{"id":94839,"date":"2026-03-15T11:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/every-oscar-best-picture-winner-ranked-from-worst-to-best\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:25:34","slug":"every-oscar-best-picture-winner-ranked-from-worst-to-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/every-oscar-best-picture-winner-ranked-from-worst-to-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Oscar best picture winner, ranked from worst to best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><story-emphasis util-module-path=\"elements\/story\" section=\"entertainment\" link=\"\/entertainment\"\/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-entertainment\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\">A new best picture will be named at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15. We rank every movie to win the Oscars&#8217; top prize.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><media-video-playlist class=\"column twelve-column no-gutter spacer-large\" playlist-id=\"89067149007\" placement=\"snow-playlist-story-inline\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Everybody has their own idea of what makes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2020\/01\/22\/oscars-these-films-didnt-deserve-best-picture-wins\/4478094002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2020\/01\/22\/oscars-these-films-didnt-deserve-best-picture-wins\/4478094002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/02\/28\/oscars-films-that-deserved-best-picture-wins\/80560342007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2020\/01\/22\/oscars-these-films-didnt-deserve-best-picture-wins\/4478094002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">picture<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/11\/undeserving-oscars-best-picture-winners-snubs\/89098675007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2020\/01\/22\/oscars-these-films-didnt-deserve-best-picture-wins\/4478094002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> winner<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/movies\/oscars\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/03\/04\/best-actress-winners-academy-awards-ranked\/72686534007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Oscars<\/a>. Perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/09\/best-actor-oscar-winners-ranked-see-list\/89055511007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/03\/06\/best-actor-winners-ranked\/72686489007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a\u00a0biopic<\/a> or something huge in scale such as &#8220;Dances With Wolves&#8221; and &#8220;Titanic,&#8221; or a small art-house movie like last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/10\/oscar-predictions-2026-best-picture-actor-actress-winners\/89057765007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/02\/28\/where-to-watch-oscars-2024\/72750337007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academy Awards<\/a> winner, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/03\/03\/did-anora-deserve-oscars-best-picture-win\/81164750007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anora<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>What&#8217;s pretty clear if you undertake watching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/06\/every-oscar-best-picture-winner-ever\/89023529007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all 97\u00a0(so far) films to take that vaunted\u00a0prize<\/a> \u2013 and it&#8217;s\u00a0not for the fainthearted,\u00a0trust us \u2013 is that you come out of it changed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/03\/23\/oscars-smackdown-award-show-worth-saving-we-fight-out\/7083934001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You love movies\u00a0a little bit more<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A new movie will join this storied canon at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/12\/oscars-2026-guide-start-time-watch-presenters\/89112808007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/12\/oscars-2026-guide-start-time-watch-presenters\/89112808007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airing live on ABC and Hulu, 7 ET\/4 PT<\/a>). In celebration, here&#8217;s a ranking of every\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/10\/oscar-predictions-2026-best-picture-actor-actress-winners\/89057765007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/10\/oscar-predictions-2026-best-picture-actor-actress-winners\/89057765007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best picture winner<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/07\/oscars-worst-best-picture-winners-ranked\/89008881007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/07\/oscars-worst-best-picture-winners-ranked\/89008881007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iffy stuff where a\u00a0recount seems in order<\/a> to the very best of the best.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Join our Watch Party! <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profile.usatoday.com\/newsletters\/watch-party\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to receive USA TODAY&#8217;s movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"88274100007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">97. &#8216;The Broadway Melody&#8217; (1928\/29)<\/h2>\n<p>The second best picture winner, it&#8217;s a musical dud with vaudevillian sisters and romantic malarkey that could have won worst picture, too.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">96. &#8216;Crash&#8217;\u00a0(2005)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/02\/19\/USAT\/5acc2259-9ae9-4217-84ea-25bb6c0bd2fd-XXX_CRASH_OSCAR_BOX_OFFICE.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/02\/19\/USAT\/5acc2259-9ae9-4217-84ea-25bb6c0bd2fd-XXX_CRASH_OSCAR_BOX_OFFICE.JPG?crop=1867,1400,x233,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/02\/19\/USAT\/5acc2259-9ae9-4217-84ea-25bb6c0bd2fd-XXX_CRASH_OSCAR_BOX_OFFICE.JPG?crop=1050,1400,x550,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/02\/19\/USAT\/5acc2259-9ae9-4217-84ea-25bb6c0bd2fd-XXX_CRASH_OSCAR_BOX_OFFICE.JPG?crop=2099,1181,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"Thandie Newton and Matt Dillon cross paths for a second time in an emotional scene from \" crash.=\"\" credit=\"LOREY SEBASTIAN\/LIONSGATE\" caption=\"Thandie Newton and Matt Dillon cross paths for a second time in an emotional scene from &quot;Crash.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/07\/oscars-worst-best-picture-winners-ranked\/89008881007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/07\/oscars-worst-best-picture-winners-ranked\/89008881007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A mess of interwoven stories<\/a> centered on social and xenophobic tensions in LA, it has a good cast\u00a0(Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle) and little else.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">95. &#8216;The Greatest Show on Earth&#8217; (1952)<\/h2>\n<p>Jimmy Stewart is\u00a0a clown\u00a0and Charlton Heston also signs up for this ostentatious and loathsome three-ring ode to P.T. Barnum\u2019s circus.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">94. &#8216;Cimarron&#8217; (1930\/31)<\/h2>\n<p>The rocky drama about an 1800s Oklahoma family was the first Western to win the category, yet it has aged badly with unfortunate racist stereotypes.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">93. &#8216;Cavalcade&#8217; (1932\/33)<\/h2>\n<p>This\u00a0sentimental tale of family, friends and servants experiencing\u00a0ups and downs of life from 1899 to 1933 is like &#8220;Downton Abbey&#8221; but not good.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">92. &#8216;Driving Miss Daisy&#8217; (1989)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2018\/05\/24\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636627673926864613-morgan024.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/3c5ec4eda2dcec0603f6630ca570b415cc9546f7\/c=0-594-1739-1901\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/05\/24\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636627673926864613-morgan024.JPG 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/6c8d1f48ffad4f577f2f3da7c85e5207830bf33f\/c=113-400-1619-2408\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/05\/24\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636627673926864613-morgan024.JPG 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/50776582b45228dcb5005db021aaa1c8cc6bb0c0\/c=0-553-1739-1535\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/05\/24\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636627673926864613-morgan024.JPG 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"WARNER BROS.\" caption=\"Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman both received Golden Globe Awards for their roles in 1989's &quot;Driving Miss Daisy.&quot; The movie won four Oscars, including best picture.\" orientation=\"vertical\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Morgan Freeman plays\u00a0a Black driver\u00a0and Jessica Tandy is his elderly white charge in an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/11\/undeserving-oscars-best-picture-winners-snubs\/89098675007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/11\/undeserving-oscars-best-picture-winners-snubs\/89098675007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emotionally manipulative dramedy<\/a> made for random cable TV showings.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">91. &#8216;Around the World in 80 Days&#8217; (1956)<\/h2>\n<p>An English dude (David Niven) travels the globe and meets colorful characters in a flighty three-hour affair. It&#8217;s no &#8220;Cannonball Run,&#8221; though.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">90. &#8216;The English Patient&#8217; (1996)<\/h2>\n<p>The pretentious World War II melodrama has\u00a0Ralph Fiennes as a burned man,\u00a0Juliette Binoche as his nurse and Kristin Scott Thomas as his already-married love.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">89. &#8216;Out of Africa&#8217;\u00a0(1985)<\/h2>\n<p>Meryl Streep&#8217;s\u00a0married Danish writer falls for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/09\/16\/robert-redford-dead-movies-sundance\/5586910002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/09\/16\/robert-redford-dead-movies-sundance\/5586910002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Redford<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0big-game hunter over 160 snoozy minutes of Oscar-bait romance.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">88. &#8216;Shakespeare in Love&#8217; (1998)<\/h2>\n<p>The biopic rom-com gone wrong finds\u00a0Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) wooing the\u00a0woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) who helps him write \u201cRomeo and Juliet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">87. &#8216;The Great Ziegfeld&#8217; (1936)<\/h2>\n<p>William Powell plays the infamous title Broadway producer in an arduous and showy musical that is, suffice it to say, less than great.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">86. &#8216;Million Dollar Baby&#8217; (2004)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2018\/02\/28\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636554206407833261-XXX-2004-million-dollar.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/c3b29b65d3e1f72b519635274c4e19f18ba1c7c9\/c=174-0-2898-2048\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/02\/28\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636554206407833261-XXX-2004-million-dollar.jpg 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/4cc9bebee161292cef98f305e5f0866e51d516ce\/c=887-0-2423-2048\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/02\/28\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636554206407833261-XXX-2004-million-dollar.jpg 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/96ca7551ab6c4733e348ba25ee0fbd6b72e33cd3\/c=0-14-3068-1747\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/02\/28\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636554206407833261-XXX-2004-million-dollar.jpg 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Merie W. Wallace\/Warner Bros. Pictures\" caption=\"Clint Eastwood won the directing Oscar for &quot;Million Dollar Baby&quot; while Hilary Swank won for best actress\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hilary Swank packed on muscle to play an up-and-coming boxer trained by an aging coach (director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/entertainthis\/2018\/11\/27\/clint-eastwood-talks-retirement-mule-love-what-do\/2122526002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clint Eastwood<\/a>) in a film as depressing as &#8220;Rocky&#8221; is uplifting.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">85. &#8216;How Green Was My Valley&#8217; (1941)<\/h2>\n<p>One of the Oscars&#8217; greatest unsolved mysteries is how this maudlin Welsh family coal drama upset\u00a0&#8220;Citizen Kane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">84. &#8216;Chariots of Fire&#8217;\u00a0(1981)<\/h2>\n<p>Vangelis&#8217; catchy theme\u00a0is the most memorable aspect of this emotionally deep but sluggish British sports drama that follows\u00a0runners racing toward\u00a0the 1924 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">83. &#8216;Green Book&#8217; (2018)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/12\/11\/USAT\/35fb0390-32e0-4afa-8d60-dad6b2447ce2-67_XXX_IMG_GREEN_BOOK_PREVIEW_E_3_1_48NI7603.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/12\/11\/USAT\/35fb0390-32e0-4afa-8d60-dad6b2447ce2-67_XXX_IMG_GREEN_BOOK_PREVIEW_E_3_1_48NI7603.JPG?crop=1832,1374,x1168,y41 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/12\/11\/USAT\/35fb0390-32e0-4afa-8d60-dad6b2447ce2-67_XXX_IMG_GREEN_BOOK_PREVIEW_E_3_1_48NI7603.JPG?crop=1127,1502,x1277,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/12\/11\/USAT\/35fb0390-32e0-4afa-8d60-dad6b2447ce2-67_XXX_IMG_GREEN_BOOK_PREVIEW_E_3_1_48NI7603.JPG?crop=2670,1502,x330,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen, right) is driver, confidante and security for famous pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) on a 1962 concert tour of the South in \" green=\"\" book.=\"\" credit=\"UNIVERSAL PICTURES\" caption=\"Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen, right) is driver, confidante and security for famous pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) on a 1962 concert tour of the South in &quot;Green Book.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mahershala Ali plays\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/academy-awards\/2019\/02\/25\/don-shirleys-family-green-book\/2979734002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Black pianist touring the Jim Crow South<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2018\/11\/14\/viggo-mortensen-just-may-win-oscar-last-green-book\/1993984002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viggo Mortensen<\/a> is his uncouth driver in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/academy-awards\/2019\/02\/25\/oscars-2019-green-book-wasnt-best-choice-best-picture\/2977060002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a feel-good film about race relations with a whitewashed perspective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">82. &#8216;Gentleman\u2019s Agreement&#8217; (1947)<\/h2>\n<p>Gregory Peck stars as a journalist who pretends to be Jewish\u00a0for a story on antisemitism, which probably sounded like a better idea in 1947.