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Best Picture Oscar Winners (2000-2025)

Best Picture Oscar Winners

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)1506

The worldwide ranking generated by 665 votes

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)1506

Gladiator (2001)1338

Million Dollar Baby (2005)1329

Green Book (2019)1281

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2023)1267

Oppenheimer (2024)1265

Parasite (2020)1263

No Country for Old Men (2008)1250

The Shape of Water (2018)1245

#10

Crash (2006)1233

#11

American Beauty (2000)1209

#12

Birdman (2015)1205

#13

Anora (2025)1199

#14

The Departed (2007)1194

#15

12 Years a Slave (2014)1191

#16

Chicago (2003)1173

#17

Moonlight (2017)1140

#18

Slumdog Millionaire (2009)1138

#19

The King's Speech (2011)1128

#20

The Artist (2012)1127

#21

A Beautiful Mind (2002)1122

#22

The Hurt Locker (2010)1121

#23

Nomadland (2021)1096

#24

Spotlight (2016)1092

#25

Argo (2013)1069

#26

CODA (2022)1023

What the community says

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004) leads with an ELO of 1,506, ahead of Gladiator (2001) (1,338) and Million Dollar Baby (2005) (1,329). Ranked over 665 duels between 26 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.