Academy Award - Best Picture
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.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
8.7/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, W...
The first movie since Frank Capra's It Happened One Night to sweep the big five Oscars (director, screenplay, actor, actress, film), Cuckoo's Nest rem... Read more
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( Blu-ray ) (1975)
8.7/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, W...
Jack Nicholson gives a powerful, flamboyant performance in this adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel about a free spirit in a mental ward. Nicholson's rebe... Read more
Ordinary People (1980)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Redford
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Judd Hirsch, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton
An intense examination of a family being torn apart by tragedy and tension, 'Ordinary People' won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Direc... Read more
Out of Africa (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer
The story of Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) and her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya around 1914. Based on the autobiography of Isak Dinesen (under t... Read more
Out of Africa ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
The story of Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) and her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya around 1914. Based on the autobiography of Isak Dinesen (under t... Read more
Patton (1970)
8/10
Director: Franklin J Schaffner
Starring: George C Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Strong
A critically acclaimed film and a true milestone in screen biographies, "Patton" is a riveting portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest military... Read more
Patton ( Blu-ray ) (1970)
8/10
Director: Franklin J Schaffner
Starring: George C Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Strong
A critically acclaimed film and a true milestone in screen biographies, "Patton" is a riveting portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest military... Read more
Platoon (1986)
8.1/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker
Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, this harrowing drama chronicles Vietnam frontline combat as seen through the eyes of youn... Read more
Platoon ( Blu-ray ) (1986)
8.1/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, John C McGinley, Johnny Depp, Keith David, Kevin...
Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, this harrowing drama chronicles Vietnam frontline combat as seen through the eyes of youn... Read more
Rain Man (1988)
8/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Dustin Hoffman, Michael D Roberts, Bonnie Hunt
It's a road movie about two brothers who didn't know the other existed until fate brought them together. Similaraties to the movie 'Twins' with Danny... Read more