Janni

Doctor Zhivago Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Carlo Ponti




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Ship of Fools Columbia Stanley Kramer A Thousand Clowns United Artists Fred Coe

1966 (39th)


A Man for All Seasons Columbia Fred Zinnemann

Alfie Paramount Lewis GilbertThe Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming United Artists Norman Jewison

The Sand Pebbles 20th Century Fox Robert Wise

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Warner Bros. Ernest Lehman

1967 (40th)


In the Heat of the Night United Artists Walter Mirisch

Bonnie and Clyde Warner Bros., Seven Arts Warren Beatty

Doctor Dolittle 20th Century Fox Arthur P. Jacobs

The Graduate Embassy Lawrence Turman

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Columbia Stanley Kramer

1968 (41st)


Oliver! Columbia John Woolf

Funny Girl Columbia Ray Stark

The Lion in Winter Avco Embassy Martin Poll

Rachel, Rachel Warner Bros. Paul Newman

Romeo and Juliet Paramount Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne

1969 (42nd)


Midnight Cowboy United Artists Jerome Hellman

Anne of the Thousand Days Universal Hal B. Wallis

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century Fox John Foreman

Hello, Dolly! 20th Century Fox Ernest Lehman

Z[K] Cinema V Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi

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1970 (43rd)


Patton 20th Century Fox Frank McCarthy

Airport Universal Ross Hunter

Five Easy Pieces Columbia Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler

Love Story Paramount Howard G. Minsky

MASH 20th Century Fox Ingo Preminger

1971 (44th)


The French Connection 20th Century Fox Philip D'Antoni

A Clockwork Orange Warner Bros. Stanley Kubrick

Fiddler on the Roof United Artists Norman Jewison

The Last Picture Show Columbia Stephen J. Friedman

Nicholas and Alexandra Columbia Sam Spiegel

1972 (45th)


The Godfather Paramount Albert S. Ruddy

Cabaret Allied Artists Cy Feuer

Deliverance Warner Bros. John Boorman

The Emigrants[K] Warner Bros. Bengt Forslund

Sounder 20th Century Fox Robert B. Radnitz

1973 (46th)


The Sting Universal Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips

American Graffiti Lucasfilm, Universal Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz

Cries and Whispers[K] New World Pictures Ingmar Bergman

The Exorcist Warner Bros. William Peter Blatty

A Touch of Class Avco Embassy Melvin Frank

1974 (47th)


The Godfather Part

II[O]Paramount

Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred

Roos




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Chinatown Paramount Robert Evans

The Conversation Paramount Francis Ford Coppola

Lenny United Artists Marvin Worth

The Towering Inferno20th Century Fox, Warner

Bros.Irwin Allen

1975 (48th)Film Production company(s) Producer(s)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest United Artists Saul Zaentz[N], Michael Douglas

Barry Lyndon Warner Bros. Stanley Kubrick

Dog Day Afternoon Warner Bros. Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand

Jaws Universal Richard D. Zanuck

Nashville Paramount Robert Altman

1976 (49th)


Rocky United Artists Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

All the President's Men Warner Bros. Walter Coblenz

Bound for Glory United Artists Robert F. Blumofe, Harold Leventhal

Network Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists Howard Gottfried

Taxi Driver Columbia Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips

1977 (50th)


Annie Hall United Artists Charles H. Joffe

The Goodbye Girl Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. Ray Stark

Julia 20th Century Fox Richard Roth

Star Wars Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox Gary Kurtz

The Turning Point 20th Century Fox Herbert Ross, Arthur Laurents

1978 (51st)

FilmProduction


The Deer Hunter UniversalBarry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John

Peverall

Coming Home United Artists Jerome Hellman

Heaven Can Wait Paramount Warren Beatty




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Missing Universal Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis

Tootsie Columbia Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards

The Verdict 20th Century Fox Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown

1983 (56th)