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">81. &#8216;Tom Jones&#8217;\u00a0(1963)<\/h2>\n<p>The courtly British comedy finds Albert Finney embracing saucy adventures\u00a0and getting into swordfights as a squire cast out of his kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"89006244007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">80. &#8216;Grand Hotel&#8217; (1931\/32)<\/h2>\n<p>The episodic drama peeks at the various\u00a0goings-on at a swanky Berlin hotel, like the budding relationship of a Russian ballerina\u00a0(Greta Garbo) and jewelry-heisting\u00a0gambler (John Barrymore).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">79. &#8216;Slumdog Millionaire&#8217;\u00a0(2008)<\/h2>\n<p>Dev Patel&#8217;s orphan rises from the slums to win the Indian \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire?&#8221; but a Bollywood song-and-dance number botches the\u00a0satisfying ending.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">78. &#8216;The Lost Weekend&#8217;\u00a0(1945)<\/h2>\n<p>Billy Wilder&#8217;s bracing, noir-ish exploration of\u00a0alcoholism features\u00a0Ray Milland as a writer whose life devolves into a desperate\u00a0hunt for his next drink over several harrowing days.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"89092370007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">77. &#8216;Forrest Gump&#8217; (1994)<\/h2>\n<p>The title character\u2019s fanciful jaunt through American history veers schmaltzy, so thank goodness for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2019\/07\/03\/tom-hanks-remembers-forrest-gump-on-25th-anniversary\/1631723001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Hanks<\/a> imbuing Gump with an enduring charm.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">76. &#8216;Marty&#8217; (1955)<\/h2>\n<p>One of Hollywood\u2019s great character actors, Ernest Borgnine is outstanding as a 30-something butcher who finally finds love and doesn\u2019t know who to do with it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">75. &#8216;The Hurt Locker&#8217; (2009)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/23\/USAT\/77891235007-5179.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/23\/USAT\/77891235007-5179.JPG?crop=2696,2021,x538,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/23\/USAT\/77891235007-5179.JPG?crop=1517,2021,x1553,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/23\/USAT\/77891235007-5179.JPG?crop=3597,2021,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Summit Entertainment\" caption=\"Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for directing with &quot;The Hurt Locker.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2017\/06\/16\/10-major-milestones-women-directors-hollywood\/102814400\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathryn Bigelow&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0Iraq War\u00a0thriller makes\u00a0you feel the constant stress and danger faced by a military bomb-disposal unit (including Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">74. &#8216;American Beauty&#8217; (1999)<\/h2>\n<p>Who could have imagined 20-plus years later that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tB0th8vNLxo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tB0th8vNLxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the divisive &#8220;dancing&#8221; plastic bag<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0suburban satire would be more respected than best actor winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/05\/07\/kevin-spacey-can-relate-those-who-lost-jobs-due-coronavirus\/3087404001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Spacey<\/a>?<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">73. &#8216;Terms of Endearment&#8217; (1983)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2017\/02\/28\/shirley-maclaine-still-processing-horror-brother-warren-beattys-oscar-moment\/98544226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shirley MacLaine<\/a> and Debra Winger are a mother and daughter with a polarized relationship, yet Jack Nicholson stands out as a roguish astronaut.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">72. &#8216;Anora&#8217; (2025)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79693506007-mikey-madison-as-ani-courtesy-of-neon-copy.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79693506007-mikey-madison-as-ani-courtesy-of-neon-copy.jpg?crop=2135,1603,x1690,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79693506007-mikey-madison-as-ani-courtesy-of-neon-copy.jpg?crop=1201,1603,x2326,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79693506007-mikey-madison-as-ani-courtesy-of-neon-copy.jpg?crop=2849,1603,x977,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"NEON\" caption=\"Mikey Madison won a best actress Oscar for her role as a New York sex worker who marries a Russian oligarch's son in &quot;Anora.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In Sean Baker&#8217;s Gen Z &#8220;Pretty Woman,&#8221; a Brooklyn sex worker (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/03\/02\/mikey-madison-first-oscar-best-actress-speech\/81111753007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/03\/02\/mikey-madison-first-oscar-best-actress-speech\/81111753007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mikey Madison<\/a>) elopes with a Russian oligarch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/03\/02\/anora-oscars-journey-yura-borisov-mark-eydelshteyn\/80058576007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/03\/02\/anora-oscars-journey-yura-borisov-mark-eydelshteyn\/80058576007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mark Eydelshteyn<\/a>) and it&#8217;s not the greatest idea ever.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">71. &#8216;Gigi&#8217; (1958)<\/h2>\n<p>Young courtesan wannabe Gigi (Leslie Caron) and Parisian playboy Gaston (Louis Jourdan) see each other as just friends, until romance intercedes in the musical confection.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">70. &#8216;You Can\u2019t Take It With You&#8217; (1938)<\/h2>\n<p>Frank Capra&#8217;s folksy rom-com casts Jimmy Stewart\u00a0as Tony, a grounded guy from a snobby family\u00a0who falls for Alice (Jean Arthur), the most normal in a clan of oddballs.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">69. &#8216;Nomadland&#8217; (2020)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/02\/17\/USAT\/44490e8b-1c9f-4695-88ea-de17a951ef98-nomadland.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/02\/17\/USAT\/44490e8b-1c9f-4695-88ea-de17a951ef98-nomadland.jpg?crop=1058,794,x397,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/02\/17\/USAT\/44490e8b-1c9f-4695-88ea-de17a951ef98-nomadland.jpg?crop=597,796,x619,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/02\/17\/USAT\/44490e8b-1c9f-4695-88ea-de17a951ef98-nomadland.jpg?crop=1408,792,x245,y4 16:9\" image-alt=\"Frances McDormand plays a woman who lives a life on the road in Chloe Zhao's \" nomadland.=\"\" credit=\"SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES\" caption=\"Frances McDormand plays a woman who lives a life on the road in Chloe Zhao's &quot;Nomadland.