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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![Nomadland [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/244653@2x.jpg)
Nomadland2021
Summary: Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Along the way,... more »- place hold (0)
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![Parasite [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/214678@2x.jpg)
Parasite2020
Summary: Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they... more »- place hold (0)
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![Parasite [Blu-ray]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/214679@2x.jpg)
Parasite2020
Summary: Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they... more »- 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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![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 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 (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 (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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![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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![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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![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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![12 years a slave [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/102892@2x.jpg)
12 years a slave2014
Summary: Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all... 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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![The sting [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/128699@2x.jpg)
The sting2012
Summary: A young con man teams up with a seasoned con man to win money from a criminal banker in 1930s Chicago.- 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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![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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![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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![Terms of endearment [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/100978@2x.jpg)
Terms of endearment2009
Summary: Follows the rocky and passionate relationship between a mother and daughter from birth to death.- place hold (0)
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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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![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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![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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![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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![Going my way [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/36368@2x.jpg)
Going my way2007
Summary: Father O'Malley is a young priest. He is new to an established but financially flailing parish. When his philosophies on how to relieve the parish's financial troubles come into conflict with those... more »- place hold (0)
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![The silence of the lambs [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/28571@2x.jpg)
The silence of the lambs2007
Summary: When FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, whose fascination with the... more »- place hold (0)
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![Unforgiven [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29824@2x.jpg)
Unforgiven2007
Summary: Bill Munny is who is a retired, once ruthless killer-turned-hog farmer is flat broke. He is a widower with two young children to tend to and feels he has no choice but accept on last bounty hunter... more »- 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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![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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![Patton [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27189@2x.jpg)
Patton2006
Summary: A dramatization of the experiences of General George S. Patton during World War II.- place hold (0)
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![Forrest Gump [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/73265@2x.jpg)
Forrest Gump2006
Summary: Forrest Gump is not a "smart" man. But the young Alabaman with an IQ of 75 is a thoroughly decent man, who manages to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them... more »- place hold (0)
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![Oliver! [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/98159@2x.jpg)
Oliver!2005
Summary: A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that... more »- place hold (0)
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![The French connection [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27187@2x.jpg)
The French connection2005
Summary: Detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover the French connection.- 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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![Titanic [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29915@2x.jpg)
Titanic2005
Summary: The 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.- 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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![Chariots of fire [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/24341@2x.jpg)
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 (0)
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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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![Rocky [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/33070@2x.jpg)
Rocky2004
Summary: Rocky 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.- 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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![The English patient [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29195@2x.jpg)
The English patient2004
Summary: Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, a complicated WWII saga told in flashback sequences. Best Picture, Best Director-Anthony Minghella, and Best Supporting Actress-Juliette Binoche. Includes exclusive bonus material and special packaging.- place hold (0)
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![Schindler's list [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/18735@2x.jpg)
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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