The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the film industry by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
Winners and nominees
1990s
YearFilmDirector(s) 1995 Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee 1996 Fargo Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Big Night Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci The Crucible Nicholas Hytner The English Patient Anthony Minghella Evita Alan Parker Hamlet Kenneth Branagh Jerry Maguire Cameron Crowe Lone Star John Sayles The People vs. Larry Flynt Miloš Forman Shine Scott Hicks 1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson Amistad Steven Spielberg As Good as It Gets James L. Brooks Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson Donnie Brasco Mike Newell Good Will Hunting Gus Van Sant The Full Monty Peter Cattaneo Titanic James Cameron Wag the Dog Barry Levinson The Wings of the Dove Iain Softley 1998 Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg Elizabeth Shekhar Kapur Gods and Monsters Bill Condon Life Is Beautiful Roberto Benigni Out of Sight Steven Soderbergh Pleasantville Gary Ross Shakespeare in Love John Madden A Simple Plan Sam Raimi The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick The Truman Show Peter Weir 1999 American Beauty Sam Mendes Being John Malkovich Spike Jonze The Cider House Rules Lasse Hallström The Green Mile Frank Darabont The Insider Michael Mann Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson Man on the Moon Miloš Forman The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan The Talented Mr. Ripley Anthony Minghella Three Kings David O. Russell
2000s YearFilmDirector(s) 2000 Gladiator Ridley Scott Almost Famous Cameron Crowe Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry Cast Away Robert Zemeckis Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh Quills Philip Kaufman Thirteen Days Roger Donaldson Traffic Steven Soderbergh Wonder Boys Curtis Hanson You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan 2001 A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard Ali Michael Mann In the Bedroom Todd Field The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson The Man Who Wasn't There Joel Coen Memento Christopher Nolan Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann Mulholland Drive David Lynch The Shipping News Lasse Hallström Shrek Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 2002 Chicago Rob Marshall About Schmidt Alexander Payne Adaptation. Spike Jonze Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg Far from Heaven Todd Haynes Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese The Hours Stephen Daldry The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson The Pianist Roman Polanski Road to Perdition Sam Mendes 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson Big Fish Tim Burton Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton In America Jim Sheridan The Last Samurai Edward Zwick Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Weir Mystic River Clint Eastwood Seabiscuit Gary Ross 2004 Sideways Alexander Payne The Aviator Martin Scorsese Collateral Michael Mann Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry Finding Neverland Marc Forster Hotel Rwanda Terry George Kinsey Bill Condon Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood The Phantom of the Opera Joel Schumacher Ray Taylor Hackford 2005 Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee Capote Bennett Miller Cinderella Man Ron Howard The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles Crash Paul Haggis Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney King Kong Peter Jackson Memoirs of a Geisha Rob Marshall Munich Steven Spielberg Walk the Line James Mangold 2006 The Departed Martin Scorsese Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu Blood Diamond Edward Zwick Dreamgirls Bill Condon Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood Little Children Todd Field Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Notes on a Scandal Richard Eyre The Queen Stephen Frears United 93 Paul Greengrass 2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen American Gangster Ridley Scott Atonement Joe Wright The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Julian Schnabel Into the Wild Sean Penn Juno Jason Reitman The Kite Runner Marc Forster Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle Changeling Clint Eastwood The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan Doubt John Patrick Shanley Frost/Nixon Ron Howard Milk Gus Van Sant The Reader Stephen Daldry WALL-E Andrew Stanton The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky 2009 The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow Avatar James Cameron An Education Lone Scherfig Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino Invictus Clint Eastwood Nine Rob Marshall Precious Lee Daniels A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up Pete Docter Up in the Air Jason Reitman
2010s YearFilmDirector(s) 2010 The Social Network David Fincher 127 Hours Danny Boyle Black Swan Darren Aronofsky The Fighter David O. Russell Inception Christopher Nolan The King's Speech Tom Hooper The Town Ben Affleck Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Winter's Bone Debra Granik 2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius The Descendants Alexander Payne Drive Nicolas Winding Refn Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Stephen Daldry The Help Tate Taylor Hugo Martin Scorsese Midnight in Paris Woody Allen Moneyball Bennett Miller The Tree of Life Terrence Malick War Horse Steven Spielberg 2012 Argo Ben Affleck Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino Les Misérables Tom Hooper Life of Pi Ang Lee Lincoln Steven Spielberg The Master Paul Thomas Anderson Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow 2013 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen American Hustle David O. Russell Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass Dallas Buyers Club Jean-Marc Vallée Gravity Alfonso Cuarón Her Spike Jonze Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Nebraska Alexander Payne Saving Mr. Banks John Lee Hancock The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese 2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu Gone Girl David