Notable Academy Award Best Picture winners and film history milestones with the year and one defining fact each.
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- What film won Best Picture at the 1940 Academy Awards?
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Gone with the Wind
- Which 1935 Best Picture was the first film to win the 'Big Five' Oscars?
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It Happened One Night
- Name the 1944 Best Picture starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
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Casablanca
- What 1947 Best Picture starred Fredric March and Myrna Loy?
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The Best Years of Our Lives
- Which 1954 Best Picture featured explosions in the sea?
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From Here to Eternity
- Name the 1955 Best Picture starring Marlon Brando and Karl Malden
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On the Waterfront
- What 1958 Best Picture was based on a true story of Allied soldiers?
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Which 1960 Best Picture tied the record with 11 Oscar wins?
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Ben-Hur
- Name the 1962 Best Picture adapted from a famous Broadway musical
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West Side Story
- What 1963 Best Picture starred Peter O'Toole in an Arabian desert epic?
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Lawrence of Arabia
- Which 1965 Best Picture starred Audrey Hepburn in a musical?
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My Fair Lady
- Name the 1966 Best Picture with Julie Andrews singing in the Austrian Alps
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The Sound of Music
- What 1969 Best Picture was a Dickens adaptation musical?
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Oliver!
- Which 1970 Best Picture was the only X-rated film to win?
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Midnight Cowboy
- Name the 1972 Best Picture police thriller starring Gene Hackman
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The French Connection