Oscar-winning films: a list of the best

This year, the world cinema celebrates its jubilee - 120 years. In February 1895 two French inventors - Auguste and Louis Lumiere - created an apparatus that allowed to film and then to display moving objects on the screen.

A bit of history

So there was a movie - a global, all-consuming art that changed the lives of millions of people. As soon as the invention of the Lumière brothers was improved and the opportunity to make films appeared, film studios began to emerge everywhere. The most successful creative enterprises have united, and thus appeared "Hollywood" - a dream factory that continuously produces films for every taste.

Initially, the production of motion pictures was aimed at the most unpretentious audience, who attended show booths and other similar entertainments. In the course were funny comic comedies, meaningless in fact, but they liked people. Then began to appear films with a dramatic plot, which quickly gained popularity and won the recognition of millions of moviegoers.

Spontaneous rewards

As the cinematography progressed, the movie scenes became deeper and more informative. The most successful films that gathered an extensive audience and had commercial success, began to celebrate with prizes and awards. However, this process was spontaneous in nature, there was no incentive system as such.

The appearance of the "Oscar"

Only in 1929, the head of the MGM film studio (Metro Goldwin Meyer) Luis Meyer created a special type of film award, which became known as OSCAR. The distinction of this prize from other types of promotion was that it was awarded in several nominations: "Best film", "Best role (female and male)", "Best script", "Music", "Installation" and a number of other Various positions that deserved the award.

At first, such a "universality" of the Oscar prize frightened off Hollywood producers who thought that it was not right to award all the creators of the film to everyone, but Luis Mayer managed to prove that with a sufficiently strict approach, the Oscar prize can become a welcome prize for all the filmmakers, Which means that each participant in the film project will try to deserve encouragement and work with full dedication. So it happened: "Oscar" became the dream of all filmmakers and is today the main prize for high performance in the art of cinema.

In the history of cinematography, from the year 1929 to the present, more than a hundred paintings were awarded with an honorable prize. 100 Oscar-winning films for the 90-year period of active production of motion pictures - this is an impressive result.

First awards

The first "Oscar" was awarded to the creators of the movie "Wings", directed by William Wellman in 1927. The picture was awarded two statuettes: in the nominations "Best Film" and "Best Special Effects".

The second film, which received an Oscar, was called "Broadway Melody" and was created by director Harry Beaumont in 1929 at the film studio "Metro Godwin Mayer." Nominations were three: "Best Film", "Best Director" and "Best Actress". "Oscar" was awarded one - in the first nomination.

Famous movies

Then the highest award of the cinema was awarded to the films:

• "Cimarron" (1931) - the first western, received an "Oscar". In total, the film was awarded three top awards, but this did not prevent her from failing at the box office.
• "Grand Hotel" (1932) - directed by Edmond Goulding, with Greta Garbo in the title role. The film received an "Oscar" in the nomination "Best Film".
• The film "Cavalcade" (1933) directed by Frank Lloyd. The painting won three Academy Awards: Best Film of the Year, Best Director and Best Actress. The statuette in the last category went to actress Diane Winjard. She became the first owner of a prestigious award.
• In 1936, another picture, which was on the Oscar-winning films list, was filmed. Its name is "Mutiny on the Bounty." Directed by Frank Lloyd spent on staging an unheard of for those times the amount of $ 2,000,000, but commercial success exceeded all expectations, and box office at the box office far exceeded costs. The film "The Rebellion on the Bounty" won the award in the nomination "The Best Film", which was presented in a solemn atmosphere to producer Irving Thalberg.
• In the same year, 1936, a biopic "Great Siegfeld", directed by Robert Leonard, was screened. The picture told about the successful director of Broadway musicals Florance Zigfelde. The film received three "Oscars": one went to the film studio "Metro Goldwyn Mayer", the second - to actress Louise Rainer for the best female role, the third was awarded for the choreography.
• Considering Oscar-winning films, we can not fail to mention the film directed by William Dieterle "The Life of Emile Zola", filmed in 1937. The picture brought to the creators three "Oscars": for "Best Film", "Men's Secondary Role", "Best Screenplay".
• 1938 became the year of the appearance on the screens of theaters of the film "With You Can not Take", directed by director Frank Capra. The painting received two Oscars: in the nominations Best Picture and Best Direction.
• Oscar-winning films, the list of which in 1941 was supplemented by the dramatic film "Rebecca", are distinguished by a great plot variety. This time the picture was taken by director Alfred Hitchcock - a famous master of detective genre and director of horror films. The film was presented in 11 categories, but received only two Oscars: for Best Film and Best Operator.

Best Movies

The special list includes the most Oscar-winning films, which received five or more prestigious statuettes. In this case, there could be more nominations.

