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20th Century Best Picture Winners Ranked (Part 1) |
Note: The films that are marked with a yellow star are the films
that "The Greatest Films" site has selected as the 100 Greatest Films.
BEST PICTURE WINNERS (*Ranked by Artistic Merit based upon Entertainment Weekly 2001 Oscar Guide) |
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Award |
Academy Award Winner |
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and Wins |
Competition from |
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The Godfather |
Francis Ford Coppola |
3 Wins |
Cabaret |
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All About Eve |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
6 Wins |
Sunset Boulevard |
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The Godfather, Part II |
Francis Ford Coppola |
6 Wins |
Chinatown The Conversation |
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Lawrence of Arabia |
David Lean |
7 Wins |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
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On The Waterfront |
Elia Kazan |
8 Wins |
The Caine Mutiny |
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Casablanca |
Michael Curtiz |
3 Wins |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
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Gone With The Wind |
Victor Fleming |
8 Wins |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka |
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The Best Years of Our Lives |
William Wyler |
7 Wins |
It's a Wonderful Life |
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Schindler's List |
Steven Spielberg |
7 Wins |
The Fugitive The Piano |
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The Apartment | Billy Wilder |
5 Wins |
Elmer Gantry |
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The Bridge On The River Kwai |
David Lean |
7 Wins |
Witness for the Prosecution |
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Annie Hall |
Woody Allen |
4 Wins |
Star Wars |
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest |
Milos Forman |
5 Wins |
Nashville
Jaws |
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Rebecca |
Alfred Hitchcock |
2 Wins |
The Grapes of Wrath
The Philadelphia Story |
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The Lost Weekend | Billy Wilder |
4 Wins |
Mildred Pierce |
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It Happened One Night |
Frank Capra |
5 Wins |
Viva Villa The Gay Divorcee |
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Midnight Cowboy |
John Schlesinger |
3 Wins |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
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Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood |
4 Wins |
The Crying Game |
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The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme |
5 Wins |
JFK |
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Platoon | Oliver Stone |
4 Wins |
Hannah and Her Sisters |
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American Beauty | Sam Mendes |
5 Wins |
The Insider |
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The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci |
9 Wins |
Broadcast News |
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Titanic | James Cameron |
11 Wins |
L.A. Confidential |
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All the King's Men | Robert Rossen |
3 Wins |
A Letter to Three Wives |
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From Here to Eternity | Fred Zinnemann |
8 Wins |
Roman Holiday |
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All Quiet on the Western Front |
Lewis Milestone |
2 Wins |
The Love Parade |
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West Side Story |
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins |
10 Wins |
The Hustler |
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Ordinary People | Robert Redford |
4 Wins |
Raging Bull |
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The Deer Hunter | Michael Cimino |
5 Wins |
Coming Home |
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How Green Was My Valley | John Ford |
5 Wins |
Citizen Kane |
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The French Connection | William Friedkin |
5 Wins |
The Last Picture Show |
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Rain Man | Barry Levinson |
4 Wins |
Dangerous Liaisons |
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Amadeus | Milos Forman |
8 Wins |
A Passage to India |
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Kramer vs. Kramer | Robert Benton |
5 Wins |
Apocalypse Now |
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Gigi | Vincente Minnelli |
9 Wins |
Auntie Mame Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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