BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19290516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19300403 DESCRIPTION:Wings is a 1927 American war film which won the first Academy A ward for Best Picture. While the sound version of the film has no audible dialogue\, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound ef fects. The original soundtrack to the sound version is preserved at UCLA.\ n\nBest Picture at the 1st Academy Awards\, May 16\, 1929 β€” hosted by Do uglas Fairbanks at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Most awards that night: 7th Heaven and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Wings_%281927_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Academy_Aw ards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Wings Β· 1st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19300403 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19301105 DESCRIPTION:The Broadway Melody\, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929 \, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to wi n an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was one of the early musicals to f eature a Technicolor sequence\, which sparked the trend of color being use d in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929–1930.\n\nBe st Picture at the 2nd Academy Awards\, April 3\, 1930 β€” hosted by Willia m C. deMille at Ambassador Hotel. Most awards that night: The Bridge of Sa n Luis Rey\, The Broadway Melody\, Coquette\, The Divine Lady\, In Old Ari zona\, The Patriot\, and White Shadows in the South Seas.\n\nhttps://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_Melody\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_ Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not en dorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Broadway Melody Β· 2nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-3 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19301105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19311110 DESCRIPTION:All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 American pre-Code epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by German novelist Erich Maria Remarque. Directed by Lewis Milestone\, it stars Lew Ayres\, Louis Wolheim\, John Wray\, Slim Summerville\, and William Bakewell.\n\nBe st Picture at the 3rd Academy Awards\, November 5\, 1930 β€” hosted by Con rad Nagel at Ambassador Hotel. Most awards that night: All Quiet on the We stern Front and The Big House.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_ on_the_Western_Front_%281930_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_ Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not en dorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† All Quiet on the Western Front Β· 3rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-4 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19311110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19321118 DESCRIPTION:Cimarron is a 1931 American pre-Code epic Western film starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne\, and directed by Wesley Ruggles. Released by RKO Radio Pictures\, it won Academy Awards for Best Picture\, Best Adapte d Screenplay\, and Best Production Design. It is the first of four Western s to ever win the top honor at the Academy Awards\, being followed almost 60 years later by Dances With Wolves in 1990\, Unforgiven in 1992\, and No Country for Old Men in 2007.\n\nBest Picture at the 4th Academy Awards\, November 10\, 1931 β€” hosted by Lawrence Grant at Biltmore Hotel.\n\nhttp s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron_%281931_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/4th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Cimarron Β· 4th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-5 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19321118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19340316 DESCRIPTION:Grand Hotel is a 1932 American drama film directed by Edmund Go ulding and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay by William A. D rake is based on the 1930 play by Drake\, who had adapted it from the 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum.\n\nBest Picture at the 5th Academy Awards\, November 18\, 1932 β€” hosted by Lionel Barrymore and Conrad Nag el at Ambassador Hotel. Most awards that night: Bad Girl and The Champ.\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hotel_%281932_film%29\n\nhttps://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Grand Hotel Β· 5th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-6 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19340316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19350227 DESCRIPTION:Cavalcade is a 1933 American pre-Code epic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley is based on NoΓ«l Cowa rd's 1931 play. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation\, and stars Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook in the leading roles.\n\nBest Pict ure at the 6th Academy Awards\, March 16\, 1934 β€” hosted by Will Rogers at Ambassador Hotel.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalcade_%281933_fi lm%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (t his product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Cavalcade Β· 6th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-7 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19350227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19360305 DESCRIPTION:It Happened One Night is a 1934 American screwball comedy film produced and directed by Frank Capra. Claudette Colbert stars as a pampere d socialite who tries to get out from under her father's thumb and falls i n love with a roguish reporter\, played by Clark Gable.\n\nBest Picture at the 7th Academy Awards\, February 27\, 1935 β€” hosted by Irvin S. Cobb a t Biltmore Hotel.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night\n \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this pro duct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† It Happened One Night Β· 7th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-8 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19360305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19370304 DESCRIPTION:Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American historical adventure dr ama film directed by Frank Lloyd and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It d ramatizes the mutiny of HMS Bounty\, and is adapted from the novels Mutiny on the Bounty and Men Against the Sea by Charles Nordhoff and James Norma n Hall. It stars Charles Laughton as William Bligh\, Clark Gable as Fletch er Christian\, and Franchot Tone as Roger Byam.\n\nBest Picture at the 8th Academy Awards\, March 5\, 1936 β€” hosted by Frank Capra at Biltmore Hot el. Most awards that night: The Informer.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Mutiny_on_the_Bounty_%281935_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th _Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not e ndorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Mutiny on the Bounty Β· 8th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-9 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19370304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19380310 DESCRIPTION:The Great Ziegfeld is a 1936 American musical drama film direct ed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William P owell as the theatrical impresario Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr.\, Luise Rain er as Anna Held\, and Myrna Loy as Billie Burke.\n\nBest Picture at the 9t h Academy Awards\, March 4\, 1937 β€” hosted by George Jessel at Biltmore Hotel. Most awards that night: Anthony Adverse.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/The_Great_Ziegfeld\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Academy_Awa rds\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or c ertified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Great Ziegfeld Β· 9th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-10 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19380310 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19390223 DESCRIPTION:The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 American biographical film abo ut the 19th-century French author Γ‰mile Zola starring Paul Muni and direc ted by William Dieterle.\n\nBest Picture at the 10th Academy Awards\, Marc h 10\, 1938 β€” hosted by Bob Burns at Biltmore Hotel.\n\nhttps://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Emile_Zola\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th _Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not e ndorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Life of Emile Zola Β· 10th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-11 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19390223 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19400229 DESCRIPTION:You Can't Take It with You is a 1938 American screwball romanti c comedy film directed by Frank Capra\, and starring Jean Arthur\, Lionel Barrymore\, James Stewart\, and Edward Arnold. Adapted by Robert Riskin fr om the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play of the same name by George S. Kauf man and Moss Hart\, the film is about a man from a family of rich snobs wh o becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric f amily.\n\nBest Picture at the 11th Academy Awards\, February 23\, 1939 β€” hosted by Frank Capra at Biltmore Hotel. Most awards that night: The Adve ntures of Robin Hood.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It _with_You_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Academy_Awards\ nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certi fied by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† You Can't Take It With You Β· 11th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-12 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19400229 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19410227 DESCRIPTION:Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance f ilm adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. It was produced by D avid O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South during the Civil War and Reconstructio n\, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara\, the strong-willed daught er of a Georgia plantation owner\, following her romantic pursuit of Ashle y Wilkes\, who is married to his cousin Melanie Hamilton\, and her subsequ ent marriage to Rhett Butler.\n\nBest Picture at the 12th Academy Awards\, February 29\, 1940 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut G rove).\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this produ ct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Gone with the Wind Β· 12th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-13 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19410227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19420226 DESCRIPTION:Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project\, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick. The sc reenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison\, and adaptation by Phili p MacDonald and Michael Hogan\, were based on the 1938 novel of the same n ame by Daphne du Maurier.\n\nBest Picture at the 13th Academy Awards\, Feb ruary 27\, 1941 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl). Most awards that night: The Thief of Bagdad.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Rebecca_%281940_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Academy_ Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed o r certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Rebecca Β· 13th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-14 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19420226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19430304 DESCRIPTION:How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 American drama film directed by John Ford\, adapted by Philip Dunne from the 1939 novel of the same tit le by Richard Llewellyn. It stars Walter Pidgeon\, Maureen O'Hara\, Anna L ee\, Donald Crisp\, and a young Roddy McDowall.\n\nBest Picture at the 14t h Academy Awards\, February 26\, 1942 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Biltmore H otel (Biltmore Bowl).\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Green_Was_My_Va lley_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Academy_Awards\nPost er: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† How Green Was My Valley Β· 14th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-15 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19430304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19440302 DESCRIPTION:Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directe d by William Wyler\, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Inspire d by the 1940 novel Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther\, it shows how the life o f an unassuming British housewife in rural England is affected by World Wa r II. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer\, its supporting cas t includes Teresa Wright\, May Whitty\, Reginald Owen\, Henry Travers\, Ri chard Ney and Henry Wilcoxon.\n\nBest Picture at the 15th Academy Awards\, March 4\, 1943 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove ).\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Miniver\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.o rg/wiki/15th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Mrs. Miniver Β· 15th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-16 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19440302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19450315 DESCRIPTION:Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by M ichael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart\, Ingrid Bergman\, and Paul Hen reid. Filmed and set during World War II\, it focuses on an American expat riate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid)\, a Czechoslovak resistance leader\, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's\, an unpr oduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast f eatures Claude Rains\, Conrad Veidt\, Sydney Greenstreet\, Peter Lorre\, a nd Dooley Wilson.\n\nBest Picture at the 16th Academy Awards\, March 2\, 1 944 β€” hosted by Jack Benny at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Most awards tha t night: The Song of Bernadette.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablan ca_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Academy_Awards\nPoster : TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Casablanca Β· 16th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-17 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19450315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19460307 DESCRIPTION:Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film direc ted by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett\, based on a story by McCarey\, the film is about a new young priest taking over a parish from an established old v eteran. Crosby sings five songs with other songs performed onscreen by Met ropolitan Opera's star mezzo-soprano RisΓ« Stevens and the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir. Going My Way was the highest-grossing picture of 1944\, and w as nominated for ten Academy Awards\, winning seven\, including Best Pictu re. Its success helped to make movie exhibitors choose Crosby as the bigge st box-office draw of the year\, a record he would hold for the remainder of the 1940s. After World War II\, Crosby and McCarey presented a copy of the film to Pope Pius XII at the Vatican. Going My Way was followed the ne xt year by a sequel\, The Bells of St. Mary's.\n\nBest Picture at the 17th Academy Awards\, March 15\, 1945 β€” hosted by Bob Hope and John Cromwell at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_My_W ay\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (thi s product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Going My Way Β· 17th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-18 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19460307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19470313 DESCRIPTION:The Lost Weekend is a 1945 American drama film noir directed by Billy Wilder\, and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. It was based on C harles R. Jackson's 1944 novel about an alcoholic writer. The film was nom inated for seven Academy Awards and won four: Best Picture\, Best Director \, Best Actor\, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also shared the Grand Prix at the first Cannes Film Festival\, making it one of only four filmsβ€”th e other three being Marty (1955)\, Parasite (2019) and Anora (2024)β€”to w in both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the highest award at Cannes .\n\nBest Picture at the 18th Academy Awards\, March 7\, 1946 β€” hosted b y Bob Hope and James Stewart at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.\n\nhttps://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/18th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Lost Weekend Β· 18th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-19 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19470313 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19480320 DESCRIPTION:The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy\, Fredric March\, Dana An drews\, Teresa Wright\, Virginia Mayo and Harold Russell. The film depicts three United States servicemen returning from World War II and re-adjusti ng to societal changes and civilian life. The men come from different mili tary branches\, with different ranks that do not correspond with their civ ilian social class backgrounds.\n\nBest Picture at the 19th Academy Awards \, March 13\, 1947 β€” hosted by Jack Benny at Shrine Auditorium.\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives\n\nhttps://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/19th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Best Years of Our Lives Β· 19th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-20 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19480320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19490324 DESCRIPTION:Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on La ura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title\, directed by El ia Kazan. The film is about a journalist who pretends to be Jewish to rese arch an exposΓ© on the widespread antisemitism in New York City and the af fluent communities of New Canaan and Darien\, Connecticut. It was nominate d for eight Academy Awards and won three: Best Picture\, Best Supporting A ctress\, and Best Director.\n\nBest Picture at the 20th Academy Awards\, M arch 20\, 1948 β€” hosted by Agnes Moorehead and Dick Powell at Shrine Aud itorium. Most awards that night: Gentleman's Agreement and Miracle on 34th Street.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman%27s_Agreement\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product u ses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Gentleman's Agreement Β· 20th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-21 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19490324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19500323 DESCRIPTION:Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of the play of the sa me name by William Shakespeare. It was adapted\, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier and was his second film as director\, as well as the seco nd of the three Shakespeare films he directed.\n\nBest Picture at the 21st Academy Awards\, March 24\, 1949 β€” hosted by Robert Montgomery at The A cademy Theater.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_%281948_film%29\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this pro duct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Hamlet Β· 21st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-22 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19500323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19510329 DESCRIPTION:All the King's Men is a 1949 American political drama film noir written\, produced\, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1946 novel. It stars Broderick Crawf ord\, John Ireland\, Mercedes McCambridge\, and Joanne Dru. The film cente rs on the rise and fall of Willie Stark (Crawford)\, an idealistic but rut hless politician in the American South\, patterned after Louisiana Governo r Huey Long.\n\nBest Picture at the 22nd Academy Awards\, March 23\, 1950 β€” hosted by Paul Douglas at Pantages Theatre. Most awards that night: Th e Heiress.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_King%27s_Men_%281949_f ilm%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22nd_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† All the King's Men Β· 22nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-23 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19510329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19520320 DESCRIPTION:All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directe d by Joseph L. Mankiewicz\, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr\, although Orr doe s not receive a screen credit.\n\nBest Picture at the 23rd Academy Awards\ , March 29\, 1951 β€” hosted by Fred Astaire at Pantages Theatre.\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Eve\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23 rd_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† All About Eve Β· 23rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-24 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19520320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19530319 DESCRIPTION:An American in Paris is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy film inspired by the 1928 jazz-influenced symphonic poem An American in P aris by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly\, Leslie Caron\, Oscar Levant \, Georges GuΓ©tary\, and Nina Foch\, the film is set in Paris and was dir ected by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner. The music is by George Gershwin with lyrics by his brother Ira\, with additional music by Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin\, the music directors.\n\nBest Picture at the 24th Academy Awards\, March 20\, 1952 β€” hosted by Danny Kaye at Pan tages Theatre. Most awards that night: An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_in_Paris_%28film%29 \n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† An American in Paris Β· 24th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-25 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19530319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19540325 DESCRIPTION:The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American Technicolor epic drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille\, and released by Par amount Pictures. Set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus\, th e film stars Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists competing fo r the center ring and Charlton Heston as the circus manager. James Stewart also stars as a mysterious clown who never removes his makeup\, and Dorot hy Lamour and Gloria Grahame also play supporting roles.\n\nBest Picture a t the 25th Academy Awards\, March 19\, 1953 β€” hosted by Bob Hope and Con rad Nagel at Pantages Theatre / NBC International Theatre. 40 million US v iewers. Most awards that night: The Bad and the Beautiful.\n\nhttps://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/25th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TM DB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Greatest Show on Earth Β· 25th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-26 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19540325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19550330 DESCRIPTION:From Here to Eternity is a 1953 American romantic war drama fil m directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by Daniel Taradash\, based on the 1951 novel by James Jones. It deals with the tribulations of three United States Army soldiers\, played by Burt Lancaster\, Montgomery Clift\, and Frank Sinatra\, stationed in Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed portray the women in their l ives. The supporting cast features Ernest Borgnine\, Philip Ober\, Jack Wa rden\, Mickey Shaughnessy\, Claude Akins\, and George Reeves.\n\nBest Pict ure at the 26th Academy Awards\, March 25\, 1954 β€” hosted by Donald O'Co nnor and Fredric March at Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre. 43 milli on US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Here_to_Eternity\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this produ ct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† From Here to Eternity Β· 26th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-27 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19550330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19560321 DESCRIPTION:On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film\, directe d by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando\, an d features Karl Malden\, Lee J. Cobb\, Rod Steiger\, Pat Henning and Eva M arie Saint in her film debut. The musical score was composed by Leonard Be rnstein\, his only original film score. The black-and-white film was inspi red by "Crime on the Waterfront" by Malcolm Johnson\, a series of articles published in November–December 1948 in the New York Sun which won the 1 949 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting\, but the screenplay by Budd Schulb erg is directly based on his own original story. The film focuses on union violence and corruption among longshoremen\, while detailing widespread c orruption\, extortion\, and racketeering on the waterfronts of Hoboken\, N ew Jersey.