• "It happened one night" - this is the name of a picture from the category "Oscar-winning films" with Clark Gabble and Claudette Colbert in the lead roles. Comedy melodrama directed by Frank Capra in 1934. The film can also be categorized as "Best Oscar-winning Films," as it received five Oscar awards. The cherished statuette was awarded in the nominations: "Best film", "Screenplay", "Directing", "Women's role", "Men's role".
• In the category "Oscar-winning films," a list of which is quite extensive, also includes a motion picture of 1940, entitled "Gone with the Wind" with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gabble in the lead roles. The film was directed by Viktor Fleming. For this masterpiece of cinema art one should create another category - "Oscar-winning films of all times", so it is popular and successful. Cash gathering amounted to 200 million dollars and exceeded the cost of producing a picture fifty times. The film received 8 "Oscars" in various categories.
• The film "Ben Hur", shot by director William Wyler in 1959 at the "Metro Goldwyn Meyer" film studio, grossed $ 164 million at the box office and won eleven Oscar awards in different categories.
• "Sounds of Music" - a film created in 1965 by director Robert Wise at the film studio "20th Century Fox." In the lead roles - Julia Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The picture received five Oscar awards, in the nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Music, Best Sound.
• The historical film "Gladiator" directed by Ridley Scott is awarded with five Oscar prizes. The picture was nominated in 12 positions, the prize was received in the nominations: "Best film", "Best actor", "Visual effects", "Sound accompaniment", "Best costumes".

• "Hamlet" - a film created in 1948 on the same name tragedy by William Shakespeare, starring Laurence Olivier and Gene Simmons. The picture won in five nominations: "Best film", "Woman's role", "Best actor", "Work of artists", "Best suits".
• The film, entitled Forrest Gump, shot in 1994 by director Robert Zemeckis, is a touching melodramatic story about lovers. Starring - Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. The painting received six Oscar awards.
• "English patient" - a drama, filmed in 1996 by director Anthony Minghella. The film was nominated for 12 Oscars, and won nine prizes. The director believes that 9 "Oscars" - a well-deserved reward for his team.
• A film called "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", which caused a furore and is still considered the main event of American cinema, was created by director Milos Forman in 1959. " The protagonist in the performance of Jack Nicholson is a patient of a psychiatric clinic. The film received five Oscar awards.
• The film "Titanic" - one of the main in the category "The most Oscar-winning films." It was created by director James Cameron, on account of which there is not one large-scale film project. Starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film received eleven "Oscar" prizes, countless nominations and entered the top Oscar-winning films. The success of the picture is not in the least due to the traditional manner of Cameron - his desire for scale and super-effects.

List of Oscar-winning films by year

All film production is subject to the rules adopted for all film studios. First of all, this is a kind of centralization: the producers are watching to ensure that somewhere on the other side of the world they do not launch a film project, which is already in the works. This is not prohibited in principle, but everyone understands that one and the same topic can not be in motion, let alone at the box office. Therefore, there is an implicit agreement for the exchange of information between film studios. This rule does not apply to the studios located in Hollywood, since there everything does not appear to overlap, but in other countries, especially where people like to shoot westerns and other American-style films, coordination is necessary.

Period from 1929 to 1951

• "Wings",
• "Broadway Melody,"
• "On the Western Front without Change,"
• Cimarron,
• "Grand Hotel",
• "Cavalcade",
• "It happened one night,"
• "Mutiny on the Bounty,"
• "The Great Siegfeld,"
• "The Life of Emile Zola,"
• "You can not take with you,"
• "Gone With the Wind",
• "Rebecca",
• "How green was my valley,"
• "Mrs. Miniver,"
• "Casablanca",
• "Go your own way,"
• "The Lost Weekend,"
• "The best years of our life,"
• "Gentlemen's agreement,"
• "Hamlet",
• "All the royal army."

From 1952 to 1971

• "Everything about Eve,"
• "American in Paris,"
• "The greatest show of the world,"
• "From now on and for ever and ever,"
• "In Port",
• "Marty",
• "Around the world in 80 Days",
• "Bridge over the river Kwai",
• "Lives",
• "Ben Hur,"
• "Apartment",
• "West Side Story",
• "Lawrence of Arabia",
• "Tom Jones",
• "My Fair Lady,"
• "Sounds of music",
• "Man for All Seasons,"
• "Midnight Heat",
• "Oliver!",
• "Midnight Cowboy",
• "Patton".

From 1972 to 1990

• "French connected",
• "Godfather",
• "Scam",
• "Flying over Cuckoo's Nest",
• "Rocky",
• "Annie Hall,"
• "The Deer Hunter",
• "Kramer v. Kramer,"
• "Ordinary people",
• "Fiery Chariots,"
• "Gandhi",
• "Language of tenderness",
• "Amadeus",
• "From Africa",
• "Platoon",
• "The last Emperor",
• "Rain Man",
• "The driver is Miss Daisy."

1991 to 2014

• "Dancing with wolves",
• "Silence of the Lambs",
• "Unforgiven",
• "Schindler's list",
• "Forrest Gump",
• "Braveheart",
• "English patient",
• "Titanic",
• "Shakespeare in Love",
• "Beauty in American style,"
• "Gladiator",
• "Mind games",
• "Chicago",
• "Lord of the Rings",
• "Million Dollar Baby",
• "Collision,"
• "The Departed",
• "The old people do not belong here,"
• "Slumdog Millionaire",
• "Lord of the storm,"
• "The King says!",
• "Artist",
• "Operation Argo",
• "12 years of slavery".

The best Oscar-winning films, the list of which could be continued, are inscribed in gold letters in the history of world cinematography.