As a cinephile, the Academy Awards is one of my favorite times of the year. When films are having their Oscar push, the pundits are all analyzing the chances of performers and craftsmen winning, and some of the year’s best films are getting their time in the spotlight. And, by the end of the Oscars each year, we have the “Best Picture” winner. Over the years, I’ve collected the physical releases of those winners and compiled them to see which ones I have in what formats. I only started collecting them on Blu-Ray, so I have yet to get the five released only on DVD. I also own a few collections (the Warner Bros. 50 film collection and the Columbia Classics Collection Volumes) that house some Oscar winners, so they still need a solo space on my shelf. There are others that I own several copies of, like the latest winner, “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”
1ST ACADEMY AWARDS (1929)
Wings
Directed by William A. Wellman
Paramount Blu-Ray Release
Paramount Pictures
2ND ACADEMY AWARDS (1930)
The Broadway Melody
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
3RD ACADEMY AWARDS (1931)
All Quiet On The Western Front
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Universal 100th Anniversary Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition
Universal Pictures
4TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1932)
Cimarron
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + RKO Radio Pictures
5TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1933)
Grand Hotel
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
6TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1934)
Cavalcade
Directed by Frank Lloyd
80th Anniversary Fox Studio Blu-Ray Classics
20th Century Fox
7TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1935)
It Happened One Night
Directed by Frank Capra
Criterion Blu-Ray Collection & Columbia Classics 4K Collection Vol. 3
Columbia Pictures
8TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1936)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
9TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1937)
The Great Ziegfeld
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Only available on DVD
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
10TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1938)
The Life Of Emile Zola
Directed by William Dieterle
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures
11TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1939)
You Can’t Take It With You
Directed by Frank Capra
Capra Blu-Ray Collection
Columbia Pictures
12TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1940)
Gone With The Wind
Directed by Victor Fleming
70th Anniversary Blu-Ray Edition & Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
13TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1941)
Rebecca
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Criterion Blu-Ray Collection
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer + United Artists
14TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1942)
How Green Was My Valley
Directed by John Ford
Fox Studio Blu-Ray Classics
20th Century Fox
15TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1943)
Mrs. Miniver
Directed by William Wyler
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
16TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1944)
Casablanca
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Collector’s Edition 4K Steelbook, 70th Anniversary Blu-Ray Edition,
& Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures
17TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1945)
Going My Way
Directed by Leo McCarey
Shout Factory’s 75th Anniversary Blu-Ray Edition
Paramount Pictures
18TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1946)
The Lost Weekend
Directed by Billy Wilder
Kino Lorber Blu-Ray Release
Paramount Pictures
19TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1947)
The Best Years Of Our Lives
Directed by William Wyler
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + RKO Radio Pictures + Samuel Goldwyn Productions
20TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1948)
Gentleman’s Agreement
Directed by Elia Kazan
Fox Studio Blu-Ray Classics
20th Century Fox
21ST ACADEMY AWARDS (1949)
Hamlet
Directed by Laurence Olivier
Only available on DVD (Out of Print)
Previously Released by Criterion
Universal Pictures
22ND ACADEMY AWARDS (1950)
All The King’s Men
Directed by Robert Rossen
Only available on DVD & Sold Out Blu-Ray
Previously Released by Twilight Time, Columbia Classics
Columbia Pictures
23RD ACADEMY AWARDS (1951)
All About Eve
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Criterion Blu-Ray Collection
20th Century Fox
24TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1952)
An American In Paris
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
25TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1953)
The Greatest Show On Earth
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount Presents Blu-Ray Collection
Paramount Pictures
26TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1954)
From Here To Eternity
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Sony Blu-ray Release & Columbia Classics 4K Collection Vol. 3
Columbia Pictures
27TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1955)
On The Waterfront
Directed by Eliza Kazan
Criterion Blu-Ray Collection
Columbia Pictures
28TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1956)
Marty
Directed by Delbert Mann
Kino Lorber Blu-Ray Release
United Artists
29TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1957)
Around the World in 80 Days
Directed by Michael Anderson
Only Available on DVD (Warner Archive Collection)
Warner Bros. Pictures + United Artists
30TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1958)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Directed by David Lean
65th Anniversary Limited Edition 4K Steelbook, 60th Anniversary 4K Edition,
& Best Buy Exclusive Blu-Ray MetalPak
Columbia Pictures
31ST ACADEMY AWARDS (1959)
Gigi
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
32ND ACADEMY AWARDS (1960)
Ben-Hur
Directed by William Wyler
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
33RD ACADEMY AWARDS (1961)
The Apartment
Directed by Billy Wilder
Kino Lorber 4K Release
United Artists
34TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1962)
West Side Story
Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
50th Anniversary Blu-Ray Edition
United Artists
35TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1963)
Lawrence Of Arabia
Directed by David Lean
60th Anniversary Limited Edition 4K Steelbook & Columbia Classics 4K Collection Vol. 1
Columbia Pictures
36TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1964)
Tom Jones
Directed by Tony Richardson
Criterion Blu-Ray Collection
United Artists
37TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1965)
My Fair Lady
Directed by George Cukor
Paramount 4K Release
Warner Bros. Pictures
38TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1966)
The Sound of Music
Directed by Robert Wise
50th Anniversary Blu-Ray Edition
20th Century Fox
39TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1967)
A Man For All Seasons
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Sony Blu-Ray Release
Columbia Pictures
40TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1968)
In The Heat of the Night
Directed by Norman Jewison
Kino Lorber 4K Release & Criterion Blu-Ray Collection
United Artists
41ST ACADEMY AWARDS (1969)
Oliver!
Directed by Carol Reed
Sony Blu-Ray Release & Columbia Classics 4K Collection Vol. 2
Columbia Pictures
42ND ACADEMY AWARDS (1970)
Midnight Cowboy
Directed by John Schlesinger
Criterion Blu-Ray Collection
United Artists
43RD ACADEMY AWARDS (1971)
Patton
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Best Buy Exclusive Blu-Ray Metal Box & Fox Blu-Ray Release
20th Century Fox
44TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1972)
The French Connection
Directed by William Friedkin
Filmmakers Signature Blu-Ray Series
20th Century Fox
45TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1973)
The Godfather
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Paramount 4K Steelbook, Deluxe Limited Edition 4K Collection, Best Buy Exclusive Blu-Ray Sapphire Series SteelBook, & Corleone Legacy Edition Blu-Ray Collection
Paramount Pictures
46TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1974)
The Sting
Directed by George Roy Hill
Universal 4K & Blu-Ray Steelbooks
Universal Pictures
47TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1975)
The Godfather Part II
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Paramount 4K Steelbook, Deluxe Limited Edition 4K Collection, Best Buy Exclusive Blu-Ray Sapphire Series SteelBook, & Corleone Legacy Edition Blu-Ray Collection
Paramount Pictures
48TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1976)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Directed by Miloš Forman
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures + United Artists
49TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1977)
Rocky
Directed by John G. Avildsen
Best Buy Exclusive 4K Steelbook & Heavyweight Blu-Ray Collection
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer + United Artists
50TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1978)
Annie Hall
Directed by Woody Allen
Woody Allen Blu-Ray Collection
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer + United Artists
51ST ACADEMY AWARDS (1979)
The Deer Hunter
Directed by Michael Cimino
Zavvi Exclusive 4K Steelbook, Shout Factory’s 4K Collector’s Edition,
& Universal Legacy DVD Series
Universal Pictures
52ND ACADEMY AWARDS (1980)
Kramer Vs. Kramer
Directed by Robert Benton
Sony Blu-Ray Release
Columbia Pictures
53RD ACADEMY AWARDS (1981)
Ordinary People
Directed by Robert Redford
Paramount Presents Blu-Ray Collection
Paramount Pictures
54TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1982)
Chariots Of Fire
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures
55TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1983)
Gandhi
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Columbia Classics 4K Collection Vol. 1
Columbia Pictures
56TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1984)
Terms Of Endearment
Directed by James L. Brooks
Paramount Blu-Ray Release
Paramount Pictures
57TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1985)
Amadeus
Directed by Miloš Forman
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Orion Pictures
58TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1986)
Out Of Africa
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Universal Blu-Ray Release
Universal Pictures
59TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1987)
Platoon
Directed by Oliver Stone
Shout Factory’s 4K Collector’s Edition & Blu-Ray Steelbook
Orion Pictures
60TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1988)
The Last Emperor
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Criterion Blu-Ray Collection
Columbia Pictures
61ST ACADEMY AWARDS (1989)
Rain Man
Directed by Barry Levinson
MGM Blu-Ray Release
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer + United Artists
62ND ACADEMY AWARDS (1990)
Driving Miss Daisy
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS (1991)
Dances With Wolves
Directed by Kevin Costner
Shout Factory’s Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray Steelbook
Orion Pictures
64TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1992)
The Silence of the Lambs
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Kino Lorber 4K Release, Criterion Blu-Ray & DVD Collection
Orion Pictures
65TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1993)
Unforgiven
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Zavvi Exclusive 4K Steelbook & Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures
66TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1994)
Schindler’s List
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Best Buy Exclusive 4K Steelbook
Universal Pictures
67TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1995)
Forrest Gump
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
25th Anniversary Edition 4K Steelbook, 4K Release,
& 20th Anniversary Blu-Ray Diamond Luxe Edition
Paramount Pictures
68TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1996)
Braveheart
Directed by Mel Gibson
25th Anniversary Edition 4K Steelbook
Paramount Pictures
69TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1997)
The English Patient
Directed by Anthony Minghella
Lionsgate’s Best Picture Academy Award Winners: 5 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Miramax Films
70TH ACADEMY AWARDS (1998)
Titanic
Directed by James Cameron
Limited 3D Blu-Ray Edition
Paramount Pictures
71ST ACADEMY AWARDS (1999)
Shakespeare In Love
Directed by John Madden
Lionsgate’s Best Picture Academy Award Winners: 5 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Miramax Films
72ND ACADEMY AWARDS (2000)
American Beauty
Directed by Sam Mendes
Paramount Sapphire Blu-Ray Series
DreamWorks Pictures
73RD ACADEMY AWARDS (2001)
Gladiator
Directed by Ridley Scott
Paramount 4K Steelbook
DreamWorks Pictures
74TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2002)
A Beautiful Mind
Directed by Ron Howard
Universal Blu-Ray Release
Universal Pictures
75TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2003)
Chicago
Directed by Rob Marshall
Paramount Blu-Ray Steelbook, Diamond Blu-Ray Edition,
& Lionsgate’s Best Picture Academy Award Winners: 5 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Miramax Films
76TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2004)
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Directed by Peter Jackson
Best Buy Exclusive 4K Steelbook Collection, Warner Bros Blu-Ray Steelbook,
Extended Edition Blu-Ray Collection, & Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
New Line Cinema
77TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2005)
Million Dollar Baby
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures
78TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2006)
Crash
Directed by Paul Haggis
Lionsgate’s Best Picture Academy Award Winners: 5 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Lionsgate
79TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2007)
The Departed
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Best Buy Exclusive Blu-Ray Steelbook & Warner Archive Blu-Ray Collection
Warner Bros. Pictures
80TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2008)
No Country for Old Men
Joel and Ethan Coen
Lionsgate’s Best Picture Academy Award Winners: 5 Film Blu-Ray Collection
Miramax Films
81ST ACADEMY AWARDS (2009)
Slumdog Millionaire
Directed by Danny Boyle
20th Century Fox Blu-Ray Release
Warner Bros. Pictures + Fox Searchlight
82ND ACADEMY AWARDS (2010)
The Hurt Locker
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Lionsgate’s Best Buy Exclusive 4K Steelbook
& Summit’s Best Buy Exclusive Blu-Ray Steelbook
Summit Entertainment
83RD ACADEMY AWARDS (2011)
The King’s Speech
Directed by Tom Hooper
Anchor Bay Blu-Ray Release
The Weinstein Company
84TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2012)
The Artist
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Alliance Blu-Ray Release
The Weinstein Company
85TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2013)
Argo
Directed by Ben Affleck
Zavvi Exclusive 10th Anniversary 4K Steelbook & Warner Bros 4K Release
Warner Bros. Pictures
86TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2014)
12 Years A Slave
Directed by Steve McQueen
20th Century Fox Blu-Ray Release
Fox Searchlight Pictures
87TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2015)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
20th Century Fox Blu-Ray Release
Fox Searchlight Pictures
88TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2016)
Spotlight
Directed by Tom McCarthy
Universal Blu-Ray Release
Open Road Films
89TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2017)
Moonlight
Directed by Barry Jenkins
Lionsgate 4K Release
A24
90TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2018)
The Shape Of Water
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Buy Exclusive 4K Steelbook & 20th Century Fox Blu-Ray Release
Fox Searchlight Pictures
91ST ACADEMY AWARDS (2019)
Green Book
Directed by Peter Farrelly
Universal 4K Release
Universal Pictures
92ND ACADEMY AWARDS (2020)
Parasite
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Limited Edition 4K & Blu-Ray Steelbook, Criterion 4K Collection, & Universal 4K Release
Neon
93RD ACADEMY AWARDS (2021)
Nomadland
Directed by Chloé Zhao
Disney Blu-Ray Release
Searchlight Pictures
94TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2022)
CODA
Directed by Sian Heder
Eagle 4K Release
Apple TV+
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS (2023)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Amazon Exclusive Limited Edition 4K Steelbook, Nova Media Exclusive 4K Steelbook, Leonine 4K Mediabook, & Wal-Mart Exclusive 4K Release
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