This film publicity image released by Fox Searchlight shows Chiwetel Ejiofor in a scene from “12 Years a Slave.” The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The 86th Academy Awards will be held on March 2. AP PHOTO/FOX SEARCHLIGHT FILMS, JAAP BUITENDIJK
HOLLYWOOD — The following is a list of the Academy Award best picture winners from the last 20 years, ahead of Sunday’s 87th Oscars in Hollywood:
2014 – “12 Years A Slave”
2013 – “Argo”
2012 – “The Artist”
2011 – “The King’s Speech”
2010 – “The Hurt Locker”
2009 – “Slumdog Millionaire”
2008 – “No Country for Old Men”
2007 – “The Departed”
2006 – “Crash”
2005 – “Million Dollar Baby”
2004 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
2003 – “Chicago”
2002 – “A Beautiful Mind”
2001 – “Gladiator”
2000 – “American Beauty”
1999 – “Shakespeare in Love”
1998 – “Titanic”
1997 – “The English Patient”
1996 – “Braveheart”
1995 – “Forrest Gump”
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