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Oscar Winners
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually awards Oscars to outstanding cinema achievement in the Academy Awards. These awards are considered the most prestigious among the film industry.
Films in the MOVIE & TV and MEDIA collections are available on the second floor of the library and may be borrowed for four weeks.
Best Picture
1920s
- 1927 - SunriseCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV SUNRISEA tender story of betrayal and redemption when a farmer intends to drown his wife, so he can be with a seductive city woman.
- 1928 - WingsCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV WINGSThe story of two men who have gone to war and the girl they both leave behind.
- 1929 - The Broadway MelodyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV BROADWAY MELA pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
1930s
- 1930 - All Quiet on the Western FrontCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ALL QUIET ONA young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
- 1931 - CimarronCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV CIMARRONA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
- 1932 - Grand HotelCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GRAND HOTELA group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
- 1933 - CavalcadeCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV CAVALCADEThe triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridges, from 1899 to 1933 are portrayed.
- 1934 - It Happened One Night
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Call Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV IT HAPPENED ONEA spoiled heiress running away from her family is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story. - 1935 - Mutiny on the BountyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV MUTINY ON THEA tyrannical ship captain decides to exact revenge on his abused crew after they form a mutiny against him, but the sailor he targets had no hand in it.
- 1936 - The Great ZiegfeldCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GREAT ZIEGFELDThe ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.
- 1937 - The Life of Emile ZolaCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV LIFE OF EMILEThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
- 1938 - You Can't Take It With YouCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV YOU CAN'T TAKEComedy about the Sycamores, an eccentric family of free spirits, and the problems that arises when Alice, the one stable member, falls for her boss's son.
- 1939 - Gone With The WindCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GONE WITH THEA manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
1940s
- 1940 - RebeccaCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV REBECCAA self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.
- 1941 - How Green Was My ValleyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV HOW GREEN WASAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
- 1942 - Mrs. MiniverCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV MRS. MINIVERThe story of a middle-class British family and their struggle to survive during WWII.
- 1943 - CasablancaCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV CASABLANCAIn World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
- 1944 - Going My WayCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GOING MY WAYFather Charles O'Mailey, a young priest at a financially failing Church in a tough neighborhood, gains support and inspires his superior.
- 1945 - The Lost WeekendCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV LOST WEEKENDThe desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
- 1946 - The Best Years of Our LivesCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV BEST YEARS OFThree World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
- 1947 - Gentleman's AgreementCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GENTLEMAN'S AA journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-antisemitism decides to pose as a Jew and finds out first-hand what it is like to be the victim of intolerance.
- 1949 - HamletCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV HAMLETThe classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.
1950s
- 1950 - All About EveCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ALL ABOUT EVEAn ingenue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.
- 1951 - An American in ParisCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV AMERICAN INThree friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
- 1952 - The Greatest Show on EarthCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GREATEST SHOWThe dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
- 1953 - From Here to EternityCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV FROM HERE TOAt an Army base in 1941 Hawaii, the lives of enlisted men and officers are troubled by spiteful commanders, sadistic military police, and forbidden love.
- 1954 - On the WaterfrontCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ON THE WATERAn ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
- 1955 - MartyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV MARTYMarty is the story of a 34-year-old Bronx butcher who fears that he will never find love, but at a Saturday night dance he meets a lonely schoolteacher with similar fears.
- 1956 - Around the World in 80 DaysCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV AROUND THEA Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
- 1957 - The Bridge on the River KwaiCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV BRIDGE ON THEBritish soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy.
- 1958 - GigiCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GIGIWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.
- 1959 - Ben-HurCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV BEN-HURWhen a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
1960s
- 1960 - The ApartmentCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV APARTMENTAn ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend.
- 1961 - West Side StoryCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV WEST SIDE STORYTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
- 1962 - Lawrence of ArabiaCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV LAWRENCE OFThe story of T. E. Lawrence, the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity.
- 1963 - Tom JonesCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV TOM JONESThe romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England.
- 1964 - My Fair LadyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV MY FAIR LADYA Cockney waif is transformed by a linguistics professor into an elegant lady.
- 1965 - The Sound of MusicCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV SOUND OF MUSICMaria, a spirited young woman, leaves her convent to bring love and music to the home of Captain von Trapp and his seven children.
- 1966 - A Man for All SeasonsCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV MAN FOR ALLThe story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
- 1967 - In the Heat of the NightCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV IN THE HEAT OFA black investigator becomes the target for racism when he assists the sheriff in solving the murder of a wealthy white man, in a small town in Mississippi.
- 1968 - Oliver!Call Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV OLIVERAfter being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
- 1969 - Midnight CowboyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV MIDNIGHT COWA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend.
1970s
- 1970 - PattonCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV PATTONStory of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
- 1971 - The French ConnectionCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV FRENCH CONNDetectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover the French connection.
