2011: The King's Speech
Four Oscars: Best Picture, Actor (Colin Firth), Director (Tom Hooper) and Original Screenplay (David Seidler)
2010: The Hurt Locker
Six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first woman to win this award
2009: Slumdog Millionaire
Eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Director (Danny Boyle) and Song ("Jai Ho")
2008: No Country for Old Men
Four Oscars, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem) and Director (Joel and Ethan Coen)
2007: The Departed
Four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese, his first win after six nominations
2006: Crash
Three Oscars, including Best Picture—a big upset against favorite-to-win Brokeback Mountain
2005: Million Dollar Baby
Four Oscars: Best PIcture, Actress (Hilary Swank), Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman) and Director (Clint Eastwood)
2004: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Swept all 11 awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture—the first fantasy film to ever win the high honor
2003: Chicago
Six Oscars, including Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Catherine Zeta-Jones)
2002: A Beautiful Mind
Four Oscars, including Best Picture—and for the first time, African-Americans won both Best Actor and Actress, with Denzel Washington (Training Day) and Halle Berry (Monster's Ball) taking home gold
2001: Gladiator
Five Oscars, including Best Picture and Actor (Russell Crowe)
1999: Shakespeare in Love
Seven Oscars including Best Picture, Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Supporting Actress (Judi Dench)
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1998: Titanic
Eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director (James Cameron) and Original Song ("My Heart Wil Go On")
1997: The English Patient
Nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Director (Anthony Minghella) and Supporting Actress (Juliette Binoche)
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