Ninety-six films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture since the first Oscars ceremony was held in 1928, and it’s never been easier to watch every Best Picture Oscar winner, should you choose to do so. Thanks to the technological innovations of streaming, all of these winners – some all-time classics, some retroactive headscratchers – are available to watch online.
This year, several Best Picture contenders are already streaming. But before the 97th Best Picture winner is crowned on March 12, you could choose some past winners to catch up with from our list of where to watch every Best Picture Oscar winner – from Wings to Oppenheimer and everything in between. (All streaming and purchase information is updated through Jan. 16, 2025.)
2024: Oppenheimer
The Barbenheimer phenomenon helped raise Christopher Nolan‘s unlikely blockbuster to Best Picture glory. It’s available to stream on Prime Video and to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms
2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Daniels‘ multiverse-hopping dramedy won seven Academy Awards and introduced the world to Raccacoonie, the alternate universe Ratatouille. It’s streaming on Max and is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms
2022: CODA
Director Sian Heder’s coming-of-age family dramedy is the first film distributed by a streaming service to win Best Picture. It streams exclusively on Apple TV+.
2021: Nomadland
With this indie drama, Frances McDormand became the first to win Oscars as producer and performer for the same film. The film is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2020: Parasite
Director Bong Joon-ho’s darkly comic, class-conscious thriller is the first film not in English to win Best Picture. It’s streaming on Max and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2019: Green Book
Mahershala Ali won his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in this 1960s-set biopic. It can be streamed via Fubo or FX Now and rented on Apple TV, YouTube, and other platforms.
2018: The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro won Best Picture and Best Director for this romantic fantasy film. It can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2017: Moonlight
Barry Jenkins’ intimate drama won three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. It can be viewed for free with a library card on Kanopy and rented on Apple TV, YouTube, and other platforms.
2016: Spotlight
This journalism drama is one of just two movies to win only one other Oscar besides Best Picture (Best Original Screenplay for Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy). It’s streaming on Starz and available to rent on Apple TV, YouTube, and other platforms.
2015: Birdman
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s backstage drama, starring Michael Keaton, is the first of two back-to-back Best Picture winners. It can be rented on Apple TV, YouTube, and other platforms.
2014: 12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen became the first Black director to win Best Picture for this historical drama, which can be rented on Apple TV, YouTube, and other platforms.
2013: Argo
This historical spy thriller, directed by Ben Affleck, won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. It can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2012: The Artist
This black-and-white comedy from Michel Hazanavicius is the first (mostly) silent film to win Best Picture since “Wings” won at the 1st Academy Awards in 1927. It’s available to stream for free on the Roku Channel and other platforms and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2011: The King’s Speech
Tom Hooper’s historical drama won four Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Colin Firth‘s performance as King George VI. It can be streamed on Hoopla and rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2010: The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director and direct a Best Picture winner for this Iraq War drama. It’s streaming on Prime Video and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2009: Slumdog Millionaire
Director Danny Boyle’s game show drama was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won eight. It’s available to rent from Fandango at Home and Microsoft.
2008: No Country for Old Men
Writers-directors-producers-editors Joel and Ethan Coen personally won three of this neo-Western drama’s four Academy Awards. (The other Oscar went to Javier Bardem for his memorable villain, Anton Chigurh.) It’s streaming on Paramount+ and the Criterion Channel and is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2007: The Departed
At the time, this crime thriller was Martin Scorsese’s sixth film to be nominated for Best Picture and his first and only win to date. It’s available to rent on Apple TV, YouTube, and other platforms.
2006: Crash
Paul Haggis’ drama about the interlocking lives of Angelenos won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. It’s streaming for free with a library card on Hoopla and available to rent on Apple TV, YouTube, and other platforms.
2005: Million Dollar Baby
Hilary Swank won her second Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Clint Eastwood’s boxing drama. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
This fantasy epic won all 11 Oscars for which it was nominated, a record that still stands. It’s streaming on Max and available to rent on Apple TV, YouTube, and other platforms.
2003: Chicago
Rob Marshall’s Broadway adaptation is the only musical to win Best Picture since 1968. It streams on Paramount+ and can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2002: A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard’s biopic of mathematician John Nash won four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress for Jennifer Connelly. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2001: Gladiator
The historical epic directed by Ridley Scott won five Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Russell Crowe. It can be streamed on Paramount+ and rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
2000: American Beauty
Director Sam Mendes’ drama about suburban malaise was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won five. It’s available to stream for free on Pluto and rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1999: Shakespeare in Love
This historical romantic comedy was nominated for 13 Oscars and won seven, including Best Actress for Gwyneth Paltrow. It is streaming on Hoopla and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1998: Titanic
James Cameron’s romantic disaster epic tied All About Eve‘s record for most Academy Award nominations with 14 and won 11. It dominated the technical categories. The film is streaming on Paramount+ and available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, and other platforms.
