Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2000 to 2025
Below table presents a detailed overview of the Academy Award winners for Best Picture from the year 2000 to 2025. It includes essential information such as the year of the award, the movie title, the director, the producers, the production company, and the original language of each film. This summary offers a quick reference for film enthusiasts, researchers, and anyone interested in the cinematic achievements recognized by the Oscars over the past two and a half decades.
| Year | Movie Title | Director | Producer(s) | Production | Original Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gladiator | Ridley Scott | Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig | DreamWorks, Universal Pictures | English |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard | Brian Grazer, Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment, Universal | English |
| 2002 | Chicago | Rob Marshall | Martin Richards | Miramax Films | English |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh | New Line Cinema | English |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg | Warner Bros., Lakeshore Entertainment | English |
| 2005 | Crash | Paul Haggis | Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman | Lionsgate, Bob Yari Productions | English |
| 2006 | The Departed | Martin Scorsese | Graham King | Warner Bros., Plan B Entertainment | English |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Joel & Ethan Coen | Scott Rudin, Joel & Ethan Coen | Miramax Films, Paramount Vantage | English |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | Christian Colson | Fox Searchlight, Celador Films | English/Hindi |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow | Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier | Voltage Pictures | English |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin | See-Saw Films | English |
| 2011 | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | Thomas Langmann | La Petite Reine | French |
| 2012 | Argo | Ben Affleck | Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov | Warner Bros., Smokehouse Pictures | English |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen | Plan B Entertainment | English |
| 2014 | Birdman | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole | Fox Searchlight Pictures | English |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy | Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust | Participant Media, Open Road Films | English |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner | A24, Plan B Entertainment | English |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro | Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale | Fox Searchlight Pictures | English |
| 2018 | Green Book | Peter Farrelly | Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga | Participant Media, DreamWorks | English |
| 2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho | Kwak Sin-ae, Bong Joon-ho | Barunson E&A | Korean |
| 2020 | Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao | Searchlight Pictures | English |
| 2021 | CODA | Sian Heder | Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger | Apple Original Films | English |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang | A24 | English |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan | Universal Pictures | English |
| 2024 | Anora | Sean Baker | Sean Baker, Samantha Quan, Alex Coco | Not publicly listed | English |
| 2025 | To be announced | — | — | — | — |
