‘The Godfather’ voted the greatest Oscar Best Picture winner ever; see full ranking of all 96 movies

The Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece “The Godfather” (1972) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Picture winner ever. The results are from a recent Gold Derby ballot cast by 29 of our film experts and editors, who ranked all 96 movie champs.

Ranking in second place is the Michael Curtiz classic “Casablanca” (1943). Following in third place is the powerful Steven Spielberg film “Schindler’s List” (1993). Rounding out the top five are Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II” (1974) in fourth place and Billy Wilder‘s “The Apartment” (196o) in fifth place.

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At the bottom of the list of the Best Picture winners is “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952) from Cecil B. DeMille. Just above that film in the rankings are “Cimarron” (1931) from Wesley Ruggles, “The Broadway Melody” (1929) from Harry Beaumont, “Crash” (2005) from Paul Haggis, and “Around the World in 80 Days’ (1956) from Michael Anderson.

Our photo gallery above features the full top 10. See the complete rankings of all 96 films below.

1. “The Godfather” (1972)
2. “Casablanca” (1943)
3. “Schindler’s List” (1993)
4. “The Godfather Part II” (1974)
5. “The Apartment” (1960)
6. “Annie Hall” (1977)
7. “Parasite” (2019)
8. “All About Eve” (1950)
9. “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991)
10. “On the Waterfront” (1954)

11. “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962)
12. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975)
13. “Moonlight” (2016)
14. “The Sound of Music” (1965)
15. “Amadeus” (1984)
16. “12 Years a Slave” (2013)
17. “Oppenheimer” (2023)
18. “The French Connection” (1971)
19. “West Side Story” (1961)
20. “Rocky” (1976)

21. “Unforgiven” (1992)
22. “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957)
23. “It Happened One Night” (1934)
24. “Gone with the Wind” (1939)
25. “Titanic” (1997)
26. “Spotlight” (2015)
27. “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003)
28. “Rebecca” (1940)
29. “Chicago” (2002)
30. “No Country for Old Men” (2007)

31. “From Here to Eternity” (1953)
32. “Terms of Endearment” (1983)
33. “Platoon” (1986)
34. “Midnight Cowboy” (1969)
35. “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930)
36. “Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
37. “My Fair Lady” (1964)
38. “Rain Man” (1988)
39. “Ben-Hur” (1959)
40. “The Deer Hunter” (1978)

41. “Gladiator” (2000)
42. “In the Heat of the Night” (1967)
43. “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008)
44. “The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946)
45. “The Departed” (2006)
46. “Shakespeare in Love” (1998)
47. “Ordinary People” (1980)
48. “The Sting” (1973)
49. “Forrest Gump” (1994)
50. “Argo” (2012)

51. “Birdman” (2014)
52. “The Hurt Locker” (2009)
53. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022)
54. “Hamlet” (1948)
55. “An American in Paris” (1951)
56. “Patton” (1970)
57. “Gandhi” (1982)
58. “All the King’s Men” (1949)
59. “Marty” (1955)
60. “Million Dollar Baby” (2004)

61. “How Green Was My Valley” (1941)
62. “The Lost Weekend” (1945)
63. “Braveheart” (1995)
64. “Dances with Wolves” (1990)
65, “Mutiny on the Bounty” (1935)
66. “A Man for All Seasons” (1966)
67. “The Last Emperor” (1987)
68. “American Beauty” (1999)
69. “The Shape of Water” (2017)
70. “The King’s Speech” (2010)

71, “Chariots of Fire” (1981)
72. “Going My Way” (1944)
73. “Nomadland” (2020)
74. “A Beautiful Mind” (2001)
75. “The English Patient” (1996)
76. “Oliver!” (1968)
77. “Wings” (1928)
78. “Out of Africa” (1985)
79. “Mrs. Miniver” (1942)
80. “Grand Hotel” (1932)

81. “Gentleman’s Agreement” (1947)
82. “The Artist” (2011)
83. “Gigi” (1958)
84. “CODA” (2021)
85. “You Can’t Take It with You” (1938)
86. “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989)
87. “Tom Jones” (1963)
88. “Green Book” (2018)
89. “The Life of Emile Zola” (1937)
90. “Cavalcade” (1933)

91. “The Great Ziegfeld” (1936)
92. “Around the World in 80 Days” (1956)
93. “Crash” (2005)
94. “The Broadway Melody” (1929)
95. “Cimarron” (1931)
96. “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952)

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