Academy Award for Best Picture

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The Academy Award for Best Picture is the film industry's most prestigious Oscar, honoring the overall best feature-length motion picture of the year.

Aliases (28)

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award
cultural award
film award
alsoKnownAs Oscar for Best Picture
awardFor best feature-length film
best motion picture of the year
awardTrophyName Oscar statuette
broadcastOn ABC
ceremonyFrequency annual
ceremonyNumberOfFirstAward 1
country United States of America
currentOfficialNameInUseSince 1962
eligibilityCriterion commercial theatrical release
minimum feature length of 40 minutes
qualifying release year
release in Los Angeles County
eligibleWorks feature-length films
expandedNomineeFieldIntroduced 2009
field cinema
firstAwardedForYear 1927–1928
fixedTenNomineesRuleIntroduced 2021
hasAssociatedDocument Academy Awards rules
hasCategoryType top award
hasNotableDistinction only category announced last at the Oscars ceremony
only category in which every Academy member is eligible to vote in the final round
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies
hasParentOrganization Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
hasPrecursorName Best Motion Picture
Outstanding Motion Picture
Outstanding Picture
Outstanding Production
inception 1929
includesProducersAsRecipientsSince 1951
industry film industry
languageOfOfficialName English
maximumNomineesAfterExpansion 10
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
partOf Academy Awards
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
relativeImportance highest honor of the Oscars
most prestigious Academy Award category
selectionMethod voting by Academy members
shortName Best Picture
typicalCeremonyLocation Los Angeles
typicalCeremonyVenue Dolby Theatre
typicalNumberOfNominees 5
votingBody Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members
votingSystem preferential ballot

