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ACADEMY of
MOTION PICTURE ARTS and SCIENCES 20th Century Best Picture Winners (Ranked by Artistic Merit) |
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ACADEMY of
MOTION PICTURE ARTS and SCIENCES 20th Century Best Picture Winners (Ranked by Artistic Merit) |
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20th Century |
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Rank |
Award |
Best Picture
Academy Award Winner |
Director
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and Wins |
Greatest
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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1974 |
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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The Academy
Awards®, affectionately known as the Oscars®, have
been presented annually since 1927 by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences. Entertainment Weekly's Special Oscar Guide
2001 ranked the 20th Century's Best Picture Winners by artistic merit.