Terms of Endearment Paramount James L. Brooks

The Big Chill Columbia Michael Shamberg

The Dresser Columbia Peter Yates

The Right Stuff Warner Bros., The Ladd Company Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

Tender Mercies EMI Films, Universal Philip S. Hobel

1984 (57th)


Amadeus Orion Saul Zaentz

The Killing Fields Warner Bros. David Puttnam

A Passage to India Columbia John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin

Places in the Heart Tri-Star Arlene Donovan

A Soldier's Story Columbia Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer

1985 (58th)

Film Production company(s) Producer(s)Out of Africa Universal Sydney Pollack

The Color Purple Warner Bros.Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall,

Quincy Jones

Kiss of the Spider

WomanIsland Alive David Weisman

Prizzi's Honor20th Century Fox, ABC Motion

PicturesJohn Foreman

Witness Paramount Edward S. Feldman

1986 (59th)


Platoon Orion Arnold Kopelson

Children of a Lesser God Paramount Burt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer

Hannah and Her Sisters Orion Robert Greenhut




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The Mission Warner Bros. Fernando Ghia, David PuttnamA Room with a View Cinecom Ismail Merchant

1987 (60th)


The Last Emperor[O] Columbia Jeremy Thomas

Broadcast News 20th Century Fox James L. BrooksFatal Attraction Paramount Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing

Hope and Glory Columbia John Boorman

Moonstruck Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Patrick J. Palmer, Norman Jewison

1988 (61st)


Rain Man United Artists Mark Johnson

The Accidental Tourist Warner Bros. Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo

Dangerous Liaisons Warner Bros. Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean

Mississippi Burning Orion Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry

Working Girl 20th Century Fox Douglas Wick

1989 (62nd)


Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck

Born on the Fourth of July Universal A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone

Dead Poets Society Touchstone Pictures Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas

Field of Dreams Universal Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon

My Left Foot Miramax Noel Pearson

1990s

1990 (63rd)Film Production company(s) Producer(s)

Dances with Wolves Orion Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner

Awakenings Columbia Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker

Ghost Paramount Lisa Weinstein

The Godfather Part III Paramount Francis Ford Coppola

Goodfellas Warner Bros. Irwin Winkler




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1991 (64th)


The Silence of the Lambs Orion Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman

Beauty and the Beast Disney Don Hahn

Bugsy TriStar Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty

JFK Warner Bros. A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone

The Prince of Tides Columbia Barbra Streisand, Andrew S. Karsch

1992 (65th)


Unforgiven Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood

The Crying Game Miramax Stephen Woolley

A Few Good Men Columbia, Castle Rock Entertainment Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman

Howards End Sony Pictures Classics Ismail Merchant

Scent of a Woman Universal Martin Brest

1993 (66th)


Schindler's List Universal Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig

The Fugitive Warner Bros. Arnold Kopelson

In the Name of the Father Universal Jim Sheridan

The Piano Miramax Jane Campion

The Remains of the Day Columbia Mike Nichols, John Calley, Ismail Merchant

1994 (67th)


Forrest Gump Paramount Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey

Four Weddings and a

Funeral

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,

GramercyDuncan Kenworthy

Pulp Fiction Miramax Lawrence Bender

Quiz Show Hollywood PicturesMichael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozick,

Robert Redford

The Shawshank

Redemption

Columbia, Castle Rock

EntertainmentNiki Marvin

1995 (68th)




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BraveheartParamount, Icon, 20th Century

FoxMel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Bruce Davey

Apollo 13 Universal, Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer

Babe Universal Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell

Il Postino[K] MiramaxMario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano

Daniele

Sense and

SensibilityColumbia Lindsay Doran

1996 (69th)


The English

PatientMiramax Saul Zaentz

Fargo

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,

Gramercy Ethan Coen

Jerry Maguire Gracie Films, TriStarJames L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai,

Cameron Crowe

Secrets & Lies October Films Simon Channing-Williams

Shine Fine Line Features Jane Scott

1997 (70th)


TitanicLightstorm Entertainment, 20th Century Fox,

ParamountJames Cameron, Jon Landau

As Good as It

GetsTriStar

James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi

Zea

The Full

MontyFox Searchlight Umberto Pasolini

Good Will

HuntingMiramax Lawrence Bender

L.A.

