2010s
This film marked Guillermo Del Toro's first Oscar win for Best Direction.
What is The Shape of Water?
Jack Nicholson was nominated, but did not win, for his portrayal of Frank Costello in this Boston-based Best Picture winner.
What is The Departed?
James Cameron was "king of the world" for this blockbuster.
What is Titanic?
This biopic film tells the story of Mozart.
What is Amadeus?
Sylvester Stallone famously portrayed the Italian Stallion in this Philadelphia-based film.
What is Rocky?
The first "non-English-language" winner for Best Picture went to this film.
What is Parasite?
Clint Eastwood directed this film about a female boxer.
What is Million Dollar Baby?
Mel Gibson directed and starred in this historical drama set in Scotland.
What is Braveheart?
This Best Picture winner paired Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman as improbable brothers.
What is Rain Man?
These two films are the only original and sequel to win Best Picture Oscars.
What are The Godfather and The Godfather II?
This film takes place during the 1979 Iranian Revolution
What is Argo?
This film features Javier Bardem as a psychopathic killer with a really funny bowl haircut.
What is No Country for Old Men?
This Best Picture winner kickstarted the successful career of Alan Ball (Six Feet Under and True Blood)
What is American Beauty?
This Vietnam War film starred Charlie Sheen and was directed by Oliver Stone.
What is Platoon?
Paul Newman and Robert Redford reunited for this ragtime classic.
What is The Sting?
What is the Alternate Title/Tagline for 2014's Birdman?
What is: (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
This was the first musical to win Best Picture since 1968's Oliver.
What is Chicago?
This Elizabethan-set film raised some eyebrows when it beat out Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture.
What is Shakespeare in Love?
Christian Bale starred as a young boy in this epic film by Bernardo Bertolucci.
What is The Last Emperor?
Jack Nicholson won his first acting academy award in this Best Picture winner which was actually produced by a young Michael Douglas.
What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
La La Land was infamously wrongly introduced as Best Picture winner when the award actually went to this film.
What is Moonlight?
Russell Crowe starred in these back-to-back Best Picture winners in the early 2000s.
What are Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind?
This film spawned a successful chain of fried seafood restaurants.
What is Forrest Gump?
This film starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton explored the topic of suicide.
What is Ordinary People?
George C. Scott famously refused his Oscar for best actor in this Best Picture war film.
What is Patton?