The Academy Award for best picture is considered the highest honor in movies. Winning that marquee Oscar also means cementing a place in the history books–though the anointed films are not exempt from reassessment, and any given winner won’t necessarily be to every viewer’s personal taste. More than anything, every best-picture winner serves as a snapshot of its particular moment, reflecting both the ever-changing film industry and the stories that captured our hearts and minds during various eras. Consider the best-picture Oscar-winning movies to be the films that Hollywood would like to remember itself by—at the time that year’s Academy voted, at least.
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