1997: The English Patient
Director Anthony Minghella’s epic romance was nominated for 12 Oscars and won nine, including Best Supporting Actress for Juliette Binoche. It’s streaming on Paramount+ and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1996: Braveheart
Mel Gibson won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director for this historical drama set in medieval Scotland. It’s streaming on Paramount+ and other platforms and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1995: Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks won his second consecutive Best Actor Oscar for his performance in this 20th century-spanning dramedy. It’s streaming on Paramount+ and free on Pluto and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1994: Schindler’s List
Steven Spielberg’s Holocaust drama won six of the 12 Academy Awards for which it was nominated and is Spielberg’s only Best Picture winner. Streaming on Netflix and renting on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms is available.
1993: Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood’s drama is the most recent true Western to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is streaming on Prime Video and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1992: The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme’s psychological thriller is one of three films to sweep the Big Five categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best (Adapted) Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1991: Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner won Best Picture and Best Director but missed out on Best Actor for this Western drama, which was his directorial debut. It’s streaming for free on Pluto and Roku Channel, and it is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1990: Driving Miss Daisy
At 80, Jessica Tandy became the oldest Best Actress winner when she took home a statuette for her performance in this dramedy. It’s available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, and other platforms.
1989: Rain Man
This family road dramedy was the highest-grossing movie of 1988. It’s streaming for free on the Roku Channel and Hoopla and available to rent from Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1988: The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci’s biopic about Chinese emperor Puyi won all nine Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Original Score for Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, and Cong Su. It’s streaming on Max and the Criterion Channel and is available to rent from Apple TV or Fandango at Home.
1987: Platoon
Oliver Stone – who also won Best Director – based this war film on his experiences in Vietnam. It’s streaming on Pluto, the Roku Channel, and other platforms, streaming on Amazon, and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1986: Out of Africa
Sydney Pollack’s epic romantic drama won seven Oscars, with Pollack taking home the Best Picture statue as the film’s producer. It’s streaming on Netflix and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1985: Amadeus
This biopic of Mozart was Miloš Forman’s second Best Picture and Best Director winner after One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. It’s available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, and other platforms.
1984: Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks won Oscars for producing, writing, and directing this family dramedy. It can be streamed on Pluto and other platforms and rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1983: Gandhi
Richard Attenborough’s biopic of Mahatma Gandhi won eight Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Ben Kingsley. It is available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, and other platforms.
1982: Chariots of Fire
This sports drama won four Oscars, including one for Vangelis’ famous score. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1981: Ordinary People
Robert Redford won Best Director in his directorial debut for this family drama. It’s available to stream on Pluto and Hoopla and to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1980: Kramer vs. Kramer
Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep both won Oscars for their performances in this divorce drama, which is available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, and other platforms.
1979: The Deer Hunter
Meryl Streep earned her first Academy Award nomination (of 21 and counting) for this Vietnam War drama, which can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1978: Annie Hall
This romantic comedy won four Oscars, including Best Actress for Diane Keaton. It can be streamed for free on Pluto and Hoopla and rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1977: Rocky
Sylvester Stallone earned Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay nominations for this boxing drama that established him as a star for years to come. It’s streaming on AMC+ and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
This mental hospital drama is the second of three films to sweep the Big Five and the first of two collaborations between producer Saul Zaentz and director Miloš Forman to win Best Picture. It can be streamed on the Criterion Channel and rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1975: The Godfather Part II
The mob drama was the first sequel to win Best Picture and still the only Best Picture-winning original-sequel combo. It’s streaming on Paramount+ and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1974: The Sting
Robert Redford and Paul Newman star in this grifter picture, which won seven Academy Awards. It’s streaming on Netflix and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1973: The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola’s mafia epic won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Marlon Brando. It’s streaming on Paramount+ and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1972: The French Connection
Director William Friedkin’s crime thriller won five Oscars, including Best Actor for Gene Hackman. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1971: Patton
George C. Scott won Best Actor for his performance as General George S. Patton in this war biopic but refused to accept the award because he didn’t want to participate in the “meat parade.” It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1970: Midnight Cowboy
This drama was the first and only X-rated film (since re-rated R) to win Best Picture. It’s streaming on Pluto and other platforms, and it’s also available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1969: Oliver!
This musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s “Oliver Twist” won six Oscars. It’s available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, and other platforms.
1968: In the Heat of the Night
Norman Jewison’s mystery drama won five Oscars, including Best Actor for Rod Steiger. It’s streaming on Prime Video and other platforms. It’s also available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1967: A Man for All Seasons
This British historical drama tells the story of statesman Sir Thomas More, played by Best Actor winner Paul Scofield. It can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1966: The Sound of Music
Producer-director Robert Wise won Best Picture and Best Director for the second time with this Julie Andrews-led musical. It’s streaming on Disney+ and is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1965: My Fair Lady
This musical adaptation of Pygmalion won eight Academy Awards, including Best Director for George Cukor. It’s available to rent on YouTube, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1964: Tom Jones
One of the few pure comedies to win Best Picture, director Tony Richardson’s romp won four Academy Awards. It’s streaming on Max and the Criterion Channel and is available to rent on Amazon and Apple TV.
