As we approach the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, Deadline looks back at every film that took home Best Picture Oscar since 1929.
Scroll through the gallery below to see them all.
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‘Oppenheimer’ — 2024
Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss and Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ — 2023
From left, Michelle Yeoh and Jing Li.
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2022 – CODA
CODA, Troy Kotsur, 2021. © Apple TV+ / Courtesy Everett Collection
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2021 – Nomadland
Frances McDormand in ‘Nomadland’
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2020 – Parasite
Parasite
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2019 – Green Book
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Mahershala Ali as Dr. Donald Shirley
‘Green Book’ Film – 2018
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. -
2018 – The Shape of Water
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2017 – Moonlight
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2016 – Spotlight
Spotlight
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2015 – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
“Birdman”
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2014 – 12 Years a Slave
12 Years A Slave
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2013 – Argo
Warner Bros.
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2012 – The Artist
The Weinstein Company
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2011 – The King’s Speech
The Weinstein Company
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2010 – The Hurt Locker
Summit Entertainment
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2009 – Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire
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2008 – No Country For Old Men
Paramount Pictures
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2007 – The Departed
Warner Bros.
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2006 – Crash
Lionsgate
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2005 – Million Dollar Baby
Warner Bros.
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2004 – Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
New Line Cinema
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2003 – Chicago
Miramax
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2002 – A Beautiful Mind
Universal Pictures
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2001 – Gladiator
DreamWorks
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2000 – American Beauty
Dreamworks
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1999 – Shakespeare In Love
“Shakespeare In Love”
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1998 – Titanic
Paramount Pictures
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1997 – The English Patient
Miramax
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1996 – Braveheart
Paramount Pictures
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1995 – Forrest Gump
Paramount Pictures
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1994 – Schindler’s List
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1993 – Unforgiven
Warner Bros.
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1992 – The Silence Of The Lambs
Orion Pictures
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1991 – Dances With Wolves
Orion Pictures
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1990 – Driving Miss Daisy
Warner Bros.
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1989 – Rain Man
Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.
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1988 – The Last Emperor 1987
Richard Vuu
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1987 – Platoon
Willem Dafoe
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1986 – Out Of Africa
Michael Kitchen, Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
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1985 – Amadeus
Tom Hulce
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1984 – Terms Of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson.
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1983 – Gandhi
Ben Kingsley and Ian Charleson.
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1982 – Chariots of Fire
Ian Charleson
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1981 – Ordinary People
Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore.
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1980 – Kramer Vs. Kramer
Justin Henry, Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman.
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1979 – The Deer Hunter
Robert De Niro and John Savage.
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1978 – Annie Hall
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
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1977 – Rocky
Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers.
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1976 – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Jack Nicholson
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1975 – The Godfather: Part II
Al Pacino
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1974 – The Sting
Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
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1973 – The GodfatherTHE GODFATHER
Al Pacino
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1972 – The French Connection
Gene Hackman
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1971 – Patton
George C. Scott
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1970 – Midnight Cowboy
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman.
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1969 – Oliver!
Mark Lester
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1968 – In The Heat of The Night
Lee Grant and Sidney Poitier.
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1967 – A Man For All Seasons
Robert Shaw, Corin Redgrave, Susannah York, Paul Scofield and Wendy Hiller.
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1966 – The Sound Of Music
Julie Andrews
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1965 – My Fair Lady
Rex Harrison (back left), Audrey Hepburn (center of frame), Jeremy Brett (front right).
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1964 – Tom Jones
Susannah York and Albert Finney.
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1963 – Lawrence of Arabia
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, 1962
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1962 – West Side Story
WEST SIDE STORY, 1961
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1961 – The Apartment
Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon.
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1960 – Ben-Hur
Charlton Heston
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1959 – Gigi
Leslie Caron
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1958 – The Bridge On The River Kwai
Alec Guinness, William Holden and Jack Hawkins.
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1957 – Around The World In 80 Days
Cantinflas and David Niven
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1956 – Marty
Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair.
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1955 – On The Waterfront
Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando.
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1954 – From Here To Eternity
Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster.
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1953 – The Greatest Show On Earth
Charlton Heston (front), rear from left: James Stewart and Betty Hutton.
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1952 – An American In Paris
Gene Kelly
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1951 – All About Eve
Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Anne Baxter and George Sanders.
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1950 – All The King’s Men
Anne Seymour, Ralph Dumke, Richard Hale, John Ireland, Broderick Crawford and Walter Burke.
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1949 – Hamlet
Laurence Olivier
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1948 – Gentleman’s Agreement
Anne Revere and Gregory Peck.
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1947 – The Best Years Of Our Lives
Myrna Loy and Fredric March.
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1946 – The Lost Weekend
Ray Milland and Doris Dowling.
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1945 – Going My Way
Bing Crosby, Rise Stevens and Fortunio Bonanova.
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1944 – Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
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1943 – Mrs. Miniver
Teresa Wright and Richard Ney.
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1942 – How Green Was My Valley
Walter Pidgeon and Roddy McDowall.
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1941 – Rebecca
Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson.
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1940 – Gone With The Wind
Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel.
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1939 – You Can’t Take It With You
Ann Miller and Mischa Auer.
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1938 – The Life Of Emile Zola
Paul Muni and Gloria Holden.
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1937 – The Great Ziegfeld
William Powell and Myrna Loy.
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1936 – Mutiny On The Bounty
Movita and Franchot Tone.
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1935 – It Happened One Night
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
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1934 – Cavalcade
Beryl Mercer, Tempe Pigott, Merle Tottenham and Una O’Connor.
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1933 – Grandhotel
John Barrymore and Greta Garbo.
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1932 – Cimarron
Richard Dix and Irene Dunne.
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1931 All Quiet On The Western Front
Ben Alexander, Lew Ayres and Louis Wolheim.
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1930 – The Broadway Melody
Anita Page, Bessie Love and Charles King.
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1929 – Wings
Richard Arlen, Charles Buddy Rogers and Clara Bow.
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