Academy Awards - Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry.
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![My fair lady [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/91928@2x.jpg)
My fair lady1998
Summary: A Cockney waif is transformed by a linguistics professor into an elegant lady.- place hold (0)
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![Braveheart [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/3721@2x.jpg)
Braveheart2000
Summary: William Wallace is a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation.- place hold (0)
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![Gone with the wind [DVD] : Margaret Mitchell's story of the old South](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/974@2x.jpg)
Gone with the wind : Margaret Mitchell's story of the old South1999
Summary: Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara. The story begins on the O'Haras' Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction.- place hold (0)
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![Green book [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/199798@2x.jpg)
Green book2019
Summary: When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they... more »- place hold (0)
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![Moonlight [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/163014@2x.jpg)
Moonlight2017
Summary: A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.- place hold (0)
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![The shape of water [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182987@2x.jpg)
The shape of water2018
Summary: An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of... more »- place hold (1)
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![Lawrence of Arabia [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/8706@2x.jpg)
Lawrence of Arabia2000
Summary: Presents the story of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), 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.- place hold (0)
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![No country for old men [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/31918@2x.jpg)
No country for old men2008
Summary: Llewelyn Moss is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies. He decides to examine the site. He finds a case filled... more »- place hold (0)
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![Birdman [DVD] : or, (the unexpected virtue of ignorance)](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/126245@2x.jpg)
Birdman : or, (the unexpected virtue of ignorance)2015
Summary: A 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.- place hold (0)
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![Rebecca [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/100974@2x.jpg)
Rebecca2008
Summary: A vacationing young lady meets, falls in love with, and marries handsome and wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. He takes his new bride home to his estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds... more »- place hold (0)
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![Annie Hall [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21289@2x.jpg)
Annie Hall2005
Summary: Woody Allen's semi-autobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. Allen uses satire and comedy to portray this "nervous romance" for modern times.- place hold (0)
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![It happened one night [DVD]](https://www.johnstonlibrary.com/wp_pac/full/images/noimage.gif)
It happened one night1999
Summary: A rich young woman marries an idle playboy against her father's will. Her father holds her captive on his yacht but she escapes and, while on her way to New York, becomes entangled with an unemployed news reporter.- place hold (0)
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![American beauty [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/3815@2x.jpg)
American beauty2000
Summary: An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen... more »- place hold (0)
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![Argo [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/69917@2x.jpg)
Argo2013
Summary: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants storm the American embassy in Tehran and capture dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six... more »- place hold (0)
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![A beautiful mind [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/82260@2x.jpg)
A beautiful mind2002
Summary: Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon... more »- place hold (0)
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![Casablanca [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/84675@2x.jpg)
Casablanca1999
Summary: In 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.- place hold (0)
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![Crash [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21101@2x.jpg)
Crash2005
Summary: A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles. Crash takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America.- place hold (0)
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![The departed [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/25624@2x.jpg)
The departed2007
Summary: In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief... more »- place hold (0)
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![Gandhi [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/25629@2x.jpg)
Gandhi2007
Summary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end... more »- place hold (0)
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![Green book [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/199799@2x.jpg)
Green book2019
Summary: When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they... more »- place hold (0)
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![The king's speech [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/54541@2x.jpg)
The king's speech2011
Summary: The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.- place hold (0)
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![Marty [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21290@2x.jpg)
Marty2001
Summary: Marty 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.- place hold (0)
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Million dollar baby2005
Summary: Frankie 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.- place hold (0)
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![Moonlight [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/163015@2x.jpg)
Moonlight2017
Summary: A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.- place hold (0)
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![On the waterfront [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/13162@2x.jpg)
On the waterfront2001
Summary: An ex-fighter gets a job working on the gang-ridden waterfront under a crooked gangster boss.- place hold (0)
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![Out of Africa [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/35452@2x.jpg)
Out of Africa2000
Summary: The true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in 1914.- place hold (1)
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![Platoon [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21973@2x.jpg)
Platoon2006
Summary: Bonus features include all new interviews with Oliver Stone, over 10 minutes of never-before-seen deleted footage, interviews with Vietnam veterans, commentaries, documentaries, special collector's booklet and much more!- place hold (0)
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![Rain man [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21293@2x.jpg)
Rain man2004
Summary: A 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... more »- place hold (0)
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Schindler's list2004
Summary: The 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. He employed Jews in his... more »- place hold (0)
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![The shape of water [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182988@2x.jpg)
The shape of water2018
Summary: An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of... more »- place hold (1)
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![Slumdog millionaire [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/40665@2x.jpg)
Slumdog millionaire2009
Summary: Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who... more »- place hold (0)
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![Spotlight [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/146698@2x.jpg)
Spotlight2016
Summary: The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the... more »- place hold (0)
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All about Eve2002
Summary: From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers... more »- place hold (0)
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![An American in Paris [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27369@2x.jpg)
An American in Paris1999
Summary: Presents the romantic adventures of a carefree young artist in post-WWII Paris.- place hold (0)
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![The artist [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/63337@2x.jpg)
The artist2012
Summary: In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the... more »- place hold (0)
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![Ben-Hur [DVD] : a tale of the Christ](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/60018@2x.jpg)
Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ2011
Summary: "Judah Ben-Hur [is] a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ"--Container.- place hold (0)
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![The best years of our lives [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27405@2x.jpg)
The best years of our lives2000
Summary: Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a... more »- place hold (0)
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Chariots of fire2005
Summary: Story of two English runners that were both driven by different means to win the Olympics. One used his faith in God, and the other his hatred of Anti-Semitism. Special Edition features include: additional scenes, interviews, featurettes, and more.- place hold (1)
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![Dances with wolves [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/51626@2x.jpg)
Dances with wolves2004
Summary: Sent to protect a U.S. outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux... more »- place hold (0)
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![The deer hunter [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/48509@2x.jpg)
The deer hunter1998
Summary: Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress.- place hold (0)
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