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The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Except for the early years (when the Academy used a non-calendar year), the year shown is the one in which the film first premiered in Los Angeles County, California; normally this is also the year of first release, but it may be the year after first release (as with Casablanca and, if you count its film-festival premiere, Crash). This is the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the Wikipedia article (if any) on that ceremony.

Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. When the film was produced anywhere other than the United States, its country and original title, if applicable, are shown in parentheses.

This award was originally called Best Production.

A point of contention is the lack of consideration for non-English language films for other categories than the Best Foreign Language Film category: very few foreign films have been nominated for any of the other categories, regardless of artistic merit. Thus the Academy Award for Best Picture is practically the "Academy Award for English-language Best Picture". (As of 2005, only seven foreign language films have been nominated for Best Picture : Grand Illusion in 1938 ; Z in 1969 ; The Emigrants in 1972 ; Cries and Whispers in 1973 ; Il Postino in 1995 ; Life Is Beautiful in 1998 ; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000)

1920s

Best Production

Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production also known as "Best Artistic Quality of Production" was only presented in the first year. (Most Best Picture lists omit this award, as it was the "Best Production" award that evolved into Best Picture instead.)

Best Production (Not official nominations, according to AMPAS records for 1928/29)

1930s

The name of the award becomes Best Picture

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

See also

Academy Awards | Best Picture Academy Award winners | Best Picture Academy Award nominees | Film awards for Best Picture

Oskar za najbolji film | Oscar for bedste film | Oscar/Bester Film | Oscar a la mejor película | Film onenaren Oscar Saria | جایزه اسکار بهترین فیلم | Oscar du meilleur film | Oscar za najbolji film | Madayaw a Pelicula (Oscar) | Film Terbaik (Oscar) | Oscar al miglior film | Oscar-díj a legjobb filmnek | Academy Award voor Beste Film | アカデミー作品賞 | Lista de filmes premiados com o Oscar de melhor filme | Academy Award for Best Picture | Oskar za najboljši film | Parhaan elokuvan Oscar-palkinto | Lista över vinnare av Oscar för bästa film | 奥斯卡最佳影片奖

 

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