Best Picture Winners of the 21st Century Ranked From Worst to Best

The Oscars are inherently silly. It’s Hollywood giving itself prizes, selecting the best “art” even though art is subjective and it’s impossible to compare two different movies that are each attempting two very different things. And yet the Oscars are also kind of great. They’re a night for celebrating an art form that I love, and they can raise the profile of smaller or more complicated movies that might have flown under the radar for audiences on a steady diet of blockbusters.

Release Date May 6, 2005 Director Paul Haggis Cast Karina Arroyave , Dato Bakhtadze , Sandra Bullock , Don Cheadle , Art Chudabala , Sean Cory , Thandiwe Newton Runtime 112 minutes Stream on Prime 22 'Birdman or ' What Should Have Won: 'Boyhood' To quote Shakespeare, “Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

A Beautiful Mind PG-13 Biography Drama Mystery A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery. Chicago PG-13 Comedy Action Crime Documentary Musical Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.

Release Date December 25, 2008 Director Danny Boyle , Loveleen Tandan Cast Dev Patel , Saurabh Shukla , Anil Kapoor , Rajendranath Zutshi , Jeneva Talwar , Freida Pinto Runtime 120 minutes Watch on Hulu 17 'CODA' Who Should Have Won: 'The Power of the Dog' CODA, from writer/director Sian Heder and based on the French-Belgian film La Famille Bélier, is an incredibly earnest and big-hearted film about Ruby , the only hearing member of her deaf family, as she attempts to find her own identity away from them.

Tom Hooper’s regal drama is actually quite a bit of fun and easily the director’s best work, focusing on the relationship between the stuttering King George VI and his speech therapist, Lionel Logue . Firth and Rush are delightful together, and Hooper shoots this story with unique, unconventional framing to make it look a bit more dynamic than the standard biopic.

Working with a screenplay by Paul Haggis, Eastwood focused more on the found family of this trio and the painful pasts that they’d much rather leave behind, making this far more than just a typical boxing film. While Million DollarBaby rightfully received criticism for its ending, Eastwood mostly managed to show that he was still a director at the top of his game, even in his 70s.

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Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress & more | See full list of winnersEven before Ryan Gosling lit up the stage with the best Ken-ergy - performing the Oscar nominated song "I'm just Ken," ABC7's Luz Pena caught up with some local nominees on the red carpet. The Oscars were a night of first time nominees, including Bay Area filmmaker Sean Wang - Oscar nominated director for "Nai Nai & Wài Pó.""Did you ever think that your documentary was going to end up nominated and you were going to be here tonight.No, I think we made something really special. As we were shooting and editing we knew that we made something that we loved that I think will honor them and their joy and humanity. It was something from our family and future generations to have" His now famous grandmothers from his documentary 'Nai Nai & Wài Pó' said they receive the Hollywood treatment ahead of the Oscars. Bay Area Oscar-nominated filmmaker Leo Chiang was proud to be nominated for his documentary "Island in Between" - being on the red carpet was part the dream
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2024 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress & more'Oppenheimer' is the top-nominated film of the year, with 13 total nominations. 'Poor Things' follows with 11 nominations and 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is up for 10 nominations. This year, the Oscars has an earlier time slot and will kick off at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST.
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2024 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress & more'Oppenheimer' is the top-nominated film of the year, with 13 total nominations. 'Poor Things' follows with 11 nominations and 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is up for 10 nominations. This year, the Oscars has an earlier time slot and will kick off at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST.
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2024 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress & more'Oppenheimer' is the top-nominated film of the year, with 13 total nominations. 'Poor Things' follows with 11 nominations and 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is up for 10 nominations. This year, the Oscars has an earlier time slot and will kick off at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST.
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2024 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress & more'Oppenheimer' is the top-nominated film of the year, with 13 total nominations. 'Poor Things' follows with 11 nominations and 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is up for 10 nominations. This year, the Oscars has an earlier time slot and will kick off at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST.
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