Category Details
Category Active: 1989 – Present
Key
Precursor Winner
[O] – Oscar Nominee
[O] – Oscar Winner
Decade Shortcuts
2010s
2013
PICTURE
American Hustle [O]
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips [O]
Dallas Buyers Club [O]
Gravity [O]
Her [O]
Nebraska [O]
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave [O]
The Wolf of Wall Street [O]
ANIMATED FEATURE
The Croods [O]
Despicable Me 2 [O]
Epic
Frozen [O]
Monsters University [O]
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Life According to Sam
A Place at the Table
We Steal Secrets
Which Way Is the Front Line From Here?
2012
PICTURE
Argo [O]
Beasts of the Southern Wild [O]
Django Unchained [O]
Life of Pi [O]
Lincoln [O]
Les Misérables [O]
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook [O]
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty [O]
ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave [O]
Frankenweenie [O]
ParaNorman [O]
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph [O]
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Gatekeepers [O]
The Island President
The Other Dream Team
A People Uncounted
Searching for Sugar Man [O]
2011
PICTURE
The Artist [O]
Bridesmaids
The Descendants [O]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help [O]
Hugo [O]
The Ides of March
Midnight in Paris [O]
Moneyball [O]
War Horse [O]
ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2 [O]
Puss in Boots [O]
Rango [O]
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Beats, Rhymes & Life
Bill Cunningham New York
Project Nim
Senna
The Union
2010
PICTURE
Black Swan [O]
The Fighter [O]
Inception [O]
The Kids Are All Right [O]
The King’s Speech [O]
127 Hours [O]
The Social Network [O]
The Town
Toy Story 3 [O]
True Grit [O]
ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon [O]
Toy Story 3 [O]
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spencer
Earth Made Glass
Inside Job [O]
S*M*A*S*H His Camera
The Tillman Story
Waiting for “Superman”
2000s
2009
PICTURE
Avatar [O]
District 9 [O]
An Education [O]
The Hurt Locker [O]
Inglourious Basterds [O]
Invictus
Precious [O]
Star Trek
Up [O]
Up in the Air [O]
ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline [O]
Fantastic Mr. Fox [O]
9
The Princess and the Frog [O]
Up [O]
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Burma VJ [O]
The Cove [O]
Sergio
Soundtrack for a Revolution
2008
PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [O]
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon [O]
Milk [O]
Slumdog Millionaire [O]
ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt [O]
Kung Fu Panda [O]
WALL-E [O]
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man on Wire [O]
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water [O]
2007
PICTURE
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juno [O]
Michael Clayton [O]
No Country for Old Men [O]
There Will Be Blood [O]
ANIMATED FEATURE
Bee Movie
Ratatouille [O]
The Simpsons Movie
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Body of War
Hear and Now
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Sicko [O]
White Light/Black Rain
2006
PICTURE
Babel [O]
The Departed [O]
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine [O]
The Queen [O]
ANIMATED FEATURE
Cars [O]
Flushed Away
Happy Feet [O]
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Monster House [O]
2005
PICTURE
Brokeback Mountain [O]
Capote [O]
Crash [O]
Good Night, and Good Luck [O]
Walk the Line
ANIMATED FEATURE
Chicken Little
Madagascar
Robots
Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride [O]
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [O]
2004
PICTURE
The Aviator [O]
Finding Neverland [O]
The Incredibles
Million Dollar Baby [O]
Sideways [O]
2003
PICTURE
Cold Mountain
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [O]
Master and Commander [O]
Mystic River [O]
Seabiscuit [O]
2002
PICTURE
Adaptation
Chicago [O]
Gangs of New York [O]
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [O]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2001
PICTURE
A Beautiful Mind [O]
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [O]
Moulin Rouge [O]
Shrek
2000
PICTURE
Almost Famous
Billy Elliot
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [O]
Erin Brockovich [O]
Gladiator [O]
1990s
1999
PICTURE
American Beauty [O]
Being John Malkovich
The Cider House Rules [O]
The Hurricane
The Insider [O]
1998
PICTURE
Gods and Monsters
Life Is Beautiful [O]
Saving Private Ryan [O]
Shakespeare in Love [O]
Waking Ned Devine
1997
PICTURE
Amistad
As Good As It Gets [O]
Good Will Hunting [O]
L.A. Confidential [O]
Titanic [O]
1996
PICTURE
The English Patient [O]
Shine [O]
1995
PICTURE
Apollo 13 [O]
1994
PICTURE
Forrest Gump [O]
1993
PICTURE
Schindler’s List [O]
1992
PICTURE
The Crying Game [O]
1991
PICTURE
The Silence of the Lambs [O]
1990
PICTURE
Dances With Wolves [O]
1980s
1989
PICTURE
Driving Miss Daisy [O]
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