- 1972 - The GodfatherCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GODFATHERThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
- 1973 - The StingCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV STINGTwo con men set out to avenge the death of a mutual friend in 1930s Chicago. They swindle a powerful crime lord, pitting brain against brawn and pistol.
- 1974 - The Godfather IICall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GODFATHER / PART IIThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
- 1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ONE FLEW OVERThe story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full spectrum of institutional repression.
- 1976 - RockyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ROCKYRocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.
- 1977 - Annie HallCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ANNIE HALLNeurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.
- 1978 - The Deer HunterCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV DEER HUNTERAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
- 1979 - Kramer vs. KramerCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV KRAMER VSWhen his wife walks out, Ted Kramer and his six-year-old son have a chance to really get to know each other. Then Ted's wife returns and she wants her son back.
1980s
- 1980 - Ordinary PeopleCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ORDINARY PEOPThe "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
- 1981 - Chariots of FireCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV CHARIOTS OFTwo British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.
- 1982 - GandhiCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GANDHITells the story of Gandhi's adult life, when he led an entire country to freedom, using non-violent methods.
- 1983 - Terms of EndearmentCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV TERMS OF ENDA comedy-drama about the evolving 30+ year relationship between a mother and daughter.
- 1984 - AmadeusCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV AMADEUSAdapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- 1985 - Out of AfricaCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV OUT OF AFRICAIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
- 1986 - PlatoonCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV PLATOONA young soldier in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
- 1987 - The Last EmperorCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV LAST EMPERORA dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China.
- 1988 - Rain ManCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV RAIN MANA callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his life.
- 1989 - Driving Miss DaisyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV DRIVING MISSAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
1990s
- 1990 - Dances With WolvesCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV DANCES WITHLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
- 1991 - The Silence of the LambsCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV SILENCE OF THEA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
- 1992 - UnforgivenCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV UNFORGIVENRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.
- 1993 - Schindler's ListCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV SCHINDLER'S LISTThe story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps.
- 1994 - Forrest GumpCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV FORREST GUMPThe presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.
- 1995 - BraveheartCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV BRAVEHEARTWilliam Wallace is a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation.
- 1996 - The English PatientCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ENGLISH PATIENTAt the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
- 1997 - TitanicCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV TITANICThe story of a passionate romance aboard the doomed ocean liner Titanic, framed by an account of a present-day salvager's efforts to investigate the ruins of the ship.
- 1998 - Shakespeare in LoveCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV SHAKESPEARE INWhen Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before.
- 1999 - American BeautyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV AMERICAN BEAUA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
2000s
- 2000 - GladiatorCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GLADIATORThe war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and enslaves Maximus to the gladiatorial arenas.
- 2001 - A Beautiful MindCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV BEAUTIFUL MINDAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
- 2002 - ChicagoCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV CHICAGOMurderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
- 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV LORD OF THE R. / RETURN OF THEFrodo makes his way through the darkness to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Aragon learns of his destiny as the true King and the others prepare for a massive battle that will determine the fate of Middle-Earth.
- 2004 - Million Dollar BabyCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV MILLION DOLLARFrankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, the pair form a touching bond in the process.
- 2005 - CrashCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV CRASHSeveral stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles after a car crash.
- 2006 - The DepartedCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV DEPARTEDAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
- 2007 - No Country for Old MenCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV NO COUNTRY FORViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
- 2008 - Slumdog MillionaireCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV SLUMDOGA Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
- 2009 - The Hurt LockerCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV HURT LOCKERDuring the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
2010s
- 2010 - The King's SpeechCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV KING'S SPEECHThe story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
- 2011 - The ArtistCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ARTISTA silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.
- 2012 - ArgoCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV ARGOActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
- 2013 - 12 Years a SlaveCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV 12 YEARS A SLAVEIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
- 2014 - BirdmanCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV BIRDMANA black comedy story of an actor famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.
- 2015 - SpotlightCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV SPOTLIGHTThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
- 2016 - Moonlight
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Call Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV MOONLIGHTA young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. Also available in streaming - 2017 - The Shape of WaterCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV SHAPE OF WATERAt a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
- 2018 - Green BookCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV GREEN BOOKA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
- 2019 - Parasite [Gisaengchung]
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Call Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV PARASITEGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
2020s
- 2020 - NomadlandCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV NOMADLANDA woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
- 2021 - CodaCall Number: Available on Amazon PrimeRuby is the only hearing member of a deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts. At 17, she works mornings before school to help her parents and brother keep their fishing business afloat. But in joining her high school's choir club, Ruby finds herself drawn to both her duet partner and her latent passion for singing.
- 2022 - Everything, Everywhere, All at OnceCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV / EVERYTHINGAn aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.
- 2023 - OppenheimerCall Number: Movies & TV ; MOVIES & TV / OPPENHEIMERThe story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bomb.