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chloe Zhao\u2019s look at older workers in modern America combines splendid scenery with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2020\/09\/11\/nomadland-frances-mcdormand-latest-another-oscar-ready-trip\/3460676001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a wondrous Frances McDormand<\/a> as a woman who adores life on the road.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">68. &#8216;Going My Way&#8217; (1944)<\/h2>\n<p>Bing Crosby is the singingest priest you&#8217;ve ever seen in the musical dramedy, a tune-filled battle of wills between Crosby&#8217;s young holy man and Barry Fitzgerald&#8217;s elder pastor.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">67. &#8216;Argo&#8217; (2012)<\/h2>\n<p>Director Ben Affleck also stars in the historical thriller (and a sort of salute to the movies) about the CIA using a fake sci-fi movie as a ruse to rescue diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">66. &#8216;The Deer Hunter&#8217; (1978)<\/h2>\n<p>Pennsylvania friends (including Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken) go off to Vietnam and face the psychological aftermath. Well made but\u00a0super-duper bleak, so maybe chase it with &#8230;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">65. &#8216;Oliver!&#8217; (1968)<\/h2>\n<p>Charles Dickens&#8217; spunky characters from &#8220;Oliver Twist&#8221; get a crowd-pleasing,\u00a0all-ages revamp courtesy of a Victorian musical that doesn&#8217;t skimp on the earworming showtunes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">64. &#8216;The Best Years of Our Lives&#8217; (1946)<\/h2>\n<p>Fredric March, Dana Andrews and Harold Russell star in the\u00a0drama that deals\u00a0honestly with a theme of the time: World War II veterans returning home to face\u00a0personal and professional struggles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">63. &#8216;Braveheart&#8217; (1995)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/04\/23\/USAT\/5adf4f27-290c-40e4-80ac-03c6f72d0bc6-Braveheart_Still_PK_4355_22019d4a2d27a555831075579a31d4e73138d29a.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/04\/23\/USAT\/5adf4f27-290c-40e4-80ac-03c6f72d0bc6-Braveheart_Still_PK_4355_22019d4a2d27a555831075579a31d4e73138d29a.jpg?crop=2606,1955,x156,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/04\/23\/USAT\/5adf4f27-290c-40e4-80ac-03c6f72d0bc6-Braveheart_Still_PK_4355_22019d4a2d27a555831075579a31d4e73138d29a.jpg?crop=1470,1960,x875,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/04\/23\/USAT\/5adf4f27-290c-40e4-80ac-03c6f72d0bc6-Braveheart_Still_PK_4355_22019d4a2d27a555831075579a31d4e73138d29a.jpg?crop=2918,1642,x0,y155 16:9\" image-alt=\"Mel Gibson's William Wallace cries out during the Battle of Stirling Bridge in \" braveheart.=\"\" credit=\"PARAMOUNT\" caption=\"Mel Gibson's William Wallace cries out during the Battle of Stirling Bridge in &quot;Braveheart.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mel Gibson&#8217;s controversial stances\u00a0aside, he is pretty good at making\u00a0you want to put war paint on and fight for Scottish independence.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">62. &#8216;Ordinary People&#8217; (1980)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2017\/01\/25\/appreciation-mary-tyler-moore-dead-robert-bianco\/97049982\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Tyler Moore<\/a> veers unlikable for a change as the hard-to-please matriarch of a family shaken to its core by the death of one son and a suicide attempt by the other (Timothy Hutton).<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">61. &#8216;An American in Paris&#8217; (1951)<\/h2>\n<p>Gene Kelly stars as\u00a0a World War II vet crushing on the French perfume girl (Leslie Caron) who&#8217;s dating\u00a0his singer pal (Georges Gu\u00e9tary). Awkward! But this one&#8217;s\u00a0all about the wowing 17-minute dance finale\u00a0set to Gershwin&#8217;s title tune.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">60. &#8216;Mrs. Miniver&#8217; (1942)<\/h2>\n<p>Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon star as an English couple dealing\u00a0with the early days of World War II in a drama\u00a0that, unlike many other films on this list, was made\u00a0during said war.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">59. &#8216;The King\u2019s Speech&#8217; (2010)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/a6d0f523-2e4f-498a-b728-9994559e6fe8-XXX_KINGS_SPEECH_01115.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/a6d0f523-2e4f-498a-b728-9994559e6fe8-XXX_KINGS_SPEECH_01115.jpg?crop=3873,2905,x247,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/a6d0f523-2e4f-498a-b728-9994559e6fe8-XXX_KINGS_SPEECH_01115.jpg?crop=2184,2912,x436,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/a6d0f523-2e4f-498a-b728-9994559e6fe8-XXX_KINGS_SPEECH_01115.jpg?crop=4367,2457,x0,y222 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Laurie Sparham, The Weinstein Company\" caption=\"&quot;The King's Speech&quot; star Colin Firth (with Helena Bonham Carter) won the best actor Oscar for his role in this historical drama as the future King George VI working to cope with his stammer.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The sweet and inspirational story features Colin Firth as England&#8217;s King George VI working through a childhood stutter to be the steady voice\u00a0his country needs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">58. &#8216;The Bridge on the River Kwai&#8217; (1957)<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cStar Wars\u201d fans will appreciate Alec Guinness owning the screen as a World War II British colonel leading whistling, bridge-building POWs at a Japanese prison camp in Thailand.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">57. &#8216;Wings&#8217; (1927\/28)<\/h2>\n<p>The first best picture winner holds up well almost a century later. The\u00a0silent film stars\u00a0Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen as rival pilots in World War I who dig the same girl (Clara Bow) back home.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">56. &#8216;Dances With Wolves&#8217; (1990)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2018\/02\/20\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636547410491097996-DANCES-WOLVES.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/d2e673ccb78b21dc5b019d711333fb3aca18a2f6\/c=107-0-2251-1612\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/02\/20\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636547410491097996-DANCES-WOLVES.jpg 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/3071cdebc4081ebad1ccf1074345d3eb0abe43c2\/c=513-0-1722-1612\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/02\/20\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636547410491097996-DANCES-WOLVES.jpg 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/cc7132432167e357a56bbe35b112bfef07952692\/c=0-140-2358-1472\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/02\/20\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636547410491097996-DANCES-WOLVES.jpg 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Ben Glass\/Orion Pictures\" caption=\"Kevin Costner played the lead and also received an Oscar for directing &quot;Dances With Wolves,&quot;\u00a0based on the novel by Michael Blake.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Costner takes a break from sports movies to direct and star in the solid Western epic as a Union soldier who befriends \u2013 and fights for \u2013 a Native American tribe.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">55. &#8216;The Life of Emile Zola&#8217; (1937)<\/h2>\n<p>Maybe not the most famous biopic but a quite effective one, with Paul Muni as the 19th-century French writer who speaks up for a Jewish captain tagged as a traitor.