You can view each year by simply clicking on the year or selecting it from the pull-down menu. To view all years at once, simply click on "View All" Movies listed here are based on the "Best Picture" award from the Academy Awards® Skip to: 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 View all Year Movies* Event Classmates 2004 56 2003 65 2002 61 2001 53 2000 Gladiator 81 1999 American Beauty 39 1998 Shakespeare in Love 53 1997 Titanic (1997) Pathfinder sends Mars photos. Princess Di is killed in a car accident. 40 1996 The English Patient Scientist clone sheep. 99 1995 Braveheart O.J. Simpson found not guilty. 33 1994 Forrest Gump 14 1993 Schindler's List Apartheid ends in South Africa. 30 1992 Unforgiven 17 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Soviet Union dissolves. 5 1990 Dances With Wolves 6 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Berlin wall falls. 5 1988 Rain Man 10 1987 The Last Emperor 7 1986 Platoon Shuttle Challenger explodes. The world's worst nuclear power accident occurs when a reactor explodes at Chernobyl. 10 1985 Out of Africa 3 1984 Amadeus 2 1983 Terms of Endearment 5 1982 Gandhi 4 1981 Chariots of Fire AIDS is discovered. 8 1980 Ordinary People 4 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Bill Gates and his college friend Paul Allen launch Microsoft Corp. 3 1978 The Deer Hunter First 'test-tube baby' born. 4 1977 Annie Hall Apple II first mass market PC. 6 1976 Rocky 1 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 2 1974 The Godfather Part II Nixon resigns. 4 1973 The Sting Roe vs. Wade legalize abortion. 2 1972 The Godfather 3 1971 The French Connection 1 1970 Patton 5 1969 Midnight Cowboy "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. 5 1968 Oliver! Martin Luther King Jr. Slain. Robert F. Kennedy Slain. Riots at Democratic convention. 8 1967 In the Heat of the Night 8 1966 A Man for All Seasons 4 1965 The Sound of Music U.S. escalates Vietnam War. 3 1964 My Fair Lady The Civil Rights Act of 1964 grants equal access to public accommodations to everyone regardless of race, religion or national origin. Beatles tour USA 0 1963 Tom Jones President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Martin Luther King Jr. 'Dream' Speech. 3 1962 Lawrence of Arabia Glenn first American in orbit. Cuban missile crisis. 1 1961 West Side Story Gagarin first man in space. Berlin wall goes up. 4 1960 The Apartment Birth control pill OK'd by FDA. 0 1959 Ben-Hur Computer chip invented. 0 1958 Gigi 0 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai 2 1956 Around the World in 80 Days 0 1955 Marty 1 1954 On the Waterfront 0 1953 From Here to Eternity New polio vaccine works. 0 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth 0 1951 An American in Paris 0 1950 All about Eve 0 1949 All the King's Men 0 1948 Hamlet (1948) 0 1947 Gentleman's Agreement In 1947, Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the color barrier against black players in baseball. 0 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives 0 1945 The Lost Weekend US drops the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The "Atomic Age" begins 1 1944 Going My Way D-Day - The Allies land in France. 0 1943 Casablanca 2 1942 Mrs. Miniver 0 1941 How Green Was My Valley Japanese planes bomb the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. 0 1940 Rebecca Winston Churchill is named prime minister in May 1940. 3 * Based on "Best Picture" award from the Academy Awards®
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