96 Best Picture Winners Quiz (3)

[D] Rain Man | Two estranged brothers on a cross-country odyssey redefine family; Dustin Hoffman’s savant brilliance and Tom Cruise’s raw turn drove four Oscar wins, including Best Picture.

[C] Driving Miss Daisy | A decades-spanning Southern road trip of dignity and friendship; gentle humor and Jessica Tandy’s quiet power coasted it to the top prize.

[B] Dances with Wolves | Civil War soldier goes native on the frontier; sweeping vistas and empathetic storytelling bagged seven Oscars for epic revisionism.

[A] The Silence of the Lambs | FBI cadet and caged cannibal hunt a killer; taut suspense and iconic performances swept the “Big Five” Oscars.

[A] Unforgiven | Aging gunslinger takes one last job; Eastwood’s elegiac deconstruction of the Western rode four Oscars into legend.

[C] Schindler's List | Spielberg’s harrowing Holocaust testament; stark black-and-white realism and moral urgency claimed seven Academy wins.

[B] Forrest Gump | A simple man in a complex era; groundbreaking VFX and heart-tugging Americana sprinted to six Oscars.

[C] Braveheart | Scottish rebellion bellowed in blue face paint; visceral battlefields and Gibson’s fervor hacked five Oscars.

[D] The English Patient | Desert romance amid WWII espionage; poetic sweep and Fiennes-Scott chemistry burned nine Oscars onto celluloid.

[A] Titanic | Sinking ship, soaring love; Cameron’s spectacle and DiCaprio-Winslet chemistry floated 11 Oscars.

[D] Shakespeare in Love | Bard meets backstage rom-com; witty wordplay and Miramax magic charmed seven statues.

[C] American Beauty | Suburban malaise and rose-petal dreams; dark satire and Kevin Spacey’s mid-life meltdown nabbed five Oscars.

[A] Gladiator | Blood and sand in ancient Rome; Crowe’s vengeful hero and epic combat roared to five Academy wins.

[D] A Beautiful Mind | Genius vs. schizophrenia; Russell Crowe’s luminous math mind and love-story uplift solved four Oscars.

[B] Chicago | Jazz-age murderesses sing and dance their way to acquittal; razzle-dazzle editing and musical revival snagged six wins.

[D] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Fantasy’s crowning chapter; 11 Oscar sweep for a trilogy’s emotional payoff and technical grandeur.

[B] Million Dollar Baby | Ringside heartbreak and surrogate fatherhood; Eastwood-Swank-Winslet one-two punch collected four Oscars.

[C] Crash | Interwoven L.A. racial tensions; ensemble fireworks and topical urgency collided for Best Picture.

[B] The Departed | Boston crime chess game; Scorsese’s long-overdue Best Director win plus four total trophies.

[D] No Country for Old Men | Neo-western cat-and-mouse with coin-flipping evil; Coen brothers’ bleak brilliance took four Oscars.

[A] Slumdog Millionaire | Mumbai rags-to-riches via game-show destiny; kinetic energy and global optimism danced to eight Oscars.

[D] The Hurt Locker | Bomb-disposal adrenaline in Iraq; nerve-shredding tension and Kathryn Bigelow’s historic win earned six trophies.

[B] The King's Speech | Royal stutterer finds his voice; Firth’s flawless monarch and heart-warming bromance claimed four Oscars.

[A] The Artist | Silent-era homage in black-and-white and no dialogue; nostalgic charm pirouetted to five Academy wins.

[B] Argo | CIA fake-film caper rescues hostages; suspense, Hollywood satire, and Affleck’s redemption tale captured three Oscars.

[D] 12 Years a Slave | Unflinching chronicle of enslavement; raw power and historical truth marched to three Academy wins.

[A] Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Single-shot illusion and backstage madness; meta brilliance flew to four Oscars.

[A] Spotlight | Investigative journalism uncovers systemic abuse; quiet intensity and moral clarity illuminated the Best Picture prize.

[D] Moonlight | Triptych of identity and tenderness; lyrical visuals and intimate storytelling glowed with three Oscars.

[B] The Shape of Water | Amphibian romance meets Cold-War fairy tale; Del Toro’s lush fantasy and empathy surfed to four wins.

[C] Green Book | Odd-couple road trip through Jim Crow America; crowd-pleasing warmth and period relevance drove three Oscars.

[D] Parasite | Class warfare in a split-level home; genre-blending thrills and social satire made history as the first non-English Best Picture.

[A] Nomadland | Van-life elegy across the American West; meditative beauty and Frances McDormand’s quiet strength cruised to three Oscars.

[B] CODA | Deaf family and hearing daughter find harmony; heartfelt authenticity and feel-good uplift sang to three Academy wins.

[D] Everything Everywhere All at Once | Multiverse mayhem and immigrant family feels; kinetic creativity and emotional punch bagged seven Oscars.

[A] Oppenheimer | Atomic-age moral labyrinth; Nolan’s IMAX scope, Cillian Murphy’s haunted genius, and thunderous editing fused three wins into history’s glare.