The 40 Best Picture Winners From The First 40 Years Of The Oscars

We’ve seen instant-classics like CODA, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Oppenheimer, and several other Best Picture winners dominate the conversation surrounding the Academy Awards. And while those three movies and other examples from the 21st century are worth celebrating, it’s equally important to honor those who came before them. And by “before” we mean a long time ago, like the early years of the Oscars.

Here is a breakdown of every Best Picture winner from the first 40 years of the Oscars, several dozen or so landmark films that many cherish decades later as well as a few that some may have forgotten about entirely.