Best Oscar Movies

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The Hurt Locker- 82nd Academy Awards- 2009
Slumdog Millionaire- 81st Academy Awards- 2008
No Country For Old Men- 80th Academy Awards- 2007
The Departed- 79th Academy Awards- 2006
Crash- 78th Academy Awards- 2005
Million Dollar Baby- 77th Academy Awards- 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King- 76th Academy Awards- 2003
Chicago- 75th Academy Awards- 2002
A Beautiful Mind- 74th Academy Awards- 2001
Gladiator- 73rd Academy Awards- 2000

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1990's

American Beauty- 72nd Academy Awards- 1999
Shakespeare in Love- 71st Academy Awards- 1998
Titanic- 70th Academy Awards- 1997
The English Patient- 69th Academy Awards- 1996
Braveheart- 68th Academy Awards- 1995
Forrest Gump- 67th Academy Awards- 1994
Schindler's List- 66th Academy Awards- 1993
Unforgiven- 65th Academy Awards- 1992
The Silence of the Lambs- 64th Academy Awards- 1991
Dances With Wolves- 63rd Academy Awards- 1990

1980's

Driving Miss Daisy- 62nd Academy Awards- 1989
Rain Man- 61st Academy Awards- 1988
The Last Emperor- 60th Academy Awards- 1987
Platoon- 59th Academy Awards- 1986
Out of Africa- 58th Academy Awards- 1985
Amadeus- 57th Academy Awards- 1984
Terms of Endearment- 56th Academy Awards- 1983
Gandhi- 55th Academy Awards- 1982
Chariots of Fire- 54th Academy Awards- 1981
Ordinary People- 53rd Academy Awards- 1980

1970's

Kramer vs. Kramer- 52nd Academy Awards- 1979
The Deer Hunter- 51st Academy Awards- 1978
Annie Hall- 50th Academy Awards- 1977
Rocky- 49th Academy Awards- 1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- 48th Academy Awards- 1975
The Godfather: Part II- 47th Academy Awards- 1974
The Sting- 46th Academy Awards- 1973
The Godfather- 45th Academy Awards- 1972
The French Connection- 44th Academy Awards- 1971
Patton- 43rd Academy Awards- 1970

1960's

Midnight Cowboy- 42nd Academy Awards- 1969
Oliver!- 41st Academy Awards- 1968
In the Heat of the Night- 40th Academy Awards- 1967
A Man for All Seasons- 39th Academy Awards- 1966
The Sound of Music- 38th Academy Awards- 1965
My Fair Lady- 37th Academy Awards- 1964
Tom Jones- 36th Academy Awards- 1963
Lawrence of Arabia- 35th Academy Awards- 1962
West Side Story- 34th Academy Awards- 1961
The Apartment- 33rd Academy Awards- 1960

1950's

Ben-Hur- 32nd Academy Awards- 1959
Gigi- 31st Academy Awards- 1958
The Bridge on the River Kwai- 30th Academy Awards- 1957
Around the World in 80 Days- 29th Academy Awards- 1956
Marty- 28th Academy Awards- 1955
On the Waterfront- 27th Academy Awards- 1954
From Here to Eternity- 26th Academy Awards- 1953
The Greatest Show on Earth- 25th Academy Awards- 1952
An American in Paris- 24th Academy Awards- 1951
All About Eve- 23rd Academy Awards- 1950

1940's

All the King's Men- 22nd Academy Awards- 1949
Hamlet- 21st Academy Awards- 1948
Gentleman's Agreement- 20th Academy Awards- 1947
The Best Years of Our Lives- 19th Academy Awards- 1946
The Lost Weekend- 18th Academy Awards- 1945
Going My Way- 17th Academy Awards- 1944
Casablanca- 16th Academy Awards- 1943
Mrs. Miniver- 15th Academy Awards- 1942
How Green Was My Valley- 14th Academy Awards- 1941
Rebecca- 13th Academy Awards- 1940

1930's & 1920's

Gone With the Wind- 12th Academy Awards- 1939
You Can't Take It With You- 11th Academy Awards- 1938
The Life of Emile Zola- 10th Academy Awards- 1937
The Great Ziegfeld- 9th Academy Awards- 1936
Mutiny on the Bounty- 8th Academy Awards- 1935
It Happened One Night- 7th Academy Awards- 1934
Cavalcade- 6th Academy Awards- 1932-1933*
Grand Hotel- 5th Academy Awards- 1931-1932
Cimarron- 4th Academy Awards- 1930-1931
All Quiet on the Western Front- 3rd Academy Awards- 1929-1930
The Broadway Melody- 2nd Academy Awards- 1928-1929
Wings- 1st Academy Awards- 1927-1928

*For movies released from 1927-1933, the Academy handed out awards
for the current year and the previous year.