Driving Miss Daisy to Nomadland: the Oscar's Best Pictures since 1990

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 2004​

Going back to the Lord of the Rings saga, this one did take the award. It was the third in the chronological order, the one that came after T'he Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.' And it was also the biggest box-office hit of all time.

 

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Million Dollar Baby - 2005​

Clint Eastwood directed it, he participated in the production, composed the soundtrack, and played one of the main roles. The film addressed issues such as machismo, self-improvement, and morality in sports.

 

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Crash - 2006​

The typical interlocking comic book movie. In the end, it did not turn out to be the typical interwoven comic book film, but it became a turning point in the genre nas well as a comprehensive analysis of the human condition.

 

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The Departed - 2007​

In 'The Departed,' Martin Scorsese did what he does best. And what he's best at, is directing underworld or majestic movies.

 

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No country for old men - 2008​

Based on the 2005 novel of the same name by American author Cormac McCarthy, and starring Javier Bardem, this film answers the question: what happens if a failed drug exchange in a remote part of the desert goes wrong? Well, this.

 

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Slumdog Millionaire - 2009​

That day when Bollywood snuck into the Oscars. A masterpiece, from beginning to end.

 

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The Hurt Locker - 2010​

This film tells the daily story of an American bomb disposal unit deployed in Iraq. It does in such a way that Americans liked it enough to give it the Oscar.

 

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The King's Speech - 2011​

Stuttering, British royalty, and a lot of historical inspiration gave power to this story. Visually it's not bad either.

 

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The Artist - 2012​

Shot in black and white and without sound, The Artist recovers the magic that cinema lost when it won in technical advances.

 

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Argo - 2013​

Another film on the external conflicts of the United States. This time it's about the Iranian hostage crisis. Ben Affleck is both director and protagonist.

 

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12 Years a Slave - 2014​

A freeborn African-American from New York State is kidnapped in Washington D.C. in 1841, sold into slavery, and released in 1853. The film tells the story of him working on plantations in Louisiana for 12 years.

 

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Birdman - 2015​

From the Mexican Alejandro González Iñárritu, this film brings a lot of black humour, fantasy, and know-how. Its greatest merit? Being shot in a single sequence (except for some shots at the beginning and end). One hundred and nineteen minutes of film (almost) in a single sequence shot.

 

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Spotlight - 2016​

Based on real events, the movie tells how the Boston Globe uncovered a child sex abuse scandal in the Church. In real life, the newspaper won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for this achievement in public service.

 

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Moonlight - 2017​

This film is divided into three segments. It tells the story of the childhood, adolescence and maturity of Chiron, an African-American boy without a father who grows up in a depressed and troubled suburb of Miami.

 

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The shape of water - 2018​

This is a modern fable, a fantastic tale, and a beautiful yet sad story of love, innocence (or its loss), and alienation. The world is divided between those who idolize it and those who criticize it. But it won the Oscar.

 

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Green Book - 2019​

A dramatic comedy dealing with the issue of racism as a central theme. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) is an African-American pianist who hires a tough Italian-American man (Viggo Mortensen) as a driver and bodyguard during a tour of the 1960s' southern United States. Directed by Peter Farrelly, it surprised many people by winning the Oscar for Best Picture.

 

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Parasite - 2020​

A historic victory for Korean director Bong Joon-ho, as his black comedy 'Parasite' was the first ever to win the Oscar in both 'Best Picture' and 'Best International Feature Film.' Breaking the traditional language barrier of the Oscars, the film discusses the intertwined lives of a very poor and an extremely wealthy family in Korea.

 

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Nomadland - 2021​

Fern is in her sixties when she loses her job and her home. She decides to travel across the western United States and finds a community of other nomads, each with their own story and method of survival. Lead actress Frances McDormand and director Chloe Zhao won several awards - including Oscars - for their work on this movie.