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Best Picture Winners Ranked by Audience Score

The 98 Best Picture winners ThumbScore has audience scores for, from Wings (1927) to One Battle After Another (2025), ranked by what real audiences think.

98 movies · Updated October 2026

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* Estimated: Google never scored these films; the score is ThumbScore's estimate from TMDB, critics and IMDb ratings.

1
Forrest Gump(1994)Comedy, Drama
KanopyTubifuboTV
94%78%+16
2
Titanic(1997)Drama, Romance
KanopyHooplaPluto TV
93%82%+11
3
Schindler's List(1993)Drama, History
93%96%-3
4
Slumdog Millionaire(2008)Drama, Romance
93%88%+5
5
The Silence of the Lambs(1991)Crime, Thriller
Prime Video FreeTubiKanopy
91%90%+1
6
The Departed(2006)Drama, Thriller
HBO MaxYouTube TV
91%88%+3
7
Green Book(2018)Drama, Comedy
Netflix
91%73%+18
8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)Drama
91%88%+3
9
Million Dollar Baby(2004)Drama
fuboTVParamount+
91%88%+3
10
The King's Speech(2010)Drama, History
fuboTVParamount+BritBox
91%91%
11
Dances with Wolves(1990)Adventure, Drama
Prime Video FreePrime VideoYouTube TV
91%80%+11
12
The Godfather(1972)Drama, Crime
Prime VideoParamount+MGM+
90%98%-8
13
12 Years a Slave(2013)Drama, History
90%96%-6
14
Braveheart(1995)Action, Drama
KanopyHooplaPluto TV
90%72%+18
15
It Happened One Night(1934)Comedy, Romance
TubiFawesome
90%92%-2
16
You Can't Take It with You(1938)Comedy, Romance
YouTube TV
90%*94%-4
17
Gladiator(2000)Action, Drama
KanopyHooplaPluto TV
89%74%+15
18
Parasite(2019)Comedy, Thriller
KanopyfuboTVParamount+
89%98%-9
19
The Godfather Part II(1974)Drama, Crime
Pluto TVPrime VideoParamount+
89%93%-4
20
Rocky(1976)Drama
Pluto TVPrime VideoParamount+
89%82%+7
21
The Best Years of Our Lives(1946)Drama, Romance
Pluto TVPlexTubi
89%96%-7
22
Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)Adventure, Drama
89%*92%-3
23
Casablanca(1943)Drama, Romance
HBO Max
88%100%-12
24
Amadeus(1984)History, Music
88%88%
25
The Sound of Music(1965)Drama, Family
PhiloDisney+
88%73%+15
26
The Last Emperor(1987)Drama, History
HBO MaxCriterion Channel
88%81%+7
27
Rain Man(1988)Drama
Prime Video FreePrime VideoHBO Max
87%76%+11
28
Platoon(1986)Drama, War
KanopyFawesomefuboTV
87%90%-3
29
Rebecca(1940)Mystery, Romance
87%92%-5
30
Driving Miss Daisy(1989)Drama
Roku ChannelPlexTubi
87%83%+4
31
Marty(1955)Drama, Romance
TubiFawesomePrime Video
87%*96%-9
32
How Green Was My Valley(1941)Drama
87%*90%-3
33
Wings(1927)Drama, Action
TubiKanopyHoopla
87%*86%+1
34
No Country for Old Men(2007)Crime, Thriller
KanopyPluto TVfuboTV
86%92%-6
35
The Hurt Locker(2008)Drama, Thriller
86%96%-10
36
Ben-Hur(1959)History, Drama
Tubi
86%88%-2
37
The Apartment(1960)Comedy, Drama
TubiKanopyHoopla
86%94%-8
38
Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)Drama
86%84%+2
39
The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)Drama, History
86%92%-6
40
My Fair Lady(1964)Comedy, Romance
fuboTVMGM+Philo
86%94%-8
41
Hamlet(1948)Drama
Roku ChannelPluto TVShout! TV
86%*96%-10
42
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)Adventure, Fantasy
HBO MaxYouTube TV
85%94%-9
43
The Deer Hunter(1978)Drama, War
Netflix
85%88%-3
44
