Most popular Oscars Best Picture winners – JustWatch Report

Hope you have been enjoying our reports, as the Oscars came and went over the weekend, JustWatch has published a new report covering the most popular Best Picture winners. We wanted to see if tastes have shifted to more modern titles, or if the classics have had a lasting impact on audiences. We ranked all of the Best Picture winners since the first Oscars ceremony in 1929.

Key Insights

Modern titles like “Everything Everywhere all at Once” and “Parasite” ranked highest in our study. Meanwhile, classic titles like “Titanic” and “Forrest Gump” managed to break into the top 10. The genres of the top 10 varied between thrillers, dramas, and even one romance.

We created this report by comparing the Best Picture Oscars winners from 1929-2023. JustWatch Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity, including: clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as ‘seen’. This data is collected from >40 million movie & TV show fans per month. It is updated daily for 140 countries and 4,500 streaming services.

Do you have any questions about this report? Please let me know, I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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Owen