This list may change as I see more Best Picture winners in my lifetime. I haven’t seen any of the winners from the 1920’s yet, but here is my current list nonetheless:

1930's: Gone with the Wind

1940's: Casablanca

1950's: On the Waterfront

1960's: West Side Story

1970's: The Godfather

1980's: Platoon

1990's: Schindler's List

2000's: A Beautiful Mind

2010's: 12 Years a Slave
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