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Oscars 2020 winners: The full list

Updated as the ceremony takes place

Jacob Stolworthy

Monday 10 February 2020 05:27 GMT

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History was made at this year's Oscars ceremony.

In an evening of surprise wins, there were an emotional acceptance speeches courtesy of Brad Pitt, Laura Dern and Joaquin Phoenix, who criticised inequality and paid tribute to his brother River Phoenix, who died in 1993.

Meanwhile, Olivia Colman had the audience in stitches before presenting Phoenix with his award.

Below is a list of all the evening's winners.

Best Picture

Le Mans ‘66/Ford v Ferrari

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit

Joker

Little Women

Marriage Story

1917

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Parasite – WINNER

Directing

Martin Scorsese – The Irishman

Todd Phillips – Joker

Sam Mendes – 1917

Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Bong Joon-ho – Parasite – WINNER

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10. Annie Hall

These days, it sometimes seems heretical to admit to an admiration for Woody Allen but his best films stand up as well as ever. Annie Hall offers the New York based comedian’s familiar angst and also has a superlative performance from Diane Keaton as the free spirited, preppy heroine he falls in love with.

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9. The Best Years of our Lives

William Wyler’s film about three veterans coming home at the end of the war still has a huge emotional kick. They’re from different classes and backgrounds but struggle terribly to readjust to civilian life. Some accuse the film of being pious and self-righteous but it deals frankly and very movingly with both the soldiers’ problems and those of their families and friends in understanding them. It won its best picture Oscar in the year in which It’s a Wonderful Life was also nominated.

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8. An American in Paris

The best MGM musicals showed extraordinary artistry. This is one of the greatest. It’s not just the choreography or Gene Kelly’s wildly energetic performance as the aspiring artist in postwar Paris but the use of colour and sound. The ballet sequence at the end of the film stands alongside that in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes as a perfect example of filmmaking in which every element balances perfectly.

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7. Casablanca

Producer Hal Wallis at Warner Bros had a knack for overseeing films that were both mainstream and had a social conscience. Not only did Casablanca have Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains, but it also dealt with refugees, betrayal and wartime politics. The script by Julius and Philip G Epstein provided lines of dialogue about gin joints, rounding up the usual suspects and playing “As Time Goes By” that are still quoted today. Few other best picture winners are as engrained in the public consciousness as Casablanca.

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6. On the Waterfront

Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront can be read as the director’s attempt at justifying his own craven behaviour, naming names in front of the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities, during the communist witch hunts. Its politics are complicated and contradictory. It is also magnificently acted. Marlon Brando gives arguably his greatest performance of all as Terry Molloy, the dockworker and pigeon fancier who could have been a contender in life and in the boxing ring if only his brother had stood by him when he needed him most.

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5. Lawrence of Arabia

Easy to dismiss as a jingoistic widescreen epic, David Lean’s film about TE Lawrence makes astonishing viewing seen in 70mm. It also offers a probing and subtle portrayal of Lawrence (Peter O’Toole), the masochist who is both the quintessential English hero and the quintessential English outsider.

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4. All About Eve

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s drama about a young actress on the make and the established star whose career she wants to usurp boasts some of the most caustic dialogue in any Hollywood best picture winner. The brilliance of Bette Davis as the star and of Anne Baxter as the seemingly ingenuous but utterly ruthless young pretender is matched by George Sanders’ wonderfully acidic performance as the theatre critic, Addison DeWitt.

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3. The Godfather Part II

Still the greatest sequel in Hollywood history, this film emulated its predecessor The Godfather, in winning the best picture Oscar and out-stripped it in the brilliance of its craftsmanship and performances. Everything here, from Gordon Willis’s cinematography to the parallel stories of Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone as the crime family boss in the late Fifties and Robert De Niro as his father Vito many years before, works near perfectly. The rival Best Picture nominees in 1974 included Lenny, Chinatown and The Conversation (also directed by Francis Ford Coppola). All would have been worthy winners in other years.

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2. Unforgiven

The western was considered an anachronism and so was Clint Eastwood himself when Eastwood made his blood soaked masterpiece. Eastwood played Will Munny, first encountered as a farmer and family man. Gradually, we learn about his past as a gunman. “I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another, and I'm here to kill you, Little Bill,” he tells old rival Gene Hackman. This brutal and elegiac film was always a shoo-in for its Oscar.

