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The Best Picture Project

Every nominee.
One film at a time.

My challenge: watch and review every film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. From celebrated winners to the ones that got away.

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254Reviewed
43Watched · review to come
322Not yet marked

The nominees, year by year

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Years and progress follow my original list (1928–2026). “Not yet marked” means no watch or review status has been recorded. Winners are highlighted where marked in the list.

2026 Awards8/10 reviewed
2025 Awards9/10 reviewed
2024 Awards10/10 reviewed
2023 Awards8/10 reviewed
2022 Awards9/10 reviewed
2021 Awards6/8 reviewed
2020 Awards9/9 reviewed
2019 Awards8/8 reviewed
2018 Awards9/9 reviewed
2017 Awards9/9 reviewed
2016 Awards7/8 reviewed
2015 Awards8/8 reviewed
2014 Awards9/9 reviewed
2013 Awards4/9 reviewed
2012 Awards6/9 reviewed
2011 Awards10/10 reviewed
2010 Awards9/10 reviewed
2009 Awards4/5 reviewed
2008 Awards3/5 reviewed
2007 Awards3/5 reviewed
2006 Awards2/5 reviewed
2005 Awards2/5 reviewed
2004 Awards5/5 reviewed
2003 Awards4/5 reviewed
2002 Awards4/5 reviewed
2001 Awards3/5 reviewed
2000 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • American BeautyWinner
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  • The Cider House Rules
    Watched · review to come
  • The Green Mile
    Watched · review to come
  • The Insider
    Not yet marked
  • The Sixth Sense
    Watched · review to come
1999 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • Shakespeare in LoveWinner
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  • Elizabeth
    Watched · review to come
  • Life is Beautiful
    Not yet marked
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Watched · review to come
  • The Thin Red Line
    Not yet marked
1998 Awards5/5 reviewed
1997 Awards4/5 reviewed
1996 Awards2/5 reviewed
1995 Awards2/5 reviewed
1994 Awards3/5 reviewed
1993 Awards3/5 reviewed
1992 Awards3/5 reviewed
1991 Awards4/5 reviewed
1990 Awards4/5 reviewed
1989 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • Rain ManWinner
    Watched · review to come
  • Dangerous Liaisons
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  • Mississippi Burning
    Not yet marked
  • The Accidental Tourist
    Not yet marked
  • Working Girl
    Not yet marked
1988 Awards2/5 reviewed
1987 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • PlatoonWinner
    Watched · review to come
  • A Room with a View
    Not yet marked
  • Children of a Lesser God
    Not yet marked
  • Hannah and Her Sisters
    Not yet marked
  • The Mission
    Not yet marked
1986 Awards3/5 reviewed
1985 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • AmadeusWinner
    Not yet marked
  • A Passage to India
    Not yet marked
  • A Soldier’s Story
    Not yet marked
  • Places in the Heart
    Not yet marked
  • The Killing Fields
    Not yet marked
1984 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • Terms of EndearmentWinner
    Watched · review to come
  • Tender Mercies
    Not yet marked
  • The Big Chill
    Not yet marked
  • The Dresser
    Not yet marked
  • The Right Stuff
    Not yet marked
1983 Awards3/5 reviewed
1982 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • Chariots of FireWinner
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  • Atlantic City
    Not yet marked
  • On Golden Pond
    Watched · review to come
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Watched · review to come
  • Reds
    Not yet marked
1981 Awards3/5 reviewed
1980 Awards2/5 reviewed
1979 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • The Deer HunterWinner
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  • An Unmarried Woman
    Not yet marked
  • Coming Home
    Not yet marked
  • Heaven Can Wait
    Not yet marked
  • Midnight Express
    Not yet marked
1978 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • Annie HallWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Julia
    Not yet marked
  • Star Wars
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  • The Goodbye Girl
    Not yet marked
  • The Turning Point
    Not yet marked
1977 Awards4/5 reviewed
1976 Awards2/5 reviewed
1975 Awards3/5 reviewed
1974 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • The StingWinner
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  • A Touch of Class
    Not yet marked
  • American Graffiti
    Not yet marked
  • The Exorcist
    Not yet marked
  • Cries and Whispers
    Not yet marked
1973 Awards2/5 reviewed
1972 Awards2/5 reviewed
1971 Awards1/5 reviewed
1970 Awards2/5 reviewed
1969 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • Oliver!Winner
    Watched · review to come
  • Funny Girl
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  • Rachel Rachel
    Not yet marked
  • Romeo and Juliet
    Not yet marked
  • The Lion in Winter
    Not yet marked
1968 Awards1/5 reviewed
1967 Awards1/5 reviewed
1966 Awards2/5 reviewed
1965 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • My Fair LadyWinner
    Watched · review to come
  • Alexis Zorbas
    Not yet marked
  • Becket
    Not yet marked
  • Dr. Strangelove
    Not yet marked
  • Mary Poppins
    Read review →
1964 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • Tom JonesWinner
    Not yet marked
  • America America
    Not yet marked
  • Cleopatra
    Not yet marked
  • How the West Was Won
    Not yet marked
  • Lilies of the Field
    Not yet marked
1963 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • Lawrence of ArabiaWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Mutiny on the Bounty
