Academy Awards

Best Picture Winners
(1928/29 to 2022)


Ranked
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BEST PICTURE WINNERS
(*Ranked by USA Today in 2023)

Film
Rank
Year of
Award
Best Picture
Academy Award Winner
Director
Noms
and
Wins





1
1972
The Godfather Francis Ford Coppola
10 Noms 3 Wins
2
1943
Casablanca Michael Curtiz
8 Noms 3 Wins
3
1993
Schindler's List Steven Spielberg
12 Noms 7 Wins
4
1954
On The Waterfront Elia Kazan
12 Noms 8 Wins
5
1950
All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz
14 Noms 6 Wins
6
1984
Amadeus Milos Forman
11 Noms 8 Wins
7
1971
The French Connection William Friedkin
8 Noms 5 Wins
8
1991
The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme
7 Noms 5 Wins
9
1974
The Godfather, Part II Francis Ford Coppola
11 Noms 6 Wins
10
1975
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Milos Forman
9 Noms 5 Wins
11
1962
Lawrence of Arabia David Lean
10 Noms 7 Wins
12
2019
Parasite Bong Joon Ho
6 Noms 4 Wins
13
2016
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
8 Noms 3 Wins
14
1939
Gone With The Wind Victor Fleming
13 Noms 8 Wins
15
1961
West Side Story Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
11 Noms 10 Wins
16
2015
Spotlight Tom McCarthy
6 Noms 2 Wins
17
1929-30
All Quiet on the Western Front Lewis Milestone
4 Noms 2 Wins
18
1934
It Happened One Night Frank Capra
5 Noms 5 Wins
19
1976
Rocky John G. Avildsen
9 Noms 3 Wins
20
1935
The Apartment Billy Wilder
10 Noms 5 Wins
21
1953
From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann
13 Noms 8 Wins
22
2002
Chicago Rob Marshall
13 Noms 6 Wins
23
2013
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
9 Noms 3 Wins
24
1964
My Fair Lady George Cukor

12 Noms 8 Wins

25
2006
The Departed Martin Scorsese
5 Noms 4 Wins
26
1967
In the Heat of the Night Norman Jewison

7 Noms 5 Wins

27
2000
Gladiator Ridley Scott
12 Noms 5 Wins
28
1992
Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
9 Noms 4 Wins
29
1959
Ben-Hur William Wyler
12 Noms 11 Wins
30
1973
The Sting George Roy Hill
10 Noms 7 Wins
31
1977
Annie Hall Woody Allen
5 Noms 4 Wins
32
1997
Titanic James Cameron
14 Noms 11 Wins
33
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton
9 Noms 5 Wins
34
2021
CODA Sian Heder
3 Noms 3 Wins
35
1986
Platoon Oliver Stone
8 Noms 4 Wins
36
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
11 Noms 7 Wins
37
1948
Hamlet Laurence Olivier
6 Noms 4 Wins
38
1969
Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger
7 Noms 3 Wins
39
2007
No Country For Old Men Joel and Ethan Coen
8 Noms 4 Wins
40
1970
Patton Franklin J. Schaffner
10 Noms 7 Wins
41
1940
Rebecca Alfred Hitchcock
11 Noms 2 Wins
42
2014
Birdman Alejandro González Iñárritu
9 Noms 4 Wins
43
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson
11 Noms 11 Wins
44
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty Frank Lloyd
8 Noms 1 Win
45
2011
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
10 Noms 5 Wins
46
1965
The Sound of Music Robert Wise
10 Noms 5 Wins
47
1982
Gandhi Richard Attenborough
11 Noms 8 Wins
48
1988
Rain Man Barry Levinson
8 Noms 4 Wins
49
2017
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro
13 Noms 4 Wins
50
1987
The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci
9 Noms 9 Wins
51
2001
A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard
8 Noms 4 Wins
52
1966
A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann
8 Noms 6 Wins
53
1949
All the King's Men Robert Rossen
7 Noms 3 Wins
54
1937
The Life of Emile Zola William Dieterle
9 Noms 3 Wins
55
1990
Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner
12 Noms 7 Wins
56
1927-28
Wings (Best Production)
Sunrise (Unique and Artistic Picture)
William Wellman
F. W. Murnau
2 Noms 2 Wins
4 Noms 3 Wins
57
1957
The Bridge On The River Kwai David Lean
8 Noms 7 Wins
58
2010
The King's Speech Tom Hooper
12 Noms 4 Wins
59
1942
Mrs. Miniver William Wyler
12 Noms 5 Wins
60
1951
An American In Paris Vincente Minnelli
8 Noms 6 Wins
61
1980
Ordinary People Robert Redford
6 Noms 4 Wins
62
1995
Braveheart Mel Gibson
10 Noms 5 Wins
63
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler
8 Noms 7 Wins
64
1968
Oliver! Carol Reed
11 Noms 5 Wins
65
1978
The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino
9 Noms 5 Wins
66
2012
Argo Ben Affleck
7 Noms 3 Wins
67
1944
Going My Way Leo McCarey
10 Noms 7 Wins
68
2020
Nomadland Chloe Zhao
6 Noms 3 Wins
69
1938
You Can't Take It With You Frank Capra
7 Noms 2 Wins
70
1958
Gigi Vincente Minnelli
9 Noms 9 Wins
71
1983
Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks
11 Noms 5 Wins
72
1999
American Beauty Sam Mendes
8 Noms 5 Wins
73
2009
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
9 Noms 6 Wins
74
1955
Marty Delbert Mann
8 Noms 4 Wins
75
1994
Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis
13 Noms 6 Wins
76
1945
The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder
7 Noms 4 Wins
77
2008
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
10 Noms 8 Wins
78
1931-32
Grand Hotel Edmund Goulding
1 Nom 1 Win
79
1963
Tom Jones Tony Richardson
10 Noms 4 Wins
80
1947
Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan
8 Noms 3 Wins
81
2018
Green Book Peter Farrelly
5 Noms 3 Wins
82
1981
Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson
7 Noms 4 Wins
83
1941
How Green Was My Valley John Ford
10 Noms 5 Wins
84
2004
Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood
7 Noms 4 Wins
85
1936
The Great Ziegfeld Robert Z. Leonard
6 Noms 3 Wins
86
1998
Shakespeare in Love John Madden
13 Noms 7 Wins
87
1985
Out of Africa Sydney Pollack
11 Noms 7 Wins
88
1996
The English Patient Anthony Minghella
12 Noms 9 Wins
89
1956
Around the World in 80 Days Michael Anderson
8 Noms 5 Wins
90
1989
Driving Miss Daisy Bruce Beresford
9 Noms 5 Wins
91
1932-33
Cavalcade Frank Lloyd
4 Noms 3 Wins
92
1930-31
Cimarron Wesley Ruggles
7 Noms 3 Wins
93
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B. DeMille
5 Noms 2 Wins
94
2005
Crash Paul Haggis
6 Noms 3 Wins
95
1928-29
The Broadway Melody Harry Beaumont
3 Noms 1 Win


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