Awards Record

Film

Academy Award for Best Picture: winners and how it is awarded

The Academy Award for Best Picture is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to the producers of the winning film. It has been given since the first Academy Awards on 16 May 1929. Years here are ceremony years.1,12

Awarded byAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Established1929
FrequencyAnnual
Prize valueStatuette. No cash prize stated in fetched sources (as of 27 October 2026)

How the winner is chosen

Best Picture is the only Oscar category in which every Academy member can nominate and vote on the final ballot. Since 2009 the winner has been decided by preferential, or instant runoff, voting. The field has had ten nominees since 2022. The award is presented to the film's producers.

Winners

  1. 2026Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson1One Battle After Another (2025 film, 98th Academy Awards)
  2. 2025Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker2Anora (2024 film, 97th Academy Awards)
  3. 2024Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan3Oppenheimer (2023 film, 96th Academy Awards)
  4. 2023Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang4Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022 film, 95th Academy Awards)
  5. 2022Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger5CODA (2021 film, 94th Academy Awards)
  6. 2021Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao6Nomadland (2020 film, 93rd Academy Awards)
  7. 2020Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon Ho7Parasite (2019 film, 92nd Academy Awards)
  8. 2019Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga8Green Book (2018 film, 91st Academy Awards)
  9. 2018Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale9The Shape of Water (2017 film, 90th Academy Awards)
  10. 2017Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner10Moonlight (2016 film, 89th Academy Awards)
  11. 2016Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar11Spotlight (2015 film, 88th Academy Awards)

Notable facts

The 98th Academy Awards, where One Battle After Another won Best Picture, were held on 15 March 2026 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.1

Anora won Best Picture at the 2025 ceremony, crediting Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker as producers.2

Sources

  1. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2026 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  2. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2025 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  3. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2024 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  4. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2023 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  5. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2022 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  6. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2021 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  7. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2020 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  8. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2019 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  9. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2018 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  10. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2017 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  11. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The 2016 Oscars ceremony page (27 October 2026)
  12. Wikipedia, Academy Award for Best Picture (27 October 2026)