ConfidentialWarner Bros.

Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael GNathanson

1998 (71st)


Shakespeare

in Love Miramax/UniversalDavid Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward

Zwick, Marc Norman

PolyGram Filmed




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Elizabeth Entertainment, Gramercy Shekhar Kapur, Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan

Life Is

Beautiful[K]Miramax Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi

Saving Private

RyanDreamWorks, Paramount Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn

The Thin Red

Line20th Century Fox Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill

1999 (72nd)


American Beauty DreamWorks Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks

The Cider House

RulesMiramax Richard N. Gladstein

The Green MileCastle Rock Entertainment,

Warner Bros.Frank Darabont, David Valdes

The Insider Touchstone Pictures Pieter Jan Brugge, Michael Mann

The Sixth Sense Hollywood PicturesFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, M.

Night Shyamalan

2000s

2000 (73rd)


GladiatorDreamWorks,

Universal

Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko

Lustig

Chocolat Miramax David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran

Crouching Tiger, Hidden

Dragon[K]Sony Pictures Classics William Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee

Erin Brockovich Universal, Columbia Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher

Traffic USA FilmsEdward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura

Bickford

2001 (74th)

FilmProduction


A Beautiful MindUniversal,

DreamWorksBrian Grazer, Ron Howard

Gosford Park USA FilmsRobert Altman, Bob Balaban, David

Levy




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In the Bedroom Miramax Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of

the RingNew Line Cinema

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barrie M.

Osborne

Moulin Rouge! 20th Century FoxMartin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred

Baron

2002 (75th)

FilmProduction


Chicago Miramax Martin Richards

Gangs of New York Miramax Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein

The Hours Paramount, Miramax Scott Rudin, Robert Fox

The Lord of the Rings: The Two

TowersNew Line Cinema

Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter

Jackson

The Pianist Focus Features Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, AlainSarde

2003 (76th)


The Lord of the Rings: The Return of

the KingNew Line Cinema

Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson,

Fran Walsh

Lost in Translation Focus Features Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola

Master and Commander: The Far Side

of the World

20th Century Fox, Miramax,

Universal

Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir,

Duncan Henderson

Mystic River Warner Bros.Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint

Eastwood

Seabiscuit Universal, DreamWorksKathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall,

Gary Ross

2004 (77th)


Million Dollar Baby Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg

The Aviator Warner Bros., Miramax Michael Mann, Graham King

Finding Neverland Miramax Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower

Ray Universal Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin

Sideways Fox Searchlight Michael London

2005 (78th)




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2009 (82nd)


The Hurt Locker Summit EntertainmentKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas

Chartier, Greg Shapiro

AvatarLightstorm Entertainment,

20th Century FoxJames Cameron, Jon Landau

The Blind Side Warner Bros. Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, BroderickJohnson

District 9 TriStar Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham

An Education Sony Pictures Classics Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

Inglourious BasterdsThe Weinstein Co.,

UniversalLawrence Bender

Precious: Based on the Novel

"Push" by SapphireLions Gate Entertainment

Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary

Magness

A Serious Man Focus Features Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Up Disney/Pixar Jonas Rivera

Up in the Air ParamountDaniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason

Reitman

2010s

2010 (83rd)

Film Productioncompany(s)

Producer(s)

The King's Speech The Weinstein Co. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin

Black Swan Fox Searchlight Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy and Brian Oliver

The Fighter Paramount David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg

Inception Warner Bros. Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas

The Kids Are All

RightFocus Features Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray

127 Hours Fox Searchlight Danny Boyle and Christian Colson

The Social Network ColumbiaDana Brunetti, Cen Chaffin, Michael De Luca and Scott

Rudin

Toy Story 3 Disney/Pixar Darla K. Anderson

True Grit Paramount Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Scott Rudin

Winter's Bone Roadside Attractions Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini




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Notes

A : The official name of the award for 1928 and 1929 called Outstanding Picture

B : The official name of the award from 1930 to 1940 called Outstanding Production

C : The official name of the award from 1941 to 1943 called Outstanding Motion Picture

D : The official name of the award from 1944 to 1961 called Best Motion Picture

E : The official name of the award from 1962 called Best Picture

F : There were two categories for "Outstanding Picture" with the other being Academy Award for BestUnique and Artistic Production where the winner was Sunrise (production company: Fox; producer: William

Fox). This category was dropped immediately after the first year of the Academy Award.[3]

G12345 : Head of studio

H123 : The Academy also announced that A Farewell to Arms came in second, and Little Women third.

I123 : The Academy also announced that The Barretts of Wimpole Streetcame in second, and The

House of Rothschildthird.

J123 : The Academy also announced that The Informercame in second, and Captain Bloodthird.

K12345678 : Nominated motion picture with non-English dialogue track (AMPAS: foreign language

film).[4]

Three of which, Z, Life is Beautifuland Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonwon the AcademyAward for Best Foreign Language Film.[5]

L : Production company with the most nominations (38) and the most awards (5). Applying only from 1928

to 1950.[6]

M : Person with the most nominations (6 nominations, 0 awards). Applying only from 1951 to 2008.[6]

N : Person with the most awards (3 awards, Spiegel 4 nominations, Zaentz 3 nominations). Applying only

from 1951 to 2008.[6]

O123 : Winner with partly non-English dialogue track (AMPAS: foreign language).[7]

Milestones

Listed below at various Milestones for Best Picture that various films and individuals have achieved since theinception of the Academy Awards.

Milestones related to acting

Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone

2nd 1929 The Broadway Melody 1 3 First winner for Best Picture to receive an actingnomination

7th 1934It Happened One Night

5 5First Best Picture nominee to win both Best Actor

and Best Actress

15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver 6 12First Best Picture nominee to receive nominations

in all of the four acting categories

26th 1953 From Here to Eternity 8 13Last Best Picture winner to date to receive

nominations in all of the four acting categories

Only Best Picture winner to have credited roles




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35th 1962 Lawrence of Arabia 7 10 for actors of only one gender

54th 1981 Reds 3 12Last Best Picture nominee to date to receive

nominations in all four of the acting categories

64th 1991The Silence of the

Lambs5 7

Last Best Picture winner to date to win both Best

Actor and Best Actress

70th 1997 As Good As It Gets 2 7Last Best Picture nominee to date to win both

Best Actor and Best Actress

76th 2003The Lord of the Rings:

The Return of the King11 11

First (and only) film to win more than 10 awards

(including Best Picture) and not receive an acting

nomination

81st 2008 Slumdog Millionaire 8 10Last film to date to win Best Picture without

receiving any acting nominations

Milestones related to country or language


6th 1933

The Private

Life of

Henry VIII

1 2First foreign film to be nominated for Best Picture and to win

any Academy Award (British)

11th 1938Grand

Illusion0 1

First foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture

(French)

21st 1948 Hamlet 4 7 First foreign film to win Best Picture (British)

73rd 2000

Crouching

Tiger,

Hidden

Dragon

4 10 Foreign language film nominated for Best Picture to date with

the most number of Academy Award nominations

79th 2006Letters from

Iwo Jima1 4

Last foreign language film to date to be nominated for Best

Picture (Japanese)

79th 2006The

Departed4 5 First (and only) remake of a foreign film to win Best Picture

81st 2008Slumdog

Millionaire8 10

Tied with Gandhi as Best Picture winner with second most

Oscars for a British production (behind The English Patient

and The Last Emperorboth with nine each).[8]

