Best Picture is the highly acclaimed award gifted out at the Academy Awards each year
-- many fight to win any Oscar, but this is the one everyone wishes to get their mitts
on.
So today on Beyond the Screen we’re going to be counting down the Top 10 Best Picture
Winners.
Before we begin though, this video is sponsored by Universal Pictures who we are partnering
with to do a huge giveaway for you viewers of Beyond the Screen.
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Okay, lets jump in.
10 The Silence of the Lambs This psychological horror won the Academy
Award for Best Picture back in 1991, beating out Bugsy, Beauty and the Beast, JFK, and
The Prince of Tides.
For those who don’t know, the film centres on FBI trainee, Clarice Starling, who is assigned
to interview Hannibal Lecter.
A former psychiatrist, and renowned cannibalistic serial killer, who may have insight into a
recent serial killer, Buffalo Bill.
A killer who skins his female victims.
The film was critically revered, and went on to win what is known as “The Big 5”
at the 1991 academy awards.
With the film nabbing, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, AND Best
Adapted Screenplay.
Making it only the third film in history to accomplish that feat.
9 Braveheart This epic war film won the Academy Award for
Best Picture back in 1995, beating out Apollo 13, Babe, The Postman, and Sense and Sensibility.
A stacked category.
The film focuses on William Wallace, a medieval Scottish patriot who revolted against the
English following the murder of his wife.
The film sees the Scotts face off against the English, with the former ultimately defeated.
Resulting in the capture of Wallace, with him being hung drawn and quartered by the
English.
It’s a LONG film, but truly excellent, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
The film not only won Best Picture, but Mel Gibson also won Best Director for his work
on the film.
8 Casablanca We have my favourite at this number, in my
opinion, Casablanca is the closest film to perfection we have ever been blessed with.
Many will disagree, but for those that love the film often feel the same way, and the
Academy seemed to agree.
In 1943 it won the Best Picture award, beating out, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait,
The Human Comedy, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, The More the Merrier, The Ox-Bow Incident,
The Song of Bernadette, and Watch on the Rhine.
Firstly, I think we’re all just thankful that the Best Picture category is no long
THAT long.
For those that haven’t seen Casablanca, please get on that immediately.
The film follows Rick, a nightclub owner in Casablanca who discovers his old girlfriend
is in town with her new Husband who are looking to flee the country, with the Germans fast
on their tail.
It’s a war drama, a love story, and just goddamn beautiful all round.
The film won three awards that night, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
7 Argo This historical drama directed by Ben Affleck,
nabbed the award for Best Picture back in 2012, beating out, Amour, Beasts of the Southern
Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, and
Zero Dark Thirty.
The win was a shock, even for Affleck, with a category SO stacked, many thought he didn’t
stand a chance.
Including me.
My money was on Lincoln.
The film centres on the storming of the US embassy in Tehran by Militans, which occurred
on November 4th, 1979.
Resulting in the capture of 66 american hostages, during which time 6 manage to slip away, seeking
refuge with the Canadian ambassador.
The film follows these 6 peoples, who use a genius technique to slip out of the country
undetected.
Although Argo won best picture, the big controversy was that Affleck was snubbed for Best Director.
Making Argo the fourth film to win Best Picture without its Director being nominated.
6 The Godfather This critically acclaimed crime drama won
the award for Best Picture back in 1972, beating out Cabaret, Deliverance, The Emigrants, and
Sounder.
It is a film that is widely regarded as one of the greatests films of all time, and it’s
true.
This film is truly incredible.
The Godfather follows a powerful Italian-American crime family, led by Don Vito Corleone, played
by Marlon Brando, and the violence that ensues after his son, Michael, reluctantly joins
the mafia.
The film was such a success it resulted in two further films.
The third being subpar at best, let’s be real.
The film not only won Best Picture, but it also nabbed, Best Actor, and Best Adapted
Screenplay.
5 Titanic I’m sorry.
I had to.
This disaster film won Best Picture in 1997, beating out As Good as it Gets, The Full Monty,
Good Will Hunting, and LA Confidential.
And, if you haven’t seen it by this point, shame on you, I’m going to spoil the shit
out of it.
Based on the true story of the ship of the same name, the Titanic follows the ill-fated
maiden voyage, RMS Titanic as it sets out across the North Atlantic, with over 1500
passengers aboard.
Along the way, the ship of dreams hits an iceberg, resulting in the deaths of over a
thousand people as they plunged into the cold waters of the Atlantic in the early hours
of April 15th, 1912.
Amongst those who hit the water were Jack and Rose, the young couple who found love
aboard the ship.
With the former meeting his demise, and Rose going on to live a long life after the grisly
disaster.
The film swept the Oscars in 1997, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography,
Best Actress, and so much more!
4 Schindler’s List This historical period drama won the Best
Picture award back in 1993, my birth year, beating out The Fugitive, In the Name of the
Father, The Piano, and The Remains of the Day.
Schindler’s List follows businessman Oskar Schindler who arrived in Krakow ready to make
a fortune during World War II.
He staffs his factory with Jewish workers for pragmatic reasons, but when the SS begins
exterminating the Jews, he attempts to save his workers by any means possible.
The film left the Academy Awards with a whole load of oscars, winning Best Picture, Best
Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and more!
3 The Artist This film won the Best Picture award back
in 2011, beating out The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo,
Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse.
The Artist is a black and white, silent movie, that follows actor George Valentine in the
1920’s who is a bona fide idol with adoring fans.
Conflict ensues though, when the married actor falls for one his co-stars during the growing
popularity of sound in movies.
Pushing the two stars further away from each other, as his co-star, Peppy, begins to rise,
while George falls.
The film not only won Best Picture, but also, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Original
Music Score.
2 Green Book I mean, this just had to be on our list, not
just because we’re doing a Green Book giveaway, but simply because this film was truly fantastic.
Green Book won best picture at this years Oscars, beating out Black Panther, BlacKKKlansman,
Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Roma, A Star is Born, and Vice.
The film follows Dr Don Shirley, a world class African-American pianist who is embarking
on a tour in the Deep South in 1962, who is in need of a driver and protection.
He hires Tony Lip, an Italian-American bouncer from the Bronx, and the two, despite their
difference, form an unlikely bond in an era built on racism and hate.
Not only did Green Book win Best Picture, but it also won Best Supporting Actor, and
Best Original Screenplay.
1 Moonlight We all remember the awkward moment Faye Dunaway
and Warren Beatty announced La La Land as Best Picture, with the cast and crew excitedly
approaching the stage, and the confusion as someone approaches the mic, stating that there
was a mistake, Moonlight was actually the winner.
I have PTSD from this.
Moonlight won the award, beating out Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water,
Hidden Figures, Lion, Manchester By the Sea, and of course, La La Land.
Moonlight is a film that explores three chapters in the life of a young black man in Miami,
who is on a journey of self-discovery, guided by the support of a community that helps to
raise him.
Not only did the film nab the Best Picture award, it also won Best Supporting Actor,
and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Well, there we have it!
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