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The Academy Awards, or Oscars is the longest running award celebration and is model for all other award celebrations. The Academy Awards reward excellence within the film industry. It is organized yearly by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the AMPAS). The first Academy Award presentation was in 1929 and has been broadcast either by radio or television ever since.

The Academy Award for best picture is considered to be one of the highest achievement a film crew can receive. It is prestigious and also great for marketing. The films that win the best picture of the year award are films that will never be lost in time. They are not only films that will be studied and admired for a long time inside media classes, they are also classics that anyone could enjoy.

These are latest winners of Academy Awards for best picture. All these movies would be an excellent addition to your film repertoire.

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire was the winner of the best picture at the 2008 Academy Awards. It is based on the bookQ & A: A Novel wirtten by Indian diplomat and author, Vikas Swarup. The film was directed by Danny Boyle and written by Simon Beaufoy. This british movie was filmed in India and tells the story of a young Indian boy from the slums of Mumbai who ends up on an Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? . After the boy does much better than expected, the game show host and police get suspicious. The film follows the boy’s journey on the show and re-tells an extradordinary tale of a boy from the slums of Mumbai.

No Country for old men

No Country for Old Men was the winner of the best picture at the 2007 Academy Awards celebration. It is the film adaptation of the novel No Country for Old Menby Cormac McCarthy. The film was by the Coen brothers and stars Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. No Country for old Men tells the story of a drug deal gone wrong and the concequences that follow. The themes of fate and circumstance are extremly strong within this story.

The Departed

The Departed a film directed by Martin Scorses and staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg was the 2006 Best picture winner at the Academy Awards (of that same year). The films tells the story of and Irish Mob boss who discovers a way to have an informant inside the State Police department. However, at the same time, the ploice plant an informant within the mob boss’ crew. Both sides fight to discover the true idenities before the other side.

Crash was the winner for best picture at the 2005 Academy Awards. This drama is the brainchild of co-witter, producer and director Paul Higgis. Crash addresses the issues of social tension within an urban, multicultural city. The movie is heart-breaking and inspiring all at the same time. Crash tells the story of a variety of characters coming from different social and economic backgrounds and how their lives are defined by those background.

Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby won best picture at the 2004 Academy Awards. The film was directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood. Eastwood also stared in Million Dollar Baby along side Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. Paul Haggis wrote the screenplay and based it on a collection of short stories that were called Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner, but has since been republiched and re-titled Million Dollar Baby: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole. The Movie Million Dollar Baby tells the story of a boxing trainer, still trying to prove his worth dispite his obscure past. He looks for validation while training a female boxer. Although an underdog at the beginning she fights her way through many obstacles to try and attain her dream of becoming a professional boxer.

Also available previous Academy Awards for Best picture:
2003 Academy Award for Best picture – The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
2002 Academy Award for Best picture -Chicago [Blu-ray]
2001 Academy Award for Best picture – A Beautiful Mind
2000 Academy Award for Best picture – Gladiator (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray]
1999 Academy Award for Best picture – American Beauty (Widescreen Edition)
1998 Academy Award for Best picture – Shakespeare in Love (Miramax Collector’s Series)
1997 Academy Award for Best picture – Titanic (10th Anniversary Edition)
1996 Academy Award for Best picture – The English Patient (Miramax Collector’s Edition)
1995 Academy Award for Best picture – Braveheart (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray]
1994 Academy Award for Best picture – Forrest Gump (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray]
1993 Academy Award for Best picture – Schindler’s List (Widescreen Edition)
1992 Academy Award for Best picture – Unforgiven [Blu-ray]
1991 Academy Award for Best picture – The Silence of the Lambs [Blu-ray]
1990 Academy Award for Best picture – Dances with Wolves – Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition)