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1929 - Wings
Wings was the first film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
1939 - Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind is the longest film to win Best Picture, with a runtime of 221 minutes.
1942 - Casablanca
In Casablanca, the line 'Play it again, Sam' is a misquote; the actual line is 'Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.''
1958 - Gigi
Gigi won a total of nine Oscars, and was the last movie to win Best Picture in black and white.
1961 - West Side Story
West Side Story is the first musical to win 10 Academy Awards.
1966 - The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music won the Oscar for Best Picture and is one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
1972 - The French Connection
The French Connection features one of the most famous car chase scenes in film history.
1974 - The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II is the first sequel to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
1985 - Amadeus
Amadeus is a fictionalized biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
1992 - Unforgiven
Unforgiven marked Clint Eastwood's Oscar win for Best Director as well as Best Picture.
1994 - Schindler's List
Schindler's List is shot almost entirely in black and white and is about the Holocaust.
1999 - Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love depicts a fictional love affair involving William Shakespeare and won seven Oscars.
2003 - Chicago
Chicago became the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! in 1968.
2006 - Crash
Crash was controversial for its Best Picture win, beating the much-favored Brokeback Mountain.
2009 - Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire was a sleeper hit that won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
2011 - The King's Speech
The King's Speech details the true story of King George VI's struggle to overcome his stammer.
2012 - The Artist
The Artist is a silent film that pays tribute to the early years of Hollywood.
2014 - 12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave is based on the 1853 autobiography of the same name and is the first film directed by a black director to win Best Picture.
2017 - Moonlight
Moonlight is the first film with an all-black cast and the first LGBT-themed film to win Best Picture.
2020 - Parasite
Parasite is the first non-English language film to win Best Picture.
1931 - Cimarron
Cimarron was the first Western to win Best Picture and is based on the novel by Edna Ferber.
1941 - How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley won Best Picture over the heavily favored Citizen Kane.
1951 - An American in Paris
An American in Paris won six Academy Awards and is known for its extended dance sequences.
1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai is famous for its theme music, often whistled, known as the 'Colonel Bogey March'.
1965 - My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady set the record for the most Oscars won by a musical at the time.
1971 - Patton
Patton is a biopic about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II and won seven Academy Awards.
1976 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of only three films to win the 'Big Five' Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay).
1981 - Ordinary People
Ordinary People, Robert Redford's directorial debut, won four Academy Awards, including Best Director for Redford.
1988 - The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor was the first film permitted by the People's Republic of China to film in the Forbidden City.
1991 - Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves is a film that initiated a revival in the Western genre and won seven Oscars.
1997 - The English Patient
The English Patient won nine Academy Awards and is set during World War II.
2001 - Gladiator
Gladiator was credited with reinvigorating the epic historical drama genre.
2004 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 Oscars for which it was nominated, tying the record for the most wins by a single film.
2008 - No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men won four Oscars and is known for its minimalistic use of music.
2010 - The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker made Kathryn Bigelow the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director.
2013 - Argo
Argo is based on the real-life event 'Canadian Caper' where six Americans were rescued from Tehran, Iran, during the hostage crisis.
2016 - Spotlight
Spotlight is about The Boston Globe's investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests.
2018 - The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water is directed by Guillermo del Toro and blends fantasy and romance in a 1960s Cold War setting.
2019 - Green Book
Green Book is inspired by the true story of a tour of the Deep South by African American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley and Italian American bouncer Frank 'Tony Lip' Vallelonga.
2022 - CODA
CODA stands for 'Child of Deaf Adults' and the film uniquely features a predominantly deaf cast.
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