2001 – ‘Gladiator’
2001 – ‘Gladiator’: When ‘Gladiator’ won the Oscar for Best Motion Picture, it beat out nominees ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,’ ‘Chocolat,’ ‘Traffic,’ and ‘Erin Brockovich.’
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2002 – ‘A Beautiful Mind’: Directed by Ron Howard, ‘A Beautiful Mind’ is based on the true story of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, who developed paranoid schizophrenia. The movie starred Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly.
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2003 – ‘Chicago’: Starring Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta Jones, the hit musical beat ‘Gangs of New York,’ ‘The Hours,’ ‘The Lord of The Rings – The Two Towers,’ and ‘The Pianist.’
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2004 – ‘The Lord Of the Rings – Return of The King’: ‘The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King’ is the third installment of the LOTR trilogy starring Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan as hobbits.
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2005 – ‘Million Dollar Baby’: Produced by Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, and starring Hilary Swank, ‘Million Dollar Baby’ won the Academy Award over ‘The Aviator,’ ‘Finding Neverland,’ ‘Ray,’ and ‘Sideways.’
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2006 – ‘Crash’: Depicting racial tensions and riots in Los Angeles, ‘Crash’ features an ensemble cast that includes Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, and Thandie Newton.
It also won the Oscar over ‘Brokeback Mountain.’
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2007 – ‘The Departed’: Directed by Martin Scorsese and depicting the underbelly of Irish mobs, crime thriller ‘The Departed’ stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson.
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2008 – ‘No Country for Old Men’: A drug deal gone wrong on the Rio Grande promises violence and mayhem in this neo-Western noir thriller based on the Cormac McCarthy novel. Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, the film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin.
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2009 – ‘Slumdog Millionaire’: The Best Picture winner at the 81st Academy Awards starred Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Saurabh Shukla.
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2010 – ‘The Hurt Locker’: When ‘The Hurt Locker’ won the Oscar for Best Picture, the war movie beat other notable contenders such as ‘Avatar,’ ‘The Blind Side,’ ‘District 9,’ ‘Inglorious Basterds, ‘Precious’ and ‘Up.’
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2011- ‘The King’s Speech’: ‘The King’s Speech’ follows King George VI (Colin Firth) as he works with an unconventional speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) to find his voice.
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2012 – ‘The Artist’: A silent actor and young dancer fall in love and steal the Best Picture Academy Award in the silent, black-and-white, French romantic film ‘The Artist.’
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Photo title: 2013 – ‘Argo’: Based on actual events, ‘Argo’ tells the true-life story of a covert operation to rescue six Americans being held captive during 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis.
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2014 – ‘12 Years a Slave’: The 2014 Academy Award winner for Best Picture tells the story of how Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, was abducted and sold into slavery.
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2015 – ‘Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’: In this black comedy by director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Michael Keaton plays a once-popular actor known for being a superhero who is attempting to open a Broadway play.
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2016 – ‘Spotlight’: ‘Spotlight’ tells the true story about how the Boston Globe uncovered a massive child molestation scandal coverup. Other movies contending for Best Film this year include ‘The Big Short,’ ‘Bridge of Spies,’ and ‘Brooklyn.’
