Find the Best Picture Oscar in Each Sentence (3) Quiz

Answer: Black and white film

You can find the film in the sentence: "H. Bogart is as dramatiC AS A B. LANCAster."

"Casablanca" won the award for the film year 1943 at the 16th Academy Awards held on March 2, 1944. The romantic drama is set during World War II, in late 1941 in Casablanca, Morocco, a city under Vichy French control, with Rick Blaine's (Humphrey Bogart) "Rick's Café Américain" at the center. The city was a place for refugees trying desperately to escape to neutral Lisbon and then to America. The film contains one of the cinema's all-time greatest scenes in which the patrons are cowed by the overbearing Nazis present one night, who boisterously sing "Die Wacht am Rhein." Rick comes downstairs watching the scene, seeing how the intimidated everyone is. Resistance leader Victor Laszlo stomps over to Rick's house band who have also meekly stood down, and he orders them to play "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem). The conductor glances up and over to Rick on the stairs, who gives him a simple nod. The conductor then turns to his band and they begin playing it. More and more the patrons find their courage to stand up and sing their national anthem, until the Nazis are the ones who are overpowered-cut to the shot of actress Madeleine Lebeau as Yvonne in close up, tears streaming down her face belting out the song. If you don't break down sobbing, you're made of stone.

Answer: Musical

You can find the film in the sentence: "...that expired buffalO LIVER!"

"Oliver!" won the Best Picture Oscar at the 41st Academy Awards on April 14, 1969. A hit on Broadway, the film adaptation takes up the mantle of the classic Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist", following the story of a young orphan boy named Oliver Twist in 19th-century London. Born in a workhouse, then mistreated as an apprentice, Oliver runs away and falls in with a band of pickpockets, overseen by their leader, Fagin.

Answer: War movie

You can find the film in the sentence: "PLATO ONly wrote about..."

"Platoon" won the Academy Award for Best Picture for the film year 1986 at the 59th Academy Awards on March 30, 1987. Writer and director of the film, Oliver Stone, based it on his own experiences as a U.S. infantry soldier in Vietnam in 1967-1968. It is told from the perspective of one "grunt" (Taylor, played by Charlie Sheen) navigating the moral chaos of jungle warfare, and struggling to decide which of two sergeants on opposite ends of the ethical spectrum (Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) he should follow.

Answer: William Shakespeare

You can find the film in the sentence: "It was a sHAM LETting the politicians..."

The 1948 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, "Hamlet", directed by and starring Sir Laurence Olivier, won the top prize at the 21st Academy Awards in 1949. It was the first British production and the first film made outside the Hollywood studio system to win the Best Picture Oscar. Sir Laurence also won Best Actor, playing the title role as the Prince of Denmark who struggles with inaction regarding his intention to avenge his father's murder by killing his uncle Claudius.

Answer: Set in Philadelphia

You can find the film in the sentence: "If you do find a shamROCK You'll..."

When "Rocky" won the Best Picture Oscar at the 49th Academy Awards in 1977, it was considered a major upset, as the film, starring Sylvester Stallone as the underdog boxer Rocky Balboa, beat out a more critically acclaimed lineup of other nominees including "All the President's Men", "Network", and "Taxi Driver." But the story of a struggling club fighter and debt collector in Philadelphia who gets an unexpected shot at a heavyweight championship match against Apollo Creed won over the movie-going public.

Answer: Child of deaf adults

You can find the film in the sentence: "...messages were easily deCODAble."

"CODA" was the first film from a streaming service (Apple TV+) to win the Best Picture Oscar, which it did at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022. "CODA" is an acronym for Child of Deaf Adults, and it also accomplished the rare feat of winning Best Picture with only three total nominations overall, something that hadn't happened in 90 years ("Grand Hotel").

The film is about a Massachusetts high-school student named Ruby, who is the only hearing person in her family, who struggles to balance her responsibilities to the family's fishing business with her ambition to become a singer.

Answer: Drama

You can find the film in the sentence: "Please write the meMO ON LIGHTer..."

"La La Land" won the best Pic...oh wait...no, "Moonlight" won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017 in one of the most bizarrely infamous moments in Oscars' history, although that distinction faces some stiff competition thanks to Will Smith and Chris Rock. What happened was Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the wrong envelope when presenting, and announced "La La Land" as the Best Picture winner. The mistake was discovered as the producers of "La La Land" were giving their acceptance speeches, and when informed sotto voce, quickly pivoted and announced that "Moonlight" had actually won.

"Moonlight" was the coming-of-age story of a young Black man named Chiron growing up in a rough neighborhood in Miami. He struggles with his sexual identity, in three acts, spanning childhood, adolescence and early adulthood.

Answer: Romantic comedy

You can find the film in the sentence: "...GrANNIE HALLucinated that she was a movie star."

"Annie Hall" won Best Picture at the 50th Academy Awards in 1978, defeating the blockbuster phenomenon of "Star Wars."

The movie used a creative array of techniques including a non-linear story approach, breaking the fourth wall by addressing the camera, and surreal fantasy sequences including some animation. The story follows Alvy Singer, who like actor Woody Allen, is a neurotic stand-up comedian from New York trying to come to an understanding of why his relationship with a quirky woman, Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) failed.

Answer: multi-protagonist or ensemble narrative structure

You can find the film in the sentence: "...and pepper (1 GR.) AND HOT EL Diablo sauce..."

It is a plot format that has come to be called the "Grand Hotel" format when describing a film with many different protagonists, an ensemble having roughly equal footing. Disaster films have such a style, notably "The Poseidon Adventure", "The Towering Inferno", etc.

The plot of 1932's "Grand Hotel" weaves together the stories of five guests over 48 hours during their stay at a luxurious Berlin hotel between the world wars. Those characters include Baron Felix von Geigern (John Barrymore), an aristocrat who is secretly broke and has turned to theft to pay off debts.

Grusinskaya (Greta Garbo),who is a famous but aging Russian ballet dancer depressed about her waning career.

Otto Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore), a timid, terminally ill bookkeeper who has checked into the Grand Hotel to spend his remaining life in luxury.

General Director Preysing (Wallace Beery), an arrogant industrialist whose company is facing bankruptcy, and who is desperate for a merger deal to save himself.

Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford), a young stenographer desperate for money and a better life, who is hired to work for Preysing during his stay.

Answer: Set mostly in New York City

You can find the film in the sentence: "...when you meet a tiMID NIGHT COW, BOY you really..."

"Midnight Cowboy" won Best Picture at the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970, the first X-rated film to ever win the Best Picture Oscar in 96 Academy Awards ceremonies, although the film was later re-rated R in 1971, after minor edits.
The story follows a naive young Texan named Joe Buck (Jon Voight), who goes to New York City thinking he'll make money as a male prostitute for women, only to find the harsh reality that will see him broke, lonely, and lost. He encounters Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a sickly street hustler, and after an initial scam Rizzo runs on him, they later on form a bond, and make a go of trying to survive together in the tough city of New York.