The Academy Awards List of Best Picture Winners

Academy Award Year Start Year End Year Presented Movie Title 1 1927 1928 May-1929 Wings 1 1927 1928 May-1929 *Sunrise 2 1928 1929 Apr-1930 The Broadway Melody 3 1929 1930 Nov-1930 *All Quiet on the Western Front  4 1930 1931 Nov-1931 Cimarron  5 1931 1932 Nov-1932 Grand Hotel  6 1932 1933 Mar-1934 Cavalcade  7 1933 1934 Feb-1935 *It Happened One Night   8 1934 1935 Mar-1936 *Mutiny on the Bounty   9 1935 1936 Mar-1937 The Great Ziegfeld 10 1936 1937 Mar-1938 The Life of Émile Zola 11 1937 1938 Feb-1939 You Can't Take It With You  12 1938 1939 Feb-1940 *Gone with the Wind 13 1939 1940 Feb-1941 Rebecca 14 1940 1941 Feb-1942 How Green Was My Valley  15 1941 1942 Mar-1943 Mrs. Miniver  16 1942 1943 Mar-1944 *Casablanca 17 1943 1944 Mar-1945 Going My Way  18 1944 1945 Mar-1946 The Lost Weekend  19 1945 1946 Mar-1947 *The Best Years of Our Lives  20 1946 1947 Mar-1948 Gentleman's Agreement  21 1947 1948 Mar-1949 Hamlet (1948) 22 1948 1949 Mar-1950 All the King's Men  23 1949 1950 Mar-1951 *All About Eve  24 1950 1951 Mar-1952 *An American in Paris  25 1951 1952 Mar-1953 The Greatest Show on Earth  26 1952 1953 Mar-1954 *From Here to Eternity  27 1953 1954 Mar-1955 *On the Waterfront  28 1954 1955 Mar-1956 Marty  29 1955 1956 Mar-1957 Around the World in 80 Days 30 1956 1957 Mar-1958 *The Bridge on the River Kwai 31 1957 1958 Apr-1959 Gigi 32 1958 1959 Apr-1960 *Ben-Hur  33 1959 1960 Apr-1961 *The Apartment  34 1960 1961 Apr-1962 *West Side Story  35 1961 1962 Apr-1963 *Lawrence of Arabia  36 1962 1963 Apr-1964 Tom Jones  37 1963 1964 Apr-1965 My Fair Lady  38 1964 1965 Apr-1966 *The Sound of Music 39 1965 1966 Apr-1967 A Man for All Seasons  40 1966 1967 Apr-1968 In the Heat of the Night  41 1967 1968 Apr-1969 Oliver!  42 1968 1969 Apr-1970 *Midnight Cowboy  43 1969 1970 Apr-1971 *Patton 44 1970 1971 Apr-1972 *The French Connection  45 1971 1972 Mar-1973 *The Godfather 46 1972 1973 Apr-1974 The Sting  47 1973 1974 Apr-1975 *The Godfather Part II 48 1974 1975 Mar-1976 *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 49 1975 1976 Mar-1977 *Rocky  50 1976 1977 Apr-1978 *Annie Hall  51 1977 1978 Apr-1979 *The Deer Hunter 52 1978 1979 Apr-1980 Kramer vs. Kramer 53 1979 1980 Mar-1981 Ordinary People 54 1980 1981 Mar-1982 Chariots of Fire 55 1981 1982 Apr-1983 Gandhi 56 1982 1983 Apr-1984 Terms of Endearment  57 1983 1984 Mar-1985 *Amadeus 58 1984 1985 Mar-1986 Out of Africa 59 1985 1986 Mar-1987 *Platoon 60 1986 1987 Apr-1988 The Last Emperor  61 1987 1988 Mar-1989 Rain Man 62 1988 1989 Mar-1990 Driving Miss Daisy  63 1989 1990 Mar-1991 *Dances With Wolves 64 1990 1991 Mar-1992 *The Silence of the Lambs 65 1991 1992 Mar-1993 *Unforgiven 66 1992 1993 Mar-1994 *Schindler's List 67 1993 1994 Mar-1995 *Forrest Gump 68 1994 1995 Mar-1996 Braveheart 69 1995 1996 Mar-1997 The English Patient 70 1996 1997 Mar-1998 *Titanic (1997) 71 1997 1998 Mar-1999 Shakespeare in Love 72 1998 1999 Mar-2000 American Beauty 73 1999 2000 Mar-2001 Gladiator 74 2000 2001 Mar-2002 A Beautiful Mind 75 2001 2002 Mar-2003 Chicago 76 2002 2003 Feb-2004 The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King 77 2003 2004 Feb-2005 Million Dollar Baby 78 2004 2005 Mar-2006 Crash 79 2005 2006 Feb-2007 The Departed 80 2006 2007 Apr-2008 No Country for Old Men 81 2007 2008 Apr-2009 Slumdog Millionaire 82 2008 2009 Mar-2010 The Hurt Locker 83 84 2009 2010 2010 2011 Feb-2011 Feb-2012 The King's Speech The Artist *Indicates the film was listed on either one or both of AFI's Top 100 Movies lists (1998, 2007)