The Academy Awards or Oscars are the most influential of the various film awards. they are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences in the USA. The winning of an Oscar can have a large impact the commercial success of a film. However as will all such awards there is always disagreement over the nominations and the winner. This page lists best picture winners and nominations for 2000 to 2009.
| Year | Winner of Best Picture | Nominations for Best Picture | |
| 2009 | Hurt Locker | Avatar | Precious |
| Blind Side | Serious Man | ||
| District 9 | Up | ||
| An Education | Up In The Air | ||
| Inglourious Basterds | |||
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | |
| Frost / Nixon | |||
| Milk | |||
| The Reader | |||
| 2007 | No Country For Old Men | Atonement | |
| Juno | |||
| Michael Clayton | |||
| There Will Be Blood | |||
| 2006 | The Departed | Babel | |
| Letters From Iwo Jima | |||
| Little Miss Sunshine | |||
| The Queen | |||
| 2005 | Crash | Brokeback Mountain | |
| Capote | |||
| Good Night And Good Luck | |||
| Munich | |||
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | The Aviator | |
| Finding Neverland | |||
| Ray | |||
| Sideways | |||
| 2003 | The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King |
Lost In Translation | |
| Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World | |||
| Mystic River | |||
| Seabiscuit | |||
| 2002 | Chicago | Gangs Of New York | |
| The Hours | |||
| Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers | |||
| The Pianist | |||
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Gosford Park | |
| In The Bedroom | |||
| The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring | |||
| Moulin Rouge | |||
| 2000 | Gladiator | Chocolat | |
| Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon | |||
| Erin Brockovich | |||
| Traffic | |||