Here’s how it works. Below is a breakdown of every Best Picture winner from the first 40 years of the Oscars, several dozen or so landmark films that many cherish decades later as well as a few ...

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 ...

Plus, unless there's a scene in On the Waterfront that's been long forgotten, Everything Everywhere All at Once is the first Best Picture winner to feature a raccoon chef named "Raccacoonie ...

Look over the list of Best Picture winners over the years and you realise that almost every film selected is still in circulation. William Wellman’s Wings, the very first winner in 1927 ...

The first ceremony took place on May 16, 1929, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and only industry insiders attended. Winners were announced months in advance. The Academy Award for Best Picture ...

Last year, Apple TV’s “CODA” became the first streaming movie to win best picture. But this year, nine of the 10 best picture nominees were theatrical releases. After the movie business ...

The preferential system of voting was first utilized by the Academy from ... Do all Academy members vote for the best picture winner? Yes. Although nominations are largely determined by individual ...