BAFTA - Best Film
The British Academy Film & Television Awards (BAFTA) are the major film awards held in Great Britain. The academy was formed on 16th April 1947 in a hotel room at the Hyde Park Hotel by a group of the most eminent men in British film, under the chairmanship of David Lean.
Below are the past winners of the "Best Picture" catagory.
Argo (2012)
7.7/10
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Alan Arkin, Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston
Ben Affleck directs and stars in this gripping political thriller based on real events that took place during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. In Novembe... Read more
Argo ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.7/10
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Alan Arkin, Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston
Ben Affleck directs and stars in this gripping political thriller based on real events that took place during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. In Novembe... Read more
The Artist (2011)
7.9/10
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: James Cromwell, John Goodman, Penelope Ann Miller, Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo
Five Academy Awards - including Best Picture, Director, and Actor - went to this magical, mostly silent seriocomedy set in 1927 Hollywood. As screen i... Read more
The Hurt Locker (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: David Morse, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, Evangeline Lilly, Jeremy Renner, Anthony...
War is a drug. Nobody knows that better than Staff Sergeant James (Jeremy Renner), stationed in Iraq and head of an elite squad of soldiers tasked wit... Read more
The Hurt Locker ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.6/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: David Morse, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, Evangeline Lilly, Jeremy Renner, Anthony...
War is a drug. Nobody knows that better than Staff Sergeant James (Jeremy Renner), stationed in Iraq and head of an elite squad of soldiers tasked wit... Read more
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
8/10
Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Irfan Khan
Danny Boyle's quirky and suspenseful romantic drama is set in the slums of Mumbai and riffs on the multi-cultural icon that is 'Who Wants to Be a Mill... Read more
Slumdog Millionaire ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
8/10
Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Starring: Irfan Khan, Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Madhur Mittal, Freida Pinto
Danny Boyle's quirky and suspenseful romantic drama is set in the slums of Mumbai and riffs on the multi-cultural icon that is 'Who Wants to Be a Mill... Read more
Atonement ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave, Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, S...
Based on the acclaimed novel by Ian McEwan ('Enduring Love', 'The Comfort of Strangers'), this epic war-time romance is one of the finest studies of f... Read more
Atonement (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn
Based on the acclaimed novel by Ian McEwan ('Enduring Love', 'The Comfort of Strangers'), this epic war-time romance is one of the finest studies of f... Read more
The Queen ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms, Alex Jennings, Michael Sheen
Helen Mirren is a dead ringer for Queen Elizabeth II in Stephen Frear's multiple award-winning film that centres on the aftermath of Princess Diana's... Read more