Milestones related to directing

Annual YearFilm

Awards NomsMilestone




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34th 1961West Side

Story10 11

First of only two Best Picture winners to have more than

one credited director (Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise)

59th 1986Children of a

Lesser God1 5

First film directed by a woman (Randa Haines) to be

nominated for Best Picture

62nd 1989Driving Miss

Daisy4 9

Last film to date to win Best Picture without being

nominated for Best Director

70th 1997 Titanic 11 14 First Best Picture winner to be produced, directed, written,and edited by the same person (James Cameron)

71st 1998Shakespeare

in Love7 13 Most Oscars without a Best Director win

80th 2007No Country

for Old Men4 8

Last Best Picture winner to date to have more than one

credited director (Joel and Ethan Coen)

82nd 2009The Hurt

Locker6 9

First (and only) Best Picture winner directed by a woman

(Kathryn Bigelow)

82nd 2009 Precious 2 6 First (and only) Best Picture nominee directed by anAfrican-American (Lee Daniels)

Milestones related to genre


1st1927-

28Wings 2 2

First war film to be nominated and win

Best Picture

1st 1927-28

Wings 2 2 First (and only) silent film to win BestPicture

2nd1928-

29The Broadway Melody 1 3 First musical to win Best Picture

4th1930-

31Cimarron 3 7 First Western to win Best Picture

7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5 First comedy to win Best Picture

10th 1937 The Life of Emile Zola 3 10First biographical picture (biopic) to win

Best Picture

12th 1939 The Wizard of Oz 2 6First children's film to be nominated for

Best Picture

13th 1940 Rebecca 2 11 First thriller to win Best Picture

40th 1967 In the Heat of the Night 5 7First (and only) mystery to win Best

Picture

44th 1971 A Clockwork Orange 0 4First science Fiction film to be nominated

for Best Picture




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46th 1973 The Exorcist 2 10 First horror film to be nominated for Best

Picture

49th 1976 Rocky 3 10 First sports film to win Best Picture

58th 1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman 1 4First Independent film to be nominated for

Best Picture

64th 1991 Beauty and the Beast 2 6First animated film to be nominated for

Best Picture

64th 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 5 7First (and only) horror film to win Best

Picture

71st 1998 Shakespeare in Love 7 13 Last comedy to date to win Best Picture

73rd 2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden

Dragon4 10

First (and only) martial arts film to date to

be nominated for Best Picture

74th 2001 A Beautiful Mind 4 8 Last biopic to date to win Best Picture

75th 2002 Chicago 6 13Last musical to date to win (or be

nominated for) Best Picture

76th 2003The Lord of the Rings: The

Return of the King11 11

First (and only) fantasy film to date to win

Best Picture

Milestones related to other Academy Awards


1st1927-

28

Wings 2 2Winner of the first Academy award for Best

Picture

2nd1928-

29The Broadway Melody 1 3

First film to win Best Picture without winning any

other Academy Awards

4th1930-

31Cimarron 3 7

First film to be nominated for every major

Academy Award, including Best Picture

5th1931-

32Grand Hotel 1 1

First (and only) film to win Best Picture without

receiving any other nominations

7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5First of only three films to win every major


8th 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty 1 8Last film to date to win Best Picture without

winning any other Academy Awards

16th 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident 0 1Last film to date to be nominated for Best Picture

and no other award

24th 1951 Decision Before Dawn 0 2

First film to be nominated for Best Picture and

only one other award after the switch to five

nominees in 1944




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39th 1966Who's Afraid of

Virginia Woolf?5 13

First (and only) Best Picture nominee to be

nominated for every award category in which it

was eligible

53rd 1980 Ordinary People 4 6Last film to date to win Best Picture without a

Best Film Editing nomination.

