Every year, several films are identified as the front-runners for multiple Academy Awards after being nominated in just about every prestigious category. And, every year, many movie fans try to watch all of the recognized pictures before the golden statuettes are given out. If it’s not possible to see all of the current nominees in time, watching at least some of the past Best Pictures winners will do.
To determine the past Best Picture winners and current nominees you can stream right now, 24/7 Tempo reviewed data from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and streaming availability as of March 2022 from streaming guide Reelgood. Films that have won an Academy Award for Best Picture are ordered chronologically, with current nominees last.
The list has it all – silent classics, film noir, musicals, biopics, and everything in between. Some of the movies that have been judged as the best in the year they were released have not stood the test of time and have been all but forgotten. Some are now considered classics but made little money when they came out. Here are Oscar winning movies that didn’t turn a profit.
There are also those that are among Hollywood’s greatest both in commercial and critical success. They have transcended expectations and established new standards for cinema.
Click here for the best picture nominees and winners and where you can stream them
Methodology
To determine the past Best Picture winners and current nominees you can stream right now, 24/7 Tempo reviewed data from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and streaming availability as of March 2022 from streaming guide Reelgood. Films that have won an Academy Award for Best Picture are ordered chronologically with current nominees listed last.
Data on average user rating and number of votes are from IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon, and are current through February 2022. Data on audience score and Tomatometer score came from Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator, and are current as of February 2022.
Source: Courtesy of Universal Pictures
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (59,343 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (18,059 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (81 reviews)
> Directed by: Lewis Milestone
> Streaming on: Philo
Source: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Grand Hotel (1932)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (18,375 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 77% (7,036 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (42 reviews)
> Directed by: Edmund Goulding
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (21,891 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (8,083 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (42 reviews)
> Directed by: Frank Lloyd
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
> IMDb user rating: 6.7/10 (7,695 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 50% (2,788 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 64% (36 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard
> Streaming on: HBO Max
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Source: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Gone with the Wind (1939)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (301,469 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (293,900 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (102 reviews)
> Directed by: Victor Fleming
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of RKO Radio Pictures
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (60,985 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (10,855 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (91 reviews)
> Directed by: William Wyler
> Streaming on: Pluto TV, Amazon Prime
Source: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures
All the King’s Men (1949)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (14,335 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (4,880 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (43 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Rossen
> Streaming on: Plex, Philo
Source: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
All About Eve (1950)
> IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (125,888 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (45,297 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (103 reviews)
> Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
> Streaming on: Criterion Channel
Source: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
An American in Paris (1951)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (32,085 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (26,481 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (94 reviews)
> Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of United Artists
Marty (1955)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (23,015 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (6,787 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (42 reviews)
> Directed by: Delbert Mann
> Streaming on: Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime
Source: Archive Photos / Stringer / Getty Images
Gigi (1958)
> IMDb user rating: 6.7/10 (21,886 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (20,998 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 81% (37 reviews)
> Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ben-Hur (1959)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (228,610 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (106,248 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (51 reviews)
> Directed by: William Wyler
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of United Artists
The Apartment (1960)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (172,183 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (38,259 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (72 reviews)
> Directed by: Billy Wilder
> Streaming on: Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Source: Courtesy of United Artists
West Side Story (1961)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (101,722 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (169,051 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (79 reviews)
> Directed by: Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.
My Fair Lady (1964)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (90,701 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (187,112 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (61 reviews)
> Directed by: George Cukor
> Streaming on: Netflix
Source: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
The Sound of Music (1965)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (215,991 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (606,531 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 83% (71 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Wise
> Streaming on: Disney+
Source: Courtesy of United Artists
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (70,923 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (23,226 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (55 reviews)
> Directed by: Norman Jewison
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of United Artists
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (106,459 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (40,059 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (78 reviews)
> Directed by: John Schlesinger
> Streaming on: Tubi TV
Source: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
Patton (1970)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (98,585 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (43,344 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (49 reviews)
> Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
> Streaming on: Starz
Source: Courtesy of United Artists
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
> IMDb user rating: 8.7/10 (954,220 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 96% (279,963 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (83 reviews)
> Directed by: Milos Forman
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of United Artists
Rocky (1976)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (539,768 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 69% (33,403,994 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (67 reviews)
> Directed by: John G. Avildsen
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Ordinary People (1980)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (49,514 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (23,252 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (55 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Redford
> Streaming on: Hulu Plus, Paramout+, Epix
Source: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Terms of Endearment (1983)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (57,738 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (36,375 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 78% (54 reviews)
> Directed by: James L. Brooks
> Streaming on: Hulu Plus, Paramout+, Epix
Source: Courtesy of Orion Pictures
Platoon (1986)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (395,356 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (240,012 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (69 reviews)
> Directed by: Oliver Stone
> Streaming on: Amazon Prime
Source: Courtesy of United Artists
Rain Man (1988)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (490,155 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (314,261 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (80 reviews)
> Directed by: Barry Levinson
> Streaming on: Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime
Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (105,134 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (53,773 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (65 reviews)
> Directed by: Bruce Beresford
> Streaming on: Tubi TV
Source: Courtesy of Orion Pictures
Dances with Wolves (1990)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (250,448 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (213,805 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 83% (76 reviews)
> Directed by: Kevin Costner
> Streaming on: Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime
Source: Courtesy of Orion Pictures
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
> IMDb user rating: 8.6/10 (1,332,128 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (847,443 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (104 reviews)
> Directed by: Jonathan Demme
> Streaming on: Amazon Prime
Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Unforgiven (1992)
> IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (391,927 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (122,861 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (106 reviews)
> Directed by: Clint Eastwood
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Forrest Gump (1994)
> IMDb user rating: 8.8/10 (1,905,676 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (1,244,237 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 71% (104 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
> Streaming on: Amazon Prime
Source: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Braveheart (1995)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (988,748 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (32,708,456 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 79% (84 reviews)
> Directed by: Mel Gibson
> Streaming on: Netflix
Source: Courtesy of Miramax
The English Patient (1996)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (184,116 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (81,769 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (89 reviews)
> Directed by: Anthony Minghella
> Streaming on: Showtime
Source: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Titanic (1997)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (1,092,513 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 69% (35,797,635 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (193 reviews)
> Directed by: James Cameron
> Streaming on: Showtime
Source: Courtesy of Miramax
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (219,028 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (227,053 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (141 reviews)
> Directed by: John Madden
> Streaming on: Pluto TV
Source: Courtesy of DreamWorks Distribution
American Beauty (1999)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (1,104,561 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (660,797 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (190 reviews)
> Directed by: Sam Mendes
> Streaming on: Showtime
Source: Courtesy of DreamWorks Distribution
Gladiator (2000)
> IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (1,399,053 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (34,128,168 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 77% (201 reviews)
> Directed by: Ridley Scott
> Streaming on: Pluto TV, Showtime
Source: Courtesy of Miramax
Chicago (2002)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (222,150 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (439,615 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (258 reviews)
> Directed by: Rob Marshall
> Streaming on: Showtime
Source: Courtesy of New Line Cinema
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
> IMDb user rating: 8.9/10 (1,710,236 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (34,679,773 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (275 reviews)
> Directed by: Peter Jackson
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (657,818 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (405,182 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (271 reviews)
> Directed by: Clint Eastwood
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.
The Departed (2006)
> IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (1,241,061 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (738,191 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (283 reviews)
> Directed by: Martin Scorsese
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Hispanic Education And Media Group
No Country for Old Men (2007)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (900,943 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (399,547 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (288 reviews)
> Directed by: Joel & Ethan Coen
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (818,017 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (1,155,878 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (289 reviews)
> Directed by: Danny Boyle
> Streaming on: Hulu Plus
Source: Courtesy of Summit Entertainment
The Hurt Locker (2008)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (434,495 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (96,200 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (289 reviews)
> Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
> Streaming on: Peacock Free, Starz
Source: Courtesy of The Weinstein Company
The King’s Speech (2010)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (656,506 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (144,700 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (298 reviews)
> Directed by: Tom Hooper
> Streaming on: Starz
Source: Courtesy of The Weinstein Company
The Artist (2011)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (235,905 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (58,691 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (320 reviews)
> Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius
> Streaming on: Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Netflix
Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Argo (2012)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (590,474 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (208,987 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (359 reviews)
> Directed by: Ben Affleck
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
12 Years a Slave (2013)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (664,938 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (140,524 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (373 reviews)
> Directed by: Steve McQueen
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (601,125 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (93,449 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (355 reviews)
> Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
> Streaming on: Tubi TV
Source: Courtesy of A24
Moonlight (2016)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (288,673 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (45,830 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (392 reviews)
> Directed by: Barry Jenkins
> Streaming on: Showtime
Source: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
The Shape of Water (2017)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (393,136 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (26,084 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (459 reviews)
> Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
> Streaming on: Hulu Plus
Source: Courtesy of Neon
Parasite (2019)
> IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (723,617 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (5,000 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (466 reviews)
> Directed by: Bong Joon Ho
> Streaming on: Hulu Plus
Source: Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
Nomadland (2020)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (126,891 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (573 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (416 reviews)
> Directed by: Chloe Zhao
> Streaming on: Hulu Plus
2022 Best Picture Nominees
Source: Courtesy of Focus Features
Belfast (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (39,284 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (1,000 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (298 reviews)
> Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
> Streaming on: Rent or Buy
Source: Courtesy of Apple TV+
CODA (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (59,917 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (1,000 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (264 reviews)
> Directed by: Sian Heder
> Streaming on: Apple TV+
Source: Courtesy of Netflix
Don’t Look Up (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (456,689 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (100 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 55% (286 reviews)
> Directed by: Adam McKay
> Streaming on: Netflix
Source: Courtesy of Janus Films
Drive My Car (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (19,695 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (250 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (181 reviews)
> Directed by: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Dune (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (506,746 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (5,000 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 84% (473 reviews)
> Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
> Streaming on: HBO Max
Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.
King Richard (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (59,594 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 98% (1,000 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (272 reviews)
> Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green
> Streaming on: Rent or Buy
Source: Courtesy of United Artists Releasing
Licorice Pizza (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (51,693 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 65% (1,000 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (282 reviews)
> Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
> Streaming on: Rent or Buy
Source: Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
Nightmare Alley (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (77,778 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 68% (500 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 80% (322 reviews)
> Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
> Streaming on: HBO Max, Hulu Plus
Source: Courtesy of Netflix
The Power of the Dog (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 6.9/10 (126,971 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (50 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (330 reviews)
> Directed by: Jane Campion
> Streaming on: Netflix
Source: Courtesy of 20th Century Studios
West Side Story (2021)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (45,952 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (2,500 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (362 reviews)
> Directed by: Steven Spielberg
> Streaming on: HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu Plus
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