\n\nBest Picture at the 27th Academy Awards\, March 30\, 1955 β€” hosted by Bob Hope and Thelma Ritter at Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Waterfront\n\nhttps://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses t he TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† On the Waterfront Β· 27th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-28 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19560321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19570327 DESCRIPTION:Marty is a 1955 American romantic drama film directed by Delber t Mann in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chaye fsky\, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay\, which was broadcast on The Philc o-Goodyear Television Playhouse and starred Rod Steiger in the title role. \n\nBest Picture at the 28th Academy Awards\, March 21\, 1956 β€” hosted b y Jerry Lewis\, Claudette Colbert\, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz at Pantages T heatre / NBC Century Theatre.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_%28fi lm%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB ( this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Marty Β· 28th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-29 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19570327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19580326 DESCRIPTION:Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 American epic adventure-c omedy film starring David Niven\, Cantinflas\, Robert Newton\, and Shirley MacLaine\, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Ar tists.\n\nBest Picture at the 29th Academy Awards\, March 27\, 1957 β€” ho sted by Jerry Lewis and Celeste Holm at Pantages Theatre / NBC Century The atre. Most awards that night: Around the World in 80 Days and The King and I.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_%281956_f ilm%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Around the World in 80 Days Β· 29th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-30 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19580326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19590406 DESCRIPTION:The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed b y David Lean and based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai\, writt en by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel and the film's screenplay are fictiona l\; they use the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943 as histo rical setting. It stars William Holden\, Alec Guinness\, and Jack Hawkins\ , with Sessue Hayakawa\, James Donald\, Ann Sears\, and Geoffrey Horne in supporting roles.\n\nBest Picture at the 30th Academy Awards\, March 26\, 1958 β€” hosted by Bob Hope\, David Niven\, James Stewart\, Jack Lemmon\, Rosalind Russell\, and Donald Duck at Pantages Theatre.\n\nhttps://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/30th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but i s not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Bridge on the River Kwai Β· 30th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-31 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19590406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19600404 DESCRIPTION:Gigi is a 1958 American musical romantic comedy film directed b y Vincente Minnelli and processed using Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Eastmancolor film process Metrocolor. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on th e 1944 novella by Colette. The film features songs with lyrics by Lerner a nd music by Frederick Loewe\, arranged and conducted by AndrΓ© Previn. Cos tume design was done by Cecil Beaton.\n\nBest Picture at the 31st Academy Awards\, April 6\, 1959 β€” hosted by Bob Hope\, David Niven\, Tony Randal l\, Mort Sahl\, Laurence Olivier\, and Jerry Lewis at Pantages Theatre.\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_%281958_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/31st_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB A PI but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Gigi Β· 31st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-32 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19600404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19610417 DESCRIPTION:Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film directed by Will iam Wyler\, produced by Sam Zimbalist\, and starring Charlton Heston as th e title character. A remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title\, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Chris t. The screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg\, but includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson\, S. N. Behrman\, Gore Vidal\, and Christopher Fry. The cast also features Stephen Boyd\, Jack Hawkins\, Haya Harareet\, Hugh Griffith\, Martha Scott\, Cathy O'Donnell and Sam Jaffe.\n\nBest Picture at the 32nd Academy Awards\, April 4\, 1960 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Pant ages Theatre.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_%281959_film%29\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this prod uct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Ben-Hur Β· 32nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-33 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19610417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19620409 DESCRIPTION:The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. D iamond. Jack Lemmon stars as an insurance clerk who\, in hopes of climbing the corporate ladder\, allows his superiors to use his Upper West Side ap artment to conduct their extramarital affairs. He becomes attracted to an elevator operator in his office building\, unaware that she is having an a ffair with the head of personnel. Ray Walston and Edie Adams feature in su pporting roles.\n\nBest Picture at the 33rd Academy Awards\, April 17\, 19 61 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.\n\nhttps://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apartment\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Aca demy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endor sed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Apartment Β· 33rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-34 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19620409 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19630408 DESCRIPTION:West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins\, written by Ernest Lehman\, an d produced by Wise. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title\, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Rome o and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood\, Richard Beymer\, Russ Tamblyn\, Rita Moreno\, and George Chakiris and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp in Su per Panavision 70. The music was composed by Leonard Bernstein\, with lyri cs by Stephen Sondheim.\n\nBest Picture at the 34th Academy Awards\, April 9\, 1962 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.\n\nhttp s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_%281961_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/34th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† West Side Story Β· 34th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-35 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19630408 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19640413 DESCRIPTION:Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic biographical drama film direc ted by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel through the latter's British company Horizon Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is base d on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Lawrence of Arabia introduces Peter O'Toole as Lawrence\, with Alec Guinn ess playing Prince Faisal. It also stars Jack Hawkins\, Anthony Quinn\, Om ar Sharif\, Anthony Quayle\, Claude Rains\, Jose Ferrer and Arthur Kennedy . The screenplay was written by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson.\n\nBest Pi cture at the 35th Academy Awards\, April 8\, 1963 β€” hosted by Frank Sina tra at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law rence_of_Arabia_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_Academy_A wards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Lawrence of Arabia Β· 35th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-36 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19640413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19650405 DESCRIPTION:Tom Jones is a 1963 British period comedy film\, an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic 1749 novel The History of Tom Jones\, a Foundl ing. It is directed by Tony Richardson from a screenplay written by John O sborne\, and stars Albert Finney as the titular character. The cast also f eatures Susannah York\, Hugh Griffith\, Edith Evans\, Joyce Redman\, Joan Greenwood\, Diane Cilento\, and David Warner in his film debut.\n\nBest Pi cture at the 36th Academy Awards\, April 13\, 1964 β€” hosted by Jack Lemm on at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Most awards that night: Cleopatra and Tom Jones.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%281963_film%29\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this prod uct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Tom Jones Β· 36th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-37 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19650405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19660418 DESCRIPTION:My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical comedy drama film adapt ed from Lerner and Loewe's 1956 stage musical based on George Bernard Shaw 's 1913 stage play Pygmalion. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and dir ected by George Cukor\, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower-seller name d Eliza Doolittle who overhears phonetics scholar Henry Higgins casually w ager that he could teach her to speak English so well she could pass for a duchess in Edwardian-era London\, or secure employment in a flower store. It stars Audrey Hepburn as Doolittle\, replacing Julie Andrews from the s tage musical\, and Rex Harrison as Higgins\, reprising his role from the s tage\, with Stanley Holloway\, Gladys Cooper and Wilfrid Hyde-White in sup porting roles.\n\nBest Picture at the 37th Academy Awards\, April 5\, 1965 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.\n\nhttps://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/My_Fair_Lady_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 37th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is n ot endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† My Fair Lady Β· 37th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-38 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19660418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19670410 DESCRIPTION:The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produc ed and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman. It is based on the 1959 stage musical composed by Richard Rodgers\, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Lindsay and Crouse\, itself b ased on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. The film stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer\, with Richar d Haydn\, Peggy Wood\, Charmian Carr\, and Eleanor Parker. Set in Salzburg \, Austria\, it is a fictional retelling of Maria von Trapp's experiences as governess to seven children\, her eventual marriage with their father C aptain Georg von Trapp\, and their escape during the Anschluss in 1938.\n\ nBest Picture at the 38th Academy Awards\, April 18\, 1966 β€” hosted by B ob Hope at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Most awards that night: Doctor Z hivago and The Sound of Music.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_ of_Music_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_Academy_Awards\n Poster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certif ied by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Sound of Music Β· 38th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-39 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19670410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19680410 DESCRIPTION:A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 British historical drama film d irected and produced by Fred Zinnemann\, adapted by Robert Bolt from his p lay of the same name. It depicts the final years of Sir Thomas More\, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England who refused both to sign a letter asking Pope Clement VII to annul Henry VIII of England's marriage to Cathe rine of Aragon and to take an Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme He ad of the Church of England.\n\nBest Picture at the 39th Academy Awards\, April 10\, 1967 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.\n \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_%281966_film%29\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this produ ct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† A Man for All Seasons Β· 39th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-40 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19680410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19690414 DESCRIPTION:In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American Southern Gothic mys tery-drama film directed by Norman Jewison\, produced by Walter Mirisch\, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier)\, a black police detective from Philadelphia\, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The f ilm was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name.\n\nBest Picture at the 40th Academy Awards\, April 10\, 1968 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.\n\nhttps://en.wik ipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/40th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB A PI but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† In the Heat of the Night Β· 40th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-41 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19690414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19700407 DESCRIPTION:Oliver! is a 1968 British period musical drama film directed by Carol Reed from a screenplay by Vernon Harris\, based on Lionel Bart's 19 60 stage musical\, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oli ver Twist. It stars Mark Lester in the title role\, along with Ron Moody\, Oliver Reed\, Harry Secombe\, Shani Wallis and Jack Wild.\n\nBest Picture at the 41st Academy Awards\, April 14\, 1969 β€” hosted by rowspan=3 at D orothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%21_%28fi lm%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB ( this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Oliver! Β· 41st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-42 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19700407 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19710415 DESCRIPTION:Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger\, adapted by Waldo Salt from the 1965 novel by James Leo Herli hy. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight\, with supporting roles p layed by Sylvia Miles\, John McGiver\, Brenda Vaccaro\, Bob Balaban\, Jenn ifer Salt and Barnard Hughes. Set in New York City\, Midnight Cowboy depic ts the unlikely friendship between two lost and lonely hustlers: naΓ―ve pr ostitute Joe Buck (Voight) and ailing con man Rico Rizzo (Hoffman)\, refer red to as "Ratso".\n\nBest Picture at the 42nd Academy Awards\, April 7\, 1970 β€” hosted by rowspan=3 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Most awards tha t night: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Midnight_Cowboy\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Academy_Awards\n Poster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certif ied by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Midnight Cowboy Β· 42nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-43 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19710415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19720410 DESCRIPTION:Patton is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott as Patton and Karl Malden as General Omar Bradley. The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North\, who based their screenplay on Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladisl as Farago and Bradley's memoir\, A Soldier's Story.\n\nBest Picture at the 43rd Academy Awards\, April 15\, 1971 β€” hosted by rowspan=3 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_%28film%29\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this produ ct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Patton Β· 43rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-44 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19720410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19730327 DESCRIPTION:The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir action thrill er film directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman\, Roy Schei der\, and Fernando Rey. The screenplay\, by Ernest Tidyman\, is based on R obin Moore's 1969 book of the same name about narcotics detectives Eddie E gan and Sonny Grosso. It tells the story of their fictional counterparts\, New York Police Department detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Clo udy" Russo\, in pursuit of wealthy French heroin smuggler Alain Charnier.\ n\nBest Picture at the 44th Academy Awards\, April 10\, 1972 β€” hosted by Helen Hayes\, Alan King\, Sammy Davis Jr.\, and Jack Lemmon at Dorothy Ch andler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Connection_%2 8film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMD B (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB ). SUMMARY:πŸ† The French Connection Β· 44th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-45 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19730327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19740402 DESCRIPTION:The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola\, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marlon Brando\, Al Pacino\, James Caan\, Richard Castellano\, Ro bert Duvall\, Sterling Hayden\, John Marley\, Richard Conte and Diane Keat on. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy\, which chronicle s the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) and the trans formation of his youngest son\, Michael Corleone (Pacino)\, from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss.\n\nBest Picture at the 45th Acade my Awards\, March 27\, 1973 β€” hosted by Carol Burnett\, Michael Caine\, Charlton Heston\, and Rock Hudson at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Most award s that night: Cabaret.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this produ ct uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Godfather Β· 45th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-46 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19740402 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19750408 DESCRIPTION:The Sting is a 1973 American caper film. Set in 1936\, it invol ves a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill\, who had directed Newman and Redfor d in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). The screenplay by David S. Ward was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Char ley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his 1940 book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man.\n\nBest Picture at the 46th Academy Award s\, April 2\, 1974 β€” hosted by John Huston\, Burt Reynolds\, David Niven \, and Diana Ross at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/The_Sting\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_Academy_Awards\nPos ter: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Sting Β· 46th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-47 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19750408 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19760329 DESCRIPTION:The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic gangster film pro duced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola\, loosely based on the 1969 nov el The Godfather by Mario Puzo\, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. It is both a sequel and a prequel to the 1972 film The Godfather\, presen ting two parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone\ , the new Don of the Corleone family\, protecting the family business in t he aftermath of an attempt on his life\; the other covers the journey of h is father\, Vito Corleone\, from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City. The ensemble cast also features R obert Duvall\, Diane Keaton\, Talia Shire\, Morgana King\, John Cazale\, M arianna Hill and Lee Strasberg.\n\nBest Picture at the 47th Academy Awards \, April 8\, 1975 β€” hosted by Sammy Davis Jr.\, Bob Hope\, Shirley MacLa ine\, and Frank Sinatra at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_Part_II\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_A cademy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not end orsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Godfather Part II Β· 47th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-48 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19760329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19770328 DESCRIPTION:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychologica l comedy-drama film directed by MiloΕ‘ Forman\, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a new patien t at a mental institution and Louise Fletcher as the abusive head nurse. W ill Sampson\, Danny DeVito\, Sydney Lassick\, William Redfield\, Christoph er Lloyd\, and Brad Dourif play supporting roles\, with the latter two mak ing their feature-film debuts and Sampson having never acted before.\n\nBe st Picture at the 48th Academy Awards\, March 29\, 1976 β€” hosted by Gold ie Hawn\, Gene Kelly\, Walter Matthau\, George Segal\, and Robert Shaw at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_ the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Acade my_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorse d or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Β· 48th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-49 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19770328 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19780403 DESCRIPTION:Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first i nstallment in the Rocky film series and also stars Talia Shire\, Burt Youn g\, Carl Weathers\, and Burgess Meredith. In the film\, Rocky Balboa (Stal lone)\, a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from P hiladelphia\, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyw eight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).\n\nBest Picture at the 49th Academy Awards\, March 28\, 1977 β€” hosted by Warren Beatty\, Ellen Burstyn\, Jane Fonda\, and Richard Pryor at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Mo st awards that night: All the President's Men and Network.\n\nhttps://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_Academy_Awar ds\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or ce rtified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Rocky Β· 49th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-50 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19780403 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19790409 DESCRIPTION:Annie Hall is a 1977 American satirical romantic comedy-drama f ilm directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay written by Allen and Marshal l Brickman\, and produced by Allen's manager\, Charles H. Joffe. The film stars Allen as Alvy Singer\, who tries to figure out the reasons for the f ailure of his relationship with the eponymous female lead\, played by Dian e Keaton in a role written specifically for her.\n\nBest Picture at the 50 th Academy Awards\, April 3\, 1978 β€” hosted by Bob Hope at Dorothy Chand ler Pavilion. 48.50 million US viewers. Most awards that night: Star Wars. \n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hall\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/50th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Annie Hall Β· 50th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-51 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19790409 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19800414 DESCRIPTION:The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-writt en and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian-American steelwo rkers whose lives are upended by fighting in the Vietnam War. The soldiers are played by Robert De Niro\, Christopher Walken and John Savage\, with John Cazale\, Meryl Streep\, and George Dzundza in supporting roles. The s tory takes place in Clairton\, Pennsylvania and in Vietnam.\n\nBest Pictur e at the 51st Academy Awards\, April 9\, 1979 β€” hosted by Johnny Carson at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Hu nter\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (t his product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Deer Hunter Β· 51st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-52 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19800414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19810331 DESCRIPTION:Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American legal drama film written a nd directed by Robert Benton\, based on Avery Corman's 1977 novel. The fil m stars Dustin Hoffman\, Meryl Streep\, Justin Henry and Jane Alexander. I t tells the story of a couple's divorce\, its effect on their young son\, and the subsequent evolution of their relationship and views on parenting. Kramer vs. Kramer explores the psychology and fallout of divorce\, and to uches on emerging and prevailing social issues such as gender roles\, fath ers' rights\, work-life balance\, and single parents.\n\nBest Picture at t he 52nd Academy Awards\, April 14\, 1980 β€” hosted by Johnny Carson at Do rothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_vs._Krame r\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Kramer vs. Kramer Β· 52nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-53 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19810331 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19820329 DESCRIPTION:Ordinary People is a 1980 American drama film directed by Rober t Redford in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is bas ed on the 1976 novel of the same name by Judith Guest. The film follows th e disintegration of a wealthy family in Lake Forest\, Illinois after one s on dies in an accident and the other son attempts to die by suicide. It st ars Donald Sutherland\, Mary Tyler Moore\, Judd Hirsch\, and Timothy Hutto n.\n\nBest Picture at the 53rd Academy Awards\, March 31\, 1981 β€” hosted by Johnny Carson at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Ordinary_People\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_Academy_Award s\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or cer tified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Ordinary People Β· 53rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-54 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19820329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19830411 DESCRIPTION:Chariots of Fire is a 1981 historical sports drama film directe d by Hugh Hudson\, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympic s: Eric Liddell\, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of Go d\, and Harold Abrahams\, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice. I an Charleson and Ben Cross star as Liddell and Abrahams respectively\, alo ngside Nicholas Farrell\, Nigel Havers\, Daniel Gerroll\, Ian Holm\, John Gielgud\, Lindsay Anderson\, Cheryl Campbell\, Alice Krige\, Brad Davis an d Dennis Christopher in supporting roles. Kenneth Branagh and Stephen Fry make their debuts in minor roles.\n\nBest Picture at the 54th Academy Awar ds\, March 29\, 1982 β€” hosted by Johnny Carson at Dorothy Chandler Pavil ion. Most awards that night: Raiders of the Lost Ark.\n\nhttps://en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_Fire\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Academ y_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Chariots of Fire Β· 54th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-55 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19830411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19840409 DESCRIPTION:Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film directed and produced by Ric hard Attenborough and written by John Briley. It is based on the life of M ahatma Gandhi\, a major leader in the Indian independence movement against the British Empire during the 20th century. It covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893\, as he is thrown off a train in the Colony of N atal for being in a whites-only compartment and concludes with his assassi nation and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu\, Gandhi's embraci ng of other faiths\, particularly Christianity and Islam\, is also depicte d. Over 300\,000 extras appeared in the film\, believed to be the most in any film made.\n\nBest Picture at the 55th Academy Awards\, April 11\, 198 3 β€” hosted by Liza Minnelli\, Dudley Moore\, Richard Pryor\, and Walter Matthau at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan dhi_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_Academy_Awards\nPoste r: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified b y TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Gandhi Β· 55th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-56 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19840409 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19850325 DESCRIPTION:Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American tragicomedy film directe d\, written\, and produced by James L. Brooks\, adapted from Larry McMurtr y's 1975 novel. The ensemble cast stars Debra Winger\, Shirley MacLaine\, Jack Nicholson\, Danny DeVito\, Jeff Daniels\, and John Lithgow. The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora Greenway (MacLaine) and her daughter Emma Greenway-Horton (Winger).\n\nBest Picture at the 56th A cademy Awards\, April 9\, 1984 β€” hosted by Johnny Carson at Dorothy Chan dler Pavilion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment\n\nhtt ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Terms of Endearment Β· 56th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-57 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19850325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19860324 DESCRIPTION:Amadeus is a 1984 American epic drama film directed by MiloΕ‘ F orman. Peter Shaffer adapted it from his 1979 stage play\, inspired by Ale xander Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri. Shaffer described it as a " fantasia on [a real-life] theme"\, as it imagines an orchestral rivalry be tween two 18th-century Vienna composers\, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Anto nio Salieri. Salieri struggles to reconcile his professional admiration fo r Mozart with his jealous hatred\, and resolves to ruin Mozart's career as his form of vengeance against God.\n\nBest Picture at the 57th Academy Aw ards\, March 25\, 1985 β€” hosted by Jack Lemmon at Dorothy Chandler Pavil ion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wik ipedia.org/wiki/57th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the T MDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Amadeus Β· 57th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-58 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19860324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19870330 DESCRIPTION:Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film direc ted and produced by Sydney Pollack\, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The film is based loosely on the 1937 autobiographical book Out o f Africa written by Isak Dinesen\, with additional material from Dinesen's 1960 book Shadows on the Grass and other sources.\n\nBest Picture at the 58th Academy Awards\, March 24\, 1986 β€” hosted by Alan Alda\, Jane Fonda \, and Robin Williams at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. 38.65 million US viewe rs.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa_%28film%29\n\nhttps://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/58th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Out of Africa Β· 58th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-59 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19870330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19880411 DESCRIPTION:Platoon is a 1986 American epic anti-war film written and direc ted by Oliver Stone\, starring Tom Berenger\, Willem Dafoe\, and Charlie S heen\, with supporting roles by Forest Whitaker\, Francesco Quinn\, John C . McGinley\, Richard Edson\, Kevin Dillon\, Keith David\, Reggie Johnson\, Johnny Depp\, Mark Moses\, Chris Pedersen and Tony Todd. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone\, followed by Bor n on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993). The film\, based on Stone's experience from the war\, follows a new U.S. Army volunteer (S heen) serving in South Vietnam while his platoon sergeant (Berenger) and h is squad leader (Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and of the war itself.\n\nBest Picture at the 59th Academy Awards\, March 30\, 1987 β€” hosted by Chevy Chase\, Goldie Hawn\, and Paul Hogan at Dorothy Chandl er Pavilion. 39.72 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl atoon_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th_Academy_Awards\nPos ter: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Platoon Β· 59th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-60 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19880411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19890329 DESCRIPTION:The Last Emperor is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about t he life of Puyi\, the last Emperor of China. It is directed by Bernardo Be rtolucci from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Peploe\, which was adapte d from Puyi's 1964 autobiography\, and independently produced by Jeremy Th omas.\n\nBest Picture at the 60th Academy Awards\, April 11\, 1988 β€” hos ted by Chevy Chase at Shrine Auditorium. 42.04 million US viewers.\n\nhttp s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Emperor\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wik i/60th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Last Emperor Β· 60th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-61 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19890329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19900326 DESCRIPTION:Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. It tells the s tory of abrasive and selfish wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt\, who discover s that his estranged father Sanford has died and bequeathed his multimilli on-dollar estate to his other son\, Raymond\, an autistic savant of whose existence Charlie was unaware. Morrow created the character of Raymond aft er meeting real-life savant Kim Peek\; his characterization was based on b oth Peek and Bill Sackter\, a good friend of Morrow who was the subject of Bill\, an earlier film that Morrow wrote.\n\nBest Picture at the 61st Aca demy Awards\, March 29\, 1989 at Shrine Auditorium. 42.77 million US viewe rs. Most awards that night: Rain Man and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Man\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Ac ademy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endo rsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Rain Man Β· 61st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-62 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19900326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19910325 DESCRIPTION:Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy drama film directe d by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry\, based on Uhry's 1987 pla y. The film stars Jessica Tandy\, Morgan Freeman\, and Dan Aykroyd. Freema n reprised his role from the original Off-Broadway production.\n\nBest Pic ture at the 62nd Academy Awards\, March 26\, 1990 β€” hosted by Billy Crys tal at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. 40.22 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/62n d_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Driving Miss Daisy Β· 62nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-63 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19910325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19920330 DESCRIPTION:Dances With Wolves is a 1990 American epic revisionist Western film directed and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial deb ut. Starring Costner with an ensemble cast including Mary McDonnell\, Grah am Greene and Rodney Grant\, the film is a film adaptation of the 1988 nov el Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake. It tells the story of Union army L ieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner)\, who travels to the American frontier to find a military post and who meets a group of Lakota.\n\nBest Picture a t the 63rd Academy Awards\, March 25\, 1991 β€” hosted by Billy Crystal at Shrine Auditorium. 42.79 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Dances_with_Wolves\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_Academy_Awar ds\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or ce rtified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Dances with Wolves Β· 63rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-64 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19920330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19930329 DESCRIPTION:The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horro r thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally\, adap ted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Star ling\, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer known as "Buffal o Bill"\, who skins his female victims. To catch him\, she seeks the advic e of the imprisoned Hannibal Lecter\, a brilliant psychiatrist and canniba listic serial murderer. The film also features performances by Scott Glenn \, Anthony Heald\, and Kasi Lemmons.\n\nBest Picture at the 64th Academy A wards\, March 30\, 1992 β€” hosted by Billy Crystal at Dorothy Chandler Pa vilion. 44.41 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sil ence_of_the_Lambs_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64th_Academy _Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Silence of the Lambs Β· 64th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-65 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19930329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19940321 DESCRIPTION:Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples. I t stars Eastwood as William Munny\, an aging outlaw and killer who takes o n one more job years after he turned to farming. The film co-stars Gene Ha ckman\, Morgan Freeman\, and Richard Harris.\n\nBest Picture at the 65th A cademy Awards\, March 29\, 1993 β€” hosted by Billy Crystal at Dorothy Cha ndler Pavilion. 45.74 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Unforgiven\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by T MDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Unforgiven Β· 65th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-66 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19940321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19950327 DESCRIPTION:Schindler's List is a 1993 American historical drama film direc ted and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. Os kar Schindler was a flawed German industrialist and Nazi Party member who saved roughly 1\,200 Jewish forced laborers during the Holocaust\, driven initially by cheap labor and profit before evolving into a dedicated rescu er. It is based on the historical novel Schindler's Ark (1982) by Thomas K eneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler\, a German industrialist who sav ed more than a thousand mostly Polish–Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Nee son as Schindler\, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon GΓΆth\, and Ben Kingsl ey as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.\n\nBest Picture at the 6 6th Academy Awards\, March 21\, 1994 β€” hosted by Whoopi Goldberg at Doro thy Chandler Pavilion. 46.26 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.o rg/wiki/Schindler%27s_List\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Academy_A wards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Schindler's List Β· 66th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-67 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19950327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19960325 DESCRIPTION:Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by R obert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Winsto n Groom\, the film's screenplay was written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Han ks in the title role\, alongside Robin Wright\, Gary Sinise\, Mykelti Will iamson\, and Sally Field in lead roles. The film follows the life of an Al abama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th-centu ry United States.\n\nBest Picture at the 67th Academy Awards\, March 27\, 1995 β€” hosted by David Letterman at Shrine Auditorium. 48.28 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump\n\nhttps://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/67th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMD B API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Forrest Gump Β· 67th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-68 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19960325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19970324 DESCRIPTION:Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical war drama film di rected and produced by Mel Gibson\, who portrays Scottish warrior William Wallace in the First War of Scottish Independence. The film also stars Sop hie Marceau\, Patrick McGoohan\, Catherine McCormack and Angus Macfadyen. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's 15th century epic poem The Actes an d Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace.\n\nBest Picture at the 68th Academy Awards\, March 25\, 1996 β€” hosted by Whoopi Goldberg at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. 44.87 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Braveheart\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Academy_Awards\nPost er: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Braveheart Β· 68th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-69 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19970324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19980323 DESCRIPTION:The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama film dire cted by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel by M ichael Ondaatje\, and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film stars Ralph Fienne s and Kristin Scott Thomas alongside Juliette Binoche\, Willem Dafoe\, Nav een Andrews and Colin Firth in supporting roles.\n\nBest Picture at the 69 th Academy Awards\, March 24\, 1997 β€” hosted by Billy Crystal at Shrine Auditorium. 40.08 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The _English_Patient_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69th_Academy_ Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed o r certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The English Patient Β· 69th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-70 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19980323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19990321 DESCRIPTION:Titanic is a 1997 American epic historical romance film written and directed by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictiona l aspects\, it is based on accounts of the sinking of RMSΒ Titanic in 1912 . Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star as members of different social c lasses who fall in love during the ship's ill-fated maiden voyage. The ens emble cast includes Billy Zane\, Kathy Bates\, Frances Fisher\, Bernard Hi ll\, Jonathan Hyde\, Danny Nucci\, David Warner and Bill Paxton.\n\nBest P icture at the 70th Academy Awards\, March 23\, 1998 β€” hosted by Billy Cr ystal at Shrine Auditorium. 55.25 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/Titanic_%281997_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th _Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not e ndorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Titanic Β· 70th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-71 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19990321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20000326 DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 romantic comedy period film direc ted by John Madden\, and written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow\, Joseph Fiennes\, Geoffrey Rush\, Colin Firth\, Ben Affl eck\, and Judi Dench. The film depicts a fictional love affair involving p laywright William Shakespeare (Fiennes) and Viola de Lesseps (Paltrow) dur ing the writing of Romeo and Juliet. Several characters are based on histo rical figures\, and many of the characters\, lines\, and plot devices allu de to Shakespeare's plays.\n\nBest Picture at the 71st Academy Awards\, Ma rch 21\, 1999 β€” hosted by Whoopi Goldberg at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. 45.62 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_in_ Love\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71st_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (t his product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Shakespeare in Love Β· 71st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-72 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20000326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20010325 DESCRIPTION:American Beauty is a 1999 American black comedy and psychologic al drama film directed by Sam Mendes in his feature-film directorial debut \, and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham\, an adv ertising executive who experiences a midlife crisis after becoming infatua ted with his daughter’s teenage best friend\, played by Mena Suvari. Ann ette Bening stars as Lester's materialistic wife\, Carolyn\, and Thora Bir ch plays their insecure daughter\, Jane. Wes Bentley\, Chris Cooper\, Pete r Gallagher\, and Allison Janney co-star.\n\nBest Picture at the 72nd Acad emy Awards\, March 26\, 2000 β€” hosted by Billy Crystal at Shrine Auditor ium. 46.33 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_B eauty_%281999_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Academy_Awards \nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or cert ified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† American Beauty Β· 72nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-73 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20010325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020324 DESCRIPTION:Gladiator is a 2000 epic action adventure drama film directed b y Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni\, John Logan\, and William Ni cholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe\, Joaquin Phoenix \, Connie Nielsen\, Oliver Reed\, Derek Jacobi\, Djimon Hounsou\, and Rich ard Harris. Crowe portrays Maximus Decimus Meridius\, a Roman general who is betrayed when Commodus\, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius\, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to a slave\, Maximus be comes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena\, determined to avenge the murders of his family and the emperor.\n\nBest Picture at the 73rd Academy Awards\, March 25\, 2001 β€” hosted by Steve Martin at Shrine Auditorium. 42.94 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl adiator_%282000_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_Academy_Awar ds\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or ce rtified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Gladiator Β· 73rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-74 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030323 DESCRIPTION:A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film abo ut the mathematician John Nash who won a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Nash's character was played by actor Russell Crowe. The film was directed by Ron Howard and based on a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman\, who adapted the 1998 biography by Sylvia Nasar. In addition to Crowe\, the fil m's cast features Ed Harris\, Jennifer Connelly\, Paul Bettany\, Adam Gold berg\, Judd Hirsch\, Josh Lucas\, Anthony Rapp\, and Christopher Plummer i n supporting roles. The story follows Nash's life and career as he struggl es with the impact schizophrenia had on him.\n\nBest Picture at the 74th A cademy Awards\, March 24\, 2002 β€” hosted by Whoopi Goldberg at Kodak The atre. 41.78 million US viewers. Most awards that night: A Beautiful Mind a nd The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.\n\nhttps://en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Mind\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_Academ y_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† A Beautiful Mind Β· 74th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-75 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040229 DESCRIPTION:Chicago is a 2002 musical black comedy crime film based on the 1975 stage musical\, which in turn originated in the 1926 play. It explore s the themes of celebrity\, scandal\, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. The film stars an ensemble cast led by RenΓ©e Zellweger\, Cathe rine Zeta-Jones\, and Richard Gere. Chicago centers on Roxie Hart (Zellweg er) and Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones)\, two murderers who find themselves in ja il together awaiting trial in 1920s Chicago. Roxie\, a housewife\, and Vel ma\, a vaudevillian\, fight for the fame that will keep them from the gall ows. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Marshall\, who al so choreographed the film\, and was adapted by screenwriter Bill Condon\, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.\n\nBest Picture at the 7 5th Academy Awards\, March 23\, 2003 β€” hosted by Steve Martin at Kodak T heatre. 33.05 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago _%282002_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_Academy_Awards\nPos ter: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Chicago Β· 75th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-76 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040229 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050227 DESCRIPTION:The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fa ntasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It is based on 1955's The Return of the King\, the third volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. T he sequel to 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers\, the film is t he final instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It has an ensemble c ast including Elijah Wood\, Ian McKellen\, Liv Tyler\, Viggo Mortensen\, S ean Astin\, Cate Blanchett\, John Rhys-Davies\, Bernard Hill\, Billy Boyd\ , Dominic Monaghan\, Orlando Bloom\, Hugo Weaving\, Miranda Otto\, David W enham\, Karl Urban\, John Noble\, Andy Serkis\, Ian Holm\, and Sean Bean. Continuing the plot of the previous film\, Frodo and Sam follow Gollum tow ards Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring\, unaware of Gollum's intentions t o betray the duo to take the Ring for himself\, while Merry\, Pippin\, Gan dalf\, Aragorn\, Legolas\, Gimli and their allies join forces against Saur on and his legions from Mordor.\n\nBest Picture at the 76th Academy Awards \, February 29\, 2004 β€” hosted by Billy Crystal at Kodak Theatre. 43.53 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings %3A_The_Return_of_the_King\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_Academy_A wards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Β· 76th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-77 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060305 DESCRIPTION:Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film direct ed\, co-produced\, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Paul Haggis. It is based on stories from the 2000 collection Rope Burn s: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole\, the pen name of fight manager a nd cutman Jerry Boyd\, and also stars Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. The film follows Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald (Swank)\, an underdog amateur b oxer who is helped by an underappreciated boxing trainer (Eastwood) to ach ieve her dream of becoming a professional.\n\nBest Picture at the 77th Aca demy Awards\, February 27\, 2005 β€” hosted by Chris Rock at Kodak Theatre . 42.14 million US viewers. Most awards that night: The Aviator.\n\nhttps: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Baby\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/77th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but i s not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Million Dollar Baby Β· 77th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-78 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070225 DESCRIPTION:Crash is a 2004 American crime drama film directed by Paul Hagg is\, who co-wrote the screenplay and produced the film with Robert Moresco . A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis\, the film features racial a nd social tensions in Los Angeles and was inspired by a real-life incident in which Haggis's Porsche was carjacked in 1991 outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard. The film features an ensemble cast\, including Sandra Bullock\, Don Cheadle\, Matt Dillon\, Jennifer Esposito\, William Fichtner \, Brendan Fraser\, Terrence Howard\, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges\, Thandiwe Newton\, Michael PeΓ±a\, Larenz Tate and Ryan Phillippe.\n\nBest Picture a t the 78th Academy Awards\, March 5\, 2006 β€” hosted by Jon Stewart at Ko dak Theatre. 38.94 million US viewers. Most awards that night: Brokeback M ountain\, Crash\, King Kong\, and Memoirs of a Geisha.\n\nhttps://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78th_ Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not en dorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Crash Β· 78th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-79 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080224 DESCRIPTION:The Departed is a 2006 neo-noir crime thriller film\, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. A remake of the 2002 Ho ng Kong film Infernal Affairs\, it is also loosely based on real-life peop le\, including the Winter Hill Gang\, corrupt FBI agent John Connolly and Irish-American crime boss Whitey Bulger. The film is set primarily in Sout h Boston\; Irish Mob boss Frank Costello plants Colin Sullivan as a spy wi thin the Massachusetts State Police\; simultaneously\, the police assign u ndercover state trooper Billy Costigan to infiltrate Costello's mob crew. The ensemble cast also features Mark Wahlberg\, Martin Sheen\, Ray Winston e\, Vera Farmiga\, Alec Baldwin\, Anthony Anderson and James Badge Dale.\n \nBest Picture at the 79th Academy Awards\, February 25\, 2007 β€” hosted by Ellen DeGeneres at Kodak Theatre. 40.18 million US viewers.\n\nhttps:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departed\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_A cademy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not end orsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Departed Β· 79th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-80 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090222 DESCRIPTION:No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thr iller film written\, directed\, produced\, and edited by Joel and Ethan Co en\, based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel. Starring Tommy Lee Jones\, Jav ier Bardem\, and Josh Brolin\, the film is set in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas\, United States. The film revisits the themes of fate\, co nscience\, and circumstance that the Coen brothers had explored in the fil ms Blood Simple (1984)\, Raising Arizona (1987)\, and Fargo (1996). It fol lows three main characters: Llewelyn Moss (Brolin)\, a Vietnam War veteran and welder who stumbles upon a large sum of money in the desert\, Anton C higurh (Bardem)\, a hitman who is sent to recover the money\, and Ed Tom B ell (Jones)\, a sheriff investigating the crime. The film also stars Kelly Macdonald as Moss's wife\, Carla Jean\, and Woody Harrelson as Carson Wel ls\, a bounty hunter seeking Moss and the return of the money.\n\nBest Pic ture at the 80th Academy Awards\, February 24\, 2008 β€” hosted by Jon Ste wart at Kodak Theatre. 32.02 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.o rg/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /80th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† No Country for Old Men Β· 80th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-81 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100307 DESCRIPTION:Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Da nny Boyle\, written by Simon Beaufoy\, and produced by Christian Colson\, with Loveleen Tandan credited as co-director. It was loosely based on the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. Starring Dev Patel in hi s film debut as Jamal\, and filmed in India\, it narrates the story of 18- year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai.\n\nBest Picture at the 81st Academy Awards\, February 22\, 2009 β€” hosted by Hugh Jackman at Ko dak Theatre. 36.32 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sl umdog_Millionaire\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_Academy_Awards\nPo ster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certifie d by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Slumdog Millionaire Β· 81st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-82 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110227 DESCRIPTION:The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner\, Anthony Mackie \, Brian Geraghty\, Christian Camargo\, Ralph Fiennes\, David Morse\, and Guy Pearce. It follows an Iraq War bomb disposal team who are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat . Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to write the screenpl ay.\n\nBest Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards\, March 7\, 2010 β€” hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin at Kodak Theatre. 41.71 million US viewe rs.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker\n\nhttps://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/82nd_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Hurt Locker Β· 82nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-83 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120226 DESCRIPTION:The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by T om Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who\, to cope with a stammer\, sees Lionel Logue\, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become fri ends as they work together\, and after his brother abdicates the throne\, the new king relies on Logue to help him make his first wartime radio broa dcast upon Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939.\n\nBest Pictur e at the 83rd Academy Awards\, February 27\, 2011 β€” hosted by James Fran co and Anne Hathaway at Kodak Theatre. 37.92 million US viewers. Most awar ds that night: Inception and The King's Speech.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_Academy_A wards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The King's Speech Β· 83rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-84 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130224 DESCRIPTION:The Artist is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy-drama film in the st yle of a black-and-white silent film or part-talkie. It was written and di rected by Michel Hazanavicius\, produced by Thomas Langmann and stars Jean Dujardin and BΓ©rΓ©nice Bejo. The story takes place in Hollywood\, betwee n 1927 and 1932\, and focuses on the relationship between a rising young a ctress and an older silent film star as silent cinema falls out of fashion and is replaced by the "talkies".\n\nBest Picture at the 84th Academy Awa rds\, February 26\, 2012 β€” hosted by Billy Crystal at Hollywood and High land Center. 39.34 million US viewers. Most awards that night: The Artist and Hugo.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_%28film%29\n\nhttps: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product us es the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Artist Β· 84th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-85 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140302 DESCRIPTION:Argo is a 2012 American historical political espionage drama th riller film directed by\, produced by\, and starring Ben Affleck. The scre enplay\, written by Chris Terrio\, was adapted from the 1999 memoir The Ma ster of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired a rticle "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue A mericans from Tehran" written by Joshuah Bearman. The film deals with the "Canadian Caper"\, in which Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats fr om Tehran\, Iran\, under the guise of filming a science-fiction film durin g the 1979–81 Iran hostage crisis. The film\, which also has Bryan Crans ton\, Alan Arkin\, and John Goodman in supporting roles\, was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on October 12\, 2012. It was pr oduced by Affleck\, Grant Heslov and George Clooney.\n\nBest Picture at th e 85th Academy Awards\, February 24\, 2013 β€” hosted by Seth MacFarlane a t Dolby Theatre. 40.38 million US viewers. Most awards that night: Life of Pi.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_%282012_film%29\n\nhttps://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/85th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Argo Β· 85th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-86 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150222 DESCRIPTION:12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film d irected by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley\, based on the 1 853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup\, a Black America n\, who was kidnapped from Washington\, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sol d into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisian a for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of David Wilson's version of Northup's story was co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin an d Joseph Logsdon.\n\nBest Picture at the 86th Academy Awards\, March 2\, 2 014 β€” hosted by Ellen DeGeneres at Dolby Theatre. 43.63 million US viewe rs. Most awards that night: Gravity.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Y ears_a_Slave_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86th_Academy_Awar ds\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or ce rtified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† 12 Years a Slave Β· 86th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-87 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160228 DESCRIPTION:Birdman\, stylized as BiRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Igno rance)\, is a 2014 American satirical surrealist black comedy-drama film d irected by Alejandro GonzΓ‘lez IΓ±Γ‘rritu. The film stars Michael Keaton a s a faded Hollywood actor\, best known for playing a superhero named Birdm an\, and follows the struggles he faces while trying to make a comeback by writing\, directing\, and starring in a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Ca rver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". The film' s supporting cast includes Zach Galifianakis\, Edward Norton\, Andrea Rise borough\, Amy Ryan\, Emma Stone\, and Naomi Watts.\n\nBest Picture at the 87th Academy Awards\, February 22\, 2015 β€” hosted by Neil Patrick Harris at Dolby Theatre. 37.30 million US viewers. Most awards that night: Birdm an and The Grand Budapest Hotel.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_ %28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: T MDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TM DB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Birdman Β· 87th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-88 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170226 DESCRIPTION:Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed b y Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. The film follows T he Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team\, the oldest continuously operating new spaper investigative journalist unit in the United States\, and its invest igation into a decades-long coverup of widespread and systemic child sex a buse by numerous priests of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. Alth ough the plot was original\, it is based on a series of stories by the Spo tlight team that earned The Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Servi ce. The film features an ensemble cast including Mark Ruffalo\, Michael Ke aton\, Rachel McAdams\, John Slattery\, Stanley Tucci\, Brian d'Arcy James \, Liev Schreiber\, and Billy Crudup.\n\nBest Picture at the 88th Academy Awards\, February 28\, 2016 β€” hosted by Chris Rock at Dolby Theatre. 34. 43 million US viewers. Most awards that night: Mad Max: Fury Road.\n\nhttp s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/88th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API bu t is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Spotlight Β· 88th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-89 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180304 DESCRIPTION:Moonlight is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins\, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobio graphical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. It stars Trevante Rhodes \, AndrΓ© Holland\, Janelle MonΓ‘e in her first film appearance\, Ashton S anders\, Jharrel Jerome in his feature film debut\, Naomie Harris\, and Ma hershala Ali.\n\nBest Picture at the 89th Academy Awards\, February 26\, 2 017 β€” hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at Dolby Theatre. 33.00 million US viewers. Most awards that night: La La Land.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon light_%282016_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_Academy_Awards \nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or cert ified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Moonlight Β· 89th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-90 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190224 DESCRIPTION:The Shape of Water is a 2017 period romantic dark fantasy film directed and produced by Guillermo del Toro\, who co-wrote the screenplay with Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins\, Michael Shannon\, Richard Je nkins\, Doug Jones\, Michael Stuhlbarg\, and Octavia Spencer. Set in 1962 Baltimore\, Maryland\, and inspired by Creature from the Black Lagoon\, th e film follows a mute cleaner at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature and decides to help him escape from death at the hands of an evil colonel. Filming took p lace on location in Ontario\, Canada\, from August to November 2016.\n\nBe st Picture at the 90th Academy Awards\, March 4\, 2018 β€” hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at Dolby Theatre. 26.62 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Water\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Academ y_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† The Shape of Water Β· 90th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-91 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200209 DESCRIPTION:Green Book is a 2018 American comedy-drama film directed by Pet er Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali\, the biographica l film is inspired by the true story of a 1962 tour of the Deep South by A frican-American pianist Don Shirley and Italian-American bouncer and later actor Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga\, who served as Shirley's driver and bo dyguard. Written by Farrelly alongside Lip's son Nick Vallelonga and Brian Hayes Currie\, the film is based on interviews with Lip and Shirley\, as well as letters Lip wrote to his wife. It is named after The Negro Motoris t Green Book\, a guide book for African-American travelers founded by Vict or Hugo Green in 1936 and published until 1966.\n\nBest Picture at the 91s t Academy Awards\, February 24\, 2019 β€” hosted by rowspan="3" at Dolby T heatre. 29.56 million US viewers. Most awards that night: Bohemian Rhapsod y.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Book_%28film%29\n\nhttps://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/91st_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Green Book Β· 91st Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-92 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210425 DESCRIPTION:Parasite (Korean: 기생좩) is a 2019 South Korean black come dy thriller film directed by Bong Joon Ho\, who co-wrote the screenplay wi th Han Jin-won. It stars Song Kang-ho\, Lee Sun-kyun\, Cho Yeo-jeong\, Cho i Woo-shik\, Park So-dam\, Jang Hye-jin\, Park Myung-hoon\, and Lee Jung-e un. The film follows a poor family who infiltrate the home and life of a w ealthy family.\n\nBest Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards\, February 9\, 2 020 β€” hosted by rowspan="3" at Dolby Theatre. 23.64 million US viewers.\ n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_%282019_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/92nd_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Parasite Β· 92nd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-93 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220327 DESCRIPTION:Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film written\, directed\, ed ited and co-produced by ChloΓ© Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nom adland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder\, it stars Frances McDormand as a widow who leaves her life in Nevada to dri ft around the United States in her van. A number of real-life nomads appea r as fictionalized versions of themselves\, including Linda May\, Swankie\ , and Bob Wells. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role.\n\nBest Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards\, April 25\, 2021 β€” hosted by rowspa n="3" at Union Station. 10.40 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Nomadland\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93rd_Academy_Awards\nP oster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certifi ed by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Nomadland Β· 93rd Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-94 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230312 DESCRIPTION:CODA is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and dire cted by Sian Heder. An English-language remake of the 2014 French-Belgian film La Famille BΓ©lier\, it stars Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi\, the child of deaf adults (CODA) and only hearing member of her family\, who attempts to help her family's struggling fishing business while pursuing her aspir ations to become a singer.\n\nBest Picture at the 94th Academy Awards\, Ma rch 27\, 2022 β€” hosted by Regina Hall\, Amy Schumer\, and Wanda Sykes at Dolby Theatre. 16.62 million US viewers. Most awards that night: Dune.\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODA_%282021_film%29\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/94th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB A PI but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† CODA Β· 94th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-95 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240310 DESCRIPTION:Everything Everywhere All at Once is a 2022 American independen t absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Dani el Scheinert\, who produced it with Anthony and Joe Russo and Jonathan Wan g. The film incorporates media from several genres\, including surreal com edy\, science fiction\, fantasy\, martial arts films\, and immigrant narra tive. Michelle Yeoh stars as Evelyn Quan Wang\, a Chinese-American immigra nt who\, while being audited by the IRS\, discovers that she must connect with parallel universe versions of herself to prevent a powerful being fro m destroying the multiverse. The film also stars Stephanie Hsu\, Ke Huy Qu an\, James Hong\, and Jamie Lee Curtis.\n\nBest Picture at the 95th Academ y Awards\, March 12\, 2023 β€” hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at Dolby Theatre. 18 .70 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everyw here_All_at_Once\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_Academy_Awards\nPos ter: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Everything Everywhere All at Once Β· 95th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-96 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240310 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250302 DESCRIPTION:Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written\, co-produced\, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J .Β Robert Oppenheimer\, the American theoretical physicist who led the dev elopment of the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 20 05 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin\, the f ilm dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies\, his direction of the Los Alamos Lab oratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer \, alongside an ensemble supporting cast that includes Emily Blunt\, Matt Damon\, Robert Downey Jr.\, Florence Pugh\, Josh Hartnett\, Casey Affleck\ , Rami Malek\, and Kenneth Branagh.\n\nBest Picture at the 96th Academy Aw ards\, March 10\, 2024 β€” hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at Dolby Theatre. 19.50 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_%28film%2 9\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Oppenheimer Β· 96th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-97 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260315 DESCRIPTION:Anora is a 2024 American romantic comedy-drama film written\, d irected\, produced\, and edited by Sean Baker. It stars Mikey Madison as A nora "Ani" Mikheeva\, a lap dancer from New York who marries the wealthy s on of a Russian oligarch played by Mark Eydelshteyn. The supporting cast i ncludes Yura Borisov\, Karren Karagulian\, Vache Tovmasyan\, Darya Ekamaso va\, and Aleksei Serebryakov.\n\nBest Picture at the 97th Academy Awards\, March 2\, 2025 β€” hosted by Conan O'Brien at Dolby Theatre. 19.69 millio n US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora\n\nhttps://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/97th_Academy_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† Anora Β· 97th Academy Awards END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T003149Z UID:oscars-best-picture-oscars-98 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DESCRIPTION:One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action-comedy thril ler film written\, directed\, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. Inspir ed by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon\, the film's ensemble cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio\, Sean Penn\, Benicio del Toro\, Regina Hall\, Teyana Taylor\, and Chase Infiniti\, in her film debut. The film follows a drug using washed-up former revolutionary who is thrust back into the co nflict when an amoral tenacious counterterrorist agent resurfaces after si xteen years to bring them to justice to cover his past sins.\n\nBest Pictu re at the 98th Academy Awards\, March 15\, 2026 β€” hosted by Conan O'Brie n at Dolby Theatre. 17.86 million US viewers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/One_Battle_After_Another\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_Academ y_Awards\nPoster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB). SUMMARY:πŸ† One Battle After Another Β· 98th Academy Awards END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR