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Every year filmmakers, writers, actors and artists are awarded for their work on the best of the best at the Oscars. How well do you know your Oscar winners? Unleash your inner film snob and feast your eyes on this HowStuffWorks quiz!This high grossing 2007 film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was adapted into a game for Nintendo DS.
"Moonlight," got eight Academy Award nominations and took home three, including Best Picture. It was the first LGBT film with an all-black cast to win this award.
The last of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, this film was the highest-grossing film of 2003 and, as of 2017, within the Top 20 highest-grossing films of all time. It is the only fantasy film to ever win Best Picture.
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This live action/CGI film had a budget of $175 million. All of the animal characters were brought to life using key frame computer animation.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world following a nuclear holocaust, "Mad Max" is truly a wild ride. It won six Academy Awards, including awards for costumes and editing.
"Her" is a 2013 film starring Joaquin Phoenix as a man who has a romantic relationship with an intelligent computer operating system. It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
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This 2012 Bond film is one of the highest-grossing films of all time. It won Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Best Sound Editing.
This 2014 film was written and directed by Richard Linklater. It was shot year-by-year from 2002-2013. The script changed to reflect changes in the actors as they grew up.
This 1991 horror thriller film was the first, and so far only, film to win Best Picture. It was the third film ever to win Academy Awards in all top 5 categories.
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2002's film adaptation of the musical "Chicago" took the Oscars by storm. It won six Academy Awards and its popularity is thought to be partially responsible for getting audiences interested in film musicals for the first time in decades.
The Wachowskis, Lana and Lilly, are a sibling filmmaking team. "The Matrix" was a critical and commercial success that nabbed several Academy Awards.
This 2014 film was nominated for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards. It also won Best Original Song.
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This film -- about those living in Texas with HIV/AIDs in the 1980s when the disease was highly stigmatized and under researched -- was a critical smash. It was the fifth film ever to win Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
This 2005 drama received mixed reviews but did well at the box office. It won Oscars for cinematography, art direction and costume design. It was filmed in both California and Japan.
"Life of Pi" was nominated for 11 Oscars, won for and was a massive commercial success. Despite its success, controversy surrounded it. The visual effects company which created its stunning effects filed for bankruptcy after working on the movie and a tiger was allegedly almost drowned on set.
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This 2012 film was nominated for multiple Academy Awards and won one. It was controversial among critics, some even calling it pro-torture propaganda.
This 2014 ensemble film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won four. It was both written and directed by Wes Anderson.
In this 2014 film, Eddie Redmayne delivers an Academy Award-winning performance as Stephen Hawking. The film explores his relationship with his ex-wife, success in physics and life with ALS.
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"La La Land" was a commercial and critical success, grossing over $400 million worldwide and raking in countless awards. It won six Oscars and a record-breaking seven Golden Globe Awards.
Steven Spielberg directed the 2012 film "Lincoln," which was both a critical and commercial success. The film made $275 million worldwide, earned 12 Oscar nominations and won for Best Production Design and Best Actor.
Jennifer Lawrence gave an Oscar-winning performance as Tiffany Maxwell, a recently widowed woman in "Silver Linings Playbook." It was nominated for eight Academy Awards.
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"American Beauty" is a 1999 drama film starring Kevin Spacey as a man obsessed with his teen daughter's best friend. It grossed over $350 million worldwide and won five Academy Awards.
This 2008 war thriller film set in Iraq was directed by Kathryn Bigelow. It won six Academy Awards in total.
This 2007 film was written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. "There Will Be Blood" nabbed Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. His portrayal as a ruthlessly greedy oil tycoon cemented his status as one of the greatest actors today. It was scored by Jonny Greenwood, the lead guitarist and keyboardist for Radiohead.
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This 2004 film stars Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as an estranged couple who choose to erase each other from their memories. This highly acclaimed film nabbed an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, has a cult following and is widely considered one of the best modern films ever made.
"Finding Nemo" is a much-loved and critically acclaimed film that was also box office gold. It earned over $800 million worldwide during its initial theatrical run and took home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
This 2002 drama shows how the book "Mrs Dalloway" connects three women of different generations, one of them author Virginia Woolf herself. It was nominated for Best Picture, with Nicole Kidman winning Best Actress for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf.
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This 2013 period piece was adapted from an 1853 slave narrative memoir. Lupita Nyong'o earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role.
"Shrek" made history at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony by being the first film to ever take home this award. It spawned an entire franchise and grossed over $480 million worldwide.
"Pocahontas" was a commercial success, even though it got mixed reviews due to its historical inaccuracy. "Colors of the Wind" won Best Original Song and its score also nabbed an Academy Award.
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All of these award-winning films were written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, except "Mystic River." That's a 2003 mystery film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood.
This 2012 musical epic is based on the famous Broadway musical, which is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. Anne Hathaway won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Fantine, a poor factory worker struggling to support the daughter she gave birth to while unmarried.
This 2014 black comedy was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won four. It's unique nearly single shot approach to cinematography earned it an Oscar for Best Cinematography.
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Spielberg directed and produced this film. It won seven Academy Awards and grossed over $300 million worldwide.