Mrs. Miniver(1942)Drama, Romance
PlexFawesome
85%*93%-8
45
Gone with the Wind(1939)Drama, War
HBO MaxYouTube TV
84%94%-10
46
Chicago(2002)Comedy, Crime
KanopyHooplaParamount+
84%84%
47
CODA(2021)Drama, Music
Apple TV
84%83%+1
48
The French Connection(1971)Action, Crime
YouTube TV
84%96%-12
49
Grand Hotel(1932)Drama, Romance
ViXPlexTubi
84%*87%-3
50
Gentleman's Agreement(1947)Drama
84%*82%+2
51
Oppenheimer(2023)Drama, History
Fandango FreePeacockYouTube TV
83%92%-9
52
A Beautiful Mind(2001)Drama, Romance
Apple TV
83%73%+10
53
Spotlight(2015)Drama, History
Shout! TVPlexTubi
83%95%-12
54
Gandhi(1982)Drama, History
83%84%-1
55
The English Patient(1996)Drama, Romance
HooplaKanopyfuboTV
83%86%-3
56
All About Eve(1950)Drama
Philo
83%98%-15
57
All the King's Men(1949)Drama
Tubi
83%*97%-14
58
In the Heat of the Night(1967)Crime, Drama
TubiKanopyHoopla
82%86%-4
59
Unforgiven(1992)Western
fuboTVMGM+Philo
81%90%-9
60
The Artist(2011)Drama, Comedy
PhiloTubiKanopy
81%92%-11
61
West Side Story(1961)Crime, Drama
Fandango FreeTubiKanopy
81%89%-8
62
From Here to Eternity(1953)War, Romance
FawesomePrime Video
81%86%-5
63
The Lost Weekend(1945)Drama
Fandango Free
81%97%-16
64
Going My Way(1944)Drama, Comedy
Prime Video
81%83%-2
65
The Life of Emile Zola(1937)Drama, History
81%*92%-11
66
American Beauty(1999)Drama
Hoopla
80%86%-6
67
Everything Everywhere All at Once(2022)Action, Adventure
80%87%-7
68
Moonlight(2016)Drama
Netflix
80%98%-18
69
Annie Hall(1977)Comedy, Drama
Roku ChannelTubiKanopy
80%94%-14
70
Lawrence of Arabia(1962)Adventure, History
Netflix
80%96%-16
71
The Sting(1973)Comedy, Crime
Prime VideoYouTube TV
80%88%-8
72
Midnight Cowboy(1969)Drama
TubiKanopyHoopla
80%84%-4
73
The Greatest Show on Earth(1952)Drama, Romance
Kanopy
80%*50%+30
74
The Great Ziegfeld(1936)Music, Drama
80%*71%+9
75
Argo(2012)Drama, Thriller
fuboTVParamount+
79%91%-12
76
Gigi(1958)Comedy, Romance
79%*85%-6
77
Crash(2005)Drama
The CWFandango FreeXumo Play
77%70%+7
78
Chariots of Fire(1981)Drama, History
76%81%-5
79
An American in Paris(1951)Music, Romance
Hoopla
76%89%-13
80
Tom Jones(1963)Comedy, Romance
HBO Max
76%*81%-5
81
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014)Drama, Comedy
HBO Max
75%89%-14
82
The Shape of Water(2017)Drama, Fantasy
HBO Max
75%90%-15
83
Out of Africa(1985)History, Romance
YouTube TV
75%66%+9
84
Patton(1970)War, Drama
fuboTV
75%89%-14
85
Ordinary People(1980)Drama
KanopyHoopla
75%88%-13
86
Shakespeare in Love(1998)Romance, History
KanopyfuboTVParamount+
74%90%-16
87
Terms of Endearment(1983)Drama, Comedy
TubiKanopyHoopla
74%80%-6
88
On the Waterfront(1954)Crime, Drama
Tubi
73%95%-22
89
The Broadway Melody(1929)Music, Romance
Roku ChannelTubiFawesome
73%*42%+31
90
Cimarron(1931)Western, Drama
Plex
73%*50%+23
91
Cavalcade(1933)Drama, War
73%*66%+7
92
Nomadland(2021)Drama
72%90%-18
93
One Battle After Another(2025)Thriller, Crime
Prime VideoHBO Max
70%95%-25
94
All Quiet on the Western Front(1930)Drama, War
Roku ChannelShout! TVPlex
70%94%-24
95
Around the World in 80 Days(1956)Adventure, Comedy
TubiKanopy
62%70%-8
96
Oliver!(1968)Drama, Family
Roku ChannelTubiFawesome
62%82%-20
97
Anora(2024)Drama, Comedy
KanopyHulu
59%92%-33
98
A Man for All Seasons(1966)Drama, History
Fawesome
58%80%-22