Post by Chris G.

Well, it's red carpet season, and the Academy Awards, the most prestigious award show for film, is in its 90th year. Whether you're looking for this year's nominees or the Best Picture from 1929, you can find an abundance of Academy Award-winning films on the shelves of your library. This post showcases Aurora Public Library's current DVD holdings of this year's nominees, as well as former Best Picture and Best Animated Feature winners. This year's nominees are organized alphabetically and include the number of awards for which they've been nominated. The Best Picture and Best Animated Feature winners are organized reverse chronologically by the year they won, so the most recent is first. The Academy didn't start giving out the Best Animated Feature award until 2001, so that is where that list ends. You can click on any of the film's titles to place a hold. Many of this year's nominees are not on video yet, but the library has placed most of them on order, and they'll start circulating as soon as they're available. You can get in line for one of those by clicking through to the catalog record, selecting "Request It" and entering your account information. And the Oscar goes to...

This Year's Nominees and Winners


 "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" - 1 nomination
 
 "All the Money in the World" - 1 nomination
   
 "Baby Driver" - 3 nominations
   
 "Beauty and the Beast" - 2 nominations
   
 "The Big Sick" - 1 nomination
   
 "Blade Runner 2049" - 5 nominations
   
 "The Boss Baby" - 1 nomination
   
 "The Breadwinner" - 1 nomination
   
  "Call Me By Your Name" - 4 nominations
   
 "Coco" - 2 nominations
   
 "Darkest Hour" - 6 nominations
   
  "The Disaster Artist" - 1 nomination
   
 "Dunkirk" - 8 nominations
   
 "Ferdinand" - 1 nomination
   
 "The Florida Project" - 1 nomination
   
 "Get Out" - 4 nominations
   
 "The Greatest Showman" - 1 nomination
   
"Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2" - 1 nomination
   
 "I, Tonya" - 3 nominations
   
 "Kong: Skull Island" - 1 nomination
   
  "Lady Bird" - 5 nominations
   
  "Logan" - 1 nomination
   
  "Loving Vincent" - 1 nomination
   
 "Marshall" - 1 nomination
   
 "Molly's Game" - 1 nomination
   
 "Phantom Thread" - 6 nominations
   
  "The Post" - 2 nominations
   
  "Roman J. Israel, Esq." - 1 nomination
   
 "The Shape of Water" - 13 nominations and 2018 Best Picture
   
 "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - 4 nominations
   
  "Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri" - 7 nominations
 
  "Victoria & Abdul" - 2 nominations

 "War for the Planet of the Apes" - 1 nomination
   
 "Wonder" - 1 nomination

Best Picture Winners


 "Moonlight" (2016)
   
  "Spotlight" (2015)
   
  "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" (2014)

 "12 Years a Slave" (2013)
 
 "Argo" (2012)
   
 "The Artist" (2011)
   
 "The King's Speech" (2010)
   
 "The Hurt Locker" (2009)
   
  "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008)

  "No Country for Old Men" (2007)

"The Departed" (2006)
   
 "Crash" (2005)
   
 "Million Dollar Baby" (2004)
   
 "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003)
   
 "Gladiator" (2000)
   
  "American Beauty" (1999)
   
 "Shakespeare in Love" (1998)
   
 "Titanic" (1997)
   
 "The English Patient" (1996)
   
  "Braveheart" (1995)
   
  "Forrest Gump" (1994)
   
 "Schindler's List" (1993)

 "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
   
  "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989)
   
 "Rain Man" (1988)
   
 "The Last Emperor" (1987)
   
 "Out of Africa" (1985)
   
  "Terms of Endearment" (1983)
   
  "Gandhi" (1982)
   
 "Chariots of Fire" (1981)
   
 "Ordinary People" (1980)
   
 "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979)
   
 "Annie Hall" (1977)
   
 "Rocky" (1976)
   
  "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
   
 "The Godfather, Part II" (1974)
   
"The Sting" (1973)
   
 "The Godfather" (1972)
   
 "The French Connection" (1971)
   
  "Patton" (1970)
   
 "A Man for All Seasons" (1966)
   
  "The Sound of Music" (1965)
   
 "Tom Jones" (1963)
   
  "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)
   
 "West Side Story" (1961)
   
 "Ben-Hur" (1959)
   
 "Gigi" (1958)
   
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
   
 "On the Waterfront" (1954)

 "From Here to Eternity" (1953)
   
  "An American in Paris" (1951)
   
  "All About Eve" (1950)
   
 "All the King's Men" (1949)
   
 "Hamlet" (1948)
   
 "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947)
   
  "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)
   
 "The Lost Weekend" (1945)
   
 "Going My Way" (1944)
   
 "Casablanca" (1943)
   
"Mrs. Miniver" (1942)
   
 "How Green Was My Valley" (1941)
   
 "Rebecca" (1940)
   
 "Gone with the Wind" (1939)
   
 "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937)
   
 "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936)
   
 "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935)
   
  "It Happened One Night" (1934)
   
  "Cimarron" (1930-31)
   
 "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1929-30)
   
 "The Broadway Melody" (1928-29)

Best Animated Feature Film Winners


 "Zootopia" (2016)
   
 "Inside Out" (2015)
   
 "Big Hero 6" (2014)
   
 "Frozen" (2013)

 "Brave" (2012)
   
  "Rango" (2011)
   
  "Toy Story 3" (2010)
   
 "Up" (2009)
   
  "WALL-E" (2008)
   
  "Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005)

  "The Incredibles" (2004)
   
 "Finding Nemo" (2003)
   
 "Spirited Away" (2002)

 "Shrek" (2001)

With so many movies on this list, you ought to keep busy until next year's Oscars! This year's winners were announced on Sunday, March 4th and the selected titles will be available in the coming months as they are released.