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">54. &#8216;All the King\u2019s Men&#8217; (1949)<\/h2>\n<p>The film noir tackles the corruptive tendencies of power, with Broderick Crawford as a populist politician who rises up as a Southern governor\u00a0and wields dangerous influence.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">53. &#8216;A Man for All Seasons&#8217; (1966)<\/h2>\n<p>Paul Scofield brings steady nerve\u00a0to his portrayal of Sir Thomas More, the British statesman who butted heads with King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">52. &#8216;A Beautiful Mind&#8217; (2001)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79718506007-xxx-d-2-shot-beautiful-mind-picture-oscars-13.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79718506007-xxx-d-2-shot-beautiful-mind-picture-oscars-13.JPG?crop=1934,1449,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79718506007-xxx-d-2-shot-beautiful-mind-picture-oscars-13.JPG?crop=1087,1449,x388,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79718506007-xxx-d-2-shot-beautiful-mind-picture-oscars-13.JPG?crop=2211,1245,x0,y89 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"ELI REED\/UNIVERSAL STUDIOS\" caption=\"Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) tries to help her genius mathematician husband John Nash (Russell Crowe) when he questions reality in the drama &quot;A Beautiful Mind.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A year after winning best actor for &#8220;Gladiator,&#8221; Russell Crowe returned to the Oscar race with his role as John Nash, a genius on an absorbing\u00a0journey of math and madness.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">51. &#8216;The Last Emperor&#8217; (1987)<\/h2>\n<p>Bernardo Bertolucci was the first Italian filmmaker to win best director for the\u00a0immersive historical chronicle\u00a0of Chinese emperor Puyi&#8217;s life, from\u00a0ruling\u00a0as a toddler to being imprisoned\u00a0as an adult.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">50. &#8216;The Shape of Water&#8217; (2017)<\/h2>\n<p>Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s\u00a0beautifully\u00a0unconventional romance\u00a0makes you believe in the love between a voiceless janitor (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2017\/12\/05\/without-sound-sally-hawkins-swims-toward-oscar-shape-water\/921886001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sally Hawkins<\/a>) and a captured fish man (Doug Jones).<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">49. &#8216;Rain Man&#8217; (1988)<\/h2>\n<p>Dustin Hoffman shows up on this list a few times as part of some dynamic duos.\u00a0Here, he plays\u00a0a savant with autism who reconnects with his brash younger brother (Tom Cruise) on the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">48.\u00a0&#8216;Gandhi&#8217; (1982)<\/h2>\n<p>Richard Attenborough&#8217;s biopic takes on the tale of the\u00a0renowned Indian\u00a0leader and succeeds, primarily because of the spirit Ben Kingsley gives his title character.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">47. &#8216;The Sound of Music&#8217; (1965)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/09\/26\/USAT\/e9b8a6c9-9bda-4c83-a96c-21c63e733aae-10_LEAD.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/09\/26\/USAT\/e9b8a6c9-9bda-4c83-a96c-21c63e733aae-10_LEAD.JPG?crop=2999,2249,x0,y27 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/09\/26\/USAT\/e9b8a6c9-9bda-4c83-a96c-21c63e733aae-10_LEAD.JPG?crop=1733,2310,x610,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/09\/26\/USAT\/e9b8a6c9-9bda-4c83-a96c-21c63e733aae-10_LEAD.JPG?crop=2999,1687,x1,y346 16:9\" image-alt=\"Julie Andrews in a scene from the 1965 motion picture \" the=\"\" sound=\"\" of=\"\" music.=\"\" andrews=\"\" won=\"\" a=\"\" golden=\"\" globe=\"\" for=\"\" her=\"\" performance.=\"\" credit=\"Robert E. Wise, 20th Century Fox\" caption=\"Julie Andrews in 1965's &quot;The Sound of Music.&quot; Andrews won a Golden Globe for her performance.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Julie Andrews is a nun who teaches a family of kids to sing and gallivants tunefully across Austrian mountains, while\u00a0Christopher Plummer rips up a Nazi flag. They understood the assignment, as the kids say.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">46. &#8216;The Artist&#8217;\u00a0(2011)<\/h2>\n<p>The (mostly) silent film is a joyous look at Hollywood\u2019s yesteryear, finding\u00a0something special with an\u00a0aging star (Jean Dujardin), an\u00a0infectious ingenue (B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo)\u00a0and a ridiculously cute pooch.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">45. &#8216;Mutiny on the Bounty&#8217; (1935)<\/h2>\n<p>Clark Gable looks strange without his signature mustache, yet he&#8217;s a clean-shaven force of good in this\u00a0watery clash as a seaman taking on Charles Laughton&#8217;s cruel Captain Bligh.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"88966900007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">44. &#8216;The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King&#8217; (2003)<\/h2>\n<p>Hobbits and Co. finally reach\u00a0Mount Doom, and Peter Jackson\u2019s massive fantasy trilogy gets its atta-boy. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">43. &#8216;Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)&#8217; (2014)<\/h2>\n<p>Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu&#8217;s innovative satire sets its sights on\u00a0celebrity, family\u00a0and movie superheroes, with a gonzo Michael Keaton in one of his greatest roles.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">42. &#8216;Oppenheimer&#8217; (2024)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/07\/19\/USAT\/70429337007-GF-03068_MSG.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/07\/19\/USAT\/70429337007-GF-03068_MSG.jpg?crop=2724,2048,x258,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/07\/19\/USAT\/70429337007-GF-03068_MSG.jpg?crop=1537,2048,x922,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/07\/19\/USAT\/70429337007-GF-03068_MSG.jpg?crop=3074,1737,x0,y118 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Melinda Sue Gordon, Universal Pictures\" caption=\"Military man Leslie Groves (Matt Damon, left) recruits theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) for the Manhattan Project in Christopher Nolan's historical thriller &quot;Oppenheimer.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/07\/18\/oppenheimer-movie-christopher-nolan-interview\/70422667007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/07\/18\/oppenheimer-movie-christopher-nolan-interview\/70422667007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christopher Nolan<\/a> tackles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/07\/22\/fact-checking-christopher-nolans-oppenheimer-from-science-to-love\/70441787007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/07\/22\/fact-checking-christopher-nolans-oppenheimer-from-science-to-love\/70441787007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the creation of the atomic bomb<\/a> in blistering fashion, and the work of J. Robert Oppenheimer (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/07\/21\/cillian-murphy-movies-and-tv-shows-oppenheimer-star\/70427544007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/07\/21\/cillian-murphy-movies-and-tv-shows-oppenheimer-star\/70427544007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cillian Murphy<\/a>) unfolds as both scientific feat and all-time cautionary tale.