• Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out awards for excellence in the film industry. But of all the awards presented, none carries more prestige than the Best Motion Picture of the year. In the very first ceremony in 1928, there were two separate awards: one for Most Outstanding Production (won by Wings) and one for Most Artistic Quality of Production (won by Sunrise). The following year, the academy decided to award only one winner, and the title of the award was changed to Outstanding Picture. In 1941, the name changed again to Outstanding Motion Picture, then in 1944 to Best Motion Picture, and finally in 1962 to its present official title of Best Picture. Only three times has a film won the award without it's director being nominated for best director: Wings in 1928, Grand Hotel in 1932, and Driving Miss Daisy in 1989. In the most recent ceremony, the film No Country for Old Men won the 2007 award for Best Picture. Only three films have ever swept "The Big Five" awards of Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. Those films were: It Happened One Night in 1934, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975, and The Silence of the Lambs in 1991.

• Fast Facts

  1. 1st winner: Wings, 1928
  2. Longest winner: Gone with the Wind in 1939, 3 hours 54 minutes
  3. Shortest winner: Marty in 1955, 1 hour 31 minutes
  4. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are the only original/sequel combination to win (1972 and 1974)

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