Many of the best movies made are recognized by industry awards such as the Oscars. OnlineMovies.us has a full listing of those “Best Picture” award winning movies posted here for your convenience.
Pick one or more of these classics from the list and watch them online or rent a DVD for in home use. See if you can tell why the winning films captured the hearts and minds of audiences at the time and if they still do.
2000-2009 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
2009 -
2008 – Slumdog Millionaire
2007 – No Country for Old Men
2006 – The Departed
2005 – Crash
2004 – Million Dollar Baby
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002 – Chicago
2001 – A Beautiful Mind
2000 – Gladiator
1990-1999 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
1999 – American Beauty
1998 – Shakespeare in Love
1997 – Titanic
1996 – The English Patient
1995 – Braveheart
1994 – Forrest Gump
1993 – Schindler’s List
1992 – Unforgiven
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs
1990 – Dances With Wolves
1980-1989 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
1989 – Driving Miss Daisy
1988 – Rain Man
1987 – The Last Emperor
1986 – Platoon
1985 – Out of Africa
1984 – Amadeus
1983 – Terms of Endearment
1982 – Gandhi
1981 – Chariots of Fire
1980 – Ordinary People
1970-1979 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
1979 – Kramer vs. Kramer
1978 – The Deer Hunter
1977 – Annie Hall
1976 – Rocky
1975 – One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1974 – The Godfather Part II
1973 – The Sting
1972 – The Godfather
1971 – The French Connection
1970 – Patton
1960-1969 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
1969 – Midnight Cowboy
1968 – Oliver!
1967 – In the Heat of the Night
1966 – A Man for All Seasons
1965 – The Sound of Music
1964 – My Fair Lady
1963 – Tom Jones
1962 – Lawrence of Arabia
1961 – West Side Story
1960 – The Apartment
1950-1959 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
1959 – Ben-Hur
1958 – Gigi
1957 – The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956 – Around the World in 80 Days
1955 – Marty
1954 – On the Waterfront
1953 – From Here to Eternity
1952 – The Greatest Show on Earth
1951 – An American in Paris
1950 – All about Eve
1940-1949 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
1949 – All the King’s Men
1948 – Hamlet
1947 – Gentleman’s Agreement
1946 – The Best Years of Our Lives
1945 – The Lost Weekend
1944 – Going My Way
1943 – Casablanca
1942 – Mrs. Miniver
1941 – How Green Was My Valley
1940 – Rebecca
1930-1939 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
1939 – Gone with the Wind
1938 – You Can’t Take It with You
1937 – The Life of Emile Zola
1936 – The Great Ziegfeld
1935 – Mutiny on the Bounty
1934 – It Happened One Night
1933 – Cavalcade
1932 – Grand Hotel
1931 – Cimarron
1930 – All Quiet on the Western Front
1927-1929 Oscar Winning Movies – Best Picture
1929 – The Broadway Melody
1928 – Paramount Famous Lasky
Oscar trivia about the Academy Awards
What film won the most Oscars without winning best picture? “Cabaret” won eight Oscars, but lost best picture to “The Godfather” in 1973.
Redford & Newman in Oscar Winning Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
So here’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, one of those movies where everything clicks into place like a tumbler in a lock. William Goldman’s Oscar-winning screenplay is tight and effortless; Robert Redford and Paul Newman do it all.
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