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">41. &#8216;Rebecca&#8217; (1940)<\/h2>\n<p>Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s lone entry on this list is a fitting psychological head trip, with Joan Fontaine playing the new wife of an aristocrat (Laurence Olivier) who can&#8217;t escape the seemingly constant presence of his dead wife.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">40. &#8216;Patton&#8217; (1970)<\/h2>\n<p>George C. Scott embodies Gen. George S. Patton as a tough leader on the battlefield and a larger-than-life speaker, especially the opening monologue in front of a flag that&#8217;s a classic Hollywood moment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">39. &#8216;No Country for Old Men&#8217; (2007)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/25\/USAT\/80103902007-no-country.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/25\/USAT\/80103902007-no-country.JPG?crop=3797,2847,x245,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/25\/USAT\/80103902007-no-country.JPG?crop=2134,2846,x1126,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/25\/USAT\/80103902007-no-country.JPG?crop=4284,2411,x0,y215 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"RICHARD FOREMAN\/MIRAMAX\" caption=\"Javier Bardem plays the chilling hitman Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' &quot;No Country for Old Men.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Coen brothers&#8217; Western-tinged\u00a0thriller rounds up a posse with Josh Brolin as a Vietnam vet who finds a load of drug money and Javier Bardem as a chilling hitman.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">38. &#8216;Midnight Cowboy&#8217; (1969)<\/h2>\n<p>Dustin\u00a0Hoffman\u00a0found another dude duo with\u00a0Jon Voight as two hustlers \u2013 one a Texan sex worker, the other an ailing con man \u2013 navigating New York City\u2019s seedier corners.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">37. &#8216;Hamlet&#8217; (1948)<\/h2>\n<p>Laurence Olivier is the peanut butter, Shakespeare\u2019s Danish prince is the jelly, and they\u2019re made for each other in a delicious treat\u00a0doing expressionism way before \u201cThe Tragedy of Macbeth.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">36. &#8216;Everything Everywhere All at Once&#8217; (2022)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/04\/04\/USAT\/93575f5c-b8e0-4bd1-81a3-f688e610b5dc-EEAAO_10406_R.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/04\/04\/USAT\/93575f5c-b8e0-4bd1-81a3-f688e610b5dc-EEAAO_10406_R.jpg?crop=3547,2660,x282,y7 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/04\/04\/USAT\/93575f5c-b8e0-4bd1-81a3-f688e610b5dc-EEAAO_10406_R.jpg?crop=2000,2667,x1195,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/04\/04\/USAT\/93575f5c-b8e0-4bd1-81a3-f688e610b5dc-EEAAO_10406_R.jpg?crop=3999,2249,x1,y336 16:9\" image-alt=\"Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh, left), her daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu) and husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) get embroiled in a multiverse-spanning adventure in \" everything=\"\" everywhere=\"\" all=\"\" at=\"\" once.=\"\" credit=\"ALLYSON RIGGS\" caption=\"Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh, left), her daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu) and husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) get embroiled in a multiverse-spanning adventure in &quot;Everything Everywhere All at Once.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The one with the hot dog fingers! Michelle Yeoh paces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/04\/06\/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-review-michelle-yeoh\/9461014002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/04\/06\/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-review-michelle-yeoh\/9461014002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the brain-melting sci-fi comedy with the heart of gold<\/a> as a laundromat owner who goes from needing to fix her tax problems to saving the multiverse with awesome kung fu moves.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">35. &#8216;Platoon&#8217; (1986)<\/h2>\n<p>Oliver Stone&#8217;s Vietnam drama superbly depicts the horrors of\u00a0war and the morals of the men involved, including Charlie Sheen as a soldier caught between ideologically different sergeants (Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">34. &#8216;CODA&#8217; (2021)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/25\/USAT\/80114036007-coda-photo-0111.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/25\/USAT\/80114036007-coda-photo-0111.jpg?crop=2766,2072,x550,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/25\/USAT\/80114036007-coda-photo-0111.jpg?crop=1555,2072,x1104,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/25\/USAT\/80114036007-coda-photo-0111.jpg?crop=3687,2072,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"APPLE\" caption=\"Troy Kotsur and Marlee Matlin play the deaf parents of a hearing girl in the coming-of-age drama &quot;CODA.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a big, warm inclusive hug of a movie, with a hearing girl (Emilia Jones) torn between the struggling fishing business run by her parents (Marlee Matlin and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/03\/16\/troy-kotsur-coda-interview-oscars-2022\/7037601001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar winner Troy Kotsur<\/a>) and her own musical dreams. Have a box of tissues by your side at all times.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">33. &#8216;Kramer vs. Kramer&#8217; (1979)<\/h2>\n<p>Dustin Hoffman&#8217;s best pairing was with Meryl Streep, with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2019\/12\/19\/kramer-vs-kramer-hit-national-nerve-40th-anniversary\/2694519001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">searing look at parenting, divorce and the effects on a child<\/a>\u00a0decades before \u201cMarriage Story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">32. &#8216;Titanic&#8217; (1997)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/07\/22\/USAT\/8b192357-113d-4dd7-b009-4cdce4b4f5f8-B04_Cameron_Titanic.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/07\/22\/USAT\/8b192357-113d-4dd7-b009-4cdce4b4f5f8-B04_Cameron_Titanic.JPG?crop=1880,1410,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/07\/22\/USAT\/8b192357-113d-4dd7-b009-4cdce4b4f5f8-B04_Cameron_Titanic.JPG?crop=1058,1410,x224,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/07\/22\/USAT\/8b192357-113d-4dd7-b009-4cdce4b4f5f8-B04_Cameron_Titanic.JPG?crop=2047,1152,x0,y168 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"PARAMOUNT PICTURES\" caption=\"Leonardo DiCaprio romances Kate Winslet,\u00a0who received a best-actress nomination for &quot;Titanic.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In James Cameron\u2019s blockbuster, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet gave us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/entertainthis\/2017\/12\/18\/20-years-later-titanic-still-best-love-story-ever-right-right\/955460001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a doomed love story<\/a> folks could (mostly) buy amid a historical disaster. (Jack totally could have fit on Rose&#8217;s door, though.)