Best Picture Oscars Quiz
Which film won the the 47th Award for Best Picture (Films from 1974)
- The Godfather Part II was the first sequel to win Best Picture.
Which film won the the 52nd Award for Best Picture (Films from 1979)
- Both Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep both won their first Best Actor/Actress awards for their performances in this film.
Which film won the the 67th Award for Best Picture (Films from 1994)
- Of all adapted films to win the Oscar, Forrest Gump might be the least known as an adaptation. It was adapted from a 1986 novel by Winston Groom.
Which film won the the 69th Award for Best Picture (Films from 1996)
- The English Patient was also the first digitally edited film to win an Oscar for Best Editing.
Which film won the the 76th Award for Best Picture (Films from 2003)
- Return of the King didn't just win at the Oscars; it won hard. Return of the King won 11 awards, tying it with Ben-Hur and Titanic for the most awards won by a single film. It also had the biggest sweep, since it won every single category it was nominated
Which film won the the 79th Award for Best Picture (Films from 2006)
- Perhaps startlingly, the Departed was the first film to win Martin Scorsese an Oscar. Despite being nominated for six previous films (including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas) Scorsese never actually won.
Which film won the the 73rd Award for Best Picture (Films from 2000)
- Gladiator is credited with revitalizing pop culture interest in Classical Rome and Greece. The film was heavily inspired by previous Hollywood landmarks like Spartacus and Ben-Hur.
Which film won the the 70th Award for Best Picture (Films from 1997)
- Titanic is one of the two highest grossing films, earning more than $2 billion. The other is Avatar, also by James Cameron.
Which film won the the 58th Award for Best Picture (Films from 1985)
- Robert Redford's character in the film was originally an English aristocrat, but director Sydney Pollack insisted that Redford use his normal American accent for the film.
Which film won the the 47th Award for Best Picture (Films from 1974)
- In the Heat of the Night was the first major Hollywood film to be properly color balanced for filming a black actor (the esteemed Sidney Poitier).
