List of Best Pictures, Academy Awards since 1990

Here are the Oscar winners for Best Pictures in the annual Academy Awards since 1990.



1990 Best picture winner : Dances with Wolves directed by Kevin Costner



1991 The Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme



1992 Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood




1993 Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg




1994 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis




1995 Braveheart by Mel Gibson



1996 The English Patient - directed by Anthony Minghella



1997 Titanic by James Cameron




1998 Shakespeare in Love by John Madden



1999 American Beauty by Sam Mendes



2000 Gladiator by Ridley Scott




2001 A Beautiful Mind by Ron Howard




2002 Chicago by Rob Marshall



2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King directed by Peter Jackson




2004 Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood




2005 Crash by Paul Haggis



2006 The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese



2007 No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen




2008 Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle



2009 The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow. This movie about a Bomb Disposal expert beat the highly fancied movie Avatar directed by Kathryn Bigelow ex husband James Cameron



2010 The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper


2011 - The Artist, a black and white, non dialogue silent French comedy drama movie directed by Michel Hazanavicius. The Artist won 5 Academy Awards in total, Best Picture, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, Best Actor for French Actor and new darling of Hollywood, Jean Dujardin, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.