Fincher The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson The Imitation Game Morten Tyldum Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy Selma Ava DuVernay The Theory of Everything James Marsh Unbroken Angelina Jolie Whiplash Damien Chazelle 2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy The Big Short Adam McKay Bridge of Spies Steve Spielberg Brooklyn John Crowley Carol Todd Haynes Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller The Martian Ridley Scott The Revenant Alejandro G. Iñárritu Room Lenny Abrahamson Sicario Denis Villeneuve Star Wars: The Force Awakens J. J. Abrams 2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle Arrival Denis Villeneuve Fences Denzel Washington Hacksaw Ridge Mel Gibson Hell or High Water David Mackenzie Lion Garth Davis Loving Jeff Nichols Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan Moonlight Barry Jenkins Sully Clint Eastwood 2017 The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro The Big Sick Michael Showalter Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino Darkest Hour Joe Wright Dunkirk Christopher Nolan The Florida Project Sean Baker Get Out Jordan Peele Lady Bird Greta Gerwig The Post Steven Spielberg Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh 2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee Black Panther Ryan Coogler The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos First Man Damien Chazelle Green Book Peter Farrelly If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins Mary Poppins Returns Rob Marshall A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper Vice Adam McKay 2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino 1917 Sam Mendes Ford v Ferrari James Mangold The Irishman Martin Scorsese Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi Joker Todd Phillips Little Women Greta Gerwig Marriage Story Noah Baumbach Parasite Bong Joon-ho Uncut Gems Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
2020s YearFilmDirector(s) 2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee Ma Rainey's Black Bottom George C. Wolfe Mank David Fincher Minari Lee Isaac Chung News of the World Paul Greengrass One Night in Miami... Regina King Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell Sound of Metal Darius Marder The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin 2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion Belfast Kenneth Branagh CODA Sian Heder Don't Look Up Adam McKay Dune Denis Villeneuve King Richard Reinaldo Marcus Green Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson Nightmare Alley Guillermo del Toro tick, tick... BOOM! Lin-Manuel Miranda West Side Story Steven Spielberg2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron Babylon Damien Chazelle The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh Elvis Baz Luhrmann The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson RRR S. S. Rajamouli Tár Todd Field Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski Women Talking Sarah Polley2023 Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan American Fiction Cord Jefferson Barbie Greta Gerwig The Color Purple Blitz Bazawule The Holdovers Alexander Payne Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese Maestro Bradley Cooper Past Lives Celine Song Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos Saltburn Emerald Fennell2024 Anora Sean Baker A Complete Unknown James Mangold The Brutalist Brady Corbet Conclave Edward Berger Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard Nickel Boys RaMell Ross Sing Sing Greg Kwedar The Substance Coralie Fargeat Wicked Jon M. Chu2025 One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro Hamnet Chloe Zhao Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach Marty Supreme Josh Safdie Sentimental Value Joachim Trier Sinners Ryan Coogler Train Dreams Clint Bentley Wicked: For Good Jon M. Chu
+ Table key Also won the Academy Award for Best Picture
Records First Best Picture winner Sense and Sensibility (1995) Films that won Best Picture at the Critics' Choice Awards and Best Picture at the Academy Awards American Beauty (1999) Gladiator (2000) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Chicago (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Departed (2006) No Country for Old Men (2007) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) The Hurt Locker (2009) The Artist (2011) Argo (2012) 12 Years a Slave (2013) Spotlight (2015) The Shape of Water (2017) Nomadland (2020) Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Oppenheimer (2023) Anora (2024) One Battle After Another (2025) First non-English language film to be nominated for Best Picture Life is Beautiful (1997), in Italian First non-English language film to win Best Picture Roma (2018), in Mixtec and Spanish First film by genre to win Best Picture Period, Drama: Sense and Sensibility (1995) Comedy, Crime: Fargo (1996) Neo-noir, Thriller: L.A. Confidential (1997) War, Epic: Saving Private Ryan (1998) Adventure: Gladiator (2000) Biopic: A Beautiful Mind (2001) Musical: Chicago (2002) Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Western, Romance: Brokeback Mountain (2005) Silent: The Artist (2011) Historical: Argo (2012) Coming-of-age: Boyhood (2014) Independent, Martial arts, Science-fiction: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Screwball: Anora (2024) Action: One Battle After Another (2025) First horror film to be nominated for Best Picture Black Swan (2010) First superhero film to be nominated for Best Picture The Dark Knight (2008) First animated film to be nominated for Best Picture Shrek (2001) First 3-D film to be nominated for Best Picture Avatar and Up (2009) First streaming service film to be nominated for Best Picture Manchester by the Sea (2016), distributed by Amazon Studios First streaming service film to win Best Picture Roma (2018), distributed by Netflix Film franchises with multiple Best Picture nominations The Middle-earth franchise with 3 nominations for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Avatar franchise with 2 nominations for Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water Dune franchise with 2 nominations for Dune and Dune: Part Two Wicked franchise with 2 nominations for Wicked and Wicked: For Good
Highest-grossing film to win Best Picture