Best Picture
This classic war film has us looking at you, kid.
What is Casablanca?
Anthony Hopkins gave a terrifying performance as this psychologist/serial killer, which is impressive considering he only had 24 minutes of screen time.
Who is Dr. Hannibal Lecter?
Hoyte von Hoytema earned the Oscar for Best Cinematography for his explosive contributions to this biopic directed by Christopher Nolan.
What is Oppenheimer?
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the wrong envelope when announcing the Best Picture winner at the 89th Academy Awards, and the award almost went to La La Land instead of this Miami-based drama directed by Barry Jenkins.
What is Moonlight?
This horror fantasy film starring Michael B. Jordan as a pair of con artist twins fighting off vampires made headlines with a whopping 16 Oscar nominations.
What is Sinners?
To date, this sequel is the only fantasy film to win the award.
What is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?
Cate Blanchett won Best Supporting Actress for portraying this other 4-time Oscar winning actress in The Aviator.
Who is Katharine Hepburn?
This composer had one of the shortest walks to the stage to collect his Oscar for Jaws because he was conducting the orchestra that night.
Who is John Williams?
This master of suspense never won Best Director despite being nominated 5 separate times for films like Rebecca, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Rear Window, and Psycho.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
What is Anora?
Kevin Costner starred in, and directed, this classic Civil War drama, becoming the first Western film to win Best Picture in 60 years.
What is Dances with Wolves?
Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro form a very small group in which they are the only two actors to win an Oscar for playing the same role as this proud, but vicious, patriarch.
Who is Vito Corleone?
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen won an Best Original Song for this AIDS related drama starring Tom Hanks.
What is Philadelphia?
Adam Sandler gave an astonishing performance as a jewelry salesman with a massive gambling addiction in this film, but Academy Awards chose not to nominate him.
What is Uncut Gems?
Patty Duke, upon winning Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker, kept her acceptance speech very short by saying this gratuitous two-word phrase.
What is "thank you?"
Leonardo DiCaprio has starred in a number of Best Picture winners, including the one in which he plays a washed-up revolutionary in this Paul Thomas Anderson film.
What is One Battle After Another?
This actress has an astonishing record of going 3 for 3 Best Actress wins for the films Fargo, Nomadland, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Who is Frances McDormand?
This Wallace and Gromit feature was the first stop motion film to win Best Animated Feature.
What is The Curse of the Were-Rabbit?
It was arguably one of the greatest films of all time, nominated for 10 Oscars. But this John Ford flick, about a Welsh mining town undergoing 20th century changes, defeated Citizen Kane for Best Picture.
What is How Green Was My Valley?
The most nominations without a single win, 11, goes to 1977's The Turning Point and this 1985 period drama directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg.
What is The Color Purple?
Martin Scorsese directed cinematic masterpieces like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas. But this Best Picture winner, set in Boston, finally gave him the honor he deserved for Best Director.
Hattie McDaniel became the first black actor to win an Oscar for her performance in Gone with the Wind, defeating this costar for Best Supporting Actress.
Who is Olivia de Havilland?
The streaming giant Netflix won its first Oscar for this short documentary about the Syrian Civil Defense volunteers working rescue missions in warzones like Aleppo.
What is The White Helmets?
The late Chadwick Boseman lost his only acting nomination, for his performance in this Netflix-produced musical drama, to Anthony Hopkins in The Father.
What is Ma Rainey's Black Bottom?
Harold Russell is the only actor to win 2 Oscars for the SAME role in the SAME movie, this Best Picture winner about World War II soldiers struggling to readjust to civilian life.
What is The Best Years of Our Lives?