<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">31. &#8216;Annie Hall&#8217; (1977)<\/h2>\n<p>Woody Allen is polarizing, his best movie is not. The filmmaker&#8217;s beloved comedy hilariously follows the relationship build and breakup of a comedian (Allen) and a singer (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/10\/11\/diane-keaton-dead-movies\/86647707007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/10\/11\/diane-keaton-dead-movies\/86647707007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diane Keaton<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">30. &#8216;The Sting&#8217; (1973)<\/h2>\n<p>Set to a rollicking\u00a0ragtime score, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2019\/09\/23\/robert-redford-considered-raindrops-dumb-idea-butch-cassidy-sundance-kid\/2328526001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the enjoyable crime caper<\/a> lets Robert Redford and Paul Newman shine as con men who eye a powerful boss as their ultimate mark after the murder of a shared friend.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">29. &#8216;Ben-Hur&#8217; (1959)<\/h2>\n<p>The chariot race rules and the action is on a biblical scale (literally!) in the epic featuring Charlton Heston as a Jewish prince\u00a0enslaved on a galley ship who plots revenge on the Romans who betrayed him.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">28. &#8216;Unforgiven&#8217; (1992)<\/h2>\n<p>Clint Eastwood rides tall in the director&#8217;s chair, stakes his\u00a0claim for best Western ever and stars as an aging farmer who returns to his outlaw ways for righteous retribution.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">27. &#8216;Gladiator&#8217; (2000)<\/h2>\n<p>Joaquin Phoenix&#8217;s first Oscar win for &#8220;Joker&#8221; should have been No. 2:\u00a0He was devilishly top-notch\u00a0as evil Commodus opposite Russell Crowe&#8217;s vengeful battler Maximus.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">26. &#8216;In the Heat of the Night&#8217; (1967)<\/h2>\n<p>The late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/2022\/01\/07\/sidney-poitier-dead-hollywood-legend-and-trailblazer-94\/9129646002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sidney Poitier<\/a> wondrously exudes\u00a0intelligence and gumption\u00a0as a visiting detective traveling through Mississippi who helps racist cops catch a killer.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">25. &#8216;The Departed&#8217; (2006)<\/h2>\n<p>Martin Scorsese&#8217;s sole best director win is for this twisty\u00a0crime thriller with gangster Jack Nicholson, undercover cop Leonardo DiCaprio and Mob mole Matt Damon.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">24. &#8216;My Fair Lady&#8217; (1964)<\/h2>\n<p>Audrey Hepburn is a hoot as\u00a0cockney Brit Eliza Doolittle, given a makeover by Rex Harrison&#8217;s Henry Higgins\u00a0in the\u00a0musical take on &#8220;Pygmalion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">23. &#8217;12 Years a Slave&#8217; (2013)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79718512007-twelve-years-slave.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79718512007-twelve-years-slave.JPG?crop=4397,3297,x548,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79718512007-twelve-years-slave.JPG?crop=2471,3297,x1501,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/23\/USAT\/79718512007-twelve-years-slave.JPG?crop=4943,2782,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"FRANCOIS DUHAMEL\/FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES\" caption=\"Lupita Nyong\u2019o (with Chiwetel Ejiofor) had her breakthrough role playing an enslaved woman in Steve McQueen's &quot;12 Years a Slave.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a free Black man tricked\u00a0into servitude for\u00a0Steve McQueen&#8217;s uneasy-to-watch yet essential pre-Civil War drama.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">22. &#8216;Chicago&#8217; (2002)<\/h2>\n<p>The rare A-list musical \u2013 with Ren\u00e9e Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones as\u00a0jazz-era convicts \u2013\u00a0that ingeniously treats its numbers as flights of fantasy.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">21. &#8216;From Here to Eternity&#8217;\u00a0(1953)<\/h2>\n<p>Come for Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr&#8217;s infamous kiss on the beach,\u00a0stay for\u00a0the drama involving soldiers\u00a0in Hawaii just before the Pearl Harbor attack.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">20. &#8216;The Apartment&#8217; (1960)<\/h2>\n<p>Nothing says &#8220;Christmas movie&#8221; like\u00a0office drone Jack Lemmon\u00a0lending his place to the boss for hookups and falling\u00a0for elevator girl Shirley MacLaine.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"89023529007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">19. &#8216;Rocky&#8217; (1976)<\/h2>\n<p>With Sylvester Stallone&#8217;s headstrong\u00a0boxer, it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/03\/03\/every-rocky-creed-movie-ranked\/11376511002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the classic\u00a0every underdog sports drama will be compared to forevermore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">18. &#8216;It Happened One Night&#8217;\u00a0(1934)<\/h2>\n<p>Frank Capra&#8217;s enjoyable and sexy (for the &#8217;30s) romantic comedy had Clark Gable&#8217;s journalist falling for Claudette Colbert&#8217;s runaway\u00a0heiress.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">17. &#8216;All Quiet on the Western Front&#8217; (1929\/30)<\/h2>\n<p>The extremely powerful anti-war film explored the carnage of World War I and the disillusioned soldiers who came home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">16. &#8216;Spotlight&#8217; (2015)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/157365a0-2b3d-48e6-80c4-1dd159875a6a-XXX_IMG_SPOTLIGHT_S_05435_C__1_1_29CEKCPR.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/157365a0-2b3d-48e6-80c4-1dd159875a6a-XXX_IMG_SPOTLIGHT_S_05435_C__1_1_29CEKCPR.JPG?crop=2959,2220,x0,y37 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/157365a0-2b3d-48e6-80c4-1dd159875a6a-XXX_IMG_SPOTLIGHT_S_05435_C__1_1_29CEKCPR.JPG?crop=1725,2300,x444,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/157365a0-2b3d-48e6-80c4-1dd159875a6a-XXX_IMG_SPOTLIGHT_S_05435_C__1_1_29CEKCPR.JPG?crop=2959,1665,x0,y230 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Kerry Hayes, Open Road Films\" caption=\"Rachel McAdams (far left), Mark Ruffalo and Brian d\u2019Arcy James play crusading journalists in &quot;Spotlight.&quot;\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sigh. &#8220;All the President&#8217;s Men&#8221; didn&#8217;t win best picture. Thankfully this story of crusading Boston journalists and a shady Catholic Church cover-up did.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">15. &#8216;West Side Story&#8217; (1961)<\/h2>\n<p>The cultural portrayals earn some side-eye,\u00a0but the musical love story still soars\u00a0with powerhouse tunes\u00a0and a phenomenal Rita Moreno.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">14. &#8216;Gone With the Wind&#8217; (1939)<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2020\/06\/24\/gone-wind-returns-hbo-max-disclaimer-videos\/3254546001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">problematic for modern eyes<\/a>, but the Southern-fried Civil War epic still works as a spectacle\u00a0of unrequited romance.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">13. &#8216;Moonlight&#8217;\u00a0(2016)<\/h2>\n<p>Barry Jenkins&#8217;\u00a0elegant character study of a Black man dealing with his identity and sexuality is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/2018\/02\/28\/we-were-there-how-worst-flub-oscar-history-went-down\/377305002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an unforgettable,\u00a0multilayered work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">12. &#8216;Parasite&#8217;\u00a0(2019)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/02\/10\/USAT\/b7027de5-1062-4172-83c6-a4b96411c213-VPC_PARASITE_TRAILER_DESK_THUMB.00_01_35_08.Still001.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/02\/10\/USAT\/b7027de5-1062-4172-83c6-a4b96411c213-VPC_PARASITE_TRAILER_DESK_THUMB.00_01_35_08.Still001.jpg?crop=1436,1077,x288,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/02\/10\/USAT\/b7027de5-1062-4172-83c6-a4b96411c213-VPC_PARASITE_TRAILER_DESK_THUMB.00_01_35_08.Still001.jpg?crop=810,1080,x576,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/02\/10\/USAT\/b7027de5-1062-4172-83c6-a4b96411c213-VPC_PARASITE_TRAILER_DESK_THUMB.00_01_35_08.Still001.jpg?crop=1911,1075,x8,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Neon\" caption=\"&quot;Parasite,&quot; Bong Joon-ho's unnerving social thriller about an impoverished family with a get-rich scheme that goes off the rails, became the first foreign-language film to win best picture.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0first non-English language film to win best picture,\u00a0a\u00a0poor but clever Korean family infiltrates\u00a0a\u00a0wealthy clan \u2013 as well as the viewer&#8217;s\u00a0heart and mind.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">11. &#8216;Lawrence of Arabia&#8217; (1962)<\/h2>\n<p>Peter O&#8217;Toole&#8217;s\u00a0title British officer has his allegiances torn in this sweeping, sandy epic that influenced a generation of filmmakers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">10. &#8216;One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest&#8217; (1975)<\/h2>\n<p>A criminal (Jack Nicholson) figures being in an asylum is an easy way to do time, then runs into the nurse from hell (Louise Fletcher).<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">9. &#8216;The Godfather Part II&#8217;\u00a0(1974)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/88104eb4-bdaa-48c0-9322-6f216433e02f-1974_godfather_2.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/88104eb4-bdaa-48c0-9322-6f216433e02f-1974_godfather_2.JPG?crop=2106,1580,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/88104eb4-bdaa-48c0-9322-6f216433e02f-1974_godfather_2.JPG?crop=1188,1584,x476,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/88104eb4-bdaa-48c0-9322-6f216433e02f-1974_godfather_2.JPG?crop=2381,1340,x0,y119 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"PARAMOUNT PICTURES\" caption=\"&quot;The Godfather: Part II,&quot; starring Al Pacino (center), was the first sequel to win Oscars' best picture.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ford Coppola&#8217;s great gangland prequel\/sequel unleashes Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as two generations of Mob bosses.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">8. &#8216;The Silence of the Lambs&#8217; (1991)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2025\/10\/20\/anthony-hopkins-memoir-hannibal-lecter-role-we-did-ok-kid\/86479586007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2025\/10\/20\/anthony-hopkins-memoir-hannibal-lecter-role-we-did-ok-kid\/86479586007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Hopkins<\/a> made us root for the\u00a0bad guy (and a cannibal at that)\u00a0in the only horror movie to crack this vaunted Oscar list.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">7. &#8216;The French Connection&#8217;\u00a0(1971)<\/h2>\n<p>With an all-timer of a car chase and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/02\/27\/gene-hackman-dead-movies-memorable-roles\/80682065007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/02\/27\/gene-hackman-dead-movies-memorable-roles\/80682065007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gene Hackman&#8217;s fantastic antihero Popeye Doyle<\/a>, good luck finding a better\u00a0cop thriller.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">6. &#8216;Amadeus&#8217;\u00a0(1984)<\/h2>\n<p>Who said period pieces have to be boring? In the hands of Tom Hulce, musical genius Mozart\u00a0is a 19th-century wild child we&#8217;d all want to party with.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">5. &#8216;All About Eve&#8217; (1950)<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/5fbcf5f6-4b85-4e81-a9cd-5e2254ae38be-1950_EVE_75OSCAR_21_DCOV.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/5fbcf5f6-4b85-4e81-a9cd-5e2254ae38be-1950_EVE_75OSCAR_21_DCOV.JPG?crop=3485,2614,x286,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/5fbcf5f6-4b85-4e81-a9cd-5e2254ae38be-1950_EVE_75OSCAR_21_DCOV.JPG?crop=1965,2620,x1046,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/31\/USAT\/5fbcf5f6-4b85-4e81-a9cd-5e2254ae38be-1950_EVE_75OSCAR_21_DCOV.JPG?crop=4057,2283,x0,y163 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"AMC\" caption=\"&quot;All About Eve,&quot; starring Anne Baxter (left) and Bette Davis, is the only film in Oscar history to receive four female acting nominations.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bette Davis&#8217;\u00a0Broadway star freaks out about her age (at 40!) \u2013\u00a0and Anne Baxter&#8217;s zealous understudy does not help \u2013\u00a0in a stellar lesson on celebrity and cold-blooded ambition.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">4. &#8216;On the Waterfront&#8217;\u00a0(1954)<\/h2>\n<p>Marlon Brando&#8217;s\u00a0New Jersey boxer-turned-longshoreman \u201ccoulda been a contender\u201d but is definitely the champ of this stunning crime drama.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">3. &#8216;Schindler\u2019s List&#8217; (1993)<\/h2>\n<p>A moving, devastating Holocaust tale about hope and kindness, it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2018\/12\/06\/steven-spielberg-schindlers-list-more-relevant-today-than-1993\/2225228002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2018\/12\/06\/steven-spielberg-schindlers-list-more-relevant-today-than-1993\/2225228002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the best Steven Spielberg movie<\/a> without a certain globetrotting archaeologist.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">2. &#8216;Casablanca&#8217;\u00a0(1943)<\/h2>\n<p>As Humphrey Bogart learns, you can stay neutral in war only until\u00a0love and righteousness walk back through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2017\/11\/23\/heres-looking-you-casablanca-films-75th-anniversary\/882175001\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2017\/11\/23\/heres-looking-you-casablanca-films-75th-anniversary\/882175001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">your nightclub\u00a0doors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">1. &#8216;The Godfather&#8217;\u00a0(1972)<\/h2>\n<p>With violence, betrayal, drama, Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/03\/18\/godfather-50th-anniversary-frank-sinatra-famous-fight-mario-puzo\/6997604001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the sprawling gangster epic<\/a> is the cannoli on top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/04\/30\/steven-spielberg-greatest-american-film-godfather\/83362579007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/04\/30\/steven-spielberg-greatest-american-film-godfather\/83362579007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oscars&#8217; best picture<\/a> cake.<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-03-12 21:39:50.60459841 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-03-13 12:39:34.350903777 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/03\/12\/every-oscar-best-picture-winner-ranked\/89116086007\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new best picture will be named at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15. We rank every movie to win the Oscars&#8217; top prize. Everybody has their own idea of what makes a best picture winner at the Oscars. 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