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A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)
American Graffiti
Apocalypse Now
Apollo 13
Avatar (2009 film)
Belfast (2021 film)
Black Panther
Bonnie and Clyde
Bridge of Spies
Capote (film)
Captains Courageous (1937 film)
Citizen Kane
Coming Home
Darren Aronofsky
Dead Poets Society
Django Unchained
Dog Day Afternoon
Duncan Kenworthy
Dune (2021 film)
Dunkirk
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Elizabeth
Fargo
Fatal Attraction
Fences (2016 film)
Ford v Ferrari
Four Daughters
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Friendly Persuasion
Frost/Nixon
Get Out
Good Will Hunting
Gosford Park
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Howards End
Iain Canning
Inception
Inglourious Basterds
Jaws
Joan of Arc (1948 film)
Johnny Belinda
Jordan Peele
Juno
Kathleen Kennedy
Kitty Foyle
L.A. Confidential
La La Land
Les Misérables (2012 film)
Life of Pi
Lilies of the Field
Lost in Translation
MASH
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mad Max: Fury Road
Manchester by the Sea
Mark Wahlberg
Marriage Story
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Michael Mann
Moonstruck
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
On Golden Pond
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Precious
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Roma (2018 film)
Roman Holiday
Romeo and Juliet (1936 film)
Ryan Coogler
Saving Private Ryan
Selma (2014 film)
Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)
Separate Tables (1958 film)
Shanghai Express
Shine
Silver Linings Playbook
Spellbound
Spellbound (1945 film)
Steve Coogan
Test Pilot (1938 film)
The Aviator
The Bishop's Wife
The Color Purple (1985 film)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Descendants
The Dresser
The Fabelmans
The Fighter
The Gay Divorcee
The Graduate
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Great Dictator
The Guns of Navarone
The Help
The Hours
The Imitation Game
The Irishman
The Lion in Winter
The Longest Day
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Martian
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Power of the Dog (2021 film)
The Pride of the Yankees
The Queen
The Quiet Man
The Razor's Edge (1946 film)
The Revenant
The Shawshank Redemption
The Social Network
The Towering Inferno
The Tree of Life
The Wizard of Oz
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Yearling (1946 film)
There Will Be Blood
Tootsie
Top Gun: Maverick
Top Hat
True Grit (2010 film)
Twelve O’Clock High
Viva Villa!
War Horse
Warren Beatty
Wuthering Heights (1939 film)
nominatedFor
A Beautiful Mind (2001 film)
Alfonso Cuarón
American Beauty
Annie Hall
Arthur Freed
Barry Levinson
Ben Affleck
Ben-Hur
Billy Wilder
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Brad Pitt
Brian Grazer
CODA
Cecil B. DeMille
Chariots of Fire
Christian Colson
Christopher Nolan
Clint Eastwood
Darryl F. Zanuck ("Academy Award for Best Picture (as producer)")
David O. Selznick
David Parfitt
Dede Gardner
Donna Gigliotti
Edward Zwick ("Academy Award for Best Picture (as producer of Shakespeare in Love)")
Emile Sherman
Ethan Coen
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Fran Walsh
Frances McDormand
Francis Ford Coppola
Frank Capra
Fred Zinnemann
Gareth Unwin
Gentleman's Agreement
George Clooney
Gladiator
Gone with the Wind
Guillermo del Toro
Hamlet (1948 film)
Harvey Weinstein ("Academy Award for Best Picture (as producer of Shakespeare in Love)")
How Green Was My Valley
Iain Canning
Imagine Entertainment ("Academy Award for Best Picture (for A Beautiful Mind)")
Irwin Winkler
It Happened One Night
James Cameron
Jeremy Kleiner
Joel Coen
John Madden ("Academy Award for Best Picture (as director of winning film Shakespeare in Love)")
Kathryn Bigelow
Kenneth Branagh ("Academy Award for Best Picture nomination")
Kevin Costner
Kramer vs. Kramer
Lawrence of Arabia
Mark Boal
Marty
Michael Douglas
Moonlight
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
Neil Meron
No Country for Old Men
Norman Jewison ("Academy Award for Best Picture nomination")
On the Waterfront
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Out of Africa
Peter Jackson
Plan B Entertainment
Platoon
Richard Attenborough
Richard D. Zanuck
Ridley Scott
Robert Wise
Rocky
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
Ronald William Howard
Saul Zaentz
Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
Steve McQueen
Steve Tisch
Steven Tisch
The Apartment
The Deer Hunter
The Departed
The English Patient
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film)
The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech
The Lost Weekend
The Shape of Water
Tom Jones (1963 film)
Vincente Minnelli
Wes Anderson ("Academy Award for Best Picture nomination")
You Can't Take It with You (1938 film)
awardReceived
David Brown ("Academy Award for Best Picture (as producer of Driving Miss Daisy)")
Donna Gigliotti ("Oscar for Best Picture for Shakespeare in Love")
Emma Thomas ("Academy Award for Best Picture nomination for Inception")
Emma Thomas ("Academy Award for Best Picture nomination for Oppenheimer")
Hal B. Wallis
Middle-earth film series ("Academy Award for Best Picture for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")
Orion Pictures ("Academy Award for Best Picture for Amadeus")
Orion Pictures ("Academy Award for Best Picture for Platoon")
Orion Pictures ("Academy Award for Best Picture for The Silence of the Lambs")
Rocky film series
The Weinstein Company ("Academy Award for Best Picture for The King’s Speech (as producer)")
The Weinstein Company ("Academy Award for Best Picture for The Artist (as distributor/producer)")
notableAward
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
In the Heat of the Night
Midnight Cowboy
Rebecca (1940 film)
The Artist
The Godfather
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Silence of the Lambs
academyAward
Five Easy Pieces
Gangs of New York
Good Night, and Good Luck
Lady Bird
Stage Door
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Witness for the Prosecution
awardNomination
Captain Phillips ("Best Picture")
Gaslight (1944 film)
Lost Horizon
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Reader
academyAwardNomination
Orion Pictures ("Academy Award for Best Picture (for Amadeus)")
Orion Pictures ("Academy Award for Best Picture (for Platoon)")
Orion Pictures ("Academy Award for Best Picture (for Dances with Wolves)")
Orion Pictures ("Academy Award for Best Picture (for The Silence of the Lambs)")
Oscar ("Best Picture")
awardedFor
Schindler's List
Slumdog Millionaire
The Godfather Part II
award
American Hustle
Philomena
Up in the Air
awardNominatedFor
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award ("Academy Award for Best Producer")
distinctFrom
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
relatedTo
Doubt
The Insider
awardNominated
David O. Selznick ("Academy Award for Best Picture for Gone with the Wind")
David O. Selznick ("Academy Award for Best Picture for Rebecca")
awardReceivedFor
Arthur Freed ("Academy Award for Best Picture for Gigi")
Arthur Freed ("Academy Award for Best Picture for An American in Paris")
awardReceivedForWork
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
People's Choice Award
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wonAward
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Her ("Best Picture")
academyAwardNominatedFor
Fiddler on the Roof
academyAwardNominations
Argo
academyAwardsWon
Academy Award for Best Picture ("Oscar for Best Picture")
alsoKnownAs
Academy Award for Best Director
associatedWith
See-Saw Films ("Academy Award for Best Picture for The King’s Speech")
awardReceivedByWork
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
awardsPresented
Elizabeth (Gentleman's Agreement)
awardWonByWork
Forrest Gump
hasAward
Academy Award for Best Picture ("Outstanding Motion Picture")
hasPrecursorName
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
hasRelatedCategory
Academy Awards ceremony ("Best Picture")
mainAwardCategory
Gravity
nominations
The Remains of the Day
notableAwardNomination
WingNut Films
notableAwardReceived
Academy Award ("Best Picture")
notableCategory
Out of Africa
oscarBestPicture
Traffic (2000 film)
oscarNomination
Academy Award for Best Actress
relatedCategory
Academy Award for Best Picture ("Best Picture")
shortName

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