The following is a list of the best picture Oscar winners from the last 20 years, ahead of Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood. This year, 10 films are in contention for the top prize: “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Perez,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Substance” and “Wicked.”

(From left) The cast and crew of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jonathan Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Daniel Kwan (bottom left), and Daniel Scheinert (bottom right), pose with their Oscar trophies in the press room during the 95th Annual Academy Awards.

A woman walks past a poster for the film 'Oppenheimer' in Tokyo on March 29, 2024. Oscars best picture winner "Oppenheimer" was finally released on March 29 in Japan, where its subject -- the man who masterminded the atomic bomb -- is a highly sensitive and emotional topic. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

(From left) Producers Peter Spears, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey, winners of the award for best picture for "Nomadland," pose in the press room at the Oscars on April 25, 2021.

(From left) The cast and crew of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jonathan Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Daniel Kwan (bottom left), and Daniel Scheinert (bottom right), pose with their Oscar trophies in the press room during the 95th Annual Academy Awards.

A woman walks past a poster for the film 'Oppenheimer' in Tokyo on March 29, 2024. Oscars best picture winner "Oppenheimer" was finally released on March 29 in Japan, where its subject -- the man who masterminded the atomic bomb -- is a highly sensitive and emotional topic. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

(From left) Producers Peter Spears, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey, winners of the award for best picture for "Nomadland," pose in the press room at the Oscars on April 25, 2021.

(From left) The cast and crew of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jonathan Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Daniel Kwan (bottom left), and Daniel Scheinert (bottom right), pose with their Oscar trophies in the press room during the 95th Annual Academy Awards.

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2024 - “Oppenheimer”

2023 - “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

2022 - “CODA”

2021 - “Nomadland”

2020 - “Parasite”

2019 - “Green Book”

2018 - “The Shape of Water”

2017 - “Moonlight”

2016 - “Spotlight”

2015 - “Birdman”

2014 - “12 Years A Slave”

2013 - “Argo”

2012 - “The Artist”

2011 - “The King’s Speech”

2010 - “The Hurt Locker”

2009 - “Slumdog Millionaire”

2008 - “No Country for Old Men”

2007 - “The Departed”

2006 - “Crash”

2005 - “Million Dollar Baby” - AFP