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Oscars - Best Picture

The Best Picture award is the most revered and desired trophy in cinema. It is for the elite, for work that grips and never lets go.

This collection gathers together Jack Clayton, Raoul Peck, Ava DuVernay, Bong Joon-ho and Barry Jenkins, among others, in a celebration of storytelling at its sharpest.

BEST PICTURE WINNERS

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Parasite Parasite

Drama 2019 132 mins Director: Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon Ho's Oscar®-winning box-office sensation is a darkly comic, twisty rollercoaster ride.

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12 Years a Slave 12 Years a Slave

Biopic 2014 134 mins Director: Steve McQueen

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender star in Steve McQueen’s fearless, Oscar-winning story of a free man who’s sold into slavery.

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Green Book Green Book

Drama 2018 130 mins Director: Peter Farrelly

Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen star in the triple Oscar®-winning comic roadmovie, about the unlikely friendship between an acclaimed pianist and his bouncer.

BEST PICTURE NOMINEES

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The Father The Father

Drama 2020 97 mins Director: Florian Zeller

Anthony Hopkins won the Best Actor Academy Award® for his powerful portrayal of a man dealing with the onset of dementia.

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La La Land La La Land

Comedy 2016 128 mins Director: Damien Chazelle

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone channel old-school Hollywood glamour in this bright and playful romantic musical from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash).

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1917 1917

War 2019 119 mins Director: Sam Mendes

This technically brilliant, multi-award winner from Sam Mendes was inspired by his grandfather's memories of fighting in the First World War.

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Manchester by the Sea Manchester by the Sea

Drama 2016 137 mins Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams shine in this devastating, Oscar-winning drama from Kenneth Lonergan about a man’s painful hometown return.

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Room Room

Thriller 2016 118 mins Director: Lenny Abrahamson

Brie Larson’s Oscar-winning performance is the beating heart of Lenny Abrahamson’s extraordinarily moving drama.

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The Crying Game The Crying Game

Drama 1992 112 mins Director: Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan's acclaimed 1992 drama-mystery tells the story of Fergus (Stephen Rea), who looks after the lover (Jaye Davidson) of a British soldier he once knew. But what is Dil hiding?

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The Post The Post

Drama 2017 116 mins Director: Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed, gripping and timely drama about the publishing of the Pentagon Papers, featuring Tom Hanks and an Oscar-nominated performance from Meryl Streep.

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The Imitation Game The Imitation Game

Biopic 2014 115 mins Director: Morten Tyldum

Benedict Cumberbatch’s roundly acclaimed performance anchors the incredible, Oscar-winning story of code-breaker Alan Turing.

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Hacksaw Ridge Hacksaw Ridge

War 2017 139 mins Director: Mel Gibson

Andrew Garfield stars in Mel Gibson’s visceral war film, telling the extraordinary story of the soldier who saved 75 lives in one of WWII’s bloodiest battles.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild Beasts of the Southern Wild

Drama 2012 93 mins Director: Benh Zeitlin

Set in a Deep South delta, Zeitlin’s feature debut takes a child’s eye view of poverty, adult apathy and ecological crisis. Hallucinatory fare

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Selma Selma

Biopic 2015 128 mins Director: Ava DuVernay

David Oyelowo’s stunning performance as Martin Luther King Jr. adorns this gripping account of the campaign that changed the course of American civil rights.

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Brooklyn Brooklyn

Romance 2015 112 mins Director: John Crowley

Saoirse Ronan shines as a woman who journeys from post-war small-town Ireland to New York, in Nick Hornby’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s best-selling novel.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE NOMINEES

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Flee Flee

Animation & Artists Moving Image 2021 83 mins Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, Flee is a testament to friendship, family and acceptance.

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Loving Vincent Loving Vincent

Drama 2017 95 mins Director: Hugh Welchman and Dorota Kobiela

The first ever fully painted feature film takes us through the last days of Vincent van Gogh.

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Song of the Sea Song of the Sea

Animation & Artists Moving Image 2014 93 mins Director: Tomm Moore

Tomm Moore’s Oscar-nominated animation follows the magical journey of Ben and his sister Saoirse, the last Seal-child.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE WINNERS AND NOMINEES

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No Other Land No Other Land

Documentary 2024 92 mins Director: Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

This powerful documentary from a Palestinian-Israeli collective might be one of the most important films of this year.

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Documentary 2024 150 mins Director: Johan Grimonprez

Johan Grimonprez’s involving film essay, anchored by the rhythm of American jazz, reveals disturbing truths about the decolonial struggle between global political powers.

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20 Days in Mariupol 20 Days in Mariupol

Documentary 2023 94 mins Director: Mstyslav Chernov

Vivid and harrowing account of life under siege, Ukrainian journalists try to fulfil their mission to capture what later become defining images of the atrocities of the 2022 Russian invasion.

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RBG RBG

Biopic 2018 99 mins Director: Julie Cohen and Betsy West

Revelatory documentary on an unexpected hero - former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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20 Feet from Stardom 20 Feet from Stardom

Documentary 2013 87 mins Director: Morgan Neville

This moving documentary shines a spotlight on the backing singers behind some of the great musical hits of the 21st century.

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I Am Not Your Negro I Am Not Your Negro

Documentary 2016 94 mins Director: Raoul Peck

Raoul Peck’s penetrating and acclaimed documentary reconstructs an unfinished manuscript by James Baldwin, chronicler of America’s Civil Rights Movement.

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Life, Animated Life, Animated

Documentary 2016 92 mins Director: Roger Ross Williams

A fascinating and moving documentary about how an autistic boy learned to communicate through Disney films.

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Searching for Sugar Man Searching for Sugar Man

Documentary 2012 86 mins Director: Malik Bendjelloul

The BAFTA and Oscar-winning documentary sensation uncovers the mystery behind Sixto Rodriguez, a forgotten musical hero of apartheid-era South Africa.

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Of Fathers and Sons Of Fathers and Sons

Documentary 2017 99 mins Director: Talal Derki

Syrian-born filmmaker Talal Derki travels to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. 2019 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature.

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Minding the Gap Minding the Gap

Documentary 2018 94 mins Director: Bing Liu

Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.