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1. The Apartment

Only Billy Wilder could have made a romantic comedy based around infidelity, drudgery and office politics and turned it into a film as delightful as this. Academy voters are sometimes accused of self-righteousness and prudery, but thankfully that didn’t stop them giving the best picture Oscar to The Apartment.

Rex Features

Leading Actor

Antonio Banderas – Pain & Glory

Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Adam Driver – Marriage Story

Joaquin Phoenix – Joker – WINNER

Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes

Leading Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Harriet

Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story

Saoirse Ronan – Little Women

Charlize Theron – Bombshell

Renée Zellweger – Judy – WINNER

Supporting Actor

Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood

Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes

Al Pacino – The Irishman

Joe Pesci – The Irishman

Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – WINNER

Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell

Laura Dern - Marriage Story – WINNER

Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit

Florence Pugh – Little Women

Margot Robbie – Bombshell

Adapted Screenplay

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit – WINNER

Joker

Little Women

The Two Popes

Original Screenplay

Knives Out

Marriage Story

1917

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Parasite – WINNER

Costume Design

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit

Joker

Little Women – WINNER

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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Sound Mixing

Ad Astra

Joker

Le Mans ‘66

1917 – WINNER

Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood

Sound Editing

Le Mans ‘66/Ford V Ferrari – WINNER

Joker

1917

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Original Score

Joker – WINNER

Little Women

Marriage Story

1917

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Animated Short

Dcera (Daughter)

Hair Love – WINNER

Kitbull

Memorable

Sister

Live Action Short

Brotherhood

Nefta Football Club

The Neighbour’s Window – WINNER

Saria

A Sister

Documentary Feature

American Factory – WINNER

The Cave

The Age of Democracy

For Sama

Honeyland

Documentary Short

In The Absence

Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone (If You’re A Girl) – WINNER

Life Overtakes Me

St Louis Superman

Walk Run Cha-Cha

International Feature

Corpus Christi (Poland)

Honeyland (North Macedonia)

Les Misérables (France)

Pain & Glory (Spain)

Parasite (South Korea) – WINNER

Production Design

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit

1917

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – WINNER

Parasite

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Scroll through for every single Best Picture winner there has ever been

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Wings (1928)

The realistic air-combat sequences – a benchmark for all future aviation scenes – set this film apart from the competition at the very first Academy Awards ceremony (the category was then named Best Picture Production).

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Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

The Broadway Melody (1929)

This was the first "talkie" to win the main prize. It follows a pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit who try to make it big on Broadway.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

One of the most harrowing accounts of WWI, All Quiet on the Western Front was the first Best Picture winner to win Best Director too (Lewis Milestone accepted the trophy).

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Cimarron (1931)

Westerns don't usually win the main prize at the Oscars, but Cimarron proves a rare exception.

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Grand Hotel (1932)

Grand Hotel, starring Joan Crawford and John Barrymore, is the only Best Picture winner that received no nominations in any other category.

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Cavalcade (1933)

This film presents a view of English life during the first quarter of the 20th century from New Year's Eve 1899 to New Year's Day 1933, from the point of view of well-to-do London residents Jane and Robert Marryot (Diana Wynward and Clive Brook).

Fox Film Corporation

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It Happened One Night (1934)

The first of three films to win in all the five main categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay) alongside One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs.

Columbia Pictures

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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Another win for Cavalcade director Frank Lloyd that inspired the creation of the Best Supporting Actor category after three of its lead stars – Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone – were nominated for Best Actor. Interestingly, they were all beaten by Victor McLaglen for The Informer.

Warner Bros

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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

This lavish and extremely lengthy MGM production remains a standard in musical filmmaking, even if critics have fallen out of love with it over the years.

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The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Paul Muni failed to win the Best Actor trophy for his portrayal of French playwright Émile Zola, but the film took home Best Picture beating out the likes of The Awful Truth and A Star Is Born.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

It Happened One Night filmmaker Frank Capra's third Best Director win came with his second victory in the Best Picture category.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Gone with the Wind (1939)

One of the most successful films of all time, Gone with the Wind swept the board at the Oscars, winning 10 out of 13 nominations.

