Every February "Oscar Fever" hits the entertainment community and film fans around the world, building to the crescendo of the annual Academy Awards Presentation a month later, when hundreds of millions of cinema lovers glue themselves to their television sets to learn who will receive the golden statuettes. After more than seven decades of recognizing excellence in film-making achievement, the presentation of the "Oscars" has become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' most famous activity. Below is a list of past winners for "Best Picture" of this, the ultimate bauble.
Writer/director Paul Haggis brings together a high-powered ensemble cast to explore the sensitive subjects of race and gender in this provocative L.A.... Read more
Writer/director Paul Haggis brings together a high-powered ensemble cast to explore the sensitive subjects of race and gender in this provocative L.A.... Read more
Breathtakingly filmed and eloquently told tale about an idealistic young Civil War soldier who makes friends with a Sioux Indian tribe, and eventually... Read more
A Civil War soldier develops a relationship with a band of Lakota Indians. Attracted by the simplicity of their lifestyle, he chooses to leave his for... Read more
The Oscar-winning adaptation of Alfred Uhry's play about a wealthy Jewish widow and her black chauffeur. It covers the period from the late forties th... Read more
Winner of six Oscars, including Best Picture, Director and Actor, Robert Zemeckis' modern-day fable stars Tom Hanks as the simple-minded but good-hear... Read more
Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anythi... Read more
'French Connection II' (1975, 119 mins) - While tracking down a drug lord in Marseilles, "Popeye" Doyle (Hackman reprising his Oscar-winning role) is... Read more
The talented Fred Zinnemann ('A Man for All Seasons') perfectly captures the static isolation and boredom that envelops the military personnel in peac... Read more
The talented Fred Zinnemann ('A Man for All Seasons') perfectly captures the static isolation and boredom that envelops the military personnel in peac... Read more