Academy Award Best Picture winners
Academy Award Best Picture winners is an award record published in 2026 — one of the 31 sources behind the film canon, weighted as award. 31 of its 98 entries appear in the aggregated canon. Its scope (1927–present) is calibrated against unrestricted lists before scoring.
- 1927Wings
- 1928The Broadway Melody
- 1929All Quiet on the Western Front
- 1930Cimarron
- 1931Grand Hotel
- 1932Cavalcade
- 1934It Happened One NightCanon #170
- 1935Mutiny on the Bounty
- 1936The Great Ziegfeld
- 1937The Life of Emile Zola
- 1938You Can't Take It with You
- 1939Gone with the WindCanon #37
- 1940Rebecca
- 1941How Green Was My Valley
- 1942Mrs. Miniver
- 1943CasablancaCanon #17
- 1944Going My Way
- 1945The Lost Weekend
- 1946The Best Years of Our LivesCanon #110
- 1947Gentleman's Agreement
- 1948Hamlet
- 1949All the King's Men
- 1950All About EveCanon #46
- 1951An American in Paris
- 1952The Greatest Show on Earth
- 1953From Here to Eternity
- 1954On the WaterfrontCanon #64
- 1955Marty
- 1956Around the World in 80 Days
- 1957The Bridge on the River KwaiCanon #101
- 1958Gigi
- 1959Ben-Hur
- 1960The ApartmentCanon #50
- 1961West Side StoryCanon #141
- 1962Lawrence of ArabiaCanon #11
- 1963Tom Jones
- 1964My Fair Lady
- 1965The Sound of MusicCanon #123
- 1966A Man for All Seasons
- 1967In the Heat of the Night
- 1968Oliver!
- 1969Midnight CowboyCanon #212
- 1970Patton
- 1971The French Connection
- 1972The GodfatherCanon #2
- 1973The StingCanon #211
- 1974The Godfather Part IICanon #7
- 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestCanon #154
- 1976Rocky
- 1977Annie HallCanon #38
- 1978The Deer HunterCanon #150
- 1979Kramer vs. Kramer
- 1980Ordinary People
- 1981Chariots of Fire
- 1982Gandhi
- 1983Terms of Endearment
- 1984AmadeusCanon #115
- 1985Out of Africa
- 1986Platoon
- 1987The Last Emperor
- 1988Rain Man
- 1989Driving Miss Daisy
- 1990Dances With Wolves
- 1991The Silence of the LambsCanon #83
- 1992UnforgivenCanon #122
- 1993Schindler's ListCanon #133
- 1994Forrest GumpCanon #248
- 1995Braveheart
- 1996The English Patient
- 1997TitanicCanon #206
- 1998Shakespeare in Love
- 1999American Beauty
- 2000Gladiator
- 2001A Beautiful Mind
- 2002Chicago
- 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingCanon #218
- 2004Million Dollar Baby
- 2005Crash
- 2006The Departed
- 2007No Country for Old MenCanon #113
- 2008Slumdog Millionaire
- 2009The Hurt LockerCanon #216
- 2010The King's Speech
- 2011The Artist
- 2012Argo
- 201312 Years a SlaveCanon #157
- 2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- 2015Spotlight
- 2016MoonlightCanon #89
- 2017The Shape of Water
- 2018Green Book
- 2019ParasiteCanon #80
- 2020Nomadland
- 2021CODA
- 2022Everything Everywhere All at Once
- 2023OppenheimerCanon #185
- 2024Anora
- 2025One Battle After Another
List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. View the original at en.wikipedia.org. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.