48th 1975One Flew Over the

Cuckoo's Nest5 9

Second of only three films to win every major


64th 1991The Silence of the

Lambs5 7

Third of only three films to win every major


70th 1997 Titanic 11 14Last film to date to win Best Picture without a

screenplay nomination (Adapted or Original)

76th 2003The Lord of the Rings:

The Return of the King11 11

Last film to date to win Best Picture and all of its

other nominated categories

Milestones related to other awards ceremonies


11th 1938

You Can't

Take It

With You

2 7First of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted for

the screen from plays which won the Pulitzer Prize

18th 1945The Lost

Weekend4 7

Only film to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival

Grand Prix du Festival International du Film

28th 1955 Marty 4 8Only film to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'Or

46th 1973 The Sting 7 10

First of only two films to win Best Picture without being

nominated for either of the three Golden Globes for Best

Motion Picture (drama, comedy/musical or foreign film).

61st 1988 Rain Man 4 8 First (and only) film to win Berlin Golden Bear and Best Picture

62nd 1989Driving

Miss Daisy4 9

Second of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted

for the screen from plays having won the Pulitzer Prize

78th 2005 Crash 3 6 One of only two film festival acquisitions to win Best Picture

78th 2005 Crash 3 6

Second of only two films to win Best Picture without being

nominated for either of the three Golden Globes for Best

Motion Picture (drama, comedy/musical or foreign film).

82nd 2009The Hurt

Locker6 9 Second of only two film festival acquisitions to win Best Picture

Milestones related to rating




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41st 1968 Oliver! 6 11 First film with an MPAA rating to win Best Picture

41st 1968 Oliver! 6 11First (and only) G-rated film to date to win Best

Picture

42nd 1969 Midnight Cowboy 3 7 First (and only) X-rated film to win Best Picture

43rd 1970 Patton 7 10 First PG-rated film to win Best Picture

44th 1971A Clockwork

Orange0 4 Last X-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture

44th 1971The French

Connection5 8 First R-rated film to win Best Picture

58th 1985 The Color Purple 0 11First PG-13-rated to be nominated for Best

Picture

60th 1987 The Last Emperor 9 9 First PG-13-rated film to win Best Picture

62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 4 9Last Best Picture winner to date with a PG rating

(or lower)

Milestones related to sequels, prequels, remakes and adaptations


4th1930-

31

Skippy 1 4

First (and only) film based on a comic book, comic

strip, or graphic novel to be nominated for Best

Picture

8th 1935A Midsummer

Night's Dream2* 3

First Shakespeare adaptation to be nominated for

Best Picture (*one of its two Oscars was a write-in

winner)

18th 1945The Bells of St.

Mary's1 8 First sequel to be nominated for Best Picture

28th 1955 Marty 4 8First (and only) film based on a television movie or

mini-series to win Best Picture

47th 1974 The Godfather PartII

6 11 First sequel to win Best Picture.

63rd 1990The Godfather Part

III0 7

First of only two trilogies to have all three films


66th 1993 The Fugitive 1 7First film based on a television series to be


73rd 2000 Traffic 4 5Last Best Picture nominee to date to have been

based on a television movie or mini-series




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77th 2004 The Aviator 5 11 Last film to date to win the most Academy Awards

(5) in its year without winning Best Picture82nd 2009 The Hurt Locker 6 9 Lowest-grossing film after 1955 to win Best Picture

Milestones related to technology


2nd1928-

29

The Broadway

Melody1 3 First sound film to win Best Picture

10th 1937 A Star Is Born 1 7 First all-color film nominated for Best Picture

12th 1939Gone with the

Wind8 13 First all-color film to win Best Picture

26th 1953 The Robe 2 5First motion picture (and Best Picture nominee) in

CinemaScope

33rd 1960 The Apartment 5 10Last black-and-white film before 1993 (and last entirely

in B&W) to win Best Picture

64th 1991Beauty and the

Beast2 6

First and only hand drawn animated film to be nominated

for Best Picture

66th 1993 Schindler's List 7 12First (and only) black-and-white film after 1960 to win

