The films that receive the Academy Award for Best Film of the Year are often films that have become cult, those that we have discovered in the cinema, that we saw and reviewed. There are engaged films, iconic films of an era, adventure movies, and love stories.
There have been many American films, but also some foreign films, including French. An overview of those who won the Oscars award in Los Angeles to find out who was the winner in your birth year!
1950: The Fools of the King
1951: Eve
1952: An American in Paris
1953: The Greatest Show on Earth
1954: As long as there are men
1955: On the Quays
1956: Marty
1957: Around the World in 80 Days
1958: The Kwai River Bridge
1959: Gigi
1960: Ben-Hur
1961: La Garçonnière
1962: West Side Story
1963: Lawrence of Arabia
1964: Tom Jones
1965: My Fair Lady
1966: The Melody of Happiness
1967: A Man For Eternity
1968: In the Heat of the Night
1969: Oliver!
1970: Macadam Cowboy
1971: Patton
1972: French Connection
1973: The Godfather
1974: The Arnarque
1975: The Godfather II
1976: Flying over a Cuckoo's Nest
1977: Rocky
1978: Annie Hall
1979: Journey to the End of Hell
1980: Kramer Against Kramer
1981: People Like Other
1982: The Chariots of Fire
1983: Gandhi
1984: Tendres Passions
1985: Amadeus
1986: Out Of Africa
1987: Platoon
1988: The Last Emperor
1989: Rain Man
1990: Miss Daisy and His Driver
1991: Dance With the Wolves
1992: The Silence of the Lambs
1993: Unforgiving
1994: Schindler's List
1995: Forrest Gump
1996: Braveheart
1997: The English Patient
1998: Titanic
1999: Shakespeare in Love
2000: American Beauty
2001: Gladiator
2002: An exceptional man
2003: Chicago
2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2005: Million Dollar Baby
2006: Crash
2007: The Infiltrators
2008: No Country For Old Men
2009: Slumdog Millionaire
2010: Minesweeper
2011: The Speech of a King
2012: The Artist
2013: Argo
2014: Twelve Years a Slave
2015: Birdman
2016: Spotlight
