The most prestigious and highly recognized award in Hollywood, the Academy Awards are also known as Oscar is received by many people and movies for their excellent performances in various categories such as best actor, best actress, best director, best screenplay and best picture.

Since 1929, every year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences felicitate Hollywood moviemakers for their achievements within the industry. There are few movies which receive best five Oscar awards named as The Silence of the Lamb in 1991, it happened one night in 1931 and one flew over the cuckoo’s nest in 1975.

Here we present a list of best Oscar-winning so far that is appreciated or liked by people around the world.

Green Book (2019)

Awards won: 3

Best Supporting Actor

Best Picture

Best Original Screenplay

This best biography comedy movie set in the 1960s. It shows an Italian-American working-class person who becomes the driver of African-American pianist on a tour to venues.

The Shape of Water (2018)

Awards won: 4

Best Picture

Best Original Music Score

Best Production Design

Best Director

American romantic fantasy movie shows the story of a cleaner name Elisa who work in a high-security government building. But her life takes the turn when she came to know about the darkest classified secret of her workplace.

Moonlight (2017)

Award won: 3

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor

Best Adapted Screenplay

The movie based on the unpublished auto-biography play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue”, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney’s. It shows the story of an African-American young man who experiences everyday struggles of childhood and adolescence.

Spotlight (2016)

Awards won: 2

Best Picture

Best Original Screenplay

Spotlight the best crime drama shows Martin who joined the Boston Globe as an editor and forces four journalists to chase the story of child molestation against the local church.

Birdman or (The unexpected virtue of Ignorance) (2015)

Awards won: 4

Best Picture

Best Original Screenplay

Best Director

Best Cinematography

Directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman shows the story of a superhero that once again starts a career by writing, starring and directing in a Broadway production.

12 Years a Slave (2014)

Awards won: 3

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actress

Best Adapted Screenplay

The best historical drama of 2014 shows the story of Solomon Northup, a free African-American man who promised the job in New York. But when in reach there, he realized that he has been sold for slavery.

Argo (2013)

Awards won: 3

Best Picture

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Film Editing

Argo story is based on the Iran hostage crisis in 1979 and 1980. It shows a CIA agent who under the cover of a Hollywood producer worked on the dangerous operation to save Tehran during the US hostage’s crisis in Iran.

The Artist (2012)

Awards won: 5

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Original Music Score

Best Director

Best Costume Design

The artist movie is just like the black and silent old movies. It shows superstar Peppy Miller who falls in love with a silent film superstar George Valentin. But the movie takes a twist when Peppy career achieves heights of success and George career goes downhill.

The King’s Speech (2011)

Awards won: 4

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Director

Best Original Screenplay

Another historical drama of the 20s, The King’s Speech shows the story of King George VI, who tries his best to overcome his stammering problem with the help of a speech therapist. So that he can lead his country in World War II.

The Hurt Locker (2010)

Awards won: 6

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Original Screenplay

Best Sound mixing

Best Sound Editing

Best Film Editing

The mysterious drama of 2010, The Hurt Locker shows Sergeant William who during the Iraq War provides training with the bomb disposal team. But his ideologies and reckless approach job towards job develop conflict between him and his subordinates.

Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

Awards won: 7

Best Picture

Best Original Music Score

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Director

Best Cinematography

Best Sound Mixing

Best Film Editing

Slumdog Millionaire is a crime drama series that shows a teenager slum boy who becomes the contestant of Kaun Banega Crorepati. But when he is suspected of cheating, he revisits the past and reveals the reason behind the answers he knows.

No Country for old men (2008)

Awards won: 4

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Director

The fantasy drama shows the story of a hunter whose life takes turn when he discovered two billion dollars while strolling through the aftermath of a drug deal. But later on, he realized that he is chased by a psychopathic killer for money.

The Departed (2007)

Awards won: 4

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Film Editing

It is the story of an espionage agent and an undercover agent who try to counter-attack each other to protect themselves from police or authorities.


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Last Update: August 18, 2019

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