Best Picture (though with some color sequences)

78th 2005Good Night,

and Good Luck0 6

Last black-and-white film to date to be nominated for

Best Picture

82nd 2009 Avatar 3 9 First nominee to be entirely filmed using 3D technology

82nd 2009 Up 2 5First computer animated film to be nominated for Best

Picture

Superlatives

Category Record Holder Record Notes

Most Best Picture Awards by aStudio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 5 awards Note 1

Most Best Picture Nominations by a

StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer 40 nominations

Most Best Picture Awards by a

ProducerSam Spiegel and Saul Zaentz 3 awards Note 1

Most Best Picture Nominations by aStanley Kramer, Steven

Spielberg, 6 nominations Note 2




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Producer and Kathleen Kennedy

Best Picture with the Most Awards

Ben-Hur, Titanic, and The

Lord of the Rings: The

Return of the King

11 awards

Best Picture with the Most

NominationsAll About Eve and Titanic 14 nominations

Longest Best Picture Winner Gone with the Wind3 hours and 54

minutesNote 3

Longest Best Picture Nominee Cleopatra4 hours and 3

minutesNote 4

Shortest Best Picture Winner Marty1 hour and 31

minutesNote 5

Shortest Best Picture Nominee She Done Him Wrong

1 hour and 6

minutes

Note 1: Until the 23rd Academy Awards (1950), Best Picture was awarded to the studio that produced the film.

Beginning with the 24th Academy Awards (1951), however, it has been awarded to the individual producers

credited on the film. Note also that until 1943, there were ten (rather than five) nominated films per year. As of

2009, there are once again ten nominated films. The first year in which multiple individuals jointly won was 1973,

with three winners forThe Sting. The greatest number of joint winners was five, forShakespeare in Love in 1998

After this, the Academy imposed a limit of three nominated producers per film; however, this limit may be exceedein a "rare and extraordinary circumstance", such as in 2008 when both Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack

were posthumously included among four nominees forThe Reader.[10]

Note 2: Stanley Kramer, Steven Spielberg, and Kathleen Kennedy are the producers who have received the mostBest Picture nominations, with six apiece. Neither Kramer nor Kennedy has ever won the Best Picture award;

Spielberg won forSchindler's Listin 1993.

Note 3: It remains a very close call a tie, virtually between the top two "longest" Best Pictures. The total film

time (without music) ofGone with the Wind(1939) is almost 221 minutes (3 hours and 41 minutes); with the

Overture, Intermission, Entr'acte, and Walkout Music, it reaches 234 minutes (3 hours and 54 minutes). The total

film time (without music) of the original Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is just over 222 minutes (3 hours and 42

minutes), slightly longer than Gone with the Wind. Lawrence of Arabia's additional elements extend the film to

about 232 minutes (3 hours and 52 minutes). If just counting the film itself, Lawrence of Arabia is the longest of th

two contenders. The other longest Best Picture winners are, in order: Ben-Hur(1959) at 212 minutes (3 hours an

32 minutes) and The Lord of Rings: Return of the King(2003) at 201 minutes (3 hours and 21 minutes).

Note 4: The longest movie to ever win any Academy Award was Russia's War and Peace (1965) at 414 minutes

(6 hours and 54 minutes), winner of Best Foreign Language Film.

Note 5: AfterMarty, the second shortest Best Picture winner is Annie Hall(1977) at 93 minutes (1 hour and 33minutes).




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See also

List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees

List of Academy Award-winning films

List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees

Academy Award for Best Unique and Artistic Production

BAFTA Award for Best Film

Films considered the greatest everLists of films

List of film production companies

List of presenters of Best Picture Academy Award

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture

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External links

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Oscar.com (http://www.oscar.com/) (official ceremony promotional site)




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