‘2000s’

Best Picture 2009 – Slumdog Millionaire

Released in 2008 Slumdog Millionaire is a British made movie directed by Danny Boyle and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup.

Best Picture 2008 – No Country For Old Men

No Country for Old Men is the 2007 thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. It tells the story of an ordinary man to whom chance delivers a fortune that is not his, and the ensuing cat-and-mouse drama, as three men crisscross each other’s paths in the desert landscape of 1980 West [...]

Best Picture 2007 – The Departed

The Departed was released in 2006 and is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. The Departed had an all-star cast including the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga and Alec Baldwin.

Best Picture 2006 – Crash

Crash is the 2004 movie produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California and was inspired by a real life incident in which Haggis’ Porsche was carjacked outside a video store in 1991.

Best Picture 2005 – Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood also starred Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. The story of a boxing trainer, his elusive past, and his quest for atonement by helping an amateur female boxer achieve her dream of becoming a professional.