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Rebecca (1940)

Alfred Hitchcock's first American film, an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic drama, won Best Picture, but failed to win any awards in any of the acting, writing or director category – one of the only instances in Oscar history.

United Artists

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How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Otherwise known as: the film that beat Citizen Kane. It's also said to be future Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood's favourite film.

20th Century Fox

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Mrs Miniver (1942)

This drama, depicting the life of an unassuming British housewife (Greer Garson) in rural England during World War II, won six Oscars in total.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Casablanca (1943)

After almost missing out on a nomination due to a technicality, Casablanca went on to win three Oscars, including Best Director for Michael Curtiz.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Going My Way (1944)

Leo McCarey's collaboration with Bing Crosby wasn't just the biggest hit at the 1944 box office, but a ten-time Oscar nominee that marked a first: a Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nomination - for the same actor (Barry Fitzgerald).

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The Lost Weekend (1945)

This drama, following Ray Milland's alcoholic writer, was the talk of the 1946 ceremony, winning four trophies in total.

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

This war drama was the talk of Hollywood after winning nine Oscars, including two for veteran and non-professional actor Harold Russell, who remains the only person to have won two awards (Best Supporting Actor and an honorary trophy) for the same role.

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Gentlemen’s Agreement (1947)

Controversial in its time, Gentlemen's Agreement follows a journalist (Gregory Peck) who poses as a Jew to research an exposé on the widespread distrust and dislike of Jews in New York City. It won three of the five Oscars it was nominated for.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Hamlet (1948)

Hamlet stands tall as one of the most successful Shakespearean adaptations at the Oscars, as well as the first British film to win Best Picture.

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All the King’s Men (1949)

This adaptation of the Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name starred Broderick Crawford as the ambitious and occasionally ruthless politician, Willie Stark.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

All About Eve (1950)

This Best Picture winner won six Oscars, but left lead stars Bette Davis and Anne Baxter – both nominated for Best Actress – empty-handed.

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An American in Paris (1951)

Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron lead this musical version of George Gershwin's orchestral composition that won six Oscars in all.

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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Many consider this film to be one of the worst Best Picture winners in Oscar history, and was the last victor to win fewer than three trophies until Spotlight in 2016. Many believe it beat its competitors as it was a chance to honour Cecil B DeMille whose films had failed the main prize.

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From Here to Eternity (1953)

Fred Zinneman's romantic drama took home an impressive eight out of 13 nominations, including a Best Supporting Actor win for Frank Sinatra.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

On the Waterfront (1954)

Marlon Brando won his first Oscar in this Best Picture winner from Elia Kazan.

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Marty (1955)

Marty – starring Best Actor victor Ernest Borgnine – was also the fourth American release to win the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

The adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel won five Oscars, beat out a particularly tough category that included epics The Ten Commandments, Giant and The King and I.

United Artists

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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The 30th Oscars ceremony awarded David Lean's epic war film that saw Alec Guinness take home Best Actor.

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Gigi (1958)

Leslie Caron fronted classic MGM musical Gigi, which won nine Oscars – a record for just one year.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur is the first of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards (see also: Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). It was nominated 12 times, losing only to Room at the Top in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

TCM

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The Apartment (1960)

One of the last black-and-white Oscar winners as Hollywood moved towards colour in films a matter of years after The Apartment's release. The most recent black-and-white films to win Best Picture are Schindler's List and The Artist.

United Artists

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West Side Story (1961)

This film, from directors Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, holds the record for most wins for a musical (10 out of 11 nominations).

United Artists

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

David Lean's next film following The Bridge on the River Kwai earned him yet another Best Picture and Best Director Oscar win.

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Tom Jones (1963)

None of the producers of adventure-comedy film Tom Jones showed up to accept the trophy, which is now in possession of Albert Finney.

United Artists

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My Fair Lady (1964)

Eight-time Oscar winning My Fair Lady is considered one of the greatest musicals to this day.

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The Sound of Music (1965)

It's hard to believe that Julie Andrews didn't win for her lead role in The Sound of Music, but it did take home the Best Picture trophy in 1965.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

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A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Oscar favourite Fred Zinneman (From Here to Eternity) was the talk of the town after his film about the final year of Sir Thomas More walked away with six awards.

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Oliver! (1968)

No U-certificate film has won Best Picture since Oliver! – the last musical to do so since Chicago in 2002.

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Midnight Cowboy (1969)

On the flip-side, Midnight Cowboy became the first and last X-rated film to win Best Picture (the classification no longer exists).

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Patton (1970)

Seven-time Oscar-winning film Patton made headlines when George C Scott refused to accept his Best Actor trophy due to a dislike of the voting process.

20th Century Fox

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

The French Connection (1971)

Two years after the US introduced its age certificate system, the first R-rated film scooped Best Picture.

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The Godfather (1972)

The highest-grossing film of 1972 was also the year's biggest Oscar winner, even though both Marlon Brando and Al Pacino boycotted the ceremony (the former won Best Actor and sent American Indian Rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather in his place).

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The Sting (1973)

The Sting won seven out of its 10 Oscar nominations, with Julia Phillips becoming the first female producer to be nominated for and to win Best Picture.

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Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

The Godfather Part II (1974)

The first and second sequel to have won Best Picture to date (see also; The Return of the King.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Only three films have won an Academy Award in the five top categories, and this is one of them. It beat out fierce competition from Jaws, Barry Lyndon, Nashville and Dog Day Afternoon.

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Rocky (1976)

Rocky became a sleeper hit at both the box office and the Academy Awards after receiving 10 nominations and winning three.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios

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Annie Hall (1977)

Annie Hall beat Star Wars to Oscars glory at the 50th edition of the ceremony.

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Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

The Deer Hunter (1978)

This Best Picture winner also marked the first ever nomination for Meryl Streep who is currently the most nominated actor in Oscars history.

Universal

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Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

Another Meryl Streep nomination followed for Kramer vs Kramer, which won five trophies in total.

Columbia Pictures

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Ordinary People (1980)

Robert Redford's tear-jerking drama beat out hot favourite Raging Bull to the main prize.

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Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Chariots of Fire (1981)

The Brits found glory when Chariots of Fire won Best Picture and three other awards.

Enigma Productions

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Gandhi (1982)

Richard Attenborough's epic historical drama received several trophies – and beat Steven Spielberg's E.T. to the top prize.

Columbia Pictures

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Terms of Endearment (1983)

Terms of Endearment slipped through the cracks and won five Oscars from its impressive 11 nominations.

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Amadeus (1984)

Miloš Forman's lengthy fictionalised tale of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart rightly won the main prize and is one of the few films to have two nominations in the Best Actor category (Tom Hulce and F Murray Abraham).

Warner Bros

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Out of Africa (1985)

Director Sydney Pollack's Best Picture winner saw Meryl Streep receive yet another nomination.

Universal Pictures

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Platoon (1986)

This Vietnam drama is the only film to have won Oliver Stone a Best Director Oscar (he also won Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Express almost 10 years before.

Orion Pictures

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The Last Emperor (1987)

Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film about the life of Chinese Emperor Puyi won out in what was a rather eclectic range of Best Picture nominees (Fatal Attraction, Moonstruck). It won all nine Oscars it was nominated for.

Columbia Pictures

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Rain Man (1988)

Yet another Best Picture winner that was the highest-grossing film of that year.

United Artists

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

The only film based on an off-Broadway production ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, and the first actor since Grand Hotel to not earn a nomination for its director (this would be repeated with Ben Affleck's Argo).

Warner Bros

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Dances with Wolves (1990)

Kevin Costner's film became the first Western to win Best Picture since Cimarron in 1931.

Orion Pictures

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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Silence of the Lambs is considered to be the only horror film that has ever won Best Picture – and is also the third of three films to take home trophies in the five main categories.

Orion Pictures

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Unforgiven (1992)

Clint Eastwood capitalised on Dances With Wolves' win a few years before by steering this Western to Oscars glory.

Warner Bros

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Schindler's List (1993)

Steven Spielberg's acclaimed drama failed to win any acting awards but took home seven Oscars in total, including the coveted Best Picture prize.

Universal Studios

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Forrest Gump (1994)

Tom Hanks's first Oscar win came with Robert Zemeckis's Best Picture winner. Hanks would win the next year also for Philadelphia.

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Braveheart (1995)

Braveheart was considered an outside bet until it won Best Film – Drama at the Golden Globes the month before the Oscars were due to take place. Sure enough, it won the main prize.

20th Century Fox

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

The English Patient (1996)

This major award-winner took home nine out of 12 nominations.

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Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Titanic (1997)

Titanic is one of the most successful films in Oscars history. It tied All About Eve for the Oscar nominations (14) and won 11, tying with Ben-Hur.

20th Century Fox

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Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Shakespeare in Love won seven of its 13 nominations.

Universal Pictures

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American Beauty (1999)

Sam Mendes's drama may have not been considered an immediate favourite, but one tactical DreamWorks campaign later and it went home with four five Oscars.

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Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Gladiator (2000)

The second highest-grossing film of 2000 went on to win five Oscars.

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A Beautiful Mind (2001)

This drama, based on the life of Nobel Laureate John Nash (Russell Crowe), was a surprise winner at this year's ceremony.

Dreamworks & Universal Pictures

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Chicago (2002)

Chicago was the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! in 1968.

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Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

The second sequel to win Best Picture won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for, and holds the record for the highest clean sweep in Oscars history.

New Line Productions

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Million Dollar Baby (2004)

This Best Picture winner scored Clint Eastwood his second directing Oscar after Unforgiven.

Warner Bros

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Crash (2005)

Crash was the first Best Picture winner since Rocky (1976) to win only three Oscars.

Lionsgate Films

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The Departed (2006)

The first and last Martin Scorsese film to win Best Picture (it also won him a belated Director Oscar).

Warner Bros

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No Country for Old Men (2007)

It was No Country for Old Men vs There Will Be Blood in one of the greatest Oscar races on record. It was the Coen brothers's crime thriller that reigned supreme.

Miramax Films

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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Danny Boyle's sleeper hit Slumdog Millionaire became an Oscars success story, winning eight trophies in total.

Warner Bros

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

The Hurt Locker (2009)

One of the lowest-grossing films to ever win the main prize, The Hurt Locker also marked the first Best Picture winner by a female director (Kathryn Bigelow). This was also the first time the Best Picture nomination count went above five for the first time since 1943.

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The King's Speech (2010)

Many thought The Social Network could reign supreme over The King's Speech, but they were wrong - Tom Hooper's historical drama won four Oscars.

Momentum Pictures

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The Artist (2011)

The first fully black-and-white film to win since The Apartment Schindler's List had moments of colour), this film was also the first French-produced film to ever win the top prize.

Weinstein Company

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Argo (2012)

Argo was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won three – although lead star and director was, in the words of Bradley Cooper, "robbed" of a Best Director nomination.

Warner Bros

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12 Years a Slave (2013)

Steve McQueen's film was considered one of the best of the year, and its three Oscar wins reflected this. It made McQueen the first black British producer to ever receive the award.

Lionsgate

Oscars: Every single film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Birdman (2014)

Michael Keaton may have missed out on Best Actor, but Birdman won the main prize.

Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Spotlight (2015)

Spotlight was the first Best Picture winner to win fewer than three Academy Awards since The Greatest Show on Earth in 1953

Open Road Films

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Moonlight (2016)

Barry Jenkins's drama became the first film with an all-black cast, the first LGBTQ film and the second-lowest-grossing film domestically (behind The Hurt Locker) to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

A24

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The Shape of Water (2017)

Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water is the second fantasy film to win Best Picture alongside The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

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Film Editing

Le Mans ‘66/Ford v Ferrari – WINNER

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit

Joker

Parasite

Cinematography

The Irishman

Joker

The Lighthouse

1917 – WINNER

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Visual Effects

Avengers: Endgame

The Irishman

The Lion King

1917 – WINNER

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Makeup and Hairstyling

Bombshell – WINNER

Joker

Judy

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

1917

Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

I Lost My Body

Klaus

Missing Link

Toy Story 4 – WINNER

Original Song

“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” – Toy Story 4

“I’m Gonna Love Me Again” – Rocketman – WINNER

“I’m Standing With You” – Breakthrough

“Into the Unknown” – Frozen II

“Stand Up” – Harriet

The Academy Awards will take place on 9 February.

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