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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![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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![All about Eve [DVD]](https://www.johnstonlibrary.com/wp_pac/full/images/noimage.gif)
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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![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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![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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![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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![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 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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![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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![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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![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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![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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![The bridge on the River Kwai [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/5364@2x.jpg)
The bridge on the River Kwai2000
Summary: British 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.- 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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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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![Chicago [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/9975@2x.jpg)
Chicago2003
Summary: At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share... more »- 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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![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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![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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![Driving Miss Daisy [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/78884@2x.jpg)
Driving Miss Daisy1997
Summary: A joyous comedy about a head-strong southern lady and her ever-patient chauffeur.- place hold (0)
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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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![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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![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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![From here to eternity [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/109647@2x.jpg)
From here to eternity2001
Summary: At an Army base in 1941 Hawaii, the lives of enlisted men and officers are troubled by spiteful commanders, sadistic military police, and forbidden love. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.- 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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![Gladiator [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29199@2x.jpg)
Gladiator2003
Summary: The 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.- 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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![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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![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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Hamlet2000
Summary: The classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.- place hold (0)
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![How green was my valley [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/102882@2x.jpg)
How green was my valley2002
Summary: A man looks back on his life as a boy in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of his closely knit family while capturing the sentiments and issues of their time.- place hold (0)
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![The hurt locker [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/46910@2x.jpg)
The hurt locker2010
Summary: US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he... more »- place hold (0)
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![In the heat of the night [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29812@2x.jpg)
In the heat of the night2001
Summary: A small town Southern sheriff finds himself in an uneasy alliance with a big-city black homicide detective as they investigate a murder.- place hold (0)
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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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![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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![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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![Lord of the rings, the return of the king [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/12474@2x.jpg)
Lord of the rings, the return of the king2004
Summary: Frodo 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.- 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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