1963: Lawrence of Arabia
Director David Lean’s historical epic was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won seven. It’s streaming on Max and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1962: West Side Story
This New York City musical won 10 awards, including two for director-producer Robert Wise (he shared Best Director with choreographer Jerome Robbins) and one for Best Supporting Actress Rita Moreno. It’s streaming on Pluto and other platforms. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1961: The Apartment
This romantic dramedy hails from Billy Wilder and was his second Best Picture winner, 16 years after his first. It’s streaming on Pluto, the Roku Channel, and other platforms and is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1960: Ben-Hur
This biblical epic won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Director for William Wyler and Best Actor for Charlton Heston. It can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1959: Gigi
Vicente Minelli’s musical won all nine Academy Awards for which it was nominated, a record it held until The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won 11 in 2003. It can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1958: The Bridge on the River Kwai
This World War II epic from director David Lean won seven Academy Awards out of eight nominations, with Sessue Hayakawa missing out on Best Supporting Actor. It is available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, and other platforms.
1957: Around the World in 80 Days
Director Michael Anderson’s fantasy comedy is one of a dozen films to win Best Picture without receiving a single acting nomination. It can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1956: Marty
This character study won four Oscars, including Best Actor for Ernest Borgnine and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paddy Chayefsky. It can be streamed on Pluto and Hoopla and rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1955: On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando won his first Best Actor Oscar for performing in Elia Kazan’s crime drama. It’s available to rent on YouTube, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1954: From Here to Eternity
This World War II romance drama received eight Academy Awards, including Best Supporting wins for Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1953: The Greatest Show on Earth
Cecil B. DeMille’s circus drama is one of two Best Picture winners filmed in Florida (the other is Moonlight). It’s streaming on MGM+ and other platforms and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1952: An American in Paris
This Gene Kelly-led musical won six of the eight Academy Awards for which it was nominated. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1951: All About Eve
This showbiz drama is the only film in Oscars history to earn nominations for four actresses: Best Actress for Bette Davis and Anne Baxter and Best Supporting Actress for Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter, none of whom won. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1950: All the King’s Men
This political drama won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, and Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress for Broderick Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge respectively. It can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1949: Hamlet
To this day, Laurence Olivier – who also received a Best Director nomination for his adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy – is the only performer to win an Oscar for a Shakespearean role. It’s streaming on Max, Prime Video, and other platforms and is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.
1948: Gentleman’s Agreement
This antisemitism drama won three Academy Awards, including Best Director for Elia Kazan. It’s available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, and other platforms.
1947: The Best Years of Our Lives
Harold Russell, a veteran who debuted in this World War II drama, is the only person to earn two Oscars for the same performance, winning Best Supporting Actor and a special honorary award. It’s streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, and several other platforms and is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.
1946: The Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder’s alcoholism drama won his first Best Picture award. It can be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1945: Going My Way
Bing Crosby won Best Actor for his performance in this musical dramedy, the highest-grossing film of 1944. The film is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1944: Casablanca
Michael Curtiz’s World War II romance drama won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It’s streaming on Max and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1943: Mrs. Miniver
This romance drama was the first of many films about World War II to win Best Picture. It’s streaming on IndieFlix and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1942: How Green Was My Valley
John Ford won four Best Director Oscars, including one for this drama about Welsh miners, but this was his only Best Picture winner. The film is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.
1941: Rebecca
Alfred Hitchcock won his only Best Picture Oscar for this psychological thriller, which was his American debut. The film is streaming on YouTube and is not available for rent.
1940: Gone With the Wind
This epic historical romance is still the highest-grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation. It’s streaming on Max and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1939: You Can’t Take It With You
Frank Capra won his third Best Director Oscar in three years for this romantic comedy, which can be streamed on YouTube.
1938: The Life of Emile Zola
This biopic was the first film to receive double-digit nominations, winning three Oscars out of ten nominations. It’s available to rent on Apple TV and Fandango at Home.
1937: The Great Ziegfeld
This musical biopic of Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfield Jr. won three Oscars, including Best Actress for Luise Rainer. It can be rented on YouTube, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1936: Mutiny on the Bounty
The last film to win Best Picture and nothing else, this historical drama earned eight nominations, including Best Actor for Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, and Franchot Tone. It can be rented on YouTube, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.
1935: It Happened One Night
The first of only three films to sweep the Big Five, Frank Capra’s romantic comedy also won every award for which it was nominated, including Best Actor for Clark Gable and Best Actress for Claudette Colbert. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1934: Cavalcade
This drama,, which follows a wealthy British family duringee decades of the 20th century, won three Aca,demy Awards. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1933: Grand Hotel
This drama about the residents of a luxury hotel in interwar Berlin is the only film to receive a single nomination for Best Picture and win. It’s streaming on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1932: Cimarron
It was the first—and for more than 60 years, the only—Western to win Best Picture. The film is available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1931: All Quiet on the Western Front
This anti-war epic is the first Best Picture winner based on a novel. It can be streamed on Hoopla and rented on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1930: The Broadway Melody
As the first sound film to win Best Picture, this early musical marked the transition between the silent and sound eras in film. It’s available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
1929: Wings
This romantic war film starring Clara Bow was the first Best Picture winner and the only actual silent film to win the top Academy Award. It’s streaming on Kanopy and Tubi, and available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other platforms.
