Best Pictures by the Year: Which Movie Won the Oscar When You Were Born?

By Britt Stephens

Updated on 2/24/2017 at 3:00 PM

Everett Collection

Everett Collection

Sure, you may think you know a lot about the Academy Awards, but can you remember which films have won best picture over the years? What if we asked you to name the movie that took home the coveted award the year you were born? Scroll through now to find out — you might be surprised!

1950: All About Eve — Everett Collection

1950: All About Eve

1951: An American in Paris — Everett Collection

1951: An American in Paris

1952: The Greatest Show on Earth — Everett Collection

1952: The Greatest Show on Earth

1953: From Here to Eternity — Everett Collection

1953: From Here to Eternity

1954: On the Waterfront — Everett Collection

1954: On the Waterfront

1955: Marty — Everett Collection

1955: Marty

1956: Around the World in 80 Days — Everett Collection

1956: Around the World in 80 Days

1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai — Everett Collection

1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai

1958: Gigi — Everett Collection

1958: Gigi

1959: Ben-Hur — Everett Collection

1959: Ben-Hur

1960: The Apartment — Everett Collection

1960: The Apartment

1961: West Side Story — Everett Collection

1961: West Side Story

1962: Lawrence of Arabia — Everett Collection

1962: Lawrence of Arabia

1963: Tom Jones — Everett Collection

1963: Tom Jones

1964: My Fair Lady — Everett Collection

1964: My Fair Lady

1965: The Sound of Music — Everett Collection

1965: The Sound of Music

1966: A Man For All Seasons — Everett Collection

1966: A Man For All Seasons

1967: In the Heat of the Night — Everett Collection

1967: In the Heat of the Night

1968: Oliver! — Everett Collection

1968: Oliver!

1969: Midnight Cowboy — Everett Collection

1969: Midnight Cowboy

1970: Patton — Everett Collection

1970: Patton

1971: The French Connection — Everett Collection

1971: The French Connection

1972: The Godfather — Everett Collection

1972: The Godfather

1973: The Sting — Everett Collection

1973: The Sting

1974: The Godfather: Part II — Everett Collection

1974: The Godfather: Part II

1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Everett Collection

1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1976: Rocky — Everett Collection

1976: Rocky

1977: Annie Hall — Everett Collection

1977: Annie Hall

1978: The Deer Hunter — Everett Collection

1978: The Deer Hunter

1979: Kramer vs. Kramer — Everett Collection

1979: Kramer vs. Kramer

1980: Ordinary People — Everett Collection

1980: Ordinary People

1981: Chariots of Fire — Everett Collection

1981: Chariots of Fire

1982: Gandhi — Everett Collection

1982: Gandhi

1983: Terms of Endearment — Everett Collection

1983: Terms of Endearment

1984: Amadeus — Everett Collection

1984: Amadeus

1985: Out of Africa — Everett Collection

1985: Out of Africa

1986: Platoon — Everett Collection

1986: Platoon

1987: The Last Emperor — Everett Collection

1987: The Last Emperor

1988: Rain Man — Everett Collection

1988: Rain Man

1989: Driving Miss Daisy — Everett Collection

1989: Driving Miss Daisy

1990: Dances With Wolves — Everett Collection

1990: Dances With Wolves

1991: The Silence of the Lambs — Everett Collection

1991: The Silence of the Lambs

1992: Unforgiven — Everett Collection

1992: Unforgiven

1993: Schindler's List — Everett Collection

1993: Schindler's List

1994: Forrest Gump — Everett Collection

1994: Forrest Gump

1995: Braveheart — Everett Collection

1995: Braveheart

1996: The English Patient — Everett Collection

1996: The English Patient

1997: Titanic — Everett Collection

1997: Titanic

1998: Shakespeare in Love — Everett Collection

1998: Shakespeare in Love

1999: American Beauty — Everett Collection

1999: American Beauty

2000: Gladiator — Everett Collection

2000: Gladiator

2001: A Beautiful Mind — Everett Collection

2001: A Beautiful Mind

2002: Chicago — Everett Collection

2002: Chicago

2003: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Everett Collection

2003: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2004: Million Dollar Baby — Everett Collection

2004: Million Dollar Baby

2005: Crash — Everett Collection

2005: Crash

2006: The Departed — Everett Collection

2006: The Departed

2007: No Country For Old Men — Everett Collection

2007: No Country For Old Men