    Not yet marked
  • The Longest Day
    Not yet marked
  • The Music Man
    Not yet marked
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
    Watched · review to come
1962 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • West Side StoryWinner
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  • Fanny
    Not yet marked
  • Judgment at Nuremberg
    Not yet marked
  • The Guns of Navarone
    Not yet marked
  • The Hustler
    Watched · review to come
1961 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • The ApartmentWinner
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  • Elmer Gantry
    Not yet marked
  • Sons and Lovers
    Not yet marked
  • The Alamo
    Not yet marked
  • The Sundowners
    Not yet marked
1960 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • Ben-HurWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Anatomy of a Murder
    Not yet marked
  • Room at the Top
    Not yet marked
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
    Not yet marked
  • The Nun’s Story
    Not yet marked
1959 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • GigiWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Auntie Mame
    Not yet marked
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Watched · review to come
  • Separate Tables
    Not yet marked
  • The Defiant Ones
    Not yet marked
1958 Awards2/5 reviewed
1957 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • Around the World in Eighty DaysWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Friendly Persuasion
    Not yet marked
  • Giant
    Not yet marked
  • The King and I
    Watched · review to come
  • The Ten Commandments
    Not yet marked
1956 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • MartyWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
    Not yet marked
  • Mister Roberts
    Not yet marked
  • Picnic
    Not yet marked
  • The Rose Tattoo
    Not yet marked
1955 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • On the WaterfrontWinner
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  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
    Not yet marked
  • The Caine Mutiny
    Not yet marked
  • The Country Girl
    Not yet marked
  • Three Coins in the Fountain
    Not yet marked
1954 Awards1/5 reviewed
1953 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • The Greatest Show on EarthWinner
    Not yet marked
  • High Noon
    Not yet marked
  • Ivanhoe
    Not yet marked
  • Moulin Rouge
    Not yet marked
  • The Quiet Man
    Not yet marked
1952 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • An American in ParisWinner
    Not yet marked
  • A Place in the Sun
    Not yet marked
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
    Watched · review to come
  • Decision Before Dawn
    Not yet marked
  • Quo Vadis
    Not yet marked
1951 Awards2/5 reviewed
1950 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • All the King’s MenWinner
    Not yet marked
  • A Letter to Three Wives
    Not yet marked
  • Battleground
    Not yet marked
  • The Heiress
    Not yet marked
  • Twelve O’Clock High
    Not yet marked
1949 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • HamletWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Johnny Belinda
    Not yet marked
  • The Red Shoes
    Not yet marked
  • The Snake Pit
    Not yet marked
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Not yet marked
1948 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • Gentleman’s AgreementWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Crossfire
    Not yet marked
  • Great Expectations
    Not yet marked
  • Miracle on 34th Street
    Not yet marked
  • The Bishop’s Wife
    Not yet marked
1947 Awards1/5 reviewed
  • The Best Years of Our LivesWinner
    Not yet marked
  • It’s a Wonderful Life
    Read review →
  • The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with his Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
    Not yet marked
  • The Razor’s Edge
    Not yet marked
  • The Yearling
    Not yet marked
1946 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • The Lost WeekendWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Anchors Aweigh
    Not yet marked
  • Mildred Pierce
    Not yet marked
  • Spellbound
    Not yet marked
  • The Bells of St. Mary’s
    Not yet marked
1945 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • Going My WayWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Double Indemnity
    Not yet marked
  • Gaslight
    Not yet marked
  • Since You Went Away
    Not yet marked
  • Wilson
    Not yet marked
1944 Awards1/10 reviewed
  • CasablancaWinner
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  • For Whom the Bell Tolls
    Not yet marked
  • Heaven Can Wait
    Not yet marked
  • In Which We Serve
    Not yet marked
  • Madame Curie
    Not yet marked
  • The Human Comedy
    Not yet marked
  • The More the Merrier
    Not yet marked
  • The Ox-Bow Incident
    Not yet marked
  • The Song of Bernadette
    Not yet marked
  • Watch on the Rhine
    Not yet marked
1943 Awards0/10 reviewed
  • Mrs. MiniverWinner
    Not yet marked
  • 49th Parallel
    Not yet marked
  • Kings Row
    Not yet marked
  • Random Harvest
    Not yet marked
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
    Not yet marked
  • The Pied Piper
    Not yet marked
  • The Pride of the Yankees
    Not yet marked
  • The Talk of the Town
    Not yet marked
  • Wake Island
    Not yet marked
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
    Not yet marked
1942 Awards1/10 reviewed
  • How Green Was My ValleyWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Blossoms in the Dust
    Not yet marked
  • Citizen Kane
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  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan
    Not yet marked
  • Hold Back the Dawn
    Not yet marked
  • One Foot in Heaven
    Not yet marked
  • Sergeant York
    Not yet marked
  • Suspicion
    Not yet marked
  • The Little Foxes
    Not yet marked
  • The Maltese Falcon
    Not yet marked
1941 Awards1/10 reviewed
  • RebeccaWinner
    Not yet marked
  • All This and Heaven Too
    Not yet marked
  • Foreign Correspondent
    Not yet marked
  • Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman
    Not yet marked
  • Our Town
    Not yet marked
  • The Grapes of Wrath
    Not yet marked
  • The Great Dictator
    Not yet marked
  • The Letter
    Not yet marked
  • The Long Voyage Home
    Not yet marked
  • The Philadelphia Story
    Read review →
1940 Awards1/10 reviewed
  • Gone with the WindWinner
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  • Dark Victory
    Not yet marked
  • Goodbye Mr. Chips
    Not yet marked
  • Love Affair
    Not yet marked
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Not yet marked
  • Ninotchka
    Not yet marked
  • Of Mice and Men
    Not yet marked
  • Stagecoach
    Not yet marked
  • The Wizard of Oz
    Watched · review to come
  • Wuthering Heights
    Not yet marked
1939 Awards0/10 reviewed
  • You Can’t Take it With YouWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Alexander’s Ragtime Band
    Not yet marked
  • Boys Town
    Not yet marked
  • Four Daughters
    Not yet marked
  • Jezebel
    Not yet marked
  • La grande illusion
    Not yet marked
  • Pygmalion
    Not yet marked
  • Test Pilot
    Not yet marked
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
    Not yet marked
  • The Citadel
    Not yet marked
1938 Awards0/10 reviewed
  • The Life of Emile ZolaWinner
    Not yet marked
  • A Star Is Born
    Not yet marked
  • Captains Courageous
    Not yet marked
  • Dead End
    Not yet marked
  • In Old Chicago
    Not yet marked
  • Lost Horizon
    Not yet marked
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl
    Not yet marked
  • Stage Door
    Not yet marked
  • The Awful Truth
    Not yet marked
  • The Good Earth
    Not yet marked
1937 Awards0/10 reviewed
  • The Great ZiegfeldWinner
    Not yet marked
  • A Tale of Two Cities
    Not yet marked
  • Anthony Adverse
    Not yet marked
  • Dodsworth
    Not yet marked
  • Libeled Lady
    Not yet marked
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
    Not yet marked
  • Romeo and Juliet
    Not yet marked
  • San Francisco
    Not yet marked
  • The Story of Louis Pasteur
    Not yet marked
  • Three Smart Girls
    Not yet marked
1936 Awards0/12 reviewed
  • Mutiny on the BountyWinner
    Not yet marked
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    Not yet marked
  • Alice Adams
    Not yet marked
  • Broadway Melody of 1936
    Not yet marked
  • Captain Blood
    Not yet marked
  • Les misérables
    Not yet marked
  • Naughty Marietta
    Not yet marked
  • Ruggles of Red Gap
    Not yet marked
  • The Informer
    Not yet marked
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
    Not yet marked
  • The Personal History Adventures Experience & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger
    Not yet marked
  • Top Hat
    Not yet marked
1935 Awards1/12 reviewed
  • It Happened One NightWinner
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  • Cleopatra
    Not yet marked
  • Flirtation Walk
    Not yet marked
  • Here Comes the Navy
    Not yet marked
  • Imitation of Life
    Not yet marked
  • One Night of Love
    Not yet marked
  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street
    Not yet marked
  • The Gay Divorcee
    Not yet marked
  • The House of Rothschild
    Not yet marked
  • The Thin Man
    Not yet marked
  • The White Parade
    Not yet marked
  • Viva Villa!
    Not yet marked
1934 Awards0/10 reviewed
  • CavalcadeWinner
    Not yet marked
  • 42nd Street
    Not yet marked
  • A Farewell to Arms
    Not yet marked
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang,
    Not yet marked
  • Lady for a Day
    Not yet marked
  • Little Women
    Not yet marked
  • She Done Him Wrong
    Watched · review to come
  • Smilin’ Through
    Not yet marked
  • State Fair
    Not yet marked
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII
    Not yet marked
1933 Awards0/8 reviewed
  • Grand HotelWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Arrowsmith
    Not yet marked
  • Bad Girl
    Not yet marked
  • Five Star Final
    Not yet marked
  • One Hour with You
    Not yet marked
  • Shanghai Express
    Not yet marked
  • The Champ
    Not yet marked
  • The Smiling Lieutenant
    Not yet marked
1932 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • CimarronWinner
    Not yet marked
  • East Lynne
    Not yet marked
  • Skippy
    Not yet marked
  • The Front Page
    Not yet marked
  • Trader Horn
    Not yet marked
1931 Awards0/5 reviewed
  • The Broadway MelodyWinner
    Not yet marked
  • Alibi
    Not yet marked
  • In Old Arizona
    Not yet marked
  • The Hollywood Revue of 1929
    Not yet marked
  • The Patriot
    Not yet marked
1929 Awards0/3 reviewed
  • Wings — (best picture, production)Winner
    Not yet marked
  • 7th Heaven
    Not yet marked
  • The Racket
    Not yet marked
1928 Awards0/3 reviewed
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans — (best picture, unique and artistic production)Winner
    Not yet marked
  • Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
    Not yet marked
  • The Crowd
    Not yet marked