Saoirse Ronan’s new film Lady Bird has been blowing away critics over the past couple of weeks, leading to inevitable speculation that the Irish actress might be involved in a third Oscar-nominated film. But looking back over previous winners of the Best Picture award reveals some surprising victors. So, now, see how many you can remember from the ’00s:
2000
Universal
Erin Brockovich
Dreamworks
Gladiator
USA Films
Traffic
2001
Dreamworks
A Beautiful Mind
20th Century Fox
Moulin Rouge!
New Line
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002
Chicago
The Pianist
Gangs of New York
2003
Mystic River
Lost in Translation
New Line
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004
Fox Searchlight
Sideways
Warner Bros. Pictures
Million Dollar Baby
Warner Bros. Pictures
The Aviator
2005
United Artists
Capote
Redbus
Good Night, and Good Luck
Lionsgate
Crash
2006
Paramount Vantage
Babel
Fox Searchlight
Little Miss Sunshine
Warner Bros
The Departed
2007
Fox Searchlight
Juno
Miramax
No Country for Old Men
Paramount Vantage
There Will Be Blood
2008
Warner Bros
Slumdog Millionaire
Focus Features
Milk
Universal Pictures
Frost/Nixon
2009
Warner Bros Pictures
The Blind Side
Universal Pictures
Inglourious Basterds
Summit
The Hurt Locker
You scored out of !
You got 1/10
Straight to DVD.
You scored out of !
You got 2/10
Straight to DVD.
You scored out of !
You got 3/10
Straight to DVD.
You scored out of !
You got 4/10
Middle of the road. Decent at the box office but nowhere near the Oscars.
You scored out of !
You got 5/10!
Middle of the road. Decent at the box office but nowhere near the Oscars.
You scored out of !
You got 6/10!
Middle of the road. Decent at the box office but nowhere near the Oscars.
You scored out of !
You got 7/10!
So close. In fact, your name was read out but it turned out that they got the wrong envelope. Sickener.
You scored out of !
You got 8/10!
So close. In fact, your name was read out but it turned out that they got the wrong envelope. Sickener.
You scored out of !
You got 9/10!
So close. In fact, your name was read out but it turned out that they got the wrong envelope. Sickener.
Warner
You scored out of !
